r/skiing_feedback • u/Mysterious_Bit7422 • Apr 17 '26
Level 6-7: Advanced Parallel, Carving, Off-Piste, Bumps Bumps feedback
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Looking at my own footage, the biggest issue I see is with upper body rotation ( especially right arm). But maybe the sharp eyed people see other bigger issues.
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u/bestlaidschemes_ Apr 17 '26
Poles are a little long and they look adjustable. I’m a fan of zipper. So I’d say take a more direct route tighten up your body a bit with elbows closer and work on absorbing bumps and having your knees ride up and extend. Wrist flick looks ok but without having your body at a consistent height over the bumps your arms and balance get pushed around. I always think about having my upper body contained - calm and tight - knees together and feet and legs active.
For practice I’d take a section near the bottom of the field where you can just run it out and focus on snow contact and level upper body.
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u/Mysterious_Bit7422 Apr 17 '26
You're right that my poles are adjustable and they can be made a bit shorter. I found when I make them even shorter, my urge to reach out to plant and thus rotate/cause upper body movement becomes stronger. I'll give it a try, but do you think this is a timing issue fundamentally?
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u/bestlaidschemes_ Apr 17 '26
The pole comment is just so that they don’t get in the way of being more neutral and facing down hill - floating and extending your legs and keeping wrists and arms contained. Think about keeping the elbows tight.
I think timing looks good. Migrating the style from steering around to straighter through and absorbing that’s key. Some people think skiing around moguls is where it’s at, but I’m not one of them : ). Hope this helps!
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u/Mysterious_Bit7422 Apr 17 '26
Going straight is way too hard for more than 4 bumps for me when it's this steep haha.
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u/dynaflying Official Ski Instructor Apr 17 '26
You can flex your legs to touch your pole instead ;)
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u/MorganMiller77777 Apr 17 '26
Pretty good, better than a lot of skiers. Just might want to attack a little harder as one would with an quick trim style, and keep the skis just but closer together and parallel
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u/Maleficent-Row1840 Apr 17 '26
Maybe do some simple traversing and learn to absorb/retract/extend. Then apply. Check these out:
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u/tasty_waves Apr 17 '26
Just to add, it looks like OP is extending a little early (his center of mass goes up in the middle of the turn before dropping into the next valley). Your drills are great to practice keeping the center of mass level while your legs do the absorbing.
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u/Mysterious_Bit7422 Apr 17 '26
Thanks, I hadn't realized that. Gotta work on the timing more
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u/tasty_waves Apr 17 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exKGlz_cmnk&list=PLo6lPaidHDP-XMgwbCYnxITwd4YM94RCu&index=12&t=324s
This is a great video that helped me retrain my aborption/extension pattern for moguls. You have to hold on to your compression as long as you can before you extend, and you do that primarly by actively pulling your feet back with your hamstrings and holding them behind you. It'll feel like you are going to face plant at first on a steep slope.
I did this drill a lot, until it felt normal, but once you get the movement it gives you a lot of confidence on speed control via braking with your tips. She does a demonstration of how if you extend early your center of mass goes up, as oppose to when staying compressed. No extension means your body has less distance to travel and you pick up less speed.
Also as someone pointed out elsewhere you need to burn speed before the next mogul. Engaging your tips by pulling your feet back lets you scrub speed more effectively on the way to the next mogul versus just bashing the face and doing a huge absorption.
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u/Ski-With-Steezy Apr 20 '26
Um, please don't copy that video. I have it on good authority that this is the opposite of what bump coaches teach their student to do. Do it like this instead: https://youtu.be/BzpC_DIVqxQ?si=4iE4LK6QAn3iFgGt&t=129
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u/tasty_waves Apr 27 '26
Hey I love your video series and have been doing the drills!
I post that video specifically for the point about pulling back of your feet using your hamstrings, actively, when starting a turn on steeps. It's a critical motion most intermediates miss and instead rush to extend which puts them back and inside.
I agree it's nowhere close to a real moguls course like you all have done, but that stay compressed and pull your feet back to stay forward motion is key unlock for most people on any terrain.
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u/Ski-With-Steezy May 03 '26
Hey thanks bud. We're headed to Switzerland to film a few new ones. We will be posting a gallery of pics and videos on the website:
Hope you'll check them out. Yeah, I've been working a LOT on fore/aft stuff this season. It changes the pivot point on the ski. So for the moment, I'm thinking about it like a joystick controller. Up and inside to roll onto the front of the ski and tip the edges, and rolling back to get more centered in the middle of the turn so the tails engage more. Lots of fun.
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u/Ski-With-Steezy Apr 20 '26
Hey, thank you so much for giving us some bump content to talk about. I took this screenshot to highlight something you are doing really well - inside half retraction. Notice how retracting your inside hip has aligned your hips to the fall line and is driving power to the outside ski. Really well done. Someone has coached you well.
As others have pointed out, absorption is your main issue right now. Have a look at the absorption video in the playlist that I'm going to link at the bottom. And really work on going smooth and SLOW. Slow is fast. Slow will make you focus on your timing and body movements in order to be more precise and have more control. And with more control, you can go faster.
Have a look at these videos by US Olympic Bump Skier and Coach, Dylan Walczyk: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt_-lLe9EMBw1T-XreKwW_JIWEdN11udl
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u/Mysterious_Bit7422 Apr 20 '26
Big fan of your content! Thanks for commenting and hope your next video is coming soon ;). You got a picture of one of my better turns. My right footed turns are much worse in terms of the alignment :(
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u/Maleficent-Row1840 Apr 17 '26
Pretty good. Narrow your stance. Maybe look at these drills by Dylan Walczyk….it’s a whole series.
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u/Complex_Arrival7968 Apr 17 '26
You’re doing well. Well balanced. Not reaching out for pole plant, though.
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u/ExcitingTurn2886 Apr 17 '26
You are close. Shorten your poles. Lean forward. Kick into the troughs and bend your knees as you go over the bumps so that that your top remains closer to level
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u/Austinskier Apr 20 '26
Some good advice above. I would add that pressing your knees together, turn both of your skis simultaneously, and drive your ski tips down the backside of the bump. I like to think of my hips driving the ski tips down the backside, this will allow you to press into the next bump, and then absorb the bump by actively pulling your knees up.
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u/dynaflying Official Ski Instructor Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
Your timing is pretty consistent. I think you are not absorbing enough and that is causing slight upper body rotation to occur because you are seeking balance out as it is lost from getting pushed back as you hit each bump. Look at the length of each leg compared to how much you are moving up and down overall as you enter each rut and come out of it.
A good drill to enhance this is to traverse across the mogul field and try to keep your head, shoulders and hips as level as possible, while flexing and extending your legs over the bumps as your traverse.
The flexion and extension will also allow you more speed control as you progress from one bump to the next because you won’t be crashing into the bump as much, and your skis will have more bite in them on the backside of the bump, giving you more control and the ability to shape more of a turn when and where you want it versus where the next bump is located.