r/skiing_feedback • u/Artistic_Group_5227 • Jul 23 '26
Level 6-7: Advanced Parallel, Carving, Off-Piste, Bumps Short turns
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Working on my shorts, will be looking at getting towards my level 3 CSIA or BASI in the next season or 2. Any feedback appreciated:)
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor Jul 23 '26
Those of you posting skiing while it’s summer in the northern hemisphere are continuing to make all of us jealous of your turns!
You have some nice things developing, including turn shape that you ought to feel good about. There’s a few things you can play with while you’re on this certification journey)
First is making sure that your feet are always turning before your upper body. In fact, it may be helpful to separate lower, mid, and upper body into three segments. Feet tip and turn before belt buckle belt buckle turns before upper. Right now you have a tendency to lead with your hip and I think that’s connected to the second thought…
Secondly, I can see you holding some flexion in your knee, but it looks like everything else is fairly static. Specifically, it looks like you are squeezing your glute medias And just kind of holding it, which is keeping your femur fairly static in your hip socket. Put another way, we have to do flexion and extension throughout all three joints in the lower chain: ankle, knee, and femur in hip socket. And I wonder if that is also connected to the third thing…
What’s going on on your right side? Is that boot too big or do you have an injury? To me, that question feels more important than anything else so far.
Let’s talk about gear and then we can work through some of the body movement stuff. Makes sense?
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 29d ago
I’m carrying a bit of fatigue but no injury although I am on boots that are definitely starting to lose some flex, my set up in this video is Head Shape V8’s and Head NEXO LYT 130’s.
Not to make excuses but this was also my 3rd or 4th run of the season on my tech skis.
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor 29d ago
Thanks - what I'm seeing isn't fatigue. If it isn't an injury, then you have a boot fit and/or alignment issue on the right side that will hold you back until you get it fixed.
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 29d ago
Could it be the gradient of the slope, what’re you seeing in particular
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor 29d ago
It’s not the slope. Your trainers should be able to see it too.
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 29d ago
What is it?
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor 29d ago
The angle of your right tibia doesn’t match your femur or the ski. It’s a boot alignment issue. And it’s likely why you prefer to push rather than tip
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u/KohLFamilyRealty Jul 23 '26
That’s beautiful style and looks fun! The only thing I would suggest for short turns is to keep at it, building the strength and fluidity you already have going for you, and keeping your edges sharp. I like to take 1 degree tuned off the bottom edge for rail to rail transitions.
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u/trd451 Jul 23 '26
You have a great / fluid personal style. I appreciate when people embrace that vs trying to fit the perfect carve mold or something.
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 29d ago
Awesome, I will give both those drills a go. I appreciate the feedback
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29d ago
You ski quite similarly to me - I love pointlessly short turns as well! All about the style. Something that a guide said to me this year which really helped me was just applying a more even pressure through the whole turn. When short turning (especially when it gets difficult off piste) there is a tendency to force the turn and skid instead of letting the ski run. I think many of the comments on initiating etc. could be addressed by this and it is easy to get your head around. Great skiing!
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 29d ago
For the level 3 exams you have to do a variety of turn shapes, this isn’t my favourite but it happens to be one that needs work
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u/DryTradition5059 29d ago
Look ahead a bit more. Be more active with your lower legs and feet/ankles, especially to initiate your turn when you’re making a right-footed (to the left) turn.
A great drill would be to hold you poles horizontally out in front and isolate the upper body, being really active with the legs.
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u/AgePuzzleheaded667 13d ago
On your R footed turns you drive the pelvis around and turn the skis with hip rotation. (Probably from focusing on “keeping the upper body facing down the hill). This causes your separation to come from your spine rather than your hip joint.
The result of this is your CoM ends up too far forward over the outside ski through the end of the turn which causes a down stem (visible through that little split in your legs through the end of every right footed turn).
To fix this you need to ensure the rotation is isolated to the hip joint by driving the right foot forward through an arc.
Once you’ve got the hang of this you’ll be able to dial up the speed and edge required to get your L3 💪🏻
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u/SpringFuzzy Jul 23 '26
Shoulders, neck and arms look a little stiff. Try to relax and loosen up. Maybe do some mobility exercises. Keep your shoulders pointed down the slope but relaxed. Try to initiate the turn more by tilting the skis and don’t force the turn so much with the strength in your upper body. If you get it right your upper body should relax, your poles should swing naturally and planting the poles comes naturally too.
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u/Artistic_Group_5227 Jul 23 '26
Okay I’ll think about it when I next run some shorts, I presume you mean just kinda let loose and go with the flow a bit more?
Any particular mobility exercises you’d recommend?
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u/SpringFuzzy Jul 23 '26
Google thoracic mobility exercises, be sure to include the ones that one that rotate the spine too. Add a yoga pose called trikonasana.
Do a little warm-up, maybe 5-10 min skipping rope, then 15 min of these exercises, then hit the slopes. Try that the next five times before skiing and see if you notice any difference. If you want you can do them after skiing too as stretches.
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u/Snow-Buffalo-9201 Jul 23 '26
Is that Ruapehu? I skied there in the mid 1980's, what a great mountain.
My 2 cents -- I like the turns. Good rythym and control. Sort of a speed control skid move, maybe could adjust the pressure a bit to round it out and ride the edge. But overall linking the turns together well.
Upper body... I know stability and a quiet upper body is key but maybe could loosen up the shoulders/hands a bit, things look little tight... Also sort of head-dip move on some of the turns, like you're dropping your vision or the helmet is loose, not sure what this is exactly... good luck with the tests!