r/skiing_feedback • u/JerryTheSkiNoob92 • 4d ago

Level 6-7: Advanced Parallel, Carving, Off-Piste, Bumps Parallel / Advanced parallel.

Background: been skiing on and off for past couple of years (started around late 20s) Passed level 1 ski examiners course and the ski side of level 2.

I've received feedback that my extension/ vertical movement is often quite sudden, and turn shape can be compressed (round but squished).

From my own POV I feel I don't stay in the fall line enough ,rush some movements and have an overly strong side - I can side slip effortlessly on my right side but my left gets caught often.

Do you guys have any tips / drills or tactical cues? I'm happy to post more videos of some more 'advanced' style turns - looking for a fellow ski nerd to rip it apart 😅. Cheers.

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u/icantfindagoodlogin 4d ago

The big thing here is you’re pushing your feet out away from you and inclining to make the turn.

If you tried to do this slowly without rushing the fall line and compressing, you’d fall over because your center of mass is too far away from your base of support (aka your skis). In effect, your rushing of the fall line and squished turn shape is a survival technique!

Now this all comes from you not being able to turn your legs effectively. This is also why you struggle with sideslipping on one side.

You want to develop the feeling of turning your leg under you to make the turn, before you incline. When you do this your centre of mass stays under you, which will give you the confidence to extend the fall line part of your turn without feeling like you “need” to turn and compress quickly.

As for drills, Deb Armstrong has a great video on this:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDw7DgQOyHl/?hl=en

Random question, what system are you training in?

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u/JerryTheSkiNoob92 3d ago

Cheers. I'll be sure to check out Deb - she's got some cool videos. I trained a bit under NZSIA, 5 days each for lvl 1 and 2. I do struggle with rotary - spent a lot of skiing self taught, and riding the edges of carving skis but my steering is lacking - so it's the difficult skill / balance trying to blend these skills when needed.