people talking about legs all the time, but they never mention hip, it's hard to maintain your upper body straight if you don't raise your hip, just image you are carrying something on your waist.
I used to be a cross walker which meant, I used to walk right on right and left on left. I still walk like this when I put my hands in my pockets off my pants and am walking around. This leteral sepperation is what I do for turning in skiing, I go over left with hanging left and stretch my right foot out. Also to add even with this wrong position/banking, I still came fourth on the globes in my teen years and stood nr4 rank off the world in the FIS Freestyle area back in 2002.
Many of the best Backcountry guides and helicopter skiing guides Bank most of their terms so it’s not necessarily bad. It depends on the situation. When you bank your terms, the force is dealt with by your skeleton not your muscles. That’s why if they’re doing a 3000 vertical Run time after time after day after day after day it helps to bank most of your terms. Of course, if they’re in the trees and they have to make aggressive athletic terms they don’t do the banking as much but in a wide open bowl banking is very useful.
Separation does not result in staying upright (or rather, only in one plane). If your skis point downhill, from bottom view you are upright, but from the side view you are perpendicular to the slope. And vice versa - if your skis are across the hill, you are upright only from the side view, from the front view your shoulders want to be parallel with the slope (otherwise you would be leaning on the upper ski). So as a rule of thumb - your shoulders want to be parallel to the ground and body perpendicular to the group.
It's all about the feet in the boots! 😎
Many of these statements are nonsense. #1 - The upper body does not have to stay upright while the legs lean in to keep weight on the outside ski. In fact, at the highest levels (FIS/Olympics) you will see that skiers have less upper body side break. They stay in a straighter, more "stacked" and tall position to handle the immense loads. It is sort of like doing a cheater squat. A taller position is STRONGER. #2 - Balancing on one ski is about dynamic reactions / proprioception. There is no such thing as a balanced position. That means your body is always reacting to restore balance. Balance is a process. Proper hip leveling is key to maintain dynamic balance on one ski. Watch "Mikaela Hip Hike GS" #3 - Lateral separation comes from developing inside ski awareness and control. Once you have that, it is about timing. The timing of when you start tipping the skis. If you tip the inside ski first, and lead with the inside ski, you will achieve good lateral separation.
Teach me the steeps.😂
U need speed to do that banana.
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