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Originally Posted by justanotherskipro 

Good questions Rossy! Advanced Wedge Christies begin with the skis on opposing edges (like we see at 00:14). In riggering refers to too much weight being kept on the inside ski.

 

Both are related to our stance and balance on the skis. Suppose you picked up that inside ski? In all likely hood you would fall over to the inside of the turn. By using that inside ski to avoid falling, you in essence limit how effectively the outside ski can grip the snow. Your workaround is to add edge angle and thus the A-frame is maintained. A good corrective drill for this is to do 1000 step turns. But before trying them, walk around in a circle about 15-20 feet in diameter wearing just your ski boots. Then do the same while on skis. After you get a good feel for that move, try doing some linked turns using that same sort of move. Make sure it's on the shallowest slope you can find though. Eventually take that to steeper terrain but what is most important is the integrity of the move, not the steepness of the slope. Once you gain the experience to do this confidently, use that same basic stance to make round turns without all the stepping. You might find shuffling is an intermediate step and worth doing as you gain experience with this new stance.

 

From there the next step is to start the new turn by rolling the ankle and knee over and allowing the hips and torso to follow that knee into the new turn. (It's not enough to abduct the knee and let the core linger inside the old turn.) As this becomes ingrained in your habitual movements, I think you will find maneuvers like the White Pass Turn and one footed skiing a lot easier to accomplish.

 

BTW, I looked up the white pass turn in the book NO HILL TOO FAST because I remembered it as a variation of the serpentine move that includes a large projection of the torso. It's there. So I wonder why it was suggested otherwise. I guess different variations exist and I simply don't use that smaller RoM version. In any case, I agree with Rusty that toning down the lateral hip RoM would improve your skiing Rossy, so I would play with his version.

 

So there you have it, Aft stance due to excessive hip flex and insufficient ankle dorsi flexing, core getting too far inside the turns to maintain effective outside ski pressure and edge purchase, and a lack of dynamic fluidity due to all these stance and balance issues.

 

Rossy, as a side note. The fact that you solicited advice says you wanted us to be a bit critical of your skiing but I hope you take what we all wrote as constructive criticism. Ski well my friend,

JASP 

Originally Posted by bud heishman 

 

rossymcg,   Watching your video, two things jump out at me.  First, this is not skiing that can be evaluated very well because, well.... it isn't really skiing but more of a task or exercise you are demonstrating.  You are merely locking the ski on an edge and riding it wherever it wants to take you.  I hardly classify this as skiing.  I mean absolutely no offense by this just that I would rather see you making some real turns in a variety of turn shapes that you choose rather than trying to railroad track turns.

 

Secondly, your A framing is likely caused more by alignment issues than technique issues.  I would suggest having your lateral alignment parameters assessed and corrected before focusing on the technique side of A frame issues.  Many skiers tend to ignore this very important part of skiing but proper alignment can change your world instantly.

 

Best wishes in reaching your skiing goals!

bud

Originally Posted by Adie 

Hi Ross. I've just seen the thread on ask the boot guys and I'm sure you'll get some good advice on there. If you're looking for help in the UK, after a lot of research I would recommend Solutions4feet in Bicester. Colin Martin is very helpful and I'm hoping to pay him a visit in the next few weeks. He may well post on your thread.

Adie

Originally Posted by Kneale Brownson 

Try making your first thought in turn initiation moving the new inside knee into the turn. You need to begin that with weight still on that foot from the previous turn. Also think about making the pelvis move forward along the skis as well as toward the apex of the new turn.