pku 寫:Oh G! " get in and out of groomed runs, that's "Off-piste." Are you kidding? There is not even bumpy on what you said off piste. That's too easy to ski. The terrain on Whistler is not like that. Once you got on off groomed, you need to ski all the way down before you can hit the groomed again.
I was talking about the "techniques," not the terrain; yes, in and out groomed runs means you have to be able ski the different/uneven surfaces, (see where I whined when he jumped off the groom without missing a beat @0:35,) which is what makes "off-piste" skiing.
The way you said carve on one foot is just more like a inside ski turns. My kids can do one foot skiing 10 years ago. That's not hard at all.
You need to come up with better arguments to trivialize his good performance (those were demos for training the ski instructors!), "You kids can do one foot skiing 10 years ago" won't do, only makes you losing your credibility. Such an argument actually says three things: 1) your kids are genius, which I doubt it (if they can do that 10 years ago, they should be on the Olympic or WC podiums somewhere by now); 2) you don't ski better than what you kids can do ten years ago (if you cannot do one foot skiing); 3) you have a poor video analysis skill (spinning at cruising speed is not a simple maneuver, even you see him does it easily). And the main question remains, can you do it? As what makes the "White Pass" turns, I think Snowrider may have better ideas, he was drilling on it.
I know you ski a lot but your skiing is only quite relax but not fast and no performance ( you said performance skiing and too much turning is too tiring ) To a certain extend is true but I think it's also the fun part of the sport ( speed ) and be able to turn at will.
Skiing every day is no longer just "skiing" anymore but a "discipline"/練功夫, and as well "everyday living," as you still need to take care the details of everyday living, injures, fatigue, and etc., I ski is to enjoy myself, not to exhaust myself.
Well, "speed" and "turn at will" don't really complement to each other—when you go fast, you cannot turn easily, and when you slow down to turn, you've lost the speed, and that's the characteristic of "Turn-Skiing." How do you do "go fast and turn at will" at the same time?
I don't think many people loke the way you skis but for sure you can ski, not like Norman can only talk.
I appreciate people can ski no matter how they ski.
The answer is "Line-Skiing," and my friend skis better than me.
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