Here is a link to some video of me skiing some steep terrain (I won't argue with Ron about what the actual pitch is) on the new Head SS's. I wipeout pretty good at the end (yes we need more video of good wipeouts!!). If you look carefully using the pause button, you can see where my hips are at the apex of each turn, and they are in genarel even with or in front of my boots (on the stance leg). You can also see that I am getting pretty significant bend out of the ski. On the last turn (before the wipeout at the 13 second mark) I get back just a little and with that much ski bend the skis literally pop me off the ground into the air (see the 14 second mark using the pause and you will see that the skis have popped my tails way off the snow). This is what I am talking about with regard to bending a ski and tightening the TR which generates huge rebound. If I hadn't gotten back, I would have gotten controllable rebound which can be absorbed if one flexess at the rght time to absorb the rebound.?
As for the wipeout, it loosk worse than it was. Once I got launched I needed to stabilize. As I was doing thhis I saw the lift pole and I decided to dump my tail on the ground and do a controlled wipeout. I was actually quite a ways from the tower but it looks very close on the video. It actually was pretty fun!!
http://pmts.org/pmtsforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2879
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