realskiers

Fore/aft - yes, definitely a huge key to steep off-piste skiing, but there is one other movement that I have to remember to stress every time I'm in that stuff - Counterbalancing (CB).  Not only do we see most skiers getting caught back on their tails (stuck and hunting for place to turn with their up extension) they also are severely inclinating into the hill.  Jbotti with all your work with HH I can imagine that your CB is pretty solid these days, but what I know is that CB is not an intuitive skiing movement.  People get the whole idea of fore/aft and being in balance, but 99% of skiers all ski primarily using inclination to achieve their edge angles rather than strong tipping with CB.  In the steeps I think it is the lack of CB that is the first thing to go - it's human nature when fearful to try to "hug the hill".