Author Topic: The Key To Better Off Piste Skiig  (Read 1273 times)

Gary

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Re: The Key To Better Off Piste Skiig
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2011, 12:40:58 pm »
Dude....I see where the name bushwacka came from....great skiing through that bramble....way to tight for my liking....but nicely done...you're very quick in there...sweet skills to have. Love the way your skis are working together and great work with the poles too.

I know the pitch is hard to appreciate but from the rate of turn of your skis....you're moving pretty good.  :o

Great thoughts on skiing the rockered skis...same message I've been saying using my rockered Rossi S3's at 98 underfoot.
In my opinion, they're as stable as many GS skis....respond extremely well to lateral pressure, are stable, easy to get on edge angle and very versatile. They don't like finsihing any turn on the tail cause their ain't none their to support ya....but skiing them centered...tip and turn....they are amazing and fun. Although you won't find me in tight trees like that, I love the ability of the S3's to slither down tight lines of my choice be it on a steep crud run or along the edges of a blue run where there is broken snow, bumps and off camber stuff to play in....a great place the sideslip, pivot, brushcarves come into play. Having said this about the Rossi S3's....I had a pair of Armada JJ's that were the pits for me...they worked better flat with light tipping of flat and swiveling in the trees then me trying to get them up on high edge....like anything else....gotta find what works.

B, even if many don't enter the terrain you have mastered, the benefits of the new gear to make taming the crud and pow with judicious application of float, drift, pivot, turns...is oh such a beautiful thing.

Man B...freakn' awesome skiing in the woods!

G

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