realskiers

That's probably a fair point about the carving video, JB--I haven't really looked at it closely and I included because I thought it might interest so folks here.

As far as MA-regardless of what anyone says here, Tobin is a rippin' skier and we're not changing that- But I do think there is value in breaking apart his movements.  If some folks want to point out how some of these movements differ from the movements they'd like to ski in these situations-that's fine, I'm willing to read it.

But the real question is, for me anyway-what is he doing that works, or why does his skiing work well?  His 'Steep' video is just what everybody says..smooth.  But smooth in steep, bumpy terrain holding a narrow corridor at good speed (honestly, I'm not sure anyone could ski this faster while making controlled turns..he's certainly hit that 'Terminal velocity' jbotti mentioned in another thread).

I was going to put this in another thread--but check out this video:



It's a CSIA demo of  some advanced skiing skills-a mix of video and action still shots.  Some of it is a little flat-footed and instructor-ish-some of it is some very dynamic high level skiing.  At around minute 1:55 in the video, you get a guy in blue pants making some great short turns.  A lot of it looks similar to what Tobin is doing in the SEction 8 stuff-so I wonder if this style of turn is 'canadian thing' and if anyone out there is familiar with CSIA I still would like to know how you go about building up these kind of turns.

oh--and I have to laugh, is their really an East vs. West skiing debate lurking in this thread?  We can argue boxers or briefs next