Message #18155

[byronm]

Technique Question & follow up....I have a day on the new skis (blzd-mags 7.6)
 
While I don't have enough time on these skis nor am I technique saavy enough to provide a substantive review at this point. Generally, I will say they were "trustworthy". Tracked up snow 3"-4"--"chop" no issue. They shined on hardpack. In technical terms, in my intermediate world (lean into these rascals at speed & hold onto the saddle horn) Light ski in terms of weight. Stable at speed.
 
The real purpose of this post>>>I have some questions that are bugging me;
 
At the start of EVERY run yesterday (maybe 12 to 14) thru/out day and before I ran out of gas)....I took time to practice the simple carving drills illustrated on the RS site. I can do the wedge blocker thing fine...
 
But doing the slow (two edge) carving arc drill, engaging the ski tips with lateral knee flexion, combined some forward pressure to the "big toe little toe sides" via pressure at the tongue of the boot to engage ski tips, let the skis initiate the turn, to come around (without unweighting one ski)..isn't happening.
 
Q's: Do you all feel like you are leaning constantly on the front of your boot at the shin while in an athletic stance?
 
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While at speed I can lean (latterally) on the skis and get good response...swish or scarve the tails to another latteral lean again fine........when I try to link turns via the slow arc pencil track drill....it feels like I am already leaning hard into the tongue while in a normal balanced athletic stance...Thus...."there is no more in the tank" in terms of leverage to engage the tips.
 
Maybe I am not combining the lateral/forward knee move>>>pressure translating through my feet >>boots>>to the skis in correct fashion....Just not feeling it....and neither are the skis apparently.....
 
Any thoughts??