Twice that 4ce cut the wind promo video has come up in this thread. I'm going to `make an unopular comment here (surprise surprise, huh?):
It's a great video and it is great skiing by great skiers, I love watching it, too....But, don't use it as a model to learn to powder ski. I mean, really? High speed super g turns on wide open, helicopter access only slopes? Damn impressive, but not really something you're going to emulate, I bet (I mean, hell, I've watched HH's and Diana's and Heluva's powder skiing clips, it doesn't look anything like what those Japanese free skiers are up to, yes, they're all carvy, and skilled in their approach, but that's the only similarity!).
Seriously, where do you think you are going to learn to ski like that?? Your next exclusive for four heli-trip to New Zealand?
The nice thing about Bushwacker's videos, is that they take place in terrain accessible from just about any lift in the USA (for those willing to work a bit to take advantage of it). And they demonstrate the sort of real world skills and powder techniques an aspiring expert might pursue.
Also, For all the knocks on todays ski-
**** stars as models to learn from, check out any of Sage's lower angle tree/ powder skiing, if you remove the big air you'll see a technique that is not beyond the average skier's ability to emulate (not to his level,perhaps, but certainly to some fairly enjoyable approximation thereof).
Check out the videos on this page,:
http://www.catskiing.ca/reviews/tags/videoIt's just some videos of people (great and not so great) skiing the terrain serviced by Big Red Cats out of Rossland, BC. The snow is great, the terrain mor etypical of what you might encounter as a typical adventurous skier and the skiing more accessible than 4ce cut the wind.
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