Here's another Josh Foster Video...the more i watch his stuff the more it grows on me. I like his skiing, it's very attainable, ..anyway, this is a pretty straight forward 'ski tip' ...I think it makes good sense:
And here's another fun one on warming up and 'active feet'. You know, this guy has 50 plus videos from big white and in every one he is either in powder or it is snowing.....has anyone ever been there, it looks like a very pleasant place to ski!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hNqF6xrpkI&feature=relmfuI had some more thoughts on this style....the last style (Jibbers) what ever it's worth or lack thereof, is not really a 'Teachable' style. You can learn and perfect park maneuvers, but I am unaware of any larger learning system to teach the free skiing jibber approach and would question the efficacy of such a program even if it existed. The first style: 'wide, rotary, forward' atv style is very teachable, easy to master and does get people in to lots of different pitches, terrain and surface conditions. However, like I said, it is not the way I want to ski, and I prefer mobility over stability as a guiding principle in skiing, though I do get the prevalence of that style.
The Canadians present another model, closer to my own goals and the self-image I have for how I want my skiing style to look. I suspect it is fairly teachable and gets people to a certain level of competency n the terrain of resorts like Big White (which, to be honest, is the goal of most skiers, even fairly good skiers). THis is the first style I've presented that has at least the potential to combine teachability with a pleasing dynamic diversity of movements. I hadn't really thought much about the CSIA way before, but I have been watching their 'level standards' videos, and I like the end results. Yep, they pop and extend in some circumstances, down weight flex in others (and, from what I can tell, the older CSIA 4's are more likely to bounce along than the younger ones...which isn't really that surprising).
I'm thinking I'd like to find a good level 4 CSIA guy and take a lesson-I'm curious to ee how this looks in practice.
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