realskiers

I "owned" that move and that style of skiing from about age 14 - 22.  It's what all the "cool" kids did back in the day.  Note that there's no direction change from this ski swiveling move.  It was purely for style.  I would challenge myself to see how many extra "turns" I could throw in while tearing down a mogul run.

Fast forward to my last 12 years living in Colorado.  I've spent the better part of the last 10 years trying to get rid of that swivel move.  It still comes out from time to time when I ski moguls.  I'm still working hard to bring my PMTS skills into my mogul skiing - my old mogul movements are just so ingrained in my skiing.

I would love to understand why any modern skier, given today's "tools" (skis), would want to own this move.  It accomplishes nothing - it's purely for style points and only appreciated by those who like the style.  Note that this is NOT a pivoted turn - there's NO turn happening since there's no direction change.  The skis are sideways. but the direction of travel is still forward.

Too bad we didn't have helmet cams and video camcorders back when I was a kid or I'd have tons of video showing skiers flying down an entire run only doing the swivel move while heading straight down the slope.