realskiers

Dan,

Once you learn how to ski, please teach me.  And then cure me of bad habits like fiddling with gear and coveting my neighbor's skis.

Since you mentioned divergent definitions of forward, let me post my all-time single favorite sentence from EpicSki.  I'd buy the author a beer any time.  I think there's no doubt about who wrote this ...

In the same thread, a well-known Summit County instructor posted a different view:

Regarding those two quotes, the first one is just another self-righteous insult to almost all skiers. It may be fact, or it may not, or maybe both quotes are correct. Maybe most skiers hips are not "forward" because they don't need to be. I'd say the second quote has been more helpful to me than the first. The last time I skied with BB he created an environment that allowed me to figure that out for myself. To figure out that I don't always need to be staying "forward". The first thing he'll tell you when you ski with him is "don't believe everything I say" that can be pretty valuable too. Go out and ski and figure out as much as you can for yourself. Sometimes you will have to reconcile conflicting advice for yourself - http://www.epicski.com/t/99527/reconciling-foot-squirt-with-foragonal-movements

Speaking of FIS and being forward, I am pretty sure that this guy is a FIS racer that won our race yesterday.


sorry, link doesn't work, maybe I can fix that tonight.