realskiers

Hi J2R.....It is my belief the premise of the post was asking what is the skier doing and how can I do this.

SO in my response I was trying to address what I was seeing and to the best of my ability, describe what I was seeing.

With regards to HA comments and my personal thoughts....I probably would not ski that same line the same way the skier in the video does, I would stay connected to the ground, get my skis tips pointed more uphill and less in the fall line and ski it with more rounded turns. ....BUT that's just my style.

Do I think it's great to know how to make that kind of turn...yup...indeed . But I also believe ski to snow contact trumps air moves anytime. For example, release and uphill edge sets or edge checks could help mange turn shape and speed in tight situations and another ideal situation to have that kind of a turn might be in a very narrow steep chute where there is limited ability to round out turns and speed management is critical.

Tools is cools! 

Best, G