Some wonderful skiing there, Heluvaskier! But I'd still love to see a clip of some 100% bonafide PMTS skiing, on a steep slope in nasty snow, at a slow, controlled pace. I'm not for a moment doubting that it can be done, I'm sure it can - it's just that all the examples I've seen are of much faster skiing than I'd want to be doing in the conditions I'm talking about (particularly in a narrow couloir with rocks around). I'm looking for technique to get me steadily, safely, in control, down those areas in the off-piste where it's more something to be got out of the way rather than part of the fun skiing.
Yeah, Heluva all those videos are great, but the only guys skiing steeps is a few shots of Reily, and a few moments in the first video...AND, when any of them hits the steeps, you're right they don't hop turn it, they launch it at speed and ski on (top flight stuff!).
Which brings me to me fourth skill:
1. Bullet Proof Jumping skills at speed
High speed jumping couloirs, pesky cliff-outs and boulders and short sections of 50 plus degree slopes is certainly a good strategy for navigating that terrain...though not exactly available to all skiers, huh?
BUt, as Johnny says, he doesn't want to launch that terrain and ski it at such reckless speeds...hmmm, now what could he do in steep, narrow, tricky snow terrain that would give him speed control and allow him to navigate those areas fairly easily with a little practice? What are the moves that would really minimize the time he keeps his skis in the Fall-Line in no-fall zones??
Oh, and Tobin is an excellent skier, he shows models you can actually follow and emulate-and his bump skiing in the second video I posted is excellent-smooth and solid in real deep, large moguls. I haven't seen a video here, on PMTS, or Epic of anyone skiing them better (who wasn't already and established name like Berger, or Patrick Deneen).
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