Why does my technique vary so much from day to day?

bandit wrote:Wickers you might have a point about having them on the wrong way round. A friend told me recently about his mate managing to ski a couple of runs on some B2's with them on backwards

Don't worry too much about it though, at your age there are bigger issues in life

I'm only 25 , I've just had a hard life

Well,
You must have married awfully young then!

Ally

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Here's another tip from the wickers book of skiing, when all's not well Swop your skis over

How does that work then Wickers?

Especially as some skis are "handed" when they come out of the factory

Mistress Bandit I have had a response from my ski supplier and it reads ;

Dear Mr. Wickham,

the skis are not marked left and right. They are both the same and you may use them as you want to. Of course you can mark them by yourself specially when you're racing that you know which is the inside edge. It depends on your demands.

I hope I was able to help you!

Best regards,

Kerstin Garstenauer
PR Manager Alpine
Fischer Sports GmbH, Fischerstraße 8, A-4910 Ried/Innkreis
Tel. +43 (7752) 909-379, Mobil Tel: +43 (664) 60919 379

I actually quite like the bit where my mate Kerstin says "specially when you're racing"

Maybe my new found mate at Fischer will supply me with some freebees

I thought people were taking the mickey when they said one ski was left and the other was right

Tony_H wrote:I thought people were taking the mickey when they said one ski was left and the other was right

I wasn't sure either but I do have one that feels better on my right foot, i just got to mark it now

I don't get it.

Why would you want to mark it, if there's no difference between the skis, so that you know which is the inside edge?

Ally

AllyG wrote:I don't get it.

Why would you want to mark it, if there's no difference between the skis, so that you know which is the inside edge?

Ally

Speak to bandit, but I know when a ski is not on the right foot

I would go further then to say how much your form changes day by day, or session by session. I quite often can go from poor to IMO very good, to superb and then back to bad in 4 consecitive pistes.
I put it town to rythmn, if you get your basics right at the start your form will continue, if you start off rubbish it is hard to recover good technique.
Bad example I know, but like many it is just so infuriating!!! But it is the 'I love it to bits every year infuriating!!!'.