Skiing dead dead fast!!!!

OK, picture this.

Coming down to the bottom of a nice tasty red that opens up nice and wide to a part with a slight incline. To stop the poling, bend zee kneez and into a lovely tuck position and listen to the wind howling in your ears and the cold nose. But loving every second of it.

I bet we have all had that feeling, I know I have & I absolutely love it.

However......

On the odd occasion (luckily only very odd as it hurts and is embarrassing!!), I catch an inside edge. BANG!! down like a bag of potatoes. Mush flat in the snow and having to walk down teh flat bit (after I have managed to stand up on flat bits. I find standing up VERY difficult, always have. But that is another thread...)

1. Why do I catch the inside front edge?
2. When I try and keep ski flat I then feel unsteady and have no weight and think I will catch outside edge?

Any advice would be much appreciated as I am fed up of looking like a dim wit!

A tuck is not necessarily the fastest - or as you have found the safest!!
:) :-) :D

I am very proud of the fact that my 17yo gets mad when he goes into a tuck and I gracefully slide past, standing upright, arms behind me .........

My best guess, and of course it is a guess, is that what is happening is that your weight is dropping back onto the tails of your skis. This will...
a, slow you down
b, make you unstable, tips quiver, edge caught - end of story.

Now I doubt if this is the correct way but I find it's about getting the weight well onto the front of the boots but, at the same time, being quite "light" if that isn't a contradiction or even oxymoron!

Anyway - any more good stories for a laugh??
:lol:

OldAndy wrote:A tuck is not necessarily the fastest - or as you have found the safest!!
:) :-) :D

I am very proud of the fact that my 17yo gets mad when he goes into a tuck and I gracefully slide past, standing upright, arms behind me .........

My best guess, and of course it is a guess, is that what is happening is that your weight is dropping back onto the tails of your skis. This will...
a, slow you down
b, make you unstable, tips quiver, edge caught - end of story.

Now I doubt if this is the correct way but I find it's about getting the weight well onto the front of the boots but, at the same time, being quite "light" if that isn't a contradiction or even oxymoron!

Anyway - any more good stories for a laugh??
:lol:

You calling me light footed? :shock:

How about this one as you want a funny story.... Standing on the edge of a slope on a beautiful day. Shades on, doing the old "how sexy am I"

Quite a foxy young French girl goes past.I decide to follow her as it is a good view to follow....

Turn round. Cross skis, BANG!!
Also done the same while getting on a 2 man chair on a blue run :oops:

Enough, I could go on?!

Iceman wrote:

1. Why do I catch the inside front edge?
2. When I try and keep ski flat I then feel unsteady and have no weight and think I will catch outside edge?

Any advice would be much appreciated as I am fed up of looking like a dim wit!

Two thoughts....

Are you skiing on "carvers". Most don't like to be skied flat, they like a slight edge and to be kept carving

Have you had your alignment checked? Are you standing flat to the ski. Are you knock kneed or bow legged naturally? Having to force the ski flat is hard work.

Carvers - Yes. You mean inside/outside edge rather than 2 insides :shock:

Dont think alignment is a problem. Got fallen arches so that should make it easier. There is a slight roll in, but I doubt enough to make an edge catch? I use hired ski - own boots

Iceman wrote:Carvers - Yes. You mean inside/outside edge rather than 2 insides :shock:

Dont think alignment is a problem. Got fallen arches so that should make it easier. There is a slight roll in, but I doubt enough to make an edge catch? I use hired ski - own boots

If you have fallen arches, you may be Pronating. Ask to have your Alignment checked, and make sure that you have a supportive footbed.

Most Carving skis like to be kept carving. Think of it as a mini turn. The shape of this type of ski is most stable when it's on edge. If you ski with 2 inside edges engaged, it's a Snowplough, think // and not /\ :D

bandit wrote:If you have fallen arches, you may be Pronating. Ask to have your Alignment checked, and make sure that you have a supportive footbed.

I have supportive custom beds. Is a ski hire shop likely to do that in resort? Are they really going to understand me when I say, "i catch edges and have fallen arches, can you check the alignment on my skis please"

The guys tend to be French and speak minimal english :(

There will be someone in resort who can help you, it's not rocket science, rather a lot of folk have to compensate for their skis not being flat because their legs are not perfectly straight/feet wonky. I did 25 years like it :roll:

Bit of a Eureka moment when I had alignment done :shock: 8)

If you have this checked and eliminated, the next step is to consider if your balance is centred on your skis, or your weight is too far forward or back.