Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World

To a point, it will get to the stage where you are sacrificing manoeuvrability for stability you don't really need.

Pablo,
You mean, don't try going on powder using skis more than about 2 foot (60 cms for our younger members) wide :lol:

Ally

AllyG wrote:Pablo,
You mean, don't try going on powder using skis more than about 2 foot (60 cms for our younger members) wide :lol:

Ally

You got it!

snowb4ndit wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Easy moguls are... easy, if they aren't too big and on a relatively shallow pitch you just need to be handy with your short turns and know where to use them.

I'm ok'ish on moguls it's the deep powder that does me in.

Just because you don't do well in powder, doesn't mean you're not a good skier. The same people on powder and the race course.







Trencher

To me, it just looks like they are trying to ski powder like they would ski a set course. Different tactics are required for all different conditions/slopes.

Trencher wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:Easy moguls are... easy, if they aren't too big and on a relatively shallow pitch you just need to be handy with your short turns and know where to use them.

I'm ok'ish on moguls it's the deep powder that does me in.

Just because you don't do well in powder, doesn't mean you're not a good skier. The same people on powder and the race course.





Trencher

that is a brilliant clip-they did not look comfortable off the piste there at all!!

first guy was good though and they look so smooth round the gates!

Trencher,
Thanks very much for that - it was great. It made me laugh watching them doing the jump at the beginning - if that was me I'd have been flat on my face just doing the jump! I hope they were all okay after falling like that.

Is it compulsory to whack the slalom gates with your pole as you go past? They were definitely much better at doing that. They looked like they'd never been in deep powder before.

Ally

its the natural fastest line around the gate for the ski but it leaves the body to cut across the pole-bloody hurts so it does!