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Brought a smile to my face....
It happened to me a few times when I first skied in powder/fresh snow.
Mrs H had a really dramatic fall the first time we did it....was trundling along and suddenly went about 10 feet in the air with 1 ski on and landed flat on her face 20 feet away!
She was shaken but not really hurt, pride dented severaly, and it took us an eternity to find the other ski, which was buried under the snow next to the large rock she had run into under the snow which threw her.
As for me, my first real taste of powder was in Verbier a couple of years ago. I just laughed and laughed to start with, but soon took to it, and I have to say those who say its the ultimate craving of a skier are right. Its hard at times, when you are getting used to it, but its damned good fun, and the feeling of sliding through fluffy deep snow is a real thrill.
I do think lessons would have been a good idea for me, but like most things in life, I learn by experience.
Well said Tony and all so true, whenever I'm skiing on piste and i see untouched powder and nice little line to go with it, its like a magnet, i just have to do it ! Theres really no better felling than floating through powder :)
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Started by NellyPS in Ski Technique 10-Jan-2010 - 78 Replies
Iiimmm
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
I'd love to properly learn how to ski in powder,using a good technique.Your pieces of advice sound great and I can't wait to try them out.But I'd like to learn how to turn in deep snow and hear some details about that bounce that is needed when turning.
Coop
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
My instructor had me doing some 'gentle off piste' skiing last week. The key things that I had to remember were to keep the skis closer together, to keep my weight just over centre and to initiate a 'bounce' before making a turn. The idea behind this was that the skis remain in below the snow when travelling straight and the bouncing action gave the skis some rebound which lifted them out of the snow. It was at the top of the rebound that the turn could be made. Oh...and snowploughs are as ineffective skiing on 'two by fours'.
Let's just say that I'll have to wait for my next ski holiday before I can suggest I'm any good in powder.
Let's just say that I'll have to wait for my next ski holiday before I can suggest I'm any good in powder.
Innsbrucker
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
I had my second try in powder at Obergurgl on Saturday, 'forced' into it by gf, she can't keep away from it, but behaves like an excited kid when she sees soft powder. She just said 'you have to learn this for touring, anyway all pistes will be easy afterwards.'
Where it got very deep I had a complicated fall, not injured but one ski ended up buried under deep snow, the other came off. I was in snow well above knees, no chance of getting leverage from the foot without a ski, or of moving the foot with a ski. And no resistance in the snow, so although I could touch the lost ski with my foot, there was no way to get it fixed. I suppose that is what skiing powder is all about....
Where it got very deep I had a complicated fall, not injured but one ski ended up buried under deep snow, the other came off. I was in snow well above knees, no chance of getting leverage from the foot without a ski, or of moving the foot with a ski. And no resistance in the snow, so although I could touch the lost ski with my foot, there was no way to get it fixed. I suppose that is what skiing powder is all about....
Tony_H
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
Innsbrucker wrote:
Where it got very deep I had a complicated fall, not injured but one ski ended up buried under deep snow, the other came off. I was in snow well above knees, no chance of getting leverage from the foot without a ski, or of moving the foot with a ski. And no resistance in the snow, so although I could touch the lost ski with my foot, there was no way to get it fixed. I suppose that is what skiing powder is all about....
Brought a smile to my face....
It happened to me a few times when I first skied in powder/fresh snow.
Mrs H had a really dramatic fall the first time we did it....was trundling along and suddenly went about 10 feet in the air with 1 ski on and landed flat on her face 20 feet away!
She was shaken but not really hurt, pride dented severaly, and it took us an eternity to find the other ski, which was buried under the snow next to the large rock she had run into under the snow which threw her.
As for me, my first real taste of powder was in Verbier a couple of years ago. I just laughed and laughed to start with, but soon took to it, and I have to say those who say its the ultimate craving of a skier are right. Its hard at times, when you are getting used to it, but its damned good fun, and the feeling of sliding through fluffy deep snow is a real thrill.
I do think lessons would have been a good idea for me, but like most things in life, I learn by experience.
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GummyBear
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
Tony_H wrote:
Brought a smile to my face....
It happened to me a few times when I first skied in powder/fresh snow.
Mrs H had a really dramatic fall the first time we did it....was trundling along and suddenly went about 10 feet in the air with 1 ski on and landed flat on her face 20 feet away!
She was shaken but not really hurt, pride dented severaly, and it took us an eternity to find the other ski, which was buried under the snow next to the large rock she had run into under the snow which threw her.
As for me, my first real taste of powder was in Verbier a couple of years ago. I just laughed and laughed to start with, but soon took to it, and I have to say those who say its the ultimate craving of a skier are right. Its hard at times, when you are getting used to it, but its damned good fun, and the feeling of sliding through fluffy deep snow is a real thrill.
I do think lessons would have been a good idea for me, but like most things in life, I learn by experience.
Well said Tony and all so true, whenever I'm skiing on piste and i see untouched powder and nice little line to go with it, its like a magnet, i just have to do it ! Theres really no better felling than floating through powder :)
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Snowb4ndit
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
I'm not very good in powder but am getting better and more confident. On my last holiday I found myself looking all the time for opportunities to nip off piste into the fluffy stuff...I love it.
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Rossyhead
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
rhythm and balance are the two key things
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Tony_H
reply to 'Skiing Powder' posted Feb-2010
I find soft snow and the right skis are quite important
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Topic last updated on 20-February-2010 at 20:15