J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Andi282

Hi all, i currently use a HMR Helmet with a visor but still struggle a little with flat light conditions, ok when the sun is out the visor is great,, but if it clouds over a little I fail to see the bumps and ruts in the snow. Sometimes resort to having the visor up, the trouble is with that is when it's snowing it gets in my eyes... so I need something, but which type?

I don't really want to take several pairs of goggles out on the slope... does anyone know of a make of goggle that is a great in flat light? I'm think maybe uvex ? I have seen the uvex magic goggle that has a built in lcd screen which you push a button and the lens changes, sounds like a real gadget and a bit expensive.

Any thoughts?

Hi and thanks for your replies, yes ultancav, I'm using my feet to turn, is this a beginner trait? and yes I will try to experiment when I do to austria in a couple of weeks!! I will find a slope that is not to steep and the plan is the traverse accross with no poles and place my hands on knees and push them to the inside of the turn and see what happens... of course I need to meke sure that I role both of my knees at the same time and the same tilt angle else one will colide into the other A-Frame!

Pablo Escobar, what I mean by thigh steering is,,but first let me explain foot steering or flexion steering as I think it is called..... I will try to explain a little more.. if say you stand up in your living room with feet say hip width apart... then push down with your left foot you will notice that your knees role to the right,, and then vice versa, what I mean by push down is not lift your foot but try to push your foot through the floor.. if that makes sense..

Thigh steering is no pushing what so ever, just again simply stand with hip width apart again and then just role the knees so no pressure is placed on the foot. Again the knees just role but the differnce is that when you want to make a ski turn left you just role your knees to the left and when you want to ski right you just role your knees to the right.


Hope that helps :)

Dear all,

I have just got into skiing last year and my first trip was to Courchevel 1850 which was great.. this year I have just been to Verbia and soon off to Austria.

Last year I did a (learn to ski in one day) on a dry slope in Plymouth and managed to get to Stem Crestie turns or plough parallel. Before I went to Courchevel I did use the internet to learn in my head how to ski parallel, ie watching you tube etc, and also bought the Sofa ski school dvd and that had helped no end Thanks Klaus if you are reading this :)

anyway, I would like to know if what I'm doing is correct to initiate a ski turn? I will try to explain. Imagine you are on a slope say a gental blue, the skis are parallel hip width aprart and weight forward, knees slightly bent, what I do to turn say left is, I push down through my right foot ie like pushing the accelorator down while driving a car, does this make sense? and to turn right I then push down on the left foot. the skiis start to turn accross the slope and depending on the tilt of the ski I will slide or carve. This is how I have been taught from the begining.

ok what I would like to know is if that is correct?? when I do turn it feels strong and positive and safe etc and when I angulate I carve and go back up the slope:)

is the next step thigh steering ? is thigh steering more powerfull etc? or is thigh steering a secondary affect of steering with the feet ie pushing down through like the pedels on a car? ie if you just stand normal without any kit and push down on say your left foot your knees role to the right, and vice versa.

I'm just trying to understand what people do to Initiate a turn, weather to push lean etc etc...?? I do understand that sterring with feet is something you do when learning snowplough and how important is it in moguls and powder etc, but is thigh steering better and in what way? also I did find that all that pushing with my feet caused me to have buring sansation under the ball of my feet which is a real pain...

Hope this makes sense :)

Andy