J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ski-Man

I stayed in Mayrhofen last year and am going back to it again this year, Im not 100% positive but the i don't think there were many (if any) lockers at the bottom of the Penken lift. However if you had rented from the right shop (or from the shop at the top of the penkenbahn) you could store your skis at the top of the mountain during the day and over night (if i remember correctly).

Anyways, have fun! )

Dorset Boy wrote:You certainly DON'T lean backwards!
Not if you want to retain any control that is! Weight more evenly distributed, and a bigger bounce as there's more to unweight to make the turn!

Thanks man, i was thinking this as i wrote it trying to remember how i did it and i couldn't remember how it went, but i was definately watching vids with guys in a more of a squat position so it looked like they were leaning slightly backwards. But thinking about it they can't have been, just how it looked on the gradient of the mountain.

My apologise for the confusion :P lol.

Actually i may have made a mistake there, i cant remember exactly if you lean backwards and move the front of the skis or lan forwards and move the back of the skis, lol. I have just been watching some videos though and mostly its leaning back in the skis, :) .

I learnt to ski (in powder) in Austria and my technique seems similar to how you described:
-Keep your skis together
-bend your knees
-My ski instructor said move at the ankles, i.e. jump in your skis but with the tips of your feet facing downwards (if this makes sense)
-by doing this it allows you to move the back of your skis around more easily.

You can practice this at home by just standing on the spot, bending your knees as if you were to jump and then extending to the balls of your feet, then add a side to side motion (for the turns).

Also, in the powdery snow by the edge of the piste our instructor had as doing exercises in it were you bent your legs and jumped slightly making you go up and down in the powdery snow. At the time it seemed odd but i guessed it helped to get the rhythm and the jumping right. I did take a while to get it right but in the end its gooood ) .

here is a video, hopefully it may help you,can you see how he gets the 'jump' in to make the turns? :D

I went last year and i'm not sure what ski school i was with but we met at the top of the Penkenbahn, the first day the queues were quite long, about 30 mins, but after that we mananged to miss them.
As for storage, there isn't any unless you rent your skis from the hire shop at the top of the gondola (they also have a another shop down in the valley) but we only stored them there during lunch not overnight i don't think. :?:
Otherwise, have fun