STEEP SESSIONS - Skidded Turns (Warren Smith Ski Academy)

STEEP SESSIONS - Skidded Turns (Warren Smith Ski Academy)
Tips and exercises to help you ski steep terrain more consistently. Video includes: Steer + Pivot / Flatter Skis / Gradient Practice Variation

[Federer]

Another brilliant video from WSSA - it is great to hear an instructor say - don't try to carve. Too many are obsessed with carving and edging - hence the problem in steeps with many skiers. They have been told to push and edge (usually by pushing the knee in!) and catch 22 - more pushing and more edging simply make the problem worse - out of control, out of balance and entrenching bad habits. Great to hear that skidding isn't a dirty word after all! Thanks for great advice.

[steakhousejohn]

It's also great on super icy snow, like in the eastern US

[MaxLamboy]

Excellent, just what I'm looking for to break out of the intermediates and into steeps.

[fredericmayer]

fantastic teacher of freeride, thank you very much

[davidbruce]

I call it smearing the turn. smearing works great in mogals also. smearing from top to top

[kloh]

Very good video, wish it can include more exercises. I learnt this the hard way when I fell on steeps and 1 cool amercian dude showed me how to skid getting down on steeps slowly. It is just not that cool looking though LOL

[OKOK-hmis]

Works great on hard pack, but what do you do on steep powder?

[charliechan]

True ， just to achieve control 。 thank you

[ChadToney]

I feel like I’m naturally good at doing this all the time, but struggle to carve.

[MrDogonjon]

Blending skills, Rotary, Pressure and edging... focused on rotary. .Back packs maintain their own rotary momentum resulting in compulsory rotation disrupting parallelogram/ geometric relationships between upper an lower body with compensatory movements.