Here I am doing what I decided was necessary this summer to be a better skier. I'm overcoming fear of falling/jumping/heights. This was something disrupting my technique on steep slopes because you have to have confidence that your edges will come under you when you lean out over your balance point and hopturn down 10 feet. I hope I can drop 30' cliffs (although that's 10m down under) with more confidence because I have been jumping off stuff all summer. Does anyone else have experience overcoming fear of steeps?
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dude, just huck! But really, I'd suggest doing something slightly less risky that will guarantee a surprise crash, like moguls. Try this at the Kiwi resorts, start on the groomed. It's all about fire safety, without the stop, just drop and roll. Try to crash and get back up without stopping.(roll with the punches, stopping causes injury) A good starter is the turtle shell spin/roll.(Note this is Evanspeek, need not be popular or well understood)
1: you fall and quickly get onto your upside-down-turtle-shell-arched back with all blunt objects suspended off of the snow.
2: If you are still sliding, you initiate a spin on your back by dragging a well placed blunt object(hand, elbow, shoulder, helmet)
3: wait until your skis are downhill from your body, keeping your tips up.
4: dig in your heels(ski tails) with both of your knees oriented slightly
(45degrees) across the fall line.
Five: This step is the high impact part, don't screw it up or your ACL joint(s) may quit. Engage your ski tails, tips slapping down will pull your knees foward down the fall line. (here is the important ACL joint part, keeping your body mass in contact with the snow, will greatly reduce the stress on your heinously twisted and stressed ACL joint(s). keep your body(torso arms and head) low against the snow until your edge(s) fully engage. When the edge(s) catch, and slow you down, inertia will bring your torso to naturally flop over your knees. With kneecaps in armpits, skis slightly across(not down) fall line, flopp & drive your hands foward(down fall line) and stand up, ready to unweight and transition to another hop turn.
This is one reason I like tele skis, it is a lot easier to roll over a six foot plank with a pivot point and a better chande of staying attached to your foot. Tele skiing also invites more frequent 'over-the-handlebars' maneuvers requiring said advantages. Wow that's a novel, didn't know I had that in me.
Be careful, start slow on smooth(not moguls) groomer terrain and care for the knees, they are important in skiing.
Feckin' awesome, Evan! Thanks for posting. Get your movie done in time for the Hammy Jam?
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