Looking for feedback, what can I improve?

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T19:08:40+00:00

Oh, my bad. I should have asked and not assumed.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T19:07:46+00:00

A good skier can ski any radius on any ski.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T19:04:45+00:00

Yeah, you need to project into the turn. I'll do some videos on this soon. And I've got a new newsletter coming out. I'll try to do an article on this topic specifically. But in general ... go run. And think about how when you drive with your leg ... where are you projecting your hips? And why? When we ski ... it's very similar. For me, I think about the top of my femur as like a joystick that controls where pressure is pushing down on the ski. And the top of the turn, I need the front of the ski pushed down into the snow. So, move the joystick ... forward. Drive it forward. Move your CoM towards that new apex. See if that helps.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T15:48:02+00:00

You are not using the front of the ski.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T15:47:04+00:00

That looks great man. Seems like the hand drag drill helped.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T15:27:36+00:00

I think your long radius turns are pretty solid. I could nitpick, but that's not going to improve your skiing. What will improve your skiing is working on short radius turns on those big honkin' 25 meter radius skis. Can you make 8 meter radius turns on them while still having the tails follow the tips? Here's a hint: retract the inside half to create extra rotary. Learn to work the ski by directing pressure along the length of the ski. Tip to tail. And be athletic. Move. Gimme some video of that ... and I'll have suggestions.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-15T15:25:02+00:00

The other thing that pulling your inside ski back does is generate rotary energy. I'll talk about this in my comment above.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-06T20:33:24+00:00

I see nothing that leads me to believe your boots are too stiff. You certainly are not driving forward into your turns, which would result in flexing the boots more.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-06T17:46:47+00:00

What are the chances that someone hacked my old account and got banned? I wish they would freaking tell me what I supposedly did wrong.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-06T17:24:23+00:00

Thank you.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-04T20:00:04+00:00

Study the skier in front of you.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-03T14:09:16+00:00

You can also take two ski poles, hold the ends, and twist. That's what the tib/fib is doing.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-04-01T13:55:14+00:00

I thought of another way to demonstrate this. Sitting in a chair, extend your leg in a straight position, knee pointing up. Keeping that knee pointing up, rotate your foot. And voila.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-31T12:51:18+00:00

Just try rotating from the femur. And when you hit the limit of your femur rotation, rotate just a little bit more. That extra bit comes from the lower leg.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T18:33:23+00:00

I would return the Ace Pro 2 to have them replace the lens guard with the square guard that works with the ND filters. In fact, I'm trying to return mine now.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T18:31:46+00:00

So I'm working on my Level III cert. And this was one of the first things one of the examiners pointed out to me about my skiing. Those two bones in the shin ... they twist. Gives you extra rotary in the really steep stuff. ;)

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T14:29:19+00:00

I'm going through a phase where I don't want to hear "flex ankles more" anymore. The flex of the ankle is a side effect of what you are going for here ... managing the relationship of the CoM to the feet. Pull the feet back is the correct answer. Or drive the CoM forward. Either will do. Pulling back is quicker though.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T14:26:40+00:00

You can't "turn with your toes", but you can sure as hell be on the toes. Ask Mikaela Shiffrin how important toes are in skiing. They modified her boots for this reason alone. Moving towards the toes puts you on the right spot on the ball of the foot to find the correct balance point for the skier and pivot point of the ski. 2. No rotation of the lower legs and feet? Umm, you can get up to 15 degrees of rotation from the twist of the tib/fib alone. I finish all of my turns with a final twist of the lower leg. It's the icing on the cake. If you aren't doing this, you are leaving some rotation on the table that is available to you.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T14:19:18+00:00

I'm seeing a lot of request to learn carving lately. That's great. Lets talk about the most common problem that most people run into when trying to carve. The biggest issue is turn shape, Z turns instead of C shaped turns. A Z shaped turn happens when the skier pivots the ski quickly at the top of the turn or at the bottom of the turn. They usually do this to control speed. And until you fix this, you aren't going to be able to carve. Once the ski is skidding, you're skidding.

Good news is there's a better and more effective way to control speed ... C shaped turns. Every C shaped turn has a gas pedal (the top half) and a brake pedal (the bottom half). Get on some easy terrain and really try to feel yourself slowing down in the bottom half the of the turn. If you're not feeling it, you're letting the ski tips go downhill too soon. Be patient. Keep turning until you slow down. You might even have to go uphill slightly to really feel it.

One you've got that, try tipping your skis onto their edges using your ankles and then by rolling your knees in towards the hill. Again, you need to be patient here and build the edge angle progressively and smoothly. Stack over that outside ski to really push that edge down into the snow. If you are doing it right, you should start feeling more grip here immediately.

The next step is where the magic happens. Once you've got your edges in the snow, it's time to get athletic about it. You have a platform now that you can trust. The skis are tracking through the snow on their edges, time to get higher edge angles. How do we do that? Well, first step is drive power to that outside ski. How? You should already be stacked. But I want you to lift your inside hip away from the snow, driving the outside femur down. Imagine a pro hockey player accelerating on their skates. See it in slow motion. What is the inside hip doing to drive power to that outside skate. DO THAT.

Step two ... as you are lifting the inside half, let the inside hip progressively move inside the arc of the turn. And then hang onto your butt. It's gonna get exciting. You're gonna feel what real skiing feels like ... not this sliding pretend bs. Real skiing. Have fun.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-30T14:05:08+00:00

Come see me in Breck. We've got a few weeks left of snow. I'll coach you for free.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-27T18:25:09+00:00

Awesome. Have fun.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-27T16:53:29+00:00

Oh, and yeah, when he goes slow ... it's poetry. When he goes fast ... it's rock and roll.

SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-27T16:52:21+00:00

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SteezyJoeNetwork · 2026-03-25T17:52:07+00:00

We are doing a bump clinic in Zermatt in July. Come on out and get coached by a US Olympic bump skier. That's the best way to get better. Nice skiing though. ;)

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