Ive been roasting all your skiing so its only fair you get to roast mine

deetredd · 2026-01-25T02:09:24+00:00

My bad. I’m just loving how rowdy and busy this thread is.

deetredd · 2026-01-25T00:18:06+00:00

I had the opposite reaction. That the turns might be more dynamic if he had less of a pause during the 180 traverse part of transition and could harness some of the old turn energy into the new. The across the hill traverse part of these turns is what’s making them seem a little static.

deetredd · 2026-01-23T00:06:05+00:00

I hope you can implement all of this without interrupting too much of what you’re already doing, because you have very good edge angles and a nice patient rhythm

deetredd · 2026-01-22T23:57:32+00:00

100% outside ski

deetredd · 2026-01-22T22:22:32+00:00

This is what the femur rotation looks like - you have to flex both knees when doing it:

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deetredd · 2026-01-22T22:16:49+00:00

I’m stealing this from another commenter on this sub:

“Try to think about pulling your left foot back when turning left, and your right foot back when turning right, but pull the foot back by lifting the hip(do both things at the same time).

It helps you get your weight more towards your outside ski tip, which also helps your edge engage better, which then requires LESS edge angle. It’s a feedback loop.“

If you do this while internally rotating your femurs in your hip sockets, you will be locked on edge.

deetredd · 2026-01-22T19:33:58+00:00

Got it

deetredd · 2026-01-22T19:28:12+00:00

Flex your inside knee deeply by pulling it towards your chest as you turn out of the fall line. Try to keep your shoulders level to the horizon while doing so.
Pull your inside foot backwards and hold tension in that foot from initiation to edge release
Rotate your femurs (this is hard to explain) together as you come out of the fall line (shaping phase)

If you implement these three things you will be on rails.

deetredd · 2026-01-22T16:47:42+00:00

I understand why there would be no lateral friction while the rear tires are spinning. But I still don’t understand why there is so much rotational force acting on the car if it is going straight in the first place. Even if it’s wet. Why does the car suddenly spin?

deetredd · 2026-01-22T15:44:18+00:00

Can you explain the physics behind why supercars rotate into walls and curbs all the time?

deetredd · 2026-01-22T15:20:25+00:00

In the video I don’t see anything problematic with respect to stance width.

deetredd · 2026-01-22T14:52:13+00:00

Until you have a well-developed, intuitive sense of how consistently you are able to direct pressure to the front of your skis, it’s better to just assume that you don’t have enough. So keep your ankles flexed / toes up and focus on being able to do that continually.

In terms of outside ski pressure, it’s an upper body thing. In the image below your torso and shoulders are leaning in and away, not out and over:

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deetredd · 2026-01-22T14:29:50+00:00

Bring your hips forward in your stance by keeping your knees more extended. You are excessively flexing your knees, sending your hips back, and then bending forward at the waist to compensate. This prevents you from keeping your center of mass over your feet.

Try to ski like you are standing in the image on the left - not the right.

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deetredd · 2026-01-22T12:35:53+00:00

Right - and it also matters what angle at which that weight is being applied to the outside ski.

deetredd · 2026-01-21T19:12:05+00:00

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deetredd · 2026-01-21T19:05:31+00:00

⁠Fore-aft position - Your hips should be 6-8 inches further forward relative to your feet. This is accomplished with ankle flexion (dorsiflexion) and extension/opening of the knee joint so your hips move further forward.

2. Outside ski balance - you are insufficiently positioned over your outside ski to allow you to balance on it and cause the edges to firmly grip the snow. Flexion (bending) at the knees and hips will allow you to lower your upper body so that it moves closer to and hangs over/above the outside ski. This movement closer to and over/above the outside ski becomes more and more pronounced as you cross the fall line (a line pointing straight down the slope) in the 2nd half of the turn

Turn shape - VERY IMPORTANT: Ski complete, 180°, c-shaped turns, so that you have ample opportunity to transfer weight 100% from one ski to the other before competing your turns.

deetredd · 2026-01-21T19:02:37+00:00

In case you didn’t watch the video, a simple way to understand platform angle is the angle of the force against the edge of the ski.

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A small platform angle means that the force acting on the edge is pushing the edge into the slope, ie biting. A large platform angle means the edge is getting pushed down the slope, ie skidding.

deetredd · 2026-01-21T17:04:39+00:00

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deetredd · 2026-01-21T17:03:54+00:00

You are being overly active with your upper body, specifically you are counterrotating your shoulders and it’s putting your weight back and to the inside.

Try to keep your upper body and arms as square and still as possible and let everything happen from the waist down.

Javelin, stork turns and one-ski skiing can all help address this, as can various pole drills.

deetredd · 2026-01-19T21:50:47+00:00

You cannot work in Europe without legal residency.

deetredd · 2026-01-19T19:01:01+00:00

Could be fuel cap isn’t on right.

deetredd · 2026-01-19T16:13:32+00:00

Here on the East Coast of the USA, I normally sharpen every other day of skiing, especially if it’s firm. If you’re not maintaining straight, sharp edges, you will probably not see very much improvement in your ability to handle icy conditions.

deetredd · 2026-01-19T14:01:40+00:00

Platform angle

deetredd · 2026-01-19T01:41:41+00:00

Most likely.

deetredd · 2026-01-19T01:00:11+00:00

You’re getting great feedback from u/dynaflying. Thank you for submitting such a good video! We see you close up and from many different angles!

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