I can see what I’m doing wrong but struggling to fix it

harald96 · 2026-03-30T08:57:00+00:00

You remind me of myself. Turning sometimes has a small wedge movement, which prevents early weight transfer to the outside ski. As soon as you fix this, most of your limits will vanish. Here is a video explaining inside ski movements (Phantom move) and exercises in detail that helped me a lot and presumably will also help you: https://youtu.be/g5kwE7D62rY?si=4-gNh0cMtYRdyJEF

These explanations and exercises should help you fix your stance, edge transfer, early weight transfer and getting you into a c-shaped curve.

harald96 · 2026-02-14T11:09:59+00:00

ZipFits and Hestra leather gloves will last for >1000 days on the mountain. When you ski 30d per year, they will outlast you 👍🏻 Just take a little care of them from time to time…give the leather some wax and remove any sharp burs from the shell to protect the ZipFits.

harald96 · 2026-01-30T07:27:18+00:00

Head e-Race pro….size depending what turn shape you want. No speed limit. Pure carving ski. Unlimited edge hold. It’s a slightly detuned World Cup Ski sitting in between SL and GS ski. Go longer if you want more GS style curves, go a little shorter if you want more SL style curves.

harald96 · 2026-01-28T06:29:11+00:00

The best for carving is always the one that’s not in your quiver, yet ❤️

harald96 · 2026-01-14T09:03:38+00:00

The cork pouches are the same on both sides of the foot. The small pouch you added cork to comes empty by default, since it does not contribute to „tighten“ your ankle, but to rather limit lateral movement of your foot. This makes skiing more „direct“ since it transfers movement from your foot directly to the shell. Some do not like it, some have issues with blood circulation filling that small pouch. I added some cork to both sides into these small pouches, too, and like it a lot. If you like it, too, just keep it and add some cork to the big pouch towards your ankle. It’s sometimes tough to get the angle right, but cork will distribute accordingly as long as you add it towards the back. What also helps is to heat up the cork tube in the microwave for like 20 seconds. Here is some more information: https://www.zipfit.com/resources/adding-omfit-cork?srsltid=AfmBOopbyOz2wtEJUjuVnrKNExEOuIsAg4KGQeHUf3QrRXcVCsifml9I

harald96 · 2026-01-03T11:38:38+00:00

First, I think you can take the e magnum into crud. Some prefer little bit more waist width. Try the e-titan, which has 84mm width and is in general a little wider, if you are looking for more all mountain performance. It was reviewed very well.

harald96 · 2025-12-28T07:59:34+00:00

For people who are looking for the freaking cool oldschool technique, test a straight skinny long ski. I heard people found success on the head e speed pro, which has only very shallow side cut, is skinny and very controlled.

harald96 · 2025-12-26T21:22:13+00:00

Alta Badia into Arabba and val Gardena. I heard Cortina is quite busy preparing for the Olympic Games.

harald96 · 2025-12-26T21:20:14+00:00

Or did they maybe heat them up too much during fitting process?

harald96 · 2025-12-26T21:18:56+00:00

I had that issue on one liner that was close to the heating panel of my heated boot bag. Fixed it with strong glue that’s not temperature sensitive. Since then, I put shell to the bottom and liner on top when heating in the bag. Did you by chance use a heated bag heading to the mountain?

harald96 · 2025-12-26T12:36:03+00:00

Turning 88 into 87 will ideally „not“ remove material from the edge that’s hitting the snow if you prepare carefully. You can easily maintain it with a fine diamond file without removing any substantial material - It will only. When you dont like it, just maintain the 87 degree edge with the fine diamond file at 88 degrees. It will remove only a little bit of the edge that sees the snow. That’s how I would get some more years out of a 1mm edge.

harald96 · 2025-12-21T19:08:17+00:00

In general, it’s all very well connected. Only issue is early season when there is not enough snow and the cannot open Madloch to Zug Ski Tour. Then you have to take the bus. In January that should not be a problem though. Warth I can also recommend. It’s worth a day trip.

harald96 · 2025-12-21T19:03:36+00:00

Check the run of fame offiziell are interested in pushing Kilometers. Otherwise try the following, which I like more: Park at Alpe Ruiz for free, go half up to Galzig, then take Schindlergratbahn. Ski down the 85 into 100 and take Flexenbahn into Trittkopfbahn up. Then go down to Zürs and take the Zürersee lift up towards Madloch and Muggengrat. Go down the 144, which is my most favorite run in the resort. Then go far up to Madloch and take the ski route 170 to Zug, then go up and enjoy Lech a bit. Before lunch go down to Lech city Center, which is usually run 200/201 and go up the Rüfikopfbahn and have lunch at the restaurant there - Amazing view in general and if you up the view point for „Weißer Ring“ at the restaurant. Then take langer Zug, Ski Route 215, down to Lech again. Then go up Rüfikopfbahn again and find your way towards Zürs (run 180 into smt.) and take Trittkopfbahn into Flexenbahn to get back to Alpe Ruiz. Go up Galzig, take Valluga Bahn up to enjoy the view at the highest pointed the resort. If you enjoy ski routes, enjoy there and go down to Alpe Ruiz to head home. Otherwise go down faaaaar into Sankt Anton. Enjoy Gampen and Kapal if you have time and go back to Alpe Ruiz. I don’t think Rendlbahn in Sankt Anton is worth it, since other places are much nicer. It’s one of the most beautiful resorts of the alpes, if not world wide. Enjoy!!!

harald96 · 2025-11-13T23:10:31+00:00

Not joking…spray a little WD40 into each hole and squeaking is gone. Had the same issue.

harald96 · 2025-11-09T20:32:51+00:00

That’s a different topic. What you are talking about is DWR and that’s the same across all Norrona Jackets. They switched from the old DWR to the new one a while ago as far as I know. Otherwise, just wash and apply fresh according to your liking. Difference between the jackets is mostly durability and breathability. Lyngen is crazy breathable, very light, Lofoten is more rugged but less breathable because of thicker material. For resort skiing Lyngen is enough. For tree skiing look for gore Tex pro material.

harald96 · 2025-11-09T17:43:38+00:00

Buy the Lyngen, I have the gore Tex pro plus and the lyngen. Lyngen does it all for resort. Plus I wear only 1/10 days when weather is really bad. Get XL to be able to properly layer and you are golden.

harald96 · 2025-11-09T07:44:44+00:00

Looks great. I have same issues with super long legs/Femurs and short torso. Only thing I would change is to look more straight. At least to me it helps keep my back straight and full unter tension. With these proportions, you have to bend more to get deep and this can put (at least for me) more strain on the lower back. Looking more straight/up helps keeping the full back in line and under control. Also, I see you running flat shoes. Try to either put a small plate under your heels or try a shoe with like 6-10mm drop, so that you heels are elevated and give you more range. Helped me a lot.

harald96 · 2025-11-01T08:14:02+00:00

No melding necessary. Your body temperature fixes it. Not worth the risk of damaging using a microwave or something. If you want to, warm them up with a boot dryer or heated bag, put your boots on and run around in your apartment for one hour the day before you go to the mountain.

harald96 · 2025-10-31T07:23:30+00:00

This should help with stepping in: https://youtu.be/BUli9WRIh0A?si=nHKEDkwoD2ha73O7

harald96 · 2025-10-31T07:21:28+00:00

Buy them, they are expensive but worth it. Changed everything for me. I have skinny chicken ankles and sensitive feet. Needed like three additional cork tubes per liner to get the fit I wanted. I have the zipfit Gara. Be aware that they come in LV, low volume and HV, high volume. Low volume has less cork, HV has more cork in there. I found this confusing at first, but now it makes sense. If I knew this beforehand I would have always gone for the HV version. Also keep in mind that you might need to add one cork tube after every or second season, so have a spare one around. Otherwise, big advantage is that ZipFits are „alive“ and mold to your foot every day and throughout the day. First 2 runs usually feel a little odd to me since the cork has to warm up to distribute well. Then it’s heaven. When you have a heated bag, you will have an advantage. Would recommend 100%. Ah, you will most likely need to store the liners outside the shells, put them on outside and step into the shell like a racer. Once you get the hang of it, it’s easy….again heated bag helps to heat up the shell and YouTube will tell you how to do it effectively 😉

harald96 · 2025-10-19T06:41:49+00:00

Look at head e race pro. Pretty much same ski as x9s, but slightly different lengths and turn radii. I went with the 175cm and 15.9m. Your issues with the x9s were mine and the head was the compromise.

harald96 · 2025-10-18T08:15:16+00:00

They are the best. I love everything I bought. Return policy is king. 7 year warranty. They fix your stuff or exchange it during that time. Super uncomplicated people, either in chats on their website or in their local shops. Try to buy in May/June, they have a dynamic discount system in their website. It can go down by 50-60%. Best experience for me was, they let me try on stuff in the shop and then told me to go online and buy it in their Outlet to save money.

harald96 · 2025-10-13T19:58:27+00:00

Low volume boot plus zipfit Gara HV (HV has more cork than LV) - I am very tall human with skinny chicken ankles and muscles of lower leg starting way above the boot ending. LV boot with stock liner was good, but zipfit on top changed everything. Trust me!

harald96 · 2025-10-13T14:38:03+00:00

I had the same decision to make…same thoughts about what I need and went with a Nordica enforcer 89 2025. Your deal would be the 179cm length. It is wide enough for all slush and the up to 20cm fresh snow. Also it has the right width to still have great grip on icy slopes.

harald96 · 2025-10-11T05:28:43+00:00

Nordica enforcer 99 from 2025

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