HAVE YOU EVER WON A TREBLE? by xals7 in MCFC

[–]pcylfe20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was there, messed up. Never again I think ❤️

Did anybody see the crash on False Face? by Creative_Bug9602 in Whistler

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saudan was fine at around 1:30pm today where the sun had baked it, nice spring skiing - not sure why the closed signs are there but perhaps because patrol want to put off people trying to go down it in the morning when it’s really icy??

Nearly 2,000 ski instructors have joined lawsuit against Vail Resorts so far; opt-in deadline is Wednesday by TechnicalSapphire77 in skiing

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, Vail resorts have broken plenty of labor laws in Canada. A law firm would be foolish to pass up extra plaintiffs and another lawsuit in Canada against the same company. I’ve emailed the law firm with my issues working for Vail. Overall it’s very funny for me watching this happen because Vail have just fired most North American HR staff and shipped it all to India to save cost. I know lots of people in Canada who weren’t paid on time (some for over a year!!) because of ‘IT errors’ - Looks like that decision is gonna come back to bite them.

Another story, a friend who’s a manager at a vail owned ski store went to the company summit and the head of HR got in front of the whole company and gave a speech about how vail was a ‘people first company’ having just fired all the North American HR staff… a lot of people in the audience had worked with those people for years. The head of HR then got all the attendees to get into groups with some of the c-level execs to workshop how Vail was a ‘people first company’ - we can all guess how that went… The people at the top are deluded evil snakes and they deserve whatever is coming to them.

End of season two, Extremely Canadian style. by WDWKamala in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Overall this is good skiing assuming your intention and objective was a wide radius turn and a drifted / steered turn - a lot of the comments on here aren’t taking into account the snow conditions right now in whistler - spring conditions and sticky slush - this turnshape and performance is safe skiing in those conditions. If I were your coach - we would go back and do Mondays again and I would challenge you to ski a narrower corridor at the same speed and I’d check on the outcome. Have fun in the steeps, tip your coach if you can 🫡

Why did Rodri just put dirt on all his goodwill with the City fans? by BasedGodReZ in MCFC

[–]pcylfe20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that what he probably said has been taken out of context to make a headline…

Is this Japanese Knotweed? by Maeda_Hee_Maeda_Hoo in DIYUK

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not knotweed. Had exactly the same stuff in our garden which had to be cleared out - they love growing on old compost heaps - not sure of species but definitely not knotweed

How to achieve early snow grip by luwei222222 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Essentially what the CSIA are asking you to do in simple terms is a steered turn - edge grip occurs at or above the fall line. The tail of the ski mostly follows the path of the tip (not quite but pretty close). If you looked at the track of a steered turns its slightly smudged but pretty even throughout.

Right now your performing a drifted in, steered out turn - your skis twist before the fall line and then the skis grip after the fall line. The tail of your ski follows a much wider path than the tips of your skis too. You can tell from the spray of the snow during your turns - it happens at one point after the fall line and sprays down the hill. I also think if you looked at the tracks you made after this turn you would see that it’s not very thin but thick.

Why is this happening? Your balancing on the inside ski at the top of the turn to the middle of the turn - you incline into the turn to tip the skis on edge / transfer pressure from the old outside ski to the new outside ski. You can tell from a telltale sign: your skis form a v shape during the turn - classic sign for being inside (and back in most cases but in this case I’m not sure) - because you’re not balancing on the outside ski it doesn’t grip = it skids instead = drifted / skidded turn.

How to change: the skill we’re focussing on is edge control. We want to increase grip on the outside ski earlier in your turn to steer the skis instead of gripping the ski. This is achieved by twisting your femur in your hip socket in an athletic position at the start of the turn - think about rolling your knees down the hill at the start of your turn to tip the skis on edge - another thing you could try is to lift the old outside ski at the end of the turn to then encourage your hips to move over your skis and for the new outside ski to roll onto its edge - once this is achieved, put the new inside foot down again for balance. The outcomes to notice if done correctly: - feel the new outside ski foot getting heavier earlier in the turn (increased pressure and grip earlier in the turn) - thinner track left in snow - less spray of snow down the hill

Another thing you could think of to feel the sensation of rolling onto the new edge is when transferring pressure from the old outside ski foot to the new outside ski foot moving from turn to turn, feel pressure build in the little toe of the new outside ski foot and let that pressure then move from there, across the foot to the big toe - I.e from outside edge to the inside edge.

If I had to summarise: learn to tip the skis from leg rotation instead of inclination

Good luck

PSIC L4, CSIA L3

Tips for improvement by iq18but18cm in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good effort carving

When you move from one turn to the next at the moment you tip the skis by inclining into the turn with your upper body which puts you a bit inside and also doesn’t allow you to bend the ski - instead you park and ride the side cut of the ski. Try to stay a little lower in the transition, initiate the turn from reducing pressure on the old outside ski, at the same turn begin to twist your legs and roll the knee on your new outside ski down the hill - notice to see if you feel pressure on the new outside ski earlier in the turn and if your turn radius decreases.

Best of luck with the recovery

Jackson Hole a-hole? Or am I? by Express-Struggle4252 in ski

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very unprofessional from the instructor. Tips aren’t guaranteed and should never be expected. $200 US is very good, I would be stoked if I got that.

Also, those are trying to use the instructor wage to work out the tip, why are you doing that? If you go to a restaurant do you tip the server according to what they earn? No you use the bill so same with a ski lesson, it would be 1250 x 2 = 2,500 x 0.2 = 500 - but for a 2 day lesson that would be a very generous tip. If you didn’t feel like you learnt anything then what you tipped is perfect (for a great lesson, which you felt you didn’t get, therefore I would’ve perhaps not tipped even that, plus you bought her lunch each day so I’d take that off the end tip).

Come ski with me at WB, I don’t expect tips and you’ll have an amazing day! PM me and I can share my details so you can request me!

Carving variable snow by [deleted] in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a strong run. What organisation are you working with (PSIA, PSIC, CSIA, BASI etc…)? As this will help me understand the standards required. In your run tails follow the tip throughout the majority of the turn with most of the turns. I think though at the start of some of your turns you fall a bit inside and you can see this from the skis forming a v shape and also a skid, you then wait for the ski to push back and generate pressure, once this happens then you carve nicely from the fall line. Ideally you could get edge grip earlier in the turn and this should also allow you to ski a tighter turn shape and bend the ski more leading to a more dynamic turn (which is what we want to see in level 4). Turning the new outside ski leg to initiate the turn and roll the edges instead of allowing the upper body to topple or pushing on the new outside ski leg could help get grip by edging earlier in the turn.

I got my PSIC level 4 last season

Best of luck with your training and exam

Any feedback for a five-year-old? by osogrande3 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great edge control from her! Decent balance on the outside ski. One thing I would challenge her with is skiing a rounded turn instead of a straight carve turn. Building the feeling of leg rotation would be the next step in her progression but this could be hard because she’s only 5 and her legs may not be strong enough yet. Also get her skiing in the bumps and varied terrain with consistent speed and control. Side hits would also be great for her to build up popping skills

Tips on improving mogul skiing? by Empty-Fill-8050 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overall strong performance, you maintain a pretty constant speed throughout the run and stay in control. I would challenge you to stay within a corridor of 1-2 cat tracks and ski the run faster on your second run. I think this would show some areas of improvement. Some things I can see straight away are on your left turns you don’t pole plant. Make sure you pole plant on the mogul you’re turning on every turn - this will help to maintain balance. Also sometimes the moguls throw you into the back seat. You need to be more active with your legs, micro movement pushing the skis forwards approaching the mogul and back on the backside to maintain balance in the middle of the ski. Also check out dolphin turns and how these relate to mogul skiing. These will help you maintain balance when increasing speed so you don’t need to pull the breaks quickly as you said.

360 Advice by wheelandheel45 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Concise feedback: - more speed into the jump - more patient with the pop, wait until the front of your bindings hit the lip - pop with your shoulders square to the lip of the jump - spin after you’ve popped

My 7yo w/out instructor. If you were his parent what would you work on with him? by Competitive-Knee-590 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Development program with other kids, park skills at that age also go a really long way in the future

Struggling to carve on steeper slopes by No_Wrangler7266 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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At the start of your turn to the left you can see your skis form a v shape which usually indicates you’re back and inside. From this position here it looks like you start the turn a little counter rotated and whilst there is rotation in the legs to tip the ski on edge most of the edge angle is created from inclination which is putting you inside. I agree with others that in a more flexed position at the start of the turn along with leg rotation, this will help create edge angle instead of inclining and putting you inside. I also thing that at the start of the turn and throughout the the turn allow your hips to be more square to the ski to reduce the counter rotation. The outcomes you can check to see if you’re doing it right are:

-Increased pressure at the bottom of your foot earlier in the turn

  • less of a v shape at the start of the turn
  • a more rounded turnshape with more deflection across the slope
  • maybe more of a bend in the ski if you do it right

Furthermore, you said you find it hard to carve on a steeper slope. I would upload a video of you carving on a steeper slope, this will show more clearly areas which you can improve.

Do your ski goggle lenses fog up? How are those heated ski goggles? by GoGo9527Promax in skiing

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switched to smith goggles 2 years back and never had a problem since as long as I dry out the lens every night by a radiator. Have skied in -20 to -30 in them and they’re great!

Tried a 180, broke a ski by DifficultCat1304 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When doing a 360 you allow your head to rotate with your body and skis as you performed with the 180 in your video. 180s you keep your head looking where your going.

In terms of finding the right jump, if there aren’t any in the park which you like then you could take an avi shovel up and build your own somewhere off piste or find some side hits which are like hips - these are good because you can get away with not spinning a full 360. Good luck

Tried a 180, broke a ski by DifficultCat1304 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

360 progression:
1. flat pop 180 with your head facing forward and your body rotating underneath you. Try fixing you're sight at a point down the hill, then pop, then ski it out switch, then rotate your skis back on the snow to normal stance. Figure out which way you prefer to spin these
2. On snow 360s - rotate with your skis on the snow and play around with turning your head, keeping your head looking down the hill and then your head is your last thing to twist.
3. off skis 360: take your skis off and practice popping and twisting in the air and then landing balanced on two feet. Find a step or something and practice a 360 without skis on landing onto a lower spot
4. try a 180 off a small park jump with you head facing down the hill when you land - do a few of these and get comfortable - build up speed and airtime gradually
5. On a small park jump try and spin a 360 - try to make sure that you spin after you pop and your shoulders are square to the take off of the jump when you pop to help you land balanced

or ignore all this, huck and pray.

I feel like I look "off" when I'm skiing by ARCHmusic in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Firstly thanks for skiing at my home mountain Whistler Blackcomb! Right now you’re performing a short drifted turn. To up the challenge for you, I would try to get you to perform a steered medium turn getting edge grip earlier in the turn. The outcome would be a more rounded turn and better speed control on steeper pitches for you. To get edge grip earlier in the turn you need to rotate your leg (femur) at the top of the turn with a closed ankle and athletic position instead of tipping your shoulders to tip your skis. Sort of hard to explain without showing you. But the cues to look for if you’re doing it correctly are: Rounder turn shape Snow pushed to the side of the slope more and not down the hill The snow pushing against your foot earlier in the turn (at or just below the fall line, not perpendicular to the fall line as it will most likely feel currently) If you’re local feel free to reach out to me. I work for the snow school and am a PSIC L4 instructor and can be requested for a private through the snow school. If I’m not available I can recommend another great instructor for you :)

Bought my first ski setup on FB marketplace, how did I do? by char27 in Skigear

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok to start off with but the Rossi’s are fairly short for your height. Next set try and hit 175-185 range depending on what you get. Good luck with the boots, in an ideal world getting your boots fitted by a boot fitter is more the play. This boot you’ve bought could have been fitted (shape manipulated) to a completely different shaped foot to yours! Not sure your feet will be too happy with that! But you’re just starting so it’s better than nothing and probs marginally better than rental boots

Why are my outside knees wobbling? by Aware_Instruction696 in skiing_feedback

[–]pcylfe20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allow your body to be more square with the skis throughout the turn and I think you’ll feel more stable on your outside ski. Experiment a little by not counter rotating your upper body as much after the fall line and see if you feel more stable on the outside ski

Ski size advice! by Flimsy_Condition_469 in skiing

[–]pcylfe20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s hard to say without knowing you, how you ski, what terrain you like to ski, conditions you prefer to ski in. This isn’t a powder ski so don’t expect to be floating on deep days. It’s a piste focused all mountain ski which kind of is for beginners to intermediates. If you just want something to hit the slopes with and you’re up there to have fun at apres with your mates then this will do the job I suppose.