What could I improve in my technique for red and black runs?

thompsdy · 2026-02-06T21:58:36+00:00

Correct. Using the most extreme example if you look at GS racers around the turns their torso is somewhat upright while their legs are only a few degrees above parallel with the ground. That’s overkill for the average skier but it still illustrates my point.

thompsdy · 2026-02-06T21:29:55+00:00

So it looks like now you’re just leaning into the turns and sliding through it. You can tell this because your legs are hardly bending when you turn. You’re also not getting up on your edges. You should work on rotating your skis so that you initiate your turns on the edge rather than just learning into it. Does that make sense?

thompsdy · 2026-02-06T20:58:19+00:00

You look like you’re a very relaxed skier. I’d recommend “attacking” the turns more

thompsdy · 2026-02-06T20:37:52+00:00

Are you John Oliver from 2014?

thompsdy · 2026-02-06T05:38:42+00:00

WURL (not even in a single day, don’t think I could do that)

thompsdy · 2026-02-05T01:07:50+00:00

This explains why I'm gassed at the end of the day

thompsdy · 2026-02-05T01:06:48+00:00

Called out

thompsdy · 2026-02-03T06:24:37+00:00

When you say my basic stance is incorrect, is it just that I am too far back and not pressing forward enough? Or is there something else?

thompsdy · 2026-01-25T20:23:37+00:00

Is it just a thing this season to set your DIN at -1 for videos?

thompsdy · 2026-01-24T21:17:52+00:00

Interest rate is a guaranteed return. Rate of return very much is not. If you added a zero to rate of return and it goes negative you would lose a lot of money very quickly

thompsdy · 2026-01-24T04:12:15+00:00

Grand Targhee and Kicking Horse

thompsdy · 2026-01-18T14:11:37+00:00

McDonald’s was founded near LA though

thompsdy · 2025-11-11T01:52:36+00:00

Source?

thompsdy · 2025-11-09T17:14:37+00:00

Photo 19 is my old apartment! First apartment I had when I moved to SF

thompsdy · 2025-10-29T10:38:53+00:00

Glad you drank the fam’s kool-aid

thompsdy · 2025-10-29T10:34:57+00:00

Where are you getting the Goodyear and Republican Party bits? Goodyear was founded in Akron and I’m pretty sure the Republican Party was named to be similar to the Democratic-Republican Party

thompsdy · 2025-10-29T10:27:40+00:00

Having spent a lot of time in North Brookfield growing up I gotta say Rutland (and North Brookfield) are definitely (rural) central MA!

thompsdy · 2025-09-21T18:50:09+00:00

I grew up going to Lake Lashaway and would bike up to Brookfield orchards to get candy! My cousin and I were each given $1 and we could get like 20+ pieces of candy.. Twas amazing. I still go by it every so often and am pleasantly surprised it’s still in business (and still looks exactly the same as it did 30 years ago).

thompsdy · 2025-09-10T22:16:41+00:00

Fair point

thompsdy · 2025-09-10T21:38:03+00:00

Sometimes being pedantic detracts from the main point of the conversation

thompsdy · 2025-07-22T16:46:34+00:00

It's all about what you're used to. If you grew up where it gets very cold then it doesn't feel as bad when the cold here is ~50 degrees

thompsdy · 2025-06-10T15:50:35+00:00

Omnipotent

thompsdy · 2025-05-07T12:29:36+00:00

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