Ski Tips for Advanced Skiers

[panadevulpe]

Good stuff.

Head intermediate or Volkl intermediate?

[matschgi000]

Bode pls try not to lean back in every race!

[Seppermand]

not to be a dick but how is this advanced??

[evgueni61]

My biggest problem is, what the hell she is doing down in the lodge while I am skiing ? )))

[JKBoban]

not so perfekt as we do..

[cod4JAY]

lol he got cut off at the end

[kickmeout1]

@mailebaby143 fuck off with this ski crashes shit on every video fuck

[mattymoosjoy]

DerekChurchill if youre so good then why are you watcing tips dumb ass :)

[Sergiulik95]

ty uploader

[DerekChurchill]

Bode Miller, I can't believe you're a pro! I'm so much better than you!

[phil656565]

@DerekChurchill really? are you on the pro circut, the guys skiing doesnt always look great (hardly ever) but he's fast and sometimes thats all that matters, did you see HH's movement analysis of his skiing, it was rough, tore bode to pieces

[led0zeppelin1977]

@DerekChurchill you sound like one of those guys who goes back from a school-sponsored ski trip and brags about how many black diamonds you went down. theres a reason bode is the best speed skier in us history, and its not from dumb luck either

[craiglinq]

I was really helped by having a world class skier emphasizing the some fundamental that I haven't heard for a long time. I hadn't skied for over fifteen years and, sure the skis are different, and the advice of most of the videos has changed, but I really enjoyed the fundamentals that even expert skiers fail to master. Great video!

[raminta321]

im going to be at alpine after few days and actually im gonna learn this!! i promise :D

[raminta321]

im going to be at alpine after few days and actually im gonna learn this!! i promise :D

[Dermagrind]

(kellyrodney) if you don't like skiers why the hell are you watchin this. Btw I'm not rich so ye can stick that stereotype right up ye.

[progenxt]

rear weight is my biggest problem

[WWoodyW]

damn. never heard about keeping weight on the front. Maybe that's why I skid a lot when I'm carving. Taught myself and I gets me down the slope fast and keeps me on my feet, but I can't wait to try this stuff out.

[swissdude101]

@jaw2floor Complete bullshit, noone believes your lies.

[sebzavoico]

but....when im skiing all day and im always leaning forward, my shins hurt SO much.

[kellyrodney]

Dumb not the vid the skiing parts along with all the skiiers on earth all you are are some dumb rich kids who get in the way of all the snowboarders so leave the moutain and/or jump off a kliff

[661MTBDH]

@kellyrodney You're just a gay on a tray. Snowboarders are the absolute worst thing on the mountain.

[majid3006]

there is something i dont get in skiing why dont people just go straight instead of curving all the time, i mean whats the point of curving :S

[ollie3003]

@majid3006 cos you are CONTROLLED

[jaw2floor]

@majid3006 Lol, I ALWAYS go STRAIGHT down. The best and most fun way of skiing.

[SmileyJet]

@jaw2floor not on a black slope with bumps on it...

[jugfhj]

@majid3006 LMFAO, 'cause you would die....you'd reach very high speeds (100-130mph) you would lose control, fall, break your legs, arms, face, knees

[redpanda2401]

I wish these people who know about skiing would emphasise the pole plant !,,,, from the video it is not clear how to understand it.....the guys skiing need to slow down and show the pole plant.. not just dust the pole across the snow....its timing,,, put the pole out first, plant it, then turn around the pole.... keeps your body position right too !..simplz...x

[redpanda2401]

I wish these people who know about skiing would emphasise the pole plant !,,,, from the video it is not clear how to understand it.....the guys skiing need to slow down and show the pole plant.. not just dust the pole across the snow....its timing,,, put the pole out first, plant it, then turn around the pole.... keeps your body position right too !..simplz...x

[lytkinedennis]

I use poles for balance but they never touch the snow. Its all about shifting your weight

[JoshTilley121]

No you don't need poles, it just mainly helps with balance and I find it just as easy without them.

[hasnachos]

do you always need poles? i wanna go skiing with out them and i just wondered if it would be smart.

[daxdax0]

zomg, he got his hands to high

[dorchsweden]

Very good. Even for beginners.

Thomas Dorch, Sweden.

[LovesJeanValjean]

Going skiing tomorrow and using this advice! Thx!

[AL3XW3BB]

Thanks for posting this. Excellent descriptions. Like having my very own Olympic Ski Coach!

[arrowhead443]

I play hockey. Turning is kinda a mixture of doing like a half stop on ice skates and C cutting a sharp corner. Only on snow. Don't think too hard about your turns. They will eventually come to you. THEN you can start fine tuneing them.

[Klein567]

toll für alle Ski Fans

[riotriotriot55]

GREAT tip @ 3:15!

[wafflestudent]

Your not supposed to actually put your pole into the snow. The whole idea of the pole plant to change the position of your body. As you plant the pole you reach forward with your hand and it forces your upper body forward. This gives you greater pressure on your edge and much greater control of the ski as you initiate the turn.

[johnjrp01]

There's a lot of misunderstanding about pressure. Basically, the skier doesn't apply pressure to the ski, but the ski applies pressure to the skier. By leaning the legs he makes the curved edge of the ski curve even more & also cut firmly into the snow rather than skid across it so the ski is forced to follow the path of that curved edge & follow the geometry of an arc. The tighter the arc & the higher the speed, the greater the centripetal force needed to make the skiier follow that arc.

[graffitiskater111]

@wafflestudent dude? i just use em... i dont really give a fuck, if they are there for fucking sticking em ino da snow! Lol... just have fucking fun at skiing :D

Yeah man!

:)

[kim0hartley]

that is exactly what it did for me, I wasnt planting my pole, just touching the snow - but doing that meant that my arms, hips, centre of gravity etc were much closer to where they needed to be

[maximinovici]

Look at the history of Bode Miller anf you may be surprised that he actually knows what he's talking about!

check wafflestudent's post and remember the xplanation well

[bradhorn14]

And look at the equipment they use, and the systems of turning they use... c'mon man your not as stupid as i think you are

[cajetan10]

Does anyone know any place i can get a very large (67-68cm) ski/snow helmet?

[mmcg325]

ummmmm wow. u have a big head. head to a local ski shop and see what they can do for you.

[RandomDirectors]

BIGHEAD!

[RAMSBONES]

i have a huge head and i got one at my local freestlyle ski shop in xl and it fits perfect.

[kimhartley]

Ive skied just once since watching this and found that I was skiing a lot faster, and a lot more downhill rather than traversing. At first I was thinking 'wooah' (as in I'm going too fast need to slow!) Then it hit me. I'm actually OK at this speed!

Hope you guys will put up a clip for jumps for beginners, and one on how to get faster, safely including while 'jumping (ok hopping lol) moguls - cos thats kinda fun to do (but I ended up face first today after I got a bit over confident)

[ApaXtue]

Just going fast is very boring.....rippin turns al day long, thats fun!!! Pulling some G-forces...

[kim0hartley]

all I was doing was turning. I used to iceskate and I had gotten into this bad bad habit where I just traversed and then skid stopped (it was a stop really not a turn) it was nasty.... like a very tight zig zag going stop start stop start:)

[XXFireXManXX]

OMG ME TOO how do you turn lol?

[tehe43]

@kimhartley You are probably carving instead of skidding due to excess rotary motion from being back to far like many novice skiiers. Make sure that you're not just gaining speed but rounding your turns as well.

[kim0hartley]

yes thats what I think this vid helped me do. doing the pole plant helped my position myself to do a round turn as opposed to a skid

[celphoneconz]

@tehe43

do you mean skidding instead of carving?

given carving was my aim?

anyway now my turns are a world away from the skid thing I was doing. I used to skid in fear when my speed built up, now I look forward to and enjoy heading my skis straight down into a nice big rounded turn. Im now skiing a number of black runs with ease - and really loving skiing, more and more. Still feel that the 2 key points in this video helped and stillhelp more than many lessons have

[celphoneconz]

@celphoneconz (Im kimhartley btw - just diff email)

[kimhartley]

I am an intermediate skier, and I found this clip helped my skiing as much, if not more, than the last lesson I forked out $110 for. Other instructors never mentioned pole plant at all, and told me to lean into the turn, and had me trying to focus on knees, toes, arms, lean/position all these things at once made my skiing worse at times! The two key things in this clip; ankle flex, and pole plant; doing those seems to naturally put the rest of me in the position I need to be in.

[johnjrp01]

They're not actually planting their poles or doing very much with them, except to drag the inner pole across the snow as they turn. For the amount of pole planting that they're doing (i.e. hardly any), they might just as well be skiing without poles.

[celphoneconz]

@johnjrp01 its not so much the plant (or lackthereof) its the moton of moving your arm to place the pole - for me it helped me get everything else lined up (hips, knees, etc)

[lincolnVS]

they talk about pole plant and they both have to big poles...

I'm a Swiss ski instructor and i will never teach to my client this way to plant a pole.

ridiculous.

[rambotion]

I know you from snowheads, it really is a small world (or at least the skiing based internet bits of it are)

[Charlie1821]

This is soooo true. After years of skiing, leaning forward is perhaps one of THE MOST important things I've learned. It really does keep your legs from tiring out like they do when you lean back. It also just makes carving so much easier. Keep those shins forwards and lean down hill and it's a huge difference.

[janinfr]

Not necessarily. Google for "Bode Miller Breaks the Rules" and take the AOL-Link. Leaning backward can bring you huge advantages and can be extremely fun. It definately has it's downsides, but it's not "wrong"...it's simply more difficult.

[azpowerhitter]

I like this video. I have been skiing for about 5 years and the instructors at Steamboat said after my last lesson that I'm an advanced intermediate at least a level 8 but I realize that my legs keep burning out too fastWhat Bode said made sense I am not keeping enough pressure on the front of my bootsI turn and carve well but I think this is the one thing that Im still doing wrong. Are there any boots that are specifically designed to aid you in keeping proper pressure to the front?

[AROTC21]

I am unaware of any boots that are specifically made to help with technique. I do know that a boot that properly fits will definitely help with applying pressure to the front of your boots (by leaning forward). The tip of your big toe should touch the top of the boot while standing upright. When you are skiing, you should not be able to feel the top of your boot any longer because your shins should be leaning forward into your boot while you are skiing. hope this helps.

[vasco505]

Not only will you be able to enjoy a ski trip for longer. But you will have more control and go faster as well.

[Spuddfluff]

lol, poleplanting is only for showing of and people who ski in the 80'2 xD and to the Americans what you call carving is realy a race turn, a carve is just using the edge of your skis :s

[sparky1499]

Spudfluff you are talking shite..

carving is what people do in racing...

i know i'm an instructor

[Spuddfluff]

No the race turn is just carving when you push yur inside leg further forwards so you speed up as you turn, or atleast thats how i've been taught, I first learnt to carve then we where taught to do the race turn which is what I described. I've never used SCGB so I don't know how you teach but that how the ESF and Italian Ski school did it an they do have more mountains than us :P

[sparky1499]

the BASI qualification i hace is different fromItalyand France...i'm qualified to teach all over the world..except those two countries.

you don't push your inside knee forward to speed up. you do that to steer...

[Spuddfluff]

Ok, ive probably got something wrong somewhere but for me there has been carving which is just using your edge and using your hips and ankle to turn and then there was race turning which was basically the same just faster (with the aforementioned inside leg forwards).

[sparky1499]

there's really no difference... carving is carving...

it's really about knowing which technique to use at a given time

back to the original point you made about pol planting..it's not for show offs or 80's skiers. It give you the necessary support to be able to rsise your hips and also gives timing too :o)))

[adamacin34]

What are you talking about! Carving is not just for racing! I dont know about you but the mountain I teach at we are taught to carve every turn. turning is allways the same movement no matter the condition. Some movements just more exaggerated in other conditions. you sound like one of those crappy instructors that most eastern mountains have. And I would know i work in the East!

[Stupidoranges]

I agree ive been skiing since i was 10 and still don't use my poles to " hop " out of a turn and in to the next. You just don't need to unless... your in a crud field. becus the last thing you want is an edge to catch in that type of snow.

[paraisoanime]

cool

[nosondre]

I wish Valentina was my secret.

[nosondre]

I drive my tips with the balls of my feet.... and it seems to work pretty well

[niniiii91]

I lovee body miller... This tips are great...same that my coach told me... i can't wait for winter.....Ski for ever.....

[NORDICASLR]

take a look to the arms. This is my secret.

[redfryguy88]

so my dad has been telling the truth all these years. hehe

[skibroadmoor]

Here's the problem with this video. Bode Miller, pretty much the best skier in the world, double pole plants in some of these clips - which is very odd looking.

Hey, Bode, what's that about? Aren't you supposed to pole with one arm at a time?

I mean, I broke up with a guy once because he double poled....

[alegzander1971]

i am a lousy skier. what's wrong with the double pole plant?

[skibroadmoor]

Well, I always thought it was kinetically wrong. Unless you're trying to boost yourself across the flats, it's all about balance, isn't it? Your right arm goes out when your weight is on the left ski - just as your right arm goes forward when your left leg goes forward walking. I'm not speaking as a ski instructor, I'm just a person who owns a body and thinks that double polling looks really odd. I wouldn't dare comment, except this is a video that purports to teach people how to pole.

[jasonmerrithew89]

double pole plant is useful when you find yourself in the backseat becuase it forces you to move your weight downhill, bringing you back to where you should be

[svejsan]

double pole plant is used in racing. it keeps your arms forward, so that rearweight on your skiis is avoided.

[carvinuslycan]

damnnn!!!im very good at this,,but not without your tips yo!!!!

[lordnick1575]

i agree with julius. This is very helpful

[woohoo753]

It;s easy. You need only to balance your body and do it really fast. Everything on the edge of ski -,.- sounds easy ;]

[gustoteam]

Excellent idea guys! and if even Bode says that...please do it! Ski good, ski safe.

[JuliusJueLi]

great work, very helpful

[Eduard392]

iduno, i dont use my poles too much, cause i pump to get speed. Pumping while carving is an amazing technique. I might try the pole method.

[BirdsEatCats]

That stuff is called crud? I thought that's the way it's supposed to be. Hunter Mtn is like that from top to bottom, crud... no wonder it's such a workout getting down.

[Demolitiondavey]

uno mimento things show us on a surface thats not flat

[ssstteeff]

great video gyus. RESPECT !

[SLCpunk665]

the front of the boot...

[kowe93]

Oh my god guys! thank you for tips!!

[selvedin2008]

nice video

[neptune11uae]

This is a great clip, extremely useful, thank you

[salpetrash]

VERY GOOD

[jmm7]

Excellent tips!!! Thanks guys.