Video no.6 - Chapter 3-1-2 - From Blue To Red Terrain - Learn to ski.dk

[sparkmagea99]

How important are the pole plants for balance in actuality?

[stopaskingformyinfo]

@sparkmagea99 very!

[damagedquill]

Where i ski its green (beginner), then blue (intermediate), and black (expert) . can you please show whats equivalent to what.

[TheCherokeeboy]

@damagedquill red is probably between blue and black like Polumaratonac said above.

[gerkygatzos]

the guitarist in these vids is killer

[xxxSNAPExxx]

can you get a good skier without skipoles?

[0ooABRAoo0]

@xxxSNAPExxx yes you can, i can ski with both poles and no poles and i find no difference apart from pushing yourself and slight balance change

[TheYou0Tuber]

@xxxSNAPExxx Starting without skipoles at the beginning is good to learn balance and to get good core strength. At a higher level (Red - Black runs) it is better to use poles because they form an important part of your turn and rhythm.

[giggidoddo]

Are these chaps some of the best danish ski instructors? I cannot imagine the other ones.

They should hire some real ski instructors in an Alpine country and learn how to ski themselves.

Denmark is a totally flat country good for beer and girls, stick with that folks and leave teaching and demostrating ski to the real skiers

[ilbuoncesco]

@giggidoddo

I agree!! :D

[vitjub]

lapsus linguae - trancizion (or whatever it would be written like) instead of transition at 0:44 :)

[Psychedelikatessen]

Where is this filmed?

[Dawitness11]

huh yea we are the best!

[pacoruizserrano]

i think teachers don´t like sky videos for free...

I think this one is not quite bad, althought is better starting with a teacher.

But... nowadays i make paralles cause these videos. thanks for them!

[pianoNgrapez]

errr..isnt this a really bad idea?

using poles to help you turn?

thats the worst thing to do, especially with the straps on, if those poles get caught in the ground, youre gonna get caught and have a disastrous fall. thats why a lot of people ski without poles. what kinda video is this?

[skiier862]

blue and red? where is this? i thought it was green blue and black?!

[trinigangsta69]

depend on where u are

[Polumaratonac]

In Europe it's green (usually unmarked, slopes for beginners and learners) blue (easy), red (intermediate) and black (hard) slopes.

There are also "black diamond", "double black diamond" and orange slopes, with increasing difficulty.

wikipedia has a nice article on alpine skiing.

[Outofthecloset94]

I view it in relation to the hill, because there would be no skiing without the hill.

[Outofthecloset94]

The up and down is in relation to the hill, not to your body, so up and down is a perfect explanation. Its the same when you learn snowboarding. Pretty much all snowboard instructors use uphill edge and downhill edge. Its all how one views the sport. Whether they view it in relation to the hill ot to their body

[iamspecialtoo]

This is a good and wellpresented series for anyone learning to ski, period. Some years ago french instructors tried to ban danish instructors from their resorts, but that was only because they felt threatened by the talented and friendly danes. That may be the cause of some of the more "serious looking" bad comments from "professionals".

[Fun23E]

Not so much up and down as side to side.

Most instructors hate "up and down"!!!

Your upper body stays still relative to the snow, whilst your legs contract and extend to the side. Looks like you go up and down, but really you're doing side to side.

[Numbery]

It's kind of like cutting, or changing direction in hockey.

[actionvan11]

well not bad, I thought I was doing well last season and I was wondering why I felt like a toad.... thats because I had never heard of the up and down .stuff... can't wait to see if it really helps with elegance and smoother turns

[norfolk14]

ive skied three times n i could teach better than this!

[whichway99]

This is the worst ski training video I have seen in 20 years - the commentary is a perfect example of meaningless and confusing instructions. Still speaking in mediaeval terms as "up and down" and "weight" - utterly useless. I spend all season trying to undo the damage done to my pupils by garbage like this.

[klipnark]

Learn how to spell the word "medieval" and we'll take you serious. Your response seems to be a bit on emotional end of things. Just chill and take a deep breath .... inhale ... now exhale... repeat ...

[madvlad666]

Actually it is often spelled mediaeval...it's correct. Perhaps he reads more than you.

Going to his point though...its impossible to apply 'more weight' to your skis by going up and down. It doesn't make any sense. You weigh the same regardless of how you stand.

Also, "use the pole plant for rhythm. The result will be flow and ease" is quite meaningless and confusing as far as I'm concerned.

So, it seems to me that his criticism is valid.

[klipnark]

Yes, you're right that is the correct spelling. I stand corrected, although his choice of spelling is not primary but a variant.

[szupinglee]

Hi, there's a easy experiment to see if you can apply variable weight to the ground by moving your center of gravity up and down. Stand on a weight scale and doing squats, you should see some fluctuation in the readings. The up and down movement is a way to load/unload the skis, it's more pronounced in doing series of shorter turns. I think these videos are fine. Maybe they missed a bit on side to side weight shift but the demostration is sound.

[NorthernSamba]

Learn to use the words,worst, mediaeval, meaningless, garbage, correctly would help in lessening your emotional outbursts and assist you in progressing yourself in the direction of professionalism in the art of ski teaching. Weight rather than pressure might be more readily understood by the general viewers in this forum so I find nothing wrong in its choice.