Contemporary Skiing

Coach John Gillies comments on skiing demonstrations from Interski 2011

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• Interski 2011

[SabayonCompiz]

0:27 - 0:45

[sparklyrainboww]

Ahh nothing compares to the Canadian technique :)

[CALIMERO1255]

@CSIAAMSC

Check tihs on youtube:

"SCI - 6° livello - Curve condotte.mp4 "

what do you think?

In my opinion this is great.

[CALIMERO1255]

@WellnessGourmet

Hi, thanks for your reply, I agree with your comment, in fact for me, is more easy to do short turn with less shaped skis, for example I prefer to do short turn with GS skis and not with SL ski (more shaped). For us manteinig an high body position during the down hill is very important. In powder or very easy snow, I agree with Canadians is better to change a bit and find a more soft asset, a little more round, but always with an high body position.

[WellnessGourmet]

PS: with FIS slalom skis, the pros can do carved short turn also on ice and very steep slopes (and in rapid gates!) but, well, they are pros. Italian short turn for me is enjoyable only on steep, ice, or bumps, otherways I prefere to carve, also in short turn like canadians. Italian short turn it's ad "old style turn", very difficult to see someone doing it, also because it's very, very tiring.

[WellnessGourmet]

@CALIMERO1255

Italian short turn (corto raggio) is not a carved turn, it requires a little bit of skidding and when you do it you have to "block" the turn at the end, it's not a continuos turn, it is not made for shaped skis, you can do it also with not shaped skis or with very long radius like GS 27 m radius FIS skis. Obviously canadian carved short turn is much better to see, and also to do, but only on easy slopes: on ice, or powder, or bumps and steep slopes italian is better.

[CALIMERO1255]

@CSIAAMSC

I've try last week in soft snow a short turn with Canadian style, well the result was impressive. How? I was with my instructor (teacher of the teacher), I was doing short turn in cannon snow... , during this short turn I've see in front of me a different snow, a little more soft so I've switch to Italian style short turn into Canadian style, well the result was impressive, my instructor said me that was impressive! I've do a mix changing the style in fuction of the type of snow.

[CSIAAMSC]

@WellnessGourmet Can't speak about the equipment of all the demonstrators, but the canadians were mostly on Slalom skis.

[CSIAAMSC]

@CALIMERO1255 For the record this was filmed on icy, man-made snow that had melted and re-frozen a number of times. It may look easy, but it was slick. I have other footage on the same slope that shows demonstrators from many countries skidding around. I think the Canadian technique works pretty good on the ice too!

[CALIMERO1255]

@CALIMERO1255 I totally agree in cannon snow all is different...