Ski Tips: Josh Foster - Using Your Inside Ski

Josh Foster goes Austrian on this week's Personal Performance Tip, explaining why it's important to use your inside ski.

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[bwjosh1]

Hi there, apologies, I don't watch my videos much on YouTube and because of that I don't often comment. Thanks for your feedback. To answer a couple of the questions; "boot tongue pressure IS tip pressure", sure, I'd agree with that, this is just another way to achieve a similar thing, I like the feel of engaging the inside tip because it helps bring the ski around rather than just feeling the front corners of the boots. Stance width; watch "adapting your stance" for my thoughts on that.

[reidflemingwtm]

Semantics lead to misunderstanding, and dogma overrules misunderstanding.

Josh's take on engaging the inside edge is a conservative way to apply pressure and increasing your turning force without sacrificing body weight on the downhill(outside ski) edge.

Boot tongue pressure IS tip pressure, he didn't stress this enough. Boot tongue corner AKA 1, and 11 O'Clock is a beautiful way to put it though. Skis work automatically these days, you won't catch an edge because it comes from the boot.

[borisburkhart]

josh are u there?

[borisburkhart]

no answers back to a lot of these questions i see here on Utube

[borisburkhart]

dont like when he says pressing the shovel on the inside ski!! You are going to catch the edge and your finnished!!!!  IM A BIT SURPRISED

[zipmanify]

I think you misinterpreted what that Austrian coach was telling you. Probably the heavy accent did it.

My guess is he talked about tipping the inside ski agressively to initiate the turn at transition and to keep agressively tipping it throughout the turn. Flexing the inside leg and tipping agrressively will tighten the radius.

The wide stance was a fad, it's over. WC racers now ski narrow again. Not glued together. Use a functional stance. Your demo of a wide stance for stability won't help.

[janisbuci1]

FUCKING GREAT SNOW!!!

[illeskesee]

Which orbit is this?

[saodaketakeya]

austrian ski technique is really logical and beautiful.

[olleofthehillpeople]

Hi Josh

You seem to advocate a wide stance but ski with a narrow one. Could you clarify that?

Thanks!