Cross Country Ski Touring: the Easy Way, featuring the new Striding Doublepole (pt. 1 of 2)

Here I show some fun, easy, useful techniques that aren't in official materials. The Striding Doublepole is a great new move. It (and the others) are new to most people and to the how-to scene but I'm reviving them from the old wood ski days. Actually, many skiers come up with them on their own because they're so stable and easy. But they often think they're skiing wrong because instructors call them mistakes or don't even mention these skills. They are still appropriate for any non-racing skier -- and even racers can use em! There hasn't been much new in classic technique in decades. These new/old ways are a breath of fresh air! It's always fun to play with rhythms. Note: It's good to practice the official basics, as shown in my other videos (and other people's), but feel free to add these goodies to your line-up. (Also, I *still* don't show the Touring Diagonal just right here -- there's more up'n'down bounce and knee flex and less pole follow-thru.) I've been studying skiing for 30 years -- this is part of my attempt to contribute to the how-to scene. I see beginners having an overly hard time. Also, I should note that Pendulum poling is a way to skip a poling stroke or to advance a cycle a half-beat -- it turns a 2-Step into a 3-Step, letting you change sides that you're doublepoling off of. Play with it! A Pt. 2 video showing uphill skills follows at this link: http://youtu.be/6IA6rU0QB2E. (Courtesy of OutYourBackDoor.com, HQ for sharing indie outdoor culture.)

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Sports

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• xc
• ski
• cross
• country
• instruction
• how-to
• michigan
• touring
• doublepole

[recbo]

DP Stride at 3:25 (click) and Pendulum DPS at 5:25 (click). PDPS looks like the former US Military Two Step, which generally has always been field-upgraded to DPS, at least according to former NAWTC, Ft. Greeley, Commandant, Lt. Col. Gerald Barnes, in a soon to be de- classified EYES ONLY report. "What's the point?", said John Viehman, in 1989, but we know there was somebody telling him to say that, because Tim Cahill let something slip that he could not have known unless he was not telling us.

[tejasbilly]

This might be the answer to my high altitude prayers Jeff! Neither the books nor instructors teach you how to cruise while conserving energy.

Consequently, my heart rate is in my ears fairly quickly. If i can go slower but steady with a sustainable heart rate now youre talking! Thanks for the vids.

[CLADJO]

Jeff, Thanks for the really useful information. Keep up the good work! Clive

[Biffbradford]

I've been working on my Two Step Double Pole and it *IS* easy and fast!