Your last tip is the best. Before buying fat powder skis that skim the top of deep powder try your skinny skis and learn to love the sensation of porpoising up and down in rhythm while bouncing left and right
Can’t count the number of times I have watched this particular video. Mimetism. It makes me feel/perceive how to ski powder. During lunch in December , watching this vid is my go-to video. I must be over 30 watching right now.
I will be definitely be directing my friends who still yearn to master the fluffy stuff to this video. Brilliant, direct, concise and absolutely spot on . Thank you!
Yeah for mid-fat (~95 to 110mm) skies, using the bunny hop 'bounce' method is an effective way to get through Powder, especially heavier Powder. "Skiing powder is just like skiing bumps, except you are making the bumps as you go" - that is a great way to think about it! Solid advice. Stomp It has some good advice too
"bunny hop 'bounce' method". I would love it if @section8 would do a special vid just on that bunny bounce method. As Klaus Maier from autria is explaining it.
I took lessons once and the instructor counseled to be more patient with my skis as they were arcing -- ie make rounded turns and not Z turns. That was on a bluebird day and I got boot deep powder a day two after that. That rounded turn advice set me up for some good skiing!
A double black becomes a blue under two or three feet of untracked powder. There's nothing closer to flying except perhaps squirrel suits. And if the sun is at your back your shadow makes for a delightful feedback, an instantaneous, intense, aesthetic feeling. If I could put that feeling in a bottle I would save it to restore my spirit as I approach my last horizon.
as someone who is used to east coast skiing and is going to colorado next year for my bday, this is definitely gonna be handy for me, since i wanna practice this year... i also dont use poles, as i grew up not using them and still have a great balance, so thats something im also gonna try this year. great video, definitely useful!
The hardest part for me, knowing that I need more speed, but being unable to really stop as quickly as I'd feel comfortable, really kills the confidence. I don't want to go fast if I can't stop when I want to.
and you too can charge the klondike powder rush as the lines pile up and then you are elbow to elbow at the drop line, when it goes down it is an all out race to the chair in little lanes.
Where were these videos 40 years ago?!! You should have seen all of us in Utah on 50mm wide skis in powder. I think my record was 5 face plants on one run. And I set a record for fewest turns on one bowl run at exactly 1 turn! Couldn't get them around. My friends still rag on me for it! :( Love this stuff, thanks!
Kazama Mountain Highs and Asolo Extremes with 3-pin bindings by chance? Lolol, we used to faceplant our way down High Rustler and Eddie's on that junk.
Amazing advice! I feel much more prepared for the 50cms tomorrow morning at Lake Louise! This was such a fantastic video, with a great amount of humor, illustrations and production quality to keep it interesting. Definitely subscribing. Curious which mountain this was shot at, love Canadian content.
Thanks Alexandra, glad you found it helpful:) It was mostly shot on Vancouver Island (inbounds at Mount Washington and some Island backcountry), plus a few clips from a camp we held in Revelstoke last season.
@@section8ski Can’t count the number of times I have watched this particular video. Mimetism. It makes me feel/perceive how to ski powder. During lunch in December , watching this vid is my go-to video. I must be over 30 watching right now. We so much would love other shootings of you ski through powder , just vids of you skiing and skiing in powder , no explanation needed , no editing , just hours of skiing through powder , every kind of powder. Peter from France.
So similar to how carving bends the ski (a bit less now that there's the parabolic nature, but carving still bends it a bit), powder bends the ski too.....
@@section8ski hi. someone was talking about "bunny hop 'bounce' method". I would love it if you Tobin would do a special vid just on that bunny bounce method. As Klaus Maier from Autria is explaining it in his dvd FROM BLUE TO POWDER. but with the special touch from @section 8
For those of you who wish to conserve energy and reduce leg fatigue keep your uphill leg as straight as possible and put all of your weight on it. This provides your downhill leg a moment of complete relaxation and maximal blood flow. This works on all surfaces except difficult conditions like those with large chunks of crud or thick wet snow. But in the case of untracked powder with the sun at your back it is very easy to accomplish and with the extra energy you may choose to skip lunch.
But what if you suck at bump skiing? ;-) On my pair of 108 mm Corvus, I've ripped some steeper powder runs almost like they are groomers. But on stuff sub 30 degrees even on the 108mm skis I need some bounce to really feel the turns. Great advice about powder overall.
Yep, 70mm Skinny skis are so fun in deep steep light powder, but not as versatile and certainly requires very dynamic skiing and physically more demanding. But chest deep you got it. As water content increases, get on fat(ter) skis.
A “touring ski” is mounted with a touring binding that allows you to free the heel for uphill travel. The main focus of touring skis are use of light weight materials to make skinning uphill easier. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes for the various conditions you might experience in the backcountry. “Powder skis” typically focus on a wider width under foot and usually a softer flex or rocker profile to facilitate more floatation in deep snow. Because powder is often the reason people venture into the backcountry, it’s common to find touring skis with a powder ski profile.
Skiing "powder" in the PNW is just easier on a snowboard. All great tips, but if your just learning & the snow is very heavy & deep, then go back to the groomers because if you're on an all mountain ski you will not float & you'll risk an ACL tear. Injury is not fun.
My brother, an instructor from the east, eventually came out to visit me in the Rockies. He said he loathed powder but by the end of a week of getting used to two feet untracked daily he became a powder hound. The most helpful tip he admitted was... to be patient, be subtle, no need to force the skis.
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Your last tip is the best. Before buying fat powder skis that skim the top of deep powder try your skinny skis and learn to love the sensation of porpoising up and down in rhythm while bouncing left and right
That has got to be an all-time top three powder ski videos. Thank you.
Best video I have watched on skiing in powder. Thanks for posting!! Much appreciated.
Hands down best powder skiing lesson on the inter webs. Thanks for breaking it down so well!
Can’t count the number of times I have watched this particular video. Mimetism. It makes me feel/perceive how to ski powder. During lunch in December , watching this vid is my go-to video. I must be over 30 watching right now.
"Skiing powder is like skiing bumps--except you're making the bumps as you go."
Great way of describing the powder skiing experience.
Thanks! I tried a lot of videos, thankful to have found this one. Holy hell it’s rough out there, for this topic. 👍🏼👍🏼
best vid on powder skiing on the internet!
I will be definitely be directing my friends who still yearn to master the fluffy stuff to this video. Brilliant, direct, concise and absolutely spot on . Thank you!
So glad you found it helpful!
Yeah for mid-fat (~95 to 110mm) skies, using the bunny hop 'bounce' method is an effective way to get through Powder, especially heavier Powder. "Skiing powder is just like skiing bumps, except you are making the bumps as you go" - that is a great way to think about it! Solid advice. Stomp It has some good advice too
"bunny hop 'bounce' method". I would love it if @section8 would do a special vid just on that bunny bounce method. As Klaus Maier from autria is explaining it.
Great set of tips, strong production values and as usual Section 8's laid back style. Lifts the bar for the "Best Ski Tip Vid, 2021".
I took lessons once and the instructor counseled to be more patient with my skis as they were arcing -- ie make rounded turns and not Z turns. That was on a bluebird day and I got boot deep powder a day two after that. That rounded turn advice set me up for some good skiing!
Really really great tips and production, BRAVO. I love the old skinny skis in powder too ! Rosi Bandits , love em !
I hear ya, my 195 Hexcel Sundance IIs were so much nicer in powder than my 170 K2s
Amen! Thanks for putting what I been preaching into an easy to follow video! I will be sharing this often!
Thank you - always good to hear great tips from experienced powder pros! Can’t wait to try them out this week 😊
This is a great video. The advice given is expert and easy enough to understand and remember as to put it good use on the slope.
nice tutorial bro!! Riding in pow really is the best thing ever it really makes for the best memories! 🤩🙏
Best powder skiing video I have seen. Love it!!
Thanks for the great clear advice on powder. I wish I had seen this video before my first powder experience!
Extremely well explained!!! Very useful the graphic help, showing where to apply the pressure. Many thanks!! Greetings from German Alps!
Rock'in the Hotham neck warmer there mate !
A double black becomes a blue
under two or three feet of untracked powder.
There's nothing closer to flying except perhaps squirrel suits.
And if the sun is at your back
your shadow makes for a delightful feedback,
an instantaneous, intense, aesthetic feeling.
If I could put that feeling in a bottle
I would save it to restore my spirit
as I approach my last horizon.
simply fantastic video...thanks!
This is a great video! Thank you!
This was awesome!
Best ski video I’ve watched! Love the diagrams for explanation. Thank you!
Beautiful skiing!👍
Great video. Thanks.
as someone who is used to east coast skiing and is going to colorado next year for my bday, this is definitely gonna be handy for me, since i wanna practice this year... i also dont use poles, as i grew up not using them and still have a great balance, so thats something im also gonna try this year. great video, definitely useful!
Really helpful, thank you.
Excellent video. I shall take this to the slopes tomorrow.
Hopefully you’ll find some fresh snow!
First comment of 2022 also best pow ski instructor there is out there 🙌
excellent thank you
Makes sense. Bookmarked!
We are getting here some late season powder in Switserland, thanks for the tips ;-) i'm out and about for the next few days! whoop whoop!
Cool video.
The hardest part for me, knowing that I need more speed, but being unable to really stop as quickly as I'd feel comfortable, really kills the confidence. I don't want to go fast if I can't stop when I want to.
bellissimo video !!! Grazie 👏
My pleasure:)
Thanks !!!!
Great video; I now know why I've never been able to ski powder.
Brilliant 😁
and you too can charge the klondike powder rush as the lines pile up and then you are elbow to elbow at the drop line, when it goes down it is an all out race to the chair in little lanes.
Where were these videos 40 years ago?!! You should have seen all of us in Utah on 50mm wide skis in powder. I think my record was 5 face plants on one run. And I set a record for fewest turns on one bowl run at exactly 1 turn! Couldn't get them around. My friends still rag on me for it! :( Love this stuff, thanks!
Kazama Mountain Highs and Asolo Extremes with 3-pin bindings by chance? Lolol, we used to faceplant our way down High Rustler and Eddie's on that junk.
@@michaelnagle8250 We were at Alpine Meadows for the one turn bowl run and Brighton and Alta for the face plants. :)
great, now We Just need some
Those are good ones ...... Especoaly the float turn . ........
And in 20 years you will be good at it.
Amazing advice! I feel much more prepared for the 50cms tomorrow morning at Lake Louise!
This was such a fantastic video, with a great amount of humor, illustrations and production quality to keep it interesting. Definitely subscribing.
Curious which mountain this was shot at, love Canadian content.
Thanks Alexandra, glad you found it helpful:) It was mostly shot on Vancouver Island (inbounds at Mount Washington and some Island backcountry), plus a few clips from a camp we held in Revelstoke last season.
@@section8ski I thought I recognized a Revy in there!
Thanks for replying, and keep up the good work :)
@@section8ski Can’t count the number of times I have watched this particular video. Mimetism. It makes me feel/perceive how to ski powder. During lunch in December , watching this vid is my go-to video. I must be over 30 watching right now. We so much would love other shootings of you ski through powder , just vids of you skiing and skiing in powder , no explanation needed , no editing , just hours of skiing through powder , every kind of powder. Peter from France.
00:35 That looks like an early 2000 Rossignol XX. Amazing ski :)
yes, rossignol bandit b2 blue
So similar to how carving bends the ski (a bit less now that there's the parabolic nature, but carving still bends it a bit), powder bends the ski too.....
Awesome vid Tobin! :)
Thanks Greg, Hope your getting some face shots of your own!
@@section8ski hi. someone was talking about "bunny hop 'bounce' method". I would love it if you Tobin would do a special vid just on that bunny bounce method. As Klaus Maier from Autria is explaining it in his dvd FROM BLUE TO POWDER. but with the special touch from @section 8
@@2204pc Hmmm, The Bunny Bounce Method. You got me thinking:)
For those of you who wish to conserve energy and reduce leg fatigue
keep your uphill leg as straight as possible and put all of your weight on it.
This provides your downhill leg a moment of complete relaxation and maximal blood flow.
This works on all surfaces except difficult conditions like
those with large chunks of crud or thick wet snow.
But in the case of untracked powder with the sun at your back
it is very easy to accomplish and
with the extra energy you may choose to skip lunch.
But what if you suck at bump skiing? ;-)
On my pair of 108 mm Corvus, I've ripped some steeper powder runs almost like they are groomers. But on stuff sub 30 degrees even on the 108mm skis I need some bounce to really feel the turns.
Great advice about powder overall.
Great lesson but ultimately practice makes it perfect
Practice makes permanent, not perfect...no turn no skier will ever be perfect, no matter how many times you do it.
Yep, 70mm Skinny skis are so fun in deep steep light powder, but not as versatile and certainly requires very dynamic skiing and physically more demanding. But chest deep you got it. As water content increases, get on fat(ter) skis.
5:02 “Ignore your instincts “LOL Double Black Full Send it is
Just got my first pair of fat skis and I'm excited to get out there and shred some powder!
Woohoo!
This whole video screams Canada! Everything about it!
I didn't notice, the guy had no accent
but then I am Canadian so naturally I wouldn't.
Just go fast!
So will I be able to ski pow with my 65mm slalom skis with proper technique?
Absolutely. You may need a little steeper slope to get enough momentum going, but it’s workable.
what is the diference between touring skiis and powder skiis
A “touring ski” is mounted with a touring binding that allows you to free the heel for uphill travel. The main focus of touring skis are use of light weight materials to make skinning uphill easier. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes for the various conditions you might experience in the backcountry. “Powder skis” typically focus on a wider width under foot and usually a softer flex or rocker profile to facilitate more floatation in deep snow. Because powder is often the reason people venture into the backcountry, it’s common to find touring skis with a powder ski profile.
@@section8ski thank you so much!
Thanks for the tips. For me, do not twist the ski(sharp turn) and speed is your friend should be helpful.
Skiing "powder" in the PNW is just easier on a snowboard. All great tips, but if your just learning & the snow is very heavy & deep, then go back to the groomers because if you're on an all mountain ski you will not float & you'll risk an ACL tear. Injury is not fun.
Lmao maybe you can just stay home?
@@nickv3085 just make sure your rockin' larger dimension skis (mm): 163-135-141 (Black Diamond Gigawatt)
Patience and powder skiing? Hah! If you patiently ride powder 10 hounds are going to pass you and snake your line!
True… but if you’re lucky they’ll faceplant on their first turn.
My brother,
an instructor from the east,
eventually came out to visit me in the Rockies.
He said he loathed powder but
by the end of a week of getting used to two feet untracked daily
he became a powder hound.
The most helpful tip he admitted was... to be patient, be subtle, no need to force the skis.
Really good breakdown.