Jonathan: you and JF have a very effective way of explaining discrete elements of skiing. Just came from Bump Camp at WP and after experiencing what you are explaining, it's great to have your videos as a continuous refresher on technique. Thx & keep it up...
I like the bump to bump drill, but I have issues with continuous movement in the bumps, and once I stop, its hard to start back up, I get static. Thanks for the tips John, hopefully we have a better winter in PSIA-E land this year
I cannot comment on the effectiveness of this technique. However, seems very systematic. What worked for me...skiing moguls at Mad River Glen (northern Vermont) where there is no grooming, and the moguls are like waterfalls of ice, and there is no place else to go. Definitely a confidence builder. What worked for me... - skis closer together - exaggerated pole plants, then ski around the planted pole...the opening of the planted arm makes the lower torso follow - maintaining visual contact of both hands in my field of view (especially the uphill hand)
@@rickblair5509 Indeed. I think the material he provides here is excellent and helpful. For those at the top end of the ability scale it's aimed at, I would add just one thing: as an alternative to absorbing the bump, a colleague of mine (who was a World Cup bump skier) suggested turning the sideways skid of a radical hockey stop (up onto the uphill flank of the bump) into an aggressive edge set, arresting the skid, at the moment of initiating the next turn. She got me to strongly resist (with thighs and glutes) the resulting tendency of the body to collapse, but to manage this resistance in such a way as to allow the upper body to continue travelling over the top of the bump, following the local fall line. As the centre of mass of the upper body travels below the skis, they automatically roll onto their new downhill edges, and shoot around the side of the bump and can be skied up the next flank to do the same sequence in the opposite direction. I found this a game changer in terms of keeping me in the driving seat instead of the back seat at the beginning of the next turn, and yet providing plenty of modulated speed control at will.
Good progression for moguls; very clear and concise. Can you do a video showing line in bumps? Easiest to most difficult? If its on CZcams already I'll look fot it. Thx for your efforts!
+James Dunn Yup, I can post that. I'm about to post a video on line in groomed snow high performance skiing. IT will go with an article that will be published next year. It would make sense to do one on line in bumps. As soon as we have some I will create and post.
#JonathanBallou: a good explanation but your hips and you upper body are clearly not facing down the hill at the end of the hockey stops in the bumps. Too many ski instructors say this is what they do when in fact they don't actually do it. Would it not be better to say that the feet and legs should turn across the fall line sufficient enough to control speed and as independent from the upper body as possible? So long as the speed is controlled and balance is maintained then this would be effective bumps skiing. It is no good for ski instructors to explain things to clients when it is physically impossible (at least for most people) to do, would you not agree?
I liked the concept, but too much bending at the waist (sending hips and weight back) and should be looking up, not down, chest out, not down. A good reminder to check speed.
This is what's wrong with today's teaching. using words that require definition for you to understand what they mean. If an instructor just says what they mean, there will be no questions and confusion. You don't turn. You don't want to turn. You want to go straight down the hill and get back on the lift. Your SKIS want to turn because they were designed to turn. When you face down the hill and change your weight from one foot to the other, they will turn. Why will they turn? When you take your weight off one foot you will be off balance. Like a wedge cut in a tree, you will start to fall over. That creates the leg angle that puts the skis on their edge and they turn as designed. The quicker you change your weight, that quicker your skis will turn. The more forward you lean, the more weight you have on the tips, the more they will bend and turn sharper. You have to be facing and leaning down the hill when you want to start the next turn or that leg angle will not occur. Separation, flexion, extension are a visual byproduct of doing other things. You don't teach byproducts, you don't even think about them at all. You just do what the skis require of you. Two Dimensional Reactors focus on what skiing looks like and say, do that. Three Dimensional Thinkers break it down and tell you what to do to make it Look like That!
Jonathan - awesome video. Have struggled with learning to ski bumps properly as I work thru my certs. This has helped significantly.
Jonathan: you and JF have a very effective way of explaining discrete elements of skiing. Just came from Bump Camp at WP and after experiencing what you are explaining, it's great to have your videos as a continuous refresher on technique. Thx & keep it up...
Thanks. Please let m elbow if there is anything else you would like me to post.
Thanks. I hope we all have a better winter. I will be out in PSIA-E land in December for ProJam
Good teaching progression. Demos. very good.
This s great detail going for my PSIA level II and needed help here. thanks for great video
This video is so helpful. Thank you.
Great video, thx Jonathan
Thanks. Don't skj anymore, but would sometimes go too fast after a while, sit back and "blow out" in the bumps.
Great stuff. Thanks.
I learned this progression at Telluride a few years ago. It is legit.
I like the bump to bump drill, but I have issues with continuous movement in the bumps, and once I stop, its hard to start back up, I get static.
Thanks for the tips John, hopefully we have a better winter in PSIA-E land this year
Excellent ! Thank you!
Great video.
I cannot comment on the effectiveness of this technique. However, seems very systematic.
What worked for me...skiing moguls at Mad River Glen (northern Vermont) where there is no grooming, and the moguls are like waterfalls of ice, and there is no place else to go. Definitely a confidence builder.
What worked for me...
- skis closer together
- exaggerated pole plants, then ski around the planted pole...the opening of the planted arm makes the lower torso follow
- maintaining visual contact of both hands in my field of view (especially the uphill hand)
What he is showing you is speed control in the bumps. You can not advance in any type of skiing until you develop speed control.
@@rickblair5509 Indeed. I think the material he provides here is excellent and helpful. For those at the top end of the ability scale it's aimed at, I would add just one thing: as an alternative to absorbing the bump, a colleague of mine (who was a World Cup bump skier) suggested turning the sideways skid of a radical hockey stop (up onto the uphill flank of the bump) into an aggressive edge set, arresting the skid, at the moment of initiating the next turn. She got me to strongly resist (with thighs and glutes) the resulting tendency of the body to collapse, but to manage this resistance in such a way as to allow the upper body to continue travelling over the top of the bump, following the local fall line.
As the centre of mass of the upper body travels below the skis, they automatically roll onto their new downhill edges, and shoot around the side of the bump and can be skied up the next flank to do the same sequence in the opposite direction.
I found this a game changer in terms of keeping me in the driving seat instead of the back seat at the beginning of the next turn, and yet providing plenty of modulated speed control at will.
Probably the best mogul instruction video I've come across
Thank you.
Good progression for moguls; very clear and concise. Can you do a video showing line in bumps? Easiest to most difficult? If its on CZcams already I'll look fot it. Thx for your efforts!
+James Dunn Yup, I can post that. I'm about to post a video on line in groomed snow high performance skiing. IT will go with an article that will be published next year. It would make sense to do one on line in bumps. As soon as we have some I will create and post.
+Aspen Academy Thank you! Looking forward to it.
great teaching point. easy to follow
turns* in the video title but I'm sure you're already aware, lol. Great video!
Thanks
That is my problem I am a mogul skier so I keep pushing for that twisted relationship. 😃
Gréât lesson
Still helpful ❤
#JonathanBallou: a good explanation but your hips and you upper body are clearly not facing down the hill at the end of the hockey stops in the bumps. Too many ski instructors say this is what they do when in fact they don't actually do it. Would it not be better to say that the feet and legs should turn across the fall line sufficient enough to control speed and as independent from the upper body as possible? So long as the speed is controlled and balance is maintained then this would be effective bumps skiing. It is no good for ski instructors to explain things to clients when it is physically impossible (at least for most people) to do, would you not agree?
I liked the concept, but too much bending at the waist (sending hips and weight back) and should be looking up, not down, chest out, not down. A good reminder to check speed.
Interesting
very nice. sweet feet. love to see it on max vert eastern icy bumps.
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You may consider removing your sunglasses to make a more personal presentation
Then he has to talk to the camera with eyes closed.
At least get better sunglasses
Okay video but too many parts with just the guy talking into the camera instead of showing footage demonstrating what he is saying.
This is what's wrong with today's teaching. using words that require definition for you to understand what they mean. If an instructor just says what they mean, there will be no questions and confusion.
You don't turn. You don't want to turn. You want to go straight down the hill and get back on the lift. Your SKIS want to turn because they were designed to turn. When you face down the hill and change your weight from one foot to the other, they will turn. Why will they turn? When you take your weight off one foot you will be off balance. Like a wedge cut in a tree, you will start to fall over. That creates the leg angle that puts the skis on their edge and they turn as designed. The quicker you change your weight, that quicker your skis will turn. The more forward you lean, the more weight you have on the tips, the more they will bend and turn sharper. You have to be facing and leaning down the hill when you want to start the next turn or that leg angle will not occur.
Separation, flexion, extension are a visual byproduct of doing other things. You don't teach byproducts, you don't even think about them at all. You just do what the skis require of you. Two Dimensional Reactors focus on what skiing looks like and say, do that. Three Dimensional Thinkers break it down and tell you what to do to make it Look like That!
Shut up.
@@Empirical-Skeptic I think I just spit up a little. Touché.
You're unknowledgeable to say the least.