Still no chance for me to open the vid, maybe I'm too stupid for it.Felix wrote:My believe is that you can put anyone of us good raceboarders on slalom race skis, and within 3hours he will ride better than 80% of the skiers!
But what Felix wrote is interesting, since I got the same opinion. I'd say that carving on snowboards and skis needs very similar technique (despite that I personally don't use push-pull on skis because it's nearly useless. The inclination is limited by the skiboot hanging over the edge so anyway I cannot go deeper than approximately 60-70°).
I gave up skiing as a 15-year-old in 1989 and began snowboarding, never touching my skis again. Then in 2001 I bought new skis and tried a few carves, and the effect was astonishing. From the very first moment on my skiing was better than 12 years before. I guess that carving on snowboards for all these years helped me very much on skis.
Once you know the basic principles of carving, e.g. how the edge reacts when you do this and that, how you should shift your weight, how to rotate and so on, there seems to be no major difference whether you got one or two sticks underneath your feet.
Same with the equipment:
fruno's F2 Speedster RS: length 183 radius 16 rather soft nose and tail
fruno's Atomic GS:9: length 180 radius 16 rather soft nose and tail
When I look at good skiers on the slope it seems to be the main difference between them and myself is the rotation move I learned on the snowboard. Most of the skiers still do counter-rotation and don't even know there is another way of doing it so that limits their inclination and stability in high-speed carves.
