The real purpose of this blog is of course for me to upload pictures of myself that I can then ogle at my leisure, so in that vein, here is a whole sequence. I thought it was nifty how the picture refresh rate managed to match my turn frequency almost perfectly, since I'm at the same spot in every turn in each photo. I adhere to the short, jumpy European style of turns, at least on the steeps.
Is that a "Wohoo!" arm raise at the end?
ReplyDeleteYes, yes that is. What can I say, skiing is fun!
ReplyDeletecool sequence.
ReplyDeletethey look like they could be tighter and jumpier though if you want to achieve true 'euroskiing'. but i would maybe advise against it.
we were watching a ski movie last week and there were some skiers that did (admittedly, skillfully) those tight, hoppy turns all the time even when there weren't moguls.
i wanted to ask the others what they call that type of skiing here, but wasn't sure i should mention that we call it euroskiing, since i am technically in europe.
it cracked me up when the others instantly caught what i was talking about and answered 'no, we just call it 'gay skiing''.
hahaha, i love norway.
They just call it 'gay skiing' because it's way too hard to do with Tele turns.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to go full out mogul skiing when there are no moguls, but I think that somewhat tighter turns look neater. More Andrew Maclean, less Doug Coombs.
neida--these were alpine skiers.
ReplyDeletei like the speed that the longer turns allow you. and when someone can pull off the long, smooth, S-turns on the steep stuff i think it looks really sweet.
if you get a chance to see 'Selskapresan' you can see the scene(s) that sparked the conversation. it's a pretty funny movie too: really 80's.
I think I prefer the tighter turns because I rarely get to ski wide open, steep spaces. The long s-turns are great on big power bowls, but not so good in trees or rocky chutes, which are pretty much the only places I get the pow these days.
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