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I like the movement. When I find myself off balance in the bumps, I find that reminding myself and concentrating on that tension in my ankles/feet usually gets me back on track.
(The other) Bob Barnes, previously of Winter Park, had a nifty demonstration of its effect. He had introduced the movement to our class and after we had played with it for a couple of runs, he popped off his skis, got on the snow and grabbed the tips of my skis. He asked me to pressure the boot tongues by leaning into them, then he quickly and vigorously pushed and pulled my skis straight back and forth. My body flopped back and forth from the ankles up, like a spring loaded sidewalk advertising sign in a brisk wind. Body leaning forward with a push back on the skis; body leaning back when he pulled the skis toward himself. He could have made me fall completely backwards if he had pulled the skis far enough. Then he asked me to dorsiflex my feet to press my shins against the boot tongues, then repeated the maneuver. The skis and I moved back and forth as a fixed unit. Though I still don't quite understand why this should work, I'm a believer. It might be the single most important tool in my bumps tool box.
Yes, I think it is. This is a lot of the "functional tension" people refer to establishing say when you enter a crud zone.Could it be in skiing that dorsiflexion can be thought of as more of a tension building, limited isometric ?
I like the movement. When I find myself off balance in the bumps, I find that reminding myself and concentrating on that tension in my ankles/feet usually gets me back on track.
(The other) Bob Barnes, previously of Winter Park, had a nifty demonstration of its effect. He had introduced the movement to our class and after we had played with it for a couple of runs, he popped off his skis, got on the snow and grabbed the tips of my skis. He asked me to pressure the boot tongues by leaning into them, then he quickly and vigorously pushed and pulled my skis straight back and forth. My body flopped back and forth from the ankles up, like a spring loaded sidewalk advertising sign in a brisk wind. Body leaning forward with a push back on the skis; body leaning back when he pulled the skis toward himself. He could have made me fall completely backwards if he had pulled the skis far enough. Then he asked me to dorsiflex my feet to press my shins against the boot tongues, then repeated the maneuver. The skis and I moved back and forth as a fixed unit. Though I still don't quite understand why this should work, I'm a believer. It might be the single most important tool in my bumps tool box.
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At least someone took the trouble to leave the apostrophe out of "its" in the thread title. That's something. Signed, Eeyore.
Did I do that? Getting old I am. Slipping.
See, everything's fine. Apostrophe's wander off in the night. They'll come back.It's supposed to be missing. It was a compliment. Sheesh.
What did the great one suggest?with a great bootfitter in Taos) that I have some of the most limited dorsiflexion a
1) Red Dwarf rules (I haven't watched the new stuff, purely out of trepidation) and I will fall all over myself to praise anyone's reference to that fantastic sci-fi sitcomRed Dwarf
2) This has absolutely been my experience. Pressuring the tips at turn initiation, flexion-to-release, and pulling my heels back under my butt were three critical kinesthetic lessons that all came to me as a group and really changed my bump skiing (for the better).off balance in the bumps
Any ideas what one should do in the case of limited dorsiflexion? I recently discovered (with a great bootfitter in Taos) that I have some of the most limited dorsiflexion around (1.5" on the wall test, compared to a normal of about 5"). This answered so many questions about why I walk kinda funny, why I can't really do squats, why I can't stand up from sitting on a snowboard facing downhill, etc. Still working to improve, but no demonstrable results after about 3 months.
In any case, what does the peanut gallery recommend? I've heard both yes and no to heel lifts, but I'm giving them a try. What about boot stiffness? Should I get super stiff boots to help translate what little dorsiflexion I have into pressure on the shovels? If it's this bad, shoud I just give up skiing and take up knitting?