I am trying to find the skiing style that fits my build, temperament and terrain. I am wondering if my hands should be the place to start? Currently I ski Blue Mountain, which is in the Poconos. It mostly groomed, ice, crud and weird moguls. @Philpug shared a link to some Hart pulse skis, that led me to research of the 'pulse' ski on youtube that led me to Paul Dineen, awesome bump skier for Hart skis (I forgot about the Hart Pulse ski) and was intrigued by his teaching video on how to use hands in the bumps:
His hands are mostly still. Now I realize he is a specialty skier but can this technique translate more to all mountain skiing? I came upon another video of a skier I greatly admire, Paul Lorenz:
Now his hands have vertical and lateral motion and his elbows fly way out. I think he does ski turning competitions so the elbows might be for "flair", to impress the judges. His knuckles like Dineen seem to pointed down the hill but there is a lot more motion. Now Dineen's compact motion is necessary for the ultra-tight turns; but even with the his variety of turn shapes, would Lorenz benefit from less hand motion?
Another skier I respect and study is Harald Harb. Harb's hand motion is more forward backward and up and down then Lorenz and Dineen. It seems to me that Harb bases most of his technique on the "Bullet Proof Turn" which focus' on a very light inside ski so that Harb is often in essence skiing with only the outside ski carving turns in the snow with his inside ski tipped but not really engaged in the snow.
Lorenz seems to ski with a pure carve engaging both skis tipped on edge respectively, using more of a race skiing edging technique and Dineen uses more of a windshield wiper technique. But what about the hands? Do their hands all end up in the same place; they just use different amounts of forward/aft, side-to side, up-and-down movement or are they fundamental to the type of turns they produce? I love the way Lorenz carves but I really like Dineen's soft, mostly still hands. Is that quiet type of hand movement of Dineen's compatible to GS style turns or modified to somewhere between Dineen/Lorenz or Dineen/Harb? Thanks in advance for any shared wisdom.
His hands are mostly still. Now I realize he is a specialty skier but can this technique translate more to all mountain skiing? I came upon another video of a skier I greatly admire, Paul Lorenz:
Now his hands have vertical and lateral motion and his elbows fly way out. I think he does ski turning competitions so the elbows might be for "flair", to impress the judges. His knuckles like Dineen seem to pointed down the hill but there is a lot more motion. Now Dineen's compact motion is necessary for the ultra-tight turns; but even with the his variety of turn shapes, would Lorenz benefit from less hand motion?
Another skier I respect and study is Harald Harb. Harb's hand motion is more forward backward and up and down then Lorenz and Dineen. It seems to me that Harb bases most of his technique on the "Bullet Proof Turn" which focus' on a very light inside ski so that Harb is often in essence skiing with only the outside ski carving turns in the snow with his inside ski tipped but not really engaged in the snow.
Lorenz seems to ski with a pure carve engaging both skis tipped on edge respectively, using more of a race skiing edging technique and Dineen uses more of a windshield wiper technique. But what about the hands? Do their hands all end up in the same place; they just use different amounts of forward/aft, side-to side, up-and-down movement or are they fundamental to the type of turns they produce? I love the way Lorenz carves but I really like Dineen's soft, mostly still hands. Is that quiet type of hand movement of Dineen's compatible to GS style turns or modified to somewhere between Dineen/Lorenz or Dineen/Harb? Thanks in advance for any shared wisdom.
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