Technical off-piste ski videos: Post your favorites

[Superbman]

Right now, I'm pretty high on @Marcus Caston, as the best no-nonense, technical free skiing star. Love these two videos, with made inbounds at lift serviced resorts.

For just beautiful, pow skiing (with real turns):


And for getting every inch of Snowbird on a non-powder day (I even love the last minutes on groomers!):


Honestly, I'd like to see more of the ski porn giants and WC athletes make videos like this, skiing terrain we can actually imagine skiing, in various conditions.

 

[1chris5]

Right now, I'm pretty high on Marcus Caston, as the best no-nonense, technical free skiing star. Love these two videos, with made inbounds at lift serviced resorts.

For just beautiful, pow skiing (with real turns):


And for getting every inch of Snowbird on a non-powder day (I even love the last minutes on groomers!):


Honestly, I'd like to see more of the ski porn giants and WC athletes make videos like this, skiing terrain we can actually imagine skiing, in various conditions.

Wow! That guy is fun to watch. I love the speed at which he skis! He just points it, on everything.

 

[Read Blinn]

Honestly, I'd like to see more of the ski porn giants and WC athletes make videos like this, skiing terrain we can actually imagine skiing, in various conditions.

I agree. Guys skiing almost impossible steeps, leaping cliffs, and dropping chutes at deathly speeds is all very impressive, but I have no connection to that kind of skiing (others do, I know). I'm impressed but not inspired. Watching this guy rip up inbounds terrain, though? It gets my muscles twitching.

 

[jmeb]

@Superbman

Hope you've seen his "All Time" -- it is a fair title:


EDIT: Oh -- this is the same video as your second one by a different name!

 

[1chris5]

I agree. Guys skiing almost impossible steeps, leaping cliffs, and dropping chutes at deathly speeds is all very impressive, but I have no connection to that kind of skiing (others do, I know). I'm impressed but not inspired. Watching this guy rip up inbounds terrain, though? It gets my muscles twitching.

I don't connect with the deep powder shots. I like to see the technique - lots of powder flying in one's face doesn't do it for me. I definitely agree that I like the piste skiing the best. Cheers

 

[jmeb]

Marcus Caston is right up there with Hoji for me. He scores bonus points for being a primary ambassador of the hashtag: #returnoftheturn : https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/returnoftheturn/

 

[1chris5]

Marcus Caston is right up there with Hoji for me. He scores bonus points for being a primary ambassador of the hashtag: #returnoftheturn : https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/returnoftheturn/

Definitely following on instogram. Thanks for the link!

 

[jmeb]

Hoji inbounds at Lake Louise

 

[Mike King]

I generally like Hoji's skiing, but that segment doesn't do much for me: upper body rotation and a pretty significant pop. Compare and contrast it with this skiing:


Mike

 

[jmeb]

Can't wait for this to drop...

 

[Jilly]

Oh my....love that too!

 

[karlo]

pow skiing (with real

Guys skiing almost impossible steeps, leaping cliffs, and dropping chutes at deathly speeds is all very impressive, but I have no connection to that kind of skiing

I like to see the technique

Compare and contrast it with this skiing

Can't wait for this to drop...

My sentiments as well. Here's the Q&A with Marcus Caston that was released with the teaser.

https://freeskier.com/videos/actual...s-caston-presents-return-turn-official-teaser

 

[Read Blinn]

I've been reviewing free ski videos a bit lately, and it's true. For me, they're boring. (If I tried to ski those lines, it wouldn't be boring, obviously — deadly or injurious maybe, not boring.) It always the same, either more or less.

A person could have the same reaction to technical ski videos, obviously. For me, though, after years of watching them, I still desire more, not less, I think because I learn from them. Since I don't aspire to 60 degree cliffed lines, and I don't have the professional team to make such lines remotely "safe," I can't learn much more than "Wow, some people have cajones." Or, "Wow, for some people, normal life provides insufficient challenge."

 

[markojp]

Here is one of the more unique, potentially inspiring (depending on your tastes) videos of off-piste skiing that I've found. The approach is different from what we might normally think of when describing off-piste skiing, and is certainly different from the normal short-turn 'bouncy' powder skiing that we see from instructor-types. At almost a decade old, it is still highly relevant today and there are still not many examples of skiing like this anywhere. I own the full DVD and it is impressive.

Just to be clear, this 'instructor type' prefers big surfy turns that use natural terrain features. I just don't get 'powder farming' short radius thing.

 

[markojp]

 

[karlo]

Does this count as off-piste... and not just moguls?


I searched Jonny Moseley after viewing the Return of the Turns video that jmeb posted.

 

[Bad Bob]

When I grow up I want to ski like that.

If that is not possible how about in the next life?

 

[Read Blinn]

That's the most beautiful free skiing video I've ever seen.

 

[Brian Finch]

Marcus Caston is right up there with Hoji for me. He scores bonus points for being a primary ambassador of the hashtag: #returnoftheturn : https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/returnoftheturn/

Got to meet Marcus this summer. Super chill. My wife did a couple days @ one of his camps & he had a lot of good stuff to say.

My favorite was about committing to being perpendicular to the hill at all times at a minimum. Good stuff.

 

[KevinF]

Regarding the Mosely dry-training video above... My trainer at the gym periodically has me do lateral box jumps (stand on one side of the box facing parallel to the box and jump clean over and jump right back). I'm good for about 20 with a 9" high box, but I'm also a fair bit slower than Jonny and I'm not trying to aim my landing into some dirt hole on the side of a steep-looking hill either.

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