RyanAllen wrote: They aren't doing many of the ACBES drills at the camps I attended recently, and a few campers (myself included) had a very difficult time unlearning the lift and tip. We were told to stop doing that, and I quote, "lifting is not tipping." The lift and tip will also tend to trigger a extension of the inside leg, also very difficult to unlearn (personal experience here!).
Ryan said: No disrespect intended to the forum member, but I would not do that. Your cuff alignment will be completely FUBAR'd among a myriad of other unintended consequences. If you can't get to HSS for help, start with the Alignment Manual and related video's. At least then you will be better educated to try and find a local shop that can help. Or better yet, just go to HSS anyway.
RyanAllen wrote: They aren't doing many of the ACBES drills at the camps I attended recently, and a few campers (myself included) had a very difficult time unlearning the lift and tip. We were told to stop doing that, and I quote, "lifting is not tipping." The lift and tip will also tend to trigger a extension of the inside leg, also very difficult to unlearn (personal experience here!).
go-large - my concern is with your incorrect use of the terminology and the real-world net effect of these changes. It seems that you are conflating cuff alignment and true canting done at the boot sole. These are not interchangeable. I believe that you probably already know this, and yet you are referring to shoving trail maps into a boot cuff as canting. As a temporary improvement, the trail maps "fix" can be used and has been used to help a blatantly poor stance alignment issue while on-slope, but it should be recognized as a limited solution to a larger problem. The goal of cuff alignment is to match the boot cuff angle to our lower leg anatomy, while canting is to bring our center of knee mass into alignment over our feet. Using cuff changes to modify how the ski interfaces with the snow will not actually achieve full alignment (at least not how it is defined and understood here).
h.harb wrote:To suggest that PMTS can't be done without perfect alignment is absolutely incorrect and an insult.
Without alignment, pmts is almost impossible, especially if you fall into the the ‘majority‘ of skiers issues with boot alignment.
h.harb wrote:Fischer Soma boots have always been very difficult to be able to ski correctly right out of the box. They require extensive alignment and cuff adjustments. Sometimes the boot doesn't allow for enough adjustments for the needs of the skier.
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