Hi All,
just kicked-off the new season last weekend (in Hintertux, Austria) and tried a new drill but it didn't work, so would like to ask for some tips/suggestions how to approach it step by step.
I tried
a) wiggling the feet like HH shows in his Video Essitials, Part I, tipping - basically on a flattish slope in a curve at a slow speed rapidly changing the angle of both feet and tightness of the curve. What I found difficult: due to low speed the weight is more or less equally distrubuted on both legs/feet, so the method lift-and-tilt doesn't work, one has to wiggle both feet simultaneously and at precisely exact angles, otherwise skis go to different directions. I tried leading with the tilting of the inside foot first keeping the outside passive - doesn't work because the inside leg goes inside immediately because there is weight on it.
b) didn't try yet but would like to - a bristle course with 10-15 bristles for very quick edge changes, like HH in his video. Questions 1: how to achieve such phenomenal quickness in tipping/edge change and 2: practical tips to building such a bristle course - how wide apart should the bristles stand, what could be use as such bristles instead.
N.B. about my level: I can do OFR, TFR (self-checked with gloves btwn feet), WTR (even going down a full blue run down on one leg), yesterday tried deliberate delay of edge change (prolongation of transition) at a higher speed and was blown away by the thrill of "flying like a supersonic jet".
Thanks to the Forum!
Alex