i went skiing

Logge · Feb 28, 2007

last week i went skiing, will be going again for about ten days tomorrow.

here are some shots. a friend took my D70 for the shots where i'm in, i think she handeld the camera pretty well.
i would appreciate some C&C, hope you like them

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humphrey7us · Feb 28, 2007

wow ... all are really nice pic.

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Hamish McC · Feb 28, 2007

Logge said:
last week i went skiing, will be going again for about ten days
tomorrow.
i would appreciate some C&C

Both skiers have their legs too close together. The person in the grey doesn't appear to have a very stable lower leg, has quite a knock-kneed posture and has their a$$ to far back. The guy in the red is A-lining a tiny bit.

The pictures are fine though ;-)

Looks nice. Sadly I don't think I'll be getting any skiing in this season. I'm very jealous.

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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

thanks
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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

Hamish McC said:
Both skiers have their legs too close together. The person in the
grey doesn't appear to have a very stable lower leg, has quite a
knock-kneed posture and has their a$$ to far back. The guy in the
red is A-lining a tiny bit.

about the legs being to close, i just go wider when i go faster, but that slope was quite an easy ride, anyway as i'm the guy in red you need to tell me what A-lining means

Hamish McC said:
The pictures are fine though ;-)

Thanks

Hamish McC said:
Looks nice. Sadly I don't think I'll be getting any skiing in this
season. I'm very jealous.

hehe, yes it was a great week, hope this one will come out the same. at the moment the weather is rather bad but at least we get some more snow

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Mr Graceful · Feb 28, 2007

Hamish McC said:
Both skiers have their legs too close together.

I was going to say the same thing!

I'm jealous, too. No skiing for me this season. Need to make up for that next season!

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RDewsbery · Feb 28, 2007

They were probably taught to ski by Frenchmen. The old "knees bolted together" seems to have gone the way of the dodo, thankfully (due to changes in ski design and the realisation that being stable is better than looking French).

RDewsbery · Feb 28, 2007

You know, I have a horrible feeling that the OP was after C&C of his photography technique rather than that of his skiing!

Hamish McC · Feb 28, 2007

Logge said:
about the legs being to close, i just go wider when i go faster,
but that slope was quite an easy ride, anyway as i'm the guy in red
you need to tell me what A-lining means

Excuses, excuses... ;-)

A-lining = downhill leg and uphill leg aren't quite parallel so that it forms a sort of A shape from the knees down. It looks like:

rather than
~~............... (hope drawing attempt works)~~

For modern carving technique you want the weight more spread out over the skis with your legs a little wider apart to stop that happening. It takes a bit of practice to get used to the difference in weight. The A-lining tends to happen when you have a bit much weight on the lower ski and your upper knee gets drawn in. It's difficult to explain in text.

I'm being really picky and I presumed you were the guy in the red. You did ask for C&C ;-)

But I'm also very fussy about carving technique these days now that our skis are SO much better than the old skool ones. Those sort of slopes are perfect for honing your technique. I'm still very jealous.

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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

no problem, but please never compare me to a french again!

about the closed legs i don't see that problem that harsh. i only go wider when going faster or on a steeper slope, but if i don't need to push harder i don't see a reason to go wide
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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

Hamish McC said:
Logge said:

about the legs being to close, i just go wider when i go faster,
but that slope was quite an easy ride, anyway as i'm the guy in red
you need to tell me what A-lining means

Click to expand...

Excuses, excuses... ;-)

A-lining = downhill leg and uphill leg aren't quite parallel so
that it forms a sort of A shape from the knees down. It looks like:

rather than
~~............... (hope drawing attempt works)~~

For modern carving technique you want the weight more spread out
over the skis with your legs a little wider apart to stop that
happening. It takes a bit of practice to get used to the difference
in weight. The A-lining tends to happen when you have a bit much
weight on the lower ski and your upper knee gets drawn in. It's
difficult to explain in text.

thanks for the explanation i think i get what you mean. luckily i have another week to try it

Hamish McC said:
I'm being really picky and I presumed you were the guy in the red.
You did ask for C&C ;-)

But I'm also very fussy about carving technique these days now that
our skis are SO much better than the old skool ones. Those sort of
slopes are perfect for honing your technique. I'm still very
jealous.

well i've never been to ski school, so all my carving is kinda self teached. old school skiing i learned from my father who was ski teacher earlier. so it's interesting to read about techiques, but just as a bit of self defence i go much wider on steeper slopes

on that slope the ski was going much too well by itself

thanks again

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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

just out of curiosity, thats a 3 year old shot a friend took, what would you say to that? what i think has changes since then is mainly that my torso is more upright and not in line with the legs anymore, but besides of that it's more of how i ski when pushing it more

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Hamish McC · Feb 28, 2007

Logge said:
just out of curiosity, thats a 3 year old shot a friend took, what
would you say to that? what i think has changes since then is
mainly that my torso is more upright and not in line with the legs
anymore, but besides of that it's more of how i ski when pushing it
more

Besser ;-)

You're right about the upper body though. Banking over like that is bad.

And you should PUSH IT ALL THE TIME!!!!

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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

Hamish McC said:
Logge said:

just out of curiosity, thats a 3 year old shot a friend took, what
would you say to that? what i think has changes since then is
mainly that my torso is more upright and not in line with the legs
anymore, but besides of that it's more of how i ski when pushing it
more

Click to expand...

Besser ;-)

You're right about the upper body though. Banking over like that is
bad.

ok so i'm going in the right direction, new shots will come in about 2 weeks (i'm just repeating that i'm going again, every time to make you more jealous

)

Hamish McC said:
And you should PUSH IT ALL THE TIME!!!!

fair enough

Hamish McC said:
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Hamish McC · Feb 28, 2007

Logge said:
ok so i'm going in the right direction

Not really. Forwards is good but backwards (aka 'switch') is really impressive ;-)

Logge said:
new shots will come in
about 2 weeks (i'm just repeating that i'm going again, every time
to make you more jealous )

Good for you. I hope that all this climate change doesn't suddenly cause all the snow to melt. That would be a shame. ;-)

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Logge · Feb 28, 2007

Hamish McC said:
Logge said:

ok so i'm going in the right direction

Click to expand...

Not really. Forwards is good but backwards (aka 'switch') is really
impressive ;-)

yeah, but backwards gave me a huge headache once last year

haven't tried that year yet

Hamish McC said:
Hamish McC said:

new shots will come in
about 2 weeks (i'm just repeating that i'm going again, every time
to make you more jealous )

Click to expand...

Good for you. I hope that all this climate change doesn't suddenly
cause all the snow to melt. That would be a shame. ;-)

true, i can't afford going heliskiing to some place where there will still be snow yet

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