I use an 88, and have a 96 for the random powder day. Not only do most people not need wide skis, they don't need skis with a bunch of metal either. Everyone is selling the dream, not the reality.

going in to week to Zermatt, so I am checking your videos which are all great.... thanks a lot for sharing

Waoooo. the comment about the equipment and the skill and how to balance both.

This is an interesting video for intermediate skiers, but everything you say is about the skis, the skis edge angles, the ski pressures and so on. Why is it so that you say nothing about your body? Is there nothing you have to do with your body during the ski-turns? Do you mean that what your body does to your skis is nothing to talk about? It is a fact, that the mass of your body is very much larger than the mass of your skis. Before you start a carving turn, I think the most important thing you must do is to cross over your skis with your body, so that your body can pull your skis into the next turn. I am convinced that the edgings of the skis with with ankle movements is just the second most important element of good carving turns and this edging must happen just when your skis get flattened by the cross over body movement. skiingtechnique.wordpress.com/

Brilliant, just brilliant !!!

This is great video on patience and just having fun. I see so many instructors trying to rush into parallel, more people need to see your videos! Well done I love this!

American Western skier here. I agree with all of this. I own several pairs of skis, but mostly use just two: On groomers, moguls, and off-piste up to about boot-deep powder, I use a pair of high-performance 68 mm carvers (12.1 m TR), with no metal. For anything deeper, I use 116 mm powder skis. I find the mid-fats (75 mm - 95 mm) are too wide to give high performance in the former conditions, and too narrow for the latter. Basically, they're mediocre at both. I also own a couple of 66-68 mm carvers with metal and, while they are great when the snow is flat and firm, I do agree those don't work well in soft snow. But that's not because of their width; it's because the metal sheets make them stiff, and thus a handful in powder. The key to all of this is technique. Mid-fats work as well as narrow skis on groomers, and better than them in crud, *if* you keep your skis flat and turn by twisting, which is how most people ski. That's why most skiers are happy with them-they're designed for lower-intermediate technique. [And also, ironically, designed to make it harder for people to learn to balance on the edge and thus progress in their skiing.] But if you put your skis up on high edge angles, things change entirely. At high angles on flat and shallow snow, only the lower edge of the ski is against the snow. Thus the wider the ski, the lower the performance. That's because, when it's on edge, a wider ski moves your boot laterally away from the snow, making balance harder, adding slop, and reducing feel (and the more stress you'll feel against your ankles and the side of your boot, due to the effectively larger lever arm). By contrast, wide skis are great in sufficiently deep powder, because there the snow is pressing against the entire base of the ski, even when it's up on edge.

I want you to follow me around all day and yell. Your instruction is so well done.

Okay, I buy all that. But what about us poor chumps that don't have that kind of ankle flexibility? We're old, stiff, just want to get some more edge engagement.

Such a precious video! Thank you!❤

Groomed trails aggravate me

Scott you ski well and seem to have more freedom in your skiing with counter which allows you better lateral separation .

Skiing is not a matter of inches or any of that for me. I really pay attention. Great points made here if you want to be an athletic skier. Everyone wants something different. Some want to slip and slide around, others want to be on it all of the time. Some want to not get tired. Consider too that a narrow race ski can be “instructive” as can a wide ski be equally “informative” as to how you may want to ski. You may demo a ski and say oh yeah, these tails really grab or you may get on a fatty and say awe, that’s the way the tip should work in pow or whatever. You may therefore learn how to generate different parts of technique that you can then use to further develop whatever technique you may want and also then make gear selections based on that “active” sort of information derived from what different skis can “teach.” Different skis can inform parts of your technique that you may want to develop. There are different ways to ski and various skis can inform the skier of those different aspects.

I loved it when you spoke of putting it all together and it your Zen I really don’t know what Zen is but I understand you and that’s amazing for me to be on that level.

I LOVE that explanation style. Will try this right at the next couple of sessions.

My mom taught me to mount and tune my own skis when I was 9. I'm 67 now and still tune my skis to some degree almost every day. This is the best ski tuning video I've seen. I live in Hokkaido and ski pretty much only powder and a little corn in spring so I don't get as detail oriented. But this is excellent. Great job, Wilson and thank you Deb for the best ski content on the internets. 😊

youre only as old as the woman you feel.

Ну ей ведь яйца не мешают))

I too am a former World Class Expert Skier and unless I'm in deep powder I keep to a GS cut ski under 80mm. I ski on K2 DISRUPTION TI2 WC PISTON MEN'S SKIS 2024 111-71-96 cut. Have been skiing on K2 ICON TNT 188cm 110-70-107 cut. I like the geometry. Yet, I can ski ANY powder with my GS skis. My family is from Austria, and I ski a classic Austrian Style. If you are taught how to ski properly, you can ski ANY snow conditions on a narrower underfoot. It's all in how you ski. I would NEVER recommend a ski with an underfoot of more than 88 even in the deepest of powder.

great message deb! love seeing your zia on your jersey. i have turned my gravel bike into an all-road bike and loving the security of the ultra wide tires. i find the electric shifting helps with shifting under pressure on steep inclines when i’m tired and lacking hand strength. joys of getting older. have a great summer

My advice is that you should try to teach your old school style. ...Sincerely, build a mogul course like a half pipe or slope style course.

I had gotten a pair of Atomic XT 3.0's (65 mm) several years ago which were great on groomers, ice, etc. I couldn't ski them in soft snow, crud, etc. so I added a pair of Atomic Vantage 90's for the soft stuff which they handled very well. This past season I got a pair of Atomic Q9.8's (85 mm) which IMO do it all very well. Unless I am able to ski in true powder, the Q9.8's are a great one ski quiver.

Speak on the thin socks please?

You mention, Deb, at the start of the vid that you'll discuss the two positions on the skis, "square" and "countered", but then you view them as the same. You show some great pics of world cup ski racers in positions as they pass the gate. For example, the pic of the Swedish racer (maybe Hector or Swenn-Larsson?) is beautifully angulated and correctly countered, I mean look where the upper body (that's pelvis plus torso) is pointing, quite a way downhill. It's the countering that allows the angulation to take place, the hip close to the ground and the C of M way inside to be able to fight the forces. Another great example of perfect angulation and counter is Mikaela doing GS at the 2016 Nationals in the Valley of Sun, she demonstrates outstanding discipline!!! Never squaring up or rotating and able to fight the forces easily every and I mean every single turn. If she, and Sarah Hector, were to be "square", so facing the same way as the skis are facing, her hips would not be close to the ground, her angulation far less, her ability to fight the forces and stay in the carving arc much less. I understand you're afraid of over doing the countering but would it not be better to be accurate with the terminology we use?

Excellent informative instructions Deb! You have a way of articulating instructions that are easy to follow/understand. Thank you! Patrick Baetz has an awesome style of skiing.

Thank you Deb. I learned how to ski at Alpental & followed my aunt, uncle and cousins (Shirley & John Thielman) thru the bumps for years in the late 70’s. Had an epic fall down Edelweiss Bowl after I skied the steep side of every bump until it tossed me head first, down the icy bumps! I cannot wait to take these ideas to the hill soon. You’re a fantastic Coach 👍

Question, … why are your legs together, but when I watch Glen Plake training with mogul ski team from the 90’s … they are a little apart for those guys and the ski are longer. Are there several mogul techniques developed through time ?

Thanks

Adopting this technique has changed the way I ski. Thank you! 🙏🏽

I think I had the hardest fall ever at Snowbird yesterday since I started skiing 4 yrs ago. I am 6’1 with 175 pounds. I skied Atomic Redster G9 with 177 cm in length on 4/29/24 at Snowbird. (Those beer league skis are hella fast and require solid fundamentals to control….) For blue runs I was totally in control of my speed, but I skied black run called Regulator, my speed reached 60 MPH at least and the run was getting narrower in the end (I also messed two turns meaning I was so scared, sitting back, and tips of ski pointing to downhill twice), meanwhile, I MUST make sure not to hit someone to in front of me, so I lost the control with my speed and ended up fell hard and threw myself 32 feet away. I think I had mild concussion caused by my irresponsible skiing behavior. I checked with clinic at resort and front desk told me I should be fine but make sure to get some rest. Today, I still have a little bit of headache, dizziness, and foggy in my mind (these are symptoms of typical concussion), will seek for medical attention if symptoms last for 2 more days. I believe I learned a profound lesson from skiing where controlling speed on the slope is critical. As a PSIA Certified Level 1 skiing instructor, I clearly remembered that our examiner reinforced the idea of speed control on the slope during the day of our exam. I am a little bit shameful by what happened to my skiing incident. I hope everyone will stay safe and enjoy the nature while you are on the slopes. Peace ✌️

Awesome lesson 👍👍👍

This is quite the best instruction I have ever seen. You explain the subtle dynamics so brilliantly well. Those analogies are so clever.

That’s all bull you don’t change. Anything you just carve your turns on the pac or power

Do the legs extend from transition to the all line? How would one simultaneously extend the kegs and flex at the ankle?

da klammer franz !! alter steht der locker am ski mit 70 jahr...ich hoffe mir geht`s a so fein in 20 jahr. der bode is ja a kind gegen den franz,natürlich ah supi drauf,aber skifahrn kann halt der alte.

I was working on this very thing today. I feel more centered over my skis and it's definitely less fatiguing. Surfing the tails a little bit is fun but less control than driving the whole ski as well. Just a few more days left of this phenomenal season. Thanks Deb!

Thoughts on ankle flexion. Human beings in order to align our muscular skelatal system with the pull of gravity lean back when walking down hill. To lean back while going down hill is an ingrained survival instinct. To go against a life long habit is difficult to say the least. To maintain the functional tension needed to keep your body perpendicular to the ever changing slope so that the entire ski can be used to your advantage requires vigilance. And is a huge leap of faith. Just an idea. Deb I love your channel and passion for skiing that you and everyone watching shairs

Pucker up.

If Tamra's race skis lasted all 24 runs of the season. And each run was 2 minutes (probably less) her race skis were on the snow for less than an hour before being replaced.

Awsome!

Nice. Thank you, Deb.

Thanks!

WOW! Good stuff. I learned a lot specifically she keeps the upper body moving down the hill, very stable, no excess movements while the lower body is doing it's thing. And the pole plants are not exaggerated and so subtle. She's very good at her craft.

What width would you recommend for a 142 cm length and 24.5 boot?

Zipfit liners make all the difference! Those RC4 Pro BOA's are insane.

I’m actually in Steamboat and currently watching your videos before I ski in the morning! Trying to gain my confidence back after an accident, and I always go to your channel to watch your videos before I ski! Helps me remember what I need to do. Thank you!

Wowza 😎 A Natural 🎶

Great advise Deb! There are so many variables & choices now days, and ski equipment isn’t cheap. So it’s a good idea to be honest with yourself about your abilities and desires for skiing. Then do your research. Ask a lot of questions before making an investment. I’m on the West Coast and we frequently have variable snow conditions in one day! A ‘one ski quiver’ can be a challenge to find, but an ‘All Mountain Ski’ is a great option (unless powder or racing specific are your main goal). Also being able to demo ski’s can be very helpful when trying to make that final decision 🎿 Wishing you ‘BlueBird’ days ⛷ ...be safe out there 😊

another treasure video that I have missed for so long...and seems not that much people notice how much important about hip. I couldn't notice that aswell until I have repeated watching your other videos. Thank you so much Debb, I hope one day that ski could be my Zen, my meditation.

My advice is don’t listen to anyone who calls themself an influencer or creator. They’re made up terms that came along when social media began. Listen to people like this.