Missoula Nordic Ski Club
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Four Basic Classic Ski Techniques Explained
The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates the four basic techniques of classic skiing:
Striding (or 'diagonal stride') - it's like a low gear for starting, easy skiing, and uphills
Double Pole - it's like a high gear for high speeds on flats, downhills and gradual uphills
Kick Double Pole - a medium gear for accelerating, flats and gradual uphills
Herringbone - the lowest gear for going up steep hills, or easy and relaxed hill climbing.
Plus a brief overview of grip/kickwax, skins, fishscales, "waxless" skis, etc.
More technique videos
Three Basic Skate ski techniques: ua-cam.com/video/_KxUZkVcqpk/v-deo.html
Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html
Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html
Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html
Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video/BBa2fPziRl0/v-deo.html
Kick Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video/a7itYppe8xk/v-deo.html
Grip: ua-cam.com/video/I8iGqr9ZZN0/v-deo.html
Filmed at Lolo Pass on the Montana/Idaho border
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Basic Classic Ski Techniques: Striding
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates a basic technique of classic skiing: Striding (or 'diagonal stride') - it's like a low gear for starting, easy skiing, and uphills More technique videos Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html Double Pole: ua-cam.com/vi...
Basic Classic Ski Techniques: Hills & Herringbone
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates a basic technique of classic skiing: Herringbone - the lowest gear for going up steep hills, or easy and relaxed hill climbing. More technique videos Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video...
Basic Classic Ski Techniques: Double Pole
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates a basic technique of classic skiing: Double Pole - it's like a high gear for high speeds on flats, downhills and gradual uphills More technique videos Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html Double Pole: ua-cam.com/vide...
Basic Classic Ski Techniques: Kick Double Pole
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates a basic technique of classic skiing: Kick Double Pole - a medium gear for accelerating, flats and gradual uphills More technique videos Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video/BBa2fPziRl0/v...
Basic Classic Ski Gear: Grip/Kick
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club provides a brief overview of grip/kickwax, skins, fishscales, "waxless" skis, etc. More technique videos Overview of All Four Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/4aQVNyY52Pc/v-deo.html Striding: ua-cam.com/video/6NST1N6-P28/v-deo.html Herringbone: ua-cam.com/video/JdvUibe750k/v-deo.html Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video/BBa2fPziRl0/v-deo.html Kick Double Pole: ua-cam.com/video...
Three Basic Skate Ski Techniques Explained
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates the three basic techniques of skate skiing: V1 (or "offset" skating) - it's like first gear/a low gear for starting or going uphill V2 Alternate (aka "open field") - it's like a high gear for high speeds on flats and downhills and V2 - a medium gear for accelerating, flats and gradual uphills. More technique videos Overview of All Three Techniques: ua-c...
Basic Skate Ski Technique: V2
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates one of the three basic techniques of skate skiing: V2 - a medium gear for accelerating, flats and gradual uphills. More technique videos Overview of All Three Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/_KxUZkVcqpk/v-deo.html V1: ua-cam.com/video/r8a7d8IqGmY/v-deo.html V2 Alternate: ua-cam.com/video/ZN80KIlgBpY/v-deo.html V2: ua-cam.com/video/m0q6iByWDuQ/v-deo.html Fi...
Basic Skate Ski Technique: V2 Alternate/Open Field
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates one of the three basic techniques of skate skiing: V2 Alternate (aka "open field") - it's like a high gear for high speeds on flats and downhills. More technique videos Overview of All Three Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/_KxUZkVcqpk/v-deo.html V1: ua-cam.com/video/r8a7d8IqGmY/v-deo.html V2 Alternate: ua-cam.com/video/ZN80KIlgBpY/v-deo.html V2: ua-cam.com...
Basic Skate Ski Technique: V1/Offset
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The Missoula Nordic Ski Club demonstrates the three basic techniques of skate skiing: V1 (or "offset" skating) - it's like first gear/a low gear for starting or going uphill. More technique videos Overview of All Three Techniques: ua-cam.com/video/_KxUZkVcqpk/v-deo.html V1: ua-cam.com/video/r8a7d8IqGmY/v-deo.html V2 Alternate: ua-cam.com/video/ZN80KIlgBpY/v-deo.html V2: ua-cam.com/video/m0q6iBy...
Nordic Skiing in Missoula - Winter 2020 Update
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A quick update about nordic skiing in the Missoula area this year.

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @run2659
    @run2659 5 днів тому

    Dawg, i just started nordic skiing this season and had no idea youre always supposed to plant both poles at the same time....ive been alternating like im running lol

  • @ib4039
    @ib4039 12 днів тому

    Showing my nephew that I was in the cross country skiing club in middle school… told him the coach and others were up ahead and I went and slid into a huge hole and couldn’t get out😂 no one knew, but I eventually climbed out😂 scary experience

  • @charlierieck
    @charlierieck 21 день тому

    Great video. Thanks!

  • @Lilldogg2009
    @Lilldogg2009 Місяць тому

    cool thx ill keep this in mind

  • @CombeJennifer
    @CombeJennifer Місяць тому

    I should have watched this video before the Rust Buster! Ha, ha! Thanks for the paced, clear information.

  • @Wolf-xu1fj
    @Wolf-xu1fj 3 місяці тому

    Dont stride ,you look like a damn doosh.

  • @WolfHeathen
    @WolfHeathen 4 місяці тому

    You should've added a video on the old "original" technique as well. Swedish world-class cross-country skier Gunde Svan used this long pole technique (a single wooden pole about 2 meters in length) just to mess with FIS because he disliked their moronic regulations. It was so overpowered that the Norwegians managed to get it banned within three hours of finding out.

  • @neoberi2611
    @neoberi2611 4 місяці тому

    Sidestep is lowest gear isn't it?

  • @slide4180
    @slide4180 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful scenery. I'd like to hear how one avoids the 'slap' of the ski behind you in classic stride, which I hear is the sign of bad technique.

  • @threecowboys4606
    @threecowboys4606 10 місяців тому

    Where is the two-step double-poling ? ua-cam.com/video/52tTX1_-cYY/v-deo.htmlsi=Ewc0sXfGL5aH7Idb ua-cam.com/video/wFWrPh68KBw/v-deo.htmlsi=ioxYDKtqPkcbpJEe

  • @benomax6429
    @benomax6429 10 місяців тому

    If you put most of your weight on your heel...you will glide longer

  • @Leperkahn1315
    @Leperkahn1315 11 місяців тому

    Is this the same speaker as in minute physics??

    • @gmtb1655
      @gmtb1655 2 місяці тому

      I was thinking the same thing. Voice sounds exactly the same!

  • @cindyschock2607
    @cindyschock2607 Рік тому

    Exactly the advice I was looking for, got pretty wore out yesterday with my poor technique on a long uphill! thanks for the help.

  • @JPU27
    @JPU27 Рік тому

    Was not expecting the voice of @minutephysics to pop up here!

    • @Daniel-ng8fi
      @Daniel-ng8fi Рік тому

      haha, for real, that confused the hell out of my brain for a second

  • @z0uLess
    @z0uLess Рік тому

    Remember that the right wax and skis for the right conditions are just as important as the technique itself, as an inefficient pair of skis make executing the technique difficult. Your poles need to be the right hight as well ;-)

  • @markflolid5930
    @markflolid5930 Рік тому

    The skier's stride needs to be shortened to allow for a complete weight transfer commitment. This will eliminate the slapping noise you can hear resulting from her glide ski slapping behind the set ski. A committed drive of the glide ski will result in carrying more momentum forward. Sorry to be a pain, but I went through the same instructions from the Norwegian national team coach.

    • @Wyonsvd
      @Wyonsvd Місяць тому

      Thanks! I watched this video yesterday in preparation for my first time skiing today. I came back to the video to try and understand why my left ski was “slapping” behind me, appreciate your comment!

  • @leifmeadows3782
    @leifmeadows3782 Рік тому

    Thank you, this really helped!

  • @puregsr
    @puregsr Рік тому

    They all look the same to me. I'm an alpine skier and an ice skater

  • @RadBK
    @RadBK Рік тому

    So, v2 is basically v1 but polling each and every step?

  • @tarmach523
    @tarmach523 Рік тому

    You made it sound like there was another technique to be more efficient on these terrains. Is there? I’ve been crosscountry skiing for over 30 years now lol if there’s another way please let me know! She looked like she had a really good pace going, and I’m still working on my technique to this day. Getting faster in my older age haha

  • @llewodcm20
    @llewodcm20 Рік тому

    Are you really supposed to lift your back ski like that in a stride? I thought you glide on both?

    • @sebatr0509
      @sebatr0509 Рік тому

      No, you are definently meant to lift the back of the ski. It's a natural consquence of correct balance and weight transfer. I advice you to look at any professional performing tha classic technique

    • @llewodcm20
      @llewodcm20 Рік тому

      @@sebatr0509 thanks. It just looks goofy, as a new Nordic skier. the back ski lift comes naturally from having your weight far enough forward on the other foot?

    • @chessgains8075
      @chessgains8075 11 місяців тому

      @@llewodcm20 yes! Its almost impossible not to lift the back of the skies when diagonal striding. Look at Iivo Niskanen, one of the best in the world at diagonal stride, he lifts the back of the skies very high!

  • @jonathanvoigt2690
    @jonathanvoigt2690 2 роки тому

    Nice clear and concise instruction!

  • @steelonius
    @steelonius 2 роки тому

    Thanks. These were helpful instructions.

  • @julianw.978
    @julianw.978 2 роки тому

    Great video keep ist up

  • @soludsnak
    @soludsnak 2 роки тому

    Outstanding intro vid.

  • @SlickEdge
    @SlickEdge 2 роки тому

    Thanks for being the only simplified vid I could find lol.

  • @dylanm3519
    @dylanm3519 2 роки тому

    The skier's timing is way off. Her V2 and V2A need a lot more core activation and knee bend. Her arms are too outstretched while poling and need to come in so that her forearms sit closer to 90-degrees from the ground.

  • @dumbdumber1885
    @dumbdumber1885 2 роки тому

    When it comes to the 3 gears used in skate skiing this is the best video I could find. No other video out there covers all three so well in such a short little compact video you can view on your phone right on the trails (not that I needed to do that lol).

  • @ComposerMathieu
    @ComposerMathieu 3 роки тому

    Why does he sound exactly like the minute physics guy

  • @RachelleWeymuller
    @RachelleWeymuller 3 роки тому

    This is so funny, I saw it was from a Missoula group but all the while thinking “hey I know these trails, these are home not MT!” So confused until the end 😂

  • @udmba2006
    @udmba2006 3 роки тому

    Great instructional video - thanks!

  • @AlexanderHalaszyn
    @AlexanderHalaszyn 3 роки тому

    omg. Is this this voice of MinutePhysics?? So distracting. 😅Thanks for the great video

  • @mares3841
    @mares3841 3 роки тому

    wow ❗️

  • @kaminaritsk
    @kaminaritsk 3 роки тому

    gotta say, canadian nordic ski terminology is better that american, since you can understand what is meant by it right away.

  • @dumbdumber1885
    @dumbdumber1885 3 роки тому

    Excellent video. I didn't know what I was doing ie v1, v2 or v2 alternate. By this video I'm doing v2. I need to learn the other two. I'm stuck in 2nd gear and that may in part explain my exhaustion. So 1st gear is V1, 2nd gear is V2 and 3rd gear is V2 alt. This is exactly what I needed to know. Be trying this out tomorrow. Can't wait. What a fantastic workout skate skiing is. Thanks again for posting this.

    • @whocares_bear
      @whocares_bear Рік тому

      " I'm stuck in 2nd gear " Now I have that "Friends" theme song stuck in my head.

  • @andykay8949
    @andykay8949 3 роки тому

    V1 (1 push - 2 steps) is unbalanced as you train one side of your body more than the other. I find V2 (1 push - 1 step) really physically demanding, and cant keep it up for more than 5km without rest. My "high gear" is 1 push + 3 steps. My "low gear" for going uphill is like V2 but the push is with 1 stick not 2 sticks. So step 1 - left stick right leg, step 2 - right stick left leg. It's very comfortable for going uphill, I dont know why I never seen anyone else do it that way. Maybe they just have more professional skis that slide better and can use the full V2 without getting exhausted.

  • @danielstaffler6217
    @danielstaffler6217 3 роки тому

    On V2 it seem's that the poles are to short haha :) but great video!.

  • @JohnAdams-dj1xi
    @JohnAdams-dj1xi 3 роки тому

    I cannot understand the difference between V1 and V2 alternate after watching this over and over

    • @urlocaldogeater
      @urlocaldogeater 3 роки тому

      V2 = one kick for every stroke. V1 = two kick for every stroke. Here in Norway we call it doble dance (V2) and single dance (V1). When you go uphill we call it padling, but it`s actually V1 but very slow, and that`s a litle strange because V1 is the fastes Technic.

    • @JohnAdams-dj1xi
      @JohnAdams-dj1xi 3 роки тому

      @@urlocaldogeater so they really are the same

    • @urlocaldogeater
      @urlocaldogeater 3 роки тому

      @@JohnAdams-dj1xi Yes when it comes to kick an strokes, but it a different feel to it because you go very slow and very fast.

    • @paulblichmann2791
      @paulblichmann2791 Рік тому

      V1 needs the poles set asymmetrically due to wider ski angle at low speed. V2A can have poles set more evenly, also poles may hit later due to more glide.

    • @hal1999
      @hal1999 Місяць тому

      Main difference between V1 and V2 alternate is that in V2 alt. "you bring your torso up". Meaning you first go a bit down into your knees and then when pushing you go up. Denoted flexing and extension.

  • @robocoppah
    @robocoppah 3 роки тому

    2:45 Definitely need to put more core into it! All arms.

  • @HolodokTV
    @HolodokTV 3 роки тому

    Greetings from Russia :-) Your video is very good! A little notice. In V2: 1) Do not unbend you arms. You have to keep arms bent AND STATIC until they reach your hips. You have to push with your torso/belly muscles. Girls doesn't push at all with her torso, and uses arms all the time. 2) Plant your poles and push them JUST a bit BEFORE you push with your foot. Girl does that almost at the same time. Timing is crucial here... I hope that will be valuable. Thx for great video.

  • @gundisrambo9054
    @gundisrambo9054 3 роки тому

    Very nice video on the three middle gears. Beautiful landscape up there in Montana. Also, as a European it is interesting that in the US the pole use in V1 is still taught asymmetrical, and you will be able to see that all the way up to Jessie Diggins. The European recommendations have changed about 15 years ago, pole use in V1 is almost symmetrical now.

  • @jeremymartinez3404
    @jeremymartinez3404 3 роки тому

    Is this minute physics guy’s voice?

  • @ericzytowski6698
    @ericzytowski6698 3 роки тому

    I love that Montanans have to come to Washington for great location! Glad to see you had your trail pass.

  • @KetogenicGuitars
    @KetogenicGuitars 3 роки тому

    I use V1 but every 4th kick is change phase to chage to other side so the strain gets balanced for both sides of body. So rythm is: 3 left - 1 change - 3 right - 1 change. V2 is too demanding for 20kg overweight (for me) if skis are not top notch and track is hard and bumpy. I have one pair of extremely stiff skis which helps a lot for for bumpyness but still is left the question of balance point being too front for V2 due big tummy associated with metabolic syndrome. Tip: if you have gained weight like I have (95kg) and are at the start phase of skate skiing season skating feeling still overwhelmingly hard, it is possible let legs rest by means of double poling for minute or so periodically or after uphill. Just take it as slow as you can and do not think other people. After all skiing is best time of your life. Especially prolonged (over 60 minutes) slow paced skate skiing has tandency to release natural endorphins and endocannabinoids making you feel so good for a while.

  • @forreels6603
    @forreels6603 3 роки тому

    Is that in steamboat co

  • @jasonmcgowan8417
    @jasonmcgowan8417 3 роки тому

    great video thx

  • @klausmey9976
    @klausmey9976 4 роки тому

    beautiful trails and techniques. hello from Stake Lake in Kamloops

  • @ben2e
    @ben2e 4 роки тому

    In the V2 section the skier appears to plant just before stepping to the next ski contrary to the narration. Is the V2 in the video correct form ?

    •  4 роки тому

      You step after planting the poles.

    • @ben2e
      @ben2e 4 роки тому

      @ Thanks, that makes more sense.

    •  4 роки тому

      @@ben2e men's 15km world championship race starts in 10minutes. There you will see the proper technique :D

  • @PatrickMustain
    @PatrickMustain 4 роки тому

    Not really much explaining going on here...

  • @alexp2332
    @alexp2332 4 роки тому

    Where was this video taken?