Nice skiing as usual. I really enjoyed your short turn series. It answered a lot of questions I had from the last time I was a member. Wish our ski season was longer. We are having unusually mild temperatures here on the Atlantic coast of Canada.
Thanks Raymond! Here in Europe it is also mild and un seasonal. I am super happy those videos answered more of your questions :) there is much more to come too next winter and I hope to continue answering questions. :)
I see excess angulation early in the turn. This is a sign that someone is going slow relative to the edge angle produced. This requires that they shift the CoM farther outward of the force line (sqaure to topsheets) to stay in balance (not fall in). This is done by using angulation (side break at the waist) too early in the turn to stay in balance. I am not saying that this is not excellent skiing. It is. But it is not elite level. This just shows the difference between an expert skier, and an FIS level racer. This is also why I recommend against using Schlopy drill to achieve high edge angles. It creates bad habits and weak body position. . One of the most difficult things to do in (one piste) skiing is to balance edge angles to speed while going very fast. High speed + high angles result in immense loads on the body. Immense loads require you to manipulate the body into a position suitable for handling those loads. This is why WC skiers "look" different than recreational skiers. To handle immense loads for 2 minutes in a race, you cannot over angulate early in the turn, as the over angulated position is too weak to consistently handle such high loads. But less angulation early in the turn provides less mechanisms to adjust dynamic balance. It also requires much more vertical separation in the legs to make up for the reduction in angulation early in the turn.
Reilly is one of the best looking skiers out there, and there is something to be said of that, in itself. This is 'demonstration style' skiing, or something. It doesn't really matter how he does it.
I agree it is excellent skiing, I disagree that it isn’t elite level. It isn’t racer elite level; it is free skiing elite level. There is a difference. Reilly isn’t racing here.
I see the rotational force that you're applying with your upper body through the finish of the turn while maintaining angulation in the hips and legs. Kind of like the older "driving the outside hand through the finish", but stronger. Is that something that your focusing on in these turns? Looks great!
@@ReillyMcGlashan I don't know if heard about this rotational move from you or another YT instructor/coach, but I started intentionally applying it toward the end of last season and man did it work great. Was easy to incorporate into medium and larger-radius turns, but less so in shorter radius (for me). I will definitely keep this in my mind going forward.
I saw and read what you do/did with that outside hand. I tried it today in Hintertux and found it transformational. It put my hips in the right spot and helped me finish my turns better. It gave ga e me that feeling that Tom G discribes as pulling your feet through the turn at the end. 🙏
Skiing like this is one of the best feelings on earth.
Yeah it is! I love it :)
You and Richie B are looking more like ski twins every year. Great work!
Nice skiing as usual. I really enjoyed your short turn series. It answered a lot of questions I had from the last time I was a member. Wish our ski season was longer. We are having unusually mild temperatures here on the Atlantic coast of Canada.
Thanks Raymond! Here in Europe it is also mild and un seasonal. I am super happy those videos answered more of your questions :) there is much more to come too next winter and I hope to continue answering questions. :)
Beautiful fluid dynamic turns.
Looks awesome (from Leon, London)!
Thank you Leon!
Thanks Reilly !!!
Thanks for your work, sick turns!!
しなやかで速い。かっこいい。
I see excess angulation early in the turn. This is a sign that someone is going slow relative to the edge angle produced. This requires that they shift the CoM farther outward of the force line (sqaure to topsheets) to stay in balance (not fall in). This is done by using angulation (side break at the waist) too early in the turn to stay in balance. I am not saying that this is not excellent skiing. It is. But it is not elite level. This just shows the difference between an expert skier, and an FIS level racer. This is also why I recommend against using Schlopy drill to achieve high edge angles. It creates bad habits and weak body position.
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One of the most difficult things to do in (one piste) skiing is to balance edge angles to speed while going very fast. High speed + high angles result in immense loads on the body. Immense loads require you to manipulate the body into a position suitable for handling those loads. This is why WC skiers "look" different than recreational skiers. To handle immense loads for 2 minutes in a race, you cannot over angulate early in the turn, as the over angulated position is too weak to consistently handle such high loads. But less angulation early in the turn provides less mechanisms to adjust dynamic balance. It also requires much more vertical separation in the legs to make up for the reduction in angulation early in the turn.
Reilly is one of the best looking skiers out there, and there is something to be said of that, in itself. This is 'demonstration style' skiing, or something. It doesn't really matter how he does it.
I agree it is excellent skiing, I disagree that it isn’t elite level. It isn’t racer elite level; it is free skiing elite level. There is a difference. Reilly isn’t racing here.
I see the rotational force that you're applying with your upper body through the finish of the turn while maintaining angulation in the hips and legs. Kind of like the older "driving the outside hand through the finish", but stronger. Is that something that your focusing on in these turns? Looks great!
Yep, been working on it the last two seasons!
You would make a good kayaker Reilly 😊 The same rotational force we get from the paddlers box. Skate to shape to short is a great drill to train this.
@@ReillyMcGlashan I don't know if heard about this rotational move from you or another YT instructor/coach, but I started intentionally applying it toward the end of last season and man did it work great. Was easy to incorporate into medium and larger-radius turns, but less so in shorter radius (for me). I will definitely keep this in my mind going forward.
Ski pro
could do this too on such a perfect slope
(should stop lying to myself)
I saw and read what you do/did with that outside hand. I tried it today in Hintertux and found it transformational. It put my hips in the right spot and helped me finish my turns better. It gave ga e me that feeling that Tom G discribes as pulling your feet through the turn at the end. 🙏
First!
Yep! I hate you!
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No one around again eh?
Nice!
Second!