SKIING THE STEEPS // Simple mind trick to make it easier
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2022
- Skiing steep slopes can be very intimidating. Use this simple mind trick to make the pitch a lot less intimidating and help you ski with more confidence and better balance.
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Wow, usually its hard to see how steep it is with camera vs real life... but somewhat showed here! having more amateur's practicing on steeper slope also helps... morale wise.
Thanks for your comment, Paulo MK. Yes, the footage from the steep slope (Experten) is actually created by Ola Matsson from SkiStar Trysil, when we collaborated with them from the opening day of Experten. He is a brilliant photographer and videographer. You can check out his tuff on Instagram: instagram.com/olamatsson/?hl=en Have a nice day! /Janus
This something I seemingly taught myself on my most ski trip. I find that if I narrate to myself where I’m to be looking or what I’m supposed to be doing, it is so helpful. It was actually came changer for me mentally, which was my biggest obstacle. Thank you for this video because it validated that what I did was actually “a thing” 😅
Great tip, thanks! What helps me tackle a steep slope is starting off on an angle. Then when I reach the bottom, I tell myself holy $@it! I just did that 😊
Thanks for sharing, Jennifer Saturno. Sounds like you have had some pretty great celebration moments. It always feels great to overcome a challenge. 🙂/Janus
I just tried this in my last ski trip (before I watched this video) and it seemed to help. I am glad to hear from an expert like you that this actually works. I will continue to try this trick! Thanks!
Thats amazing to hear, @Cedar4321. I guess great minds think alike. It does work for me as well, and it helps me stay in better balance for sure. /Janus
I'm stoked to be be a "mom-skier" this season (cruising blue/intermediate slopes) but I may give these tips a try when I'm feeling like dipping into a black diamond or two.. thanks from BC !!
Thats awesome, Riverbend Taxprep! To begin with you can always try the tip out on a slope which is a little steeper than your normal go to slopes and see if you can make it work. I hope you will have a great season in BC. We just had our first snowfall today. /Janus
Thank you for the tip! I both love🤗 and hate 🫣the steep slopes. I hope your tip will work for me and I will be looking forward to a more harmonious skiing.
Thanks for your comment, Lise Zeuthen! I hope this tip works well for you. Have a nice day! /Janus
You’re an awesome instructor, your videos are extremely helpful! Thank you!
You are welcome, and thanks for letting us know, Philip! It warms my heart to hear. Please feel free to request topics, if there is anything in particular you are interested in. Have a nice day! /Janus
Actually... wow. I feel like I just needed this and it made a lot of sense!!!
That's so good to hear, GorgieClarissa! Mind tricks like this are kind of a different and supplemental approach to a purely technical approach. But I find that once some technical proficiency is in place, mind tricks and mental states can make a huge difference in your skiing. I am happy you found it helpful. Have a nice day! /Janus
I will try it. Thx.
thanks, nice way of looking at it.
Thank you very much for your instruction!
You are very welcome, Ilona Brandt-Tom! Much more to come, we are excited to bring the best content to you, that we possibly can. Have a nice day! /Janus
Excellent videos. Thanks you ♥️
You are welcome, Ethan Khooei! I am happy, you like them. Comments like yours encourage us to create more videos. Have a nice day! /Janus
This video helped me...just learned skiing last year end of January.. and 2 days ago first ever to ski on red slope 🥳🎉 thanks for this video 🥳🎉
It is so good to hear and congratulations with opening up new areas of the mountain, Ellen Kufa. This tip does not work for everybody and it requires a minimum skill level. But when the right things are in place, this tip can make a great difference. Have a nice day and enjoy the rest of your skiing season (now on red slopes!)! /Janus
Thanks for the video. Looking at other ones now!
You are very welcome, @phlack1001. I hope you will like the other videos as well. Have a nice day! /Janus
It takes me a couple runs for my perception to change but once it happens I feel pretty comfortable!
So exciting that you managed to get it after a few runs. In my experience, I do have to focus intentionally on it and when it clicks it changes the experience completely - and things suddenly feels way easier. I am happy you succeeded with this. Have a nice day! /Janus
I’m works!
Awesome, happy to hear that! /Janus
If we're talking imagination, best is to have a beer and imagine that you are skiing....
Jokes aside, thank you, you're doing a good job (reality talking 😉).
Thank you, @avimench1! No doubt the imagination can run a little wild when beer is involved. I hope you will have a great ski season. /Janus
X´perten ski slope, Trysil 😁
Exactly! 🤩 A fun one to ski when the snow is good 😀 This was shot by Ola Matson on the opening day as part of a collaboration with Skistar Trysil. Often times the first part can be really icy, but that day the snow was amazing /Janus
I do look down a steep and feel intimidated. My first move is sideways, not down. I will try to reimagine the terrain as I begin skiing this winter.
this happens to me too :( HALPPP
Thanks for commenting, Ilona Brandt-Tom and PS. This mind trick wont work in every situation for all people, so don't worry. But when the skiers technical preconditions and the terrain are right, this might be a huge aha moment. To practice the steeps and this mind trick, you can start out in terrain which is comfortable to you and the do one turn at the time to a full stop, where you imagine the slope being flat. Then move on and do the same in steeper and steeper terrain. This will practice the mind skill ans well as your confidence in your ability to control your speed. The technical movements for doing this is something I want to do more videos on in the future. I hope this helps. /Janus
Steeps are not a problem when they’re smooth. It’s moguls that scare me.
I take that as a video request, @paulwhetstone0473. Thanks. Moguls can be really scary - until you start to get a hold of the right movements. Then, they become so much fun. I have turned the experience around for many skiers and we do have some video ideas in the pipeline to help out with this. /Janus
@@InspirationalSkiingThanks. I really would love to be able to ski moguls and have fun doing so.
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Thanks for your support, alex bogatov! Have a nice day! /Janus
Usually a very steep slope does not seem terrifying also because the camera makes it looks like horizontal.
You are right, @ruoguhou403. The steepness of a slope is very difficult to capture on camera. The steepness shots in this video is made by the amazing photographer Ola Matsson from Skistar, and I think he does an extraordinary job of showing how steep that slope is. It is called Experten, and it is the steepest slope in Trysil. Very fun to ski when the snow is as good as it was that day. /Janus
lie to myself and believe it🎉
In a way, yes. What I find is that I am actually able to change my perception somewhat. As a consequence my whole posture and position on the skis gets almost automatically better aligned with the slope. The natural tendency too lean back and away from the depth of the valley disappears. And with a better position skiing and moving becomes easier. The prerequisites are of course that you have some good skiing movements dialed in and it might take some practice to change the perception. Have a nice day! /Janus
how do you overcome the initial drop, as I find im fine once on the slope but I struggle to push myself over the edge when at the top
Thanks for your question, Electro. If you are standing on the top of a slope, like the one in the video with a really sharp kink from flat to steep, I suggest you try side slipping on to the slope or maybe just do one turn to full stop to begin with. Once you are one the steep part it may feel easier to start skiing. I hope this helps. /Janus
What zolcsorba said! You first need confidence that you know how to position your body so the tips can turn. Then you need to dive headfirst, so you are over the tips. The tips drop down over that edge so your upper body has to also or your will end up on your tails.
I might still have my ACL should I watched this earlier.
Imagining the slope isn't steep does not replace knowledge and confidence.
The only, and I mean ONLY thing that will help you on steep slopes is to know how to position your body to allow your skis to make the turns.
Know how to apply weight to the tips of your skis rather than in the middle.
Know how to anticipate the new turn through the positioning of your upper body to create the quick leg angle change needed for a quick turn.
This knowledge and a high level of confidence through doing those things on less steep slopes, will allow you to be as aggressive as you need to get your upper body down the hill and over your tips. The steering part of the skis.
Mind games can be of aid. But, as usual you think you know it all when your knowledge would fill a thimble. Trolling is your game.
@@Skedawg88 That's a comment I would expect from a 12 year old. Not only did you not have the knowledge or confidence to tell me where and how I am wrong, you couldn't even contribute something of your own.
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absurd
Thanks for your comment, T G. I invite you to try it and share your experience here in the comments. I was surprised how well it works for me and I hope it will work well for you too. /Janus