Watching this almost 10 years later, after a leg workout, rebuilding my knee, with ski season a few weeks away. Honestly incredible. Beautiful athletic movements and I wish my knees were as young and capable as this. I plan to spend the entire season in the moguls whenever possible.
Greatest instructructural instrument for breaking down all functions of body movements flexion,extension and absorption. Just free flying through the air, wings on the skis. Thanks for sharing.
Just read some of the critical comments on this page, ha ha, are you kidding! This is top level skiing and would pass any ski instructor exam at the highest level, in any country in the world. There are many ways to ski the moguls, and this is one of them executed to a very high standard. Brilliant skiing.
She's definitely has an Alpine background not moguls. Can she make the turns yes, but her arms are falling back and she's hunching and using her back way to much as she's making turns. Also not attacking the fall line as much as she should.
@@phillyskidog1 Firstly it is a male not female. Secondly, this is not a World Cup prepared mogul slope and he is using normal alpine skis and normal length poles as opposed to mogul skis and short mogul poles. Thirdly, there are a number of ways to ski moguls and this is top level skiing by any measure.
@@inquistive my apologies for miss identifying the gender. Mogul skis won't help you turn better or make quicker turns, and short poles won't help at all either, I never used them. Can this person turn in moguls yes, are they attacking the fall line like any mogul skier should regardless of how the "course" was made, no. I don't believe I mentioned anything about a World cup prepped course, I certainly didn't learn on one skiing ice moguls in Minnesota. I did have coaches who taught Mogul skiing very well based on where I learned to ski. Those skills allowed me to be able to ski any terrain I came across, and I've skied all over out west including working and skiing heavily at Copper Mnt. Those coaches were not apart of the classic ski school instruction as most ski areas, like this instruction is, when I coached we were part of the ski school.
this seems like some of the best footage for seeing how great skiers ski the bumps. zipper line runs are crazy cool to watch, but this looks like how you can spend the whole day on the mountain without needing a nap
As a mogul wannabe, I wish more videos were shot in slow motion like this. Also, I like that it's done in big, deep (but not very steep) moguls. He does not seem to pull the backs of his skis under after cresting the mogul, and his hips do not push forward as some skiers do, but he does somehow get them pointed down for the next one. Maybe it's just less evident because of his particular build. Judging from the number of conflicting comments below and from the proliferation of mogul skiing "how-to" videos, there are indeed many ways to get down the hill in style.
Great mogul skiing for anyone to aspire to. Most top level instructors couldn't ski those bumps smooth as that. Rounded offset absorption entry, progressive extension skidded speed controlling finish. As for the sniffy freestyler comments, truth is in the real world nobody aspires to hotdogging ruts and smashing their knees to early hip replacements.
nice nice Nice!!! Triple thanks Slayer!; using this vid to mentaly prepare for this winter (Killington VT.) Many thanks, so fluid, so perfect mechanics. I'm soooooo ready and motivated now to hit the bumps HARD! Ps: I invented the triple puny smash daffy! Cheers...
Great Video and nice technique/style. I encourage everybody who watches this video to focus on Chang's inside foot. Notice how the inside edge/boot is always initiating the turn first. If he's in a jam or tight spot notice how the boot will come off the ground a bit followed by the tip. I was really struggling with all mountain skiing until I figured this out!
What a Perfect video to learn mogul skiing. Upper body straight down the hill, pull the knees up to absorb the bump then push and twist your feet down to make the turn. What's the key to success? Think, Go For It! Go, Go, Go! You can't try to control your speed or focus on each turn. Muscle memory will take care of your legs, your mind has to be looking for the new bumps and being aggressive. Then, mogul skiing will almost feel effortless. Be timid, and you'll wish you stayed in the lodge.
But Morton is right; he is, and that's the right place to attack as you take it to the next level. Stay with it, man. But never forget why you're up there. For love of the sport, always; and never for anything less. The right words, at the right time, said in the right way; respectfully, as a gift. That's the ideal, that's what works, and that's what makes it hard to do. But even if said a bit coldly- hell, take it anyway, and make it your own. JM has you dialed in. Roll with it. Good luck!
You're right of course; dead-on correct, and what you say is the key to fixing a few other things too. But geez, why so hard on the kid? Be cool, bro. He does so many things well, and whatever- he's kind of ripping it up anyway. Good technique, bad technique, or someplace in between (for now) I bet he gets it all figured out, the whole package, on snow, mostly on his own, and having fun the whole time! Hope he always loves it, first and foremost, building the skill set by heart. Way to go, kid!
Dear John Thank you for your advice, but we are technical skiers not a freestyle mogul skiers. So we are skiing by our own technical skiing method. And I'm also freestyle ski judge(FIS B level). so I've understood freestyle skiing way. But this video is for education of Korean Technical skiers. so we try to express Technical Skiing Skill. Thanks
you are right. I don;t want to be harsh or uncool, but i am a mogul coach so maybe its in my dna. lets talk about the good; he is an excellent skiier , loves the bumps, has nice footwork, and good pole plants. most skiers will never ski as well as him. long live freestyle
John Today's Freestyle ISN'T FREE! It isn't even skiing. Sure it takes talent but it involves being the first to the bottom, not what you do during the trip. First over the finish line should count for nothing. "Freestyle" in the beginning was just that. Free to do whatever you wanted. Modern bump skiing is too restricted not to mention, amazingly Boring. They all look the same.
@@JB91710 Wrong, speed is part of the score, but not the most important part. Speed is 25%, turns in line is 50%, and air is the other 25%, your argument is invalid. It has turned rather stiff and scored on very strict standards as far as what FIS considers a good vs great run.
@@phillyskidog1 I'm not talking about competition, which by the way, shouldn't be what skiing bumps is all about. Freestyle is! Being the best looking and stylish skier should be what competition bump skiing is. Just like in the beginning. There should be no inverted jumps in a Real bump competition. Competition style skiing isn't "Skiing through bumps." It is what I said it is. Going straight down the hill while ricocheting off of them.
@@JB91710 I know competition mogul skiing isn't what Freestyle is at it's core, I grew up competing in the late 80's, early 90's when Ballet/Acro skiing was still an aspect of the sport. The sport has definitely evolved and I've watched it first hand with judging since 95'. Inverts in Moguls has come from skiers being better athletes and wanting to try new things in the moguls, i.e. Freestyle. Watch any World Cup level skier and it appears they ricochet of the moguls, but i assure you they are not. Watch any World Cup mogul Skier and you can see they aren't "bouncing" down the run.
@@phillyskidog1 I think you understand what I am referring to in the difference between the two approaches. I know they are "Turning" but they aren't skiing them. They aren't using the entire shape. As I said originally, it takes great talent to do it that way but it isn't Skiing moguls. You won't find those kind of moguls on a normal ski slope because normal skiers make them.
Chang, fun video. Just curious why you don't ski the technical line with those technical skills? The terrain is in control, it dictates where and when you finish your turn. Take it to the next level, instead of turning around every mogul, ski over them and link a clean backside carve.
but he is not a mogul skier or a free styler. he is rather a "technical skier" who makes round turns in bumps. it is really a different technique than mogul skiing.
Gabriel And THAT is what is so great about it. He is TURNING! "Bump" skiing takes talent but it is going straight down the hill Ricocheting off the bumps. Not turning!
@@JB91710 False, the great bump skiers are turning, their moving their feet and knees so quickly it's tough to tell. If they were ricocheting as you suggest they would be out of control and would look sloppy as heck
@@phillyskidog1 "their moving their feet and knees" You are exactly right, They are twisting their feet and thrusting the tails back and forth to make their skis turn and ricochet off teach bump to control their speed. I'm talking about Skiing Technically Correct through the bumps like the first guy did. His upper body position from the hips up which is facing down the hill and keeping it in the fall line as the skis go side to side, is what's helping his legs rotate like a torsions bar when he passes a bump into the trough and gets off his downhill foot. The best and most technically correct bump skiers are actually doing the same things while making carved turns. Watch him at a faster speed and disregard the bumps. 2:20 Watch him make this turn. His skis are going to the left and he is heading straight down the hill and getting off his right foot. Watch his leg angle change which rolls his skis over so his left ski can make the turn. When he gets off his right ski, his lower body unwinds to face down the hill like his upper body. Like a torsion bar. 2:25 Right here! 2:43 see it? The body position and weight change allows the skis to rotate and complete the turn.
Watching this almost 10 years later, after a leg workout, rebuilding my knee, with ski season a few weeks away. Honestly incredible. Beautiful athletic movements and I wish my knees were as young and capable as this. I plan to spend the entire season in the moguls whenever possible.
Greatest instructructural instrument for breaking down all functions of body movements flexion,extension and absorption. Just free flying through the air, wings on the skis. Thanks for sharing.
Just read some of the critical comments on this page, ha ha, are you kidding! This is top level skiing and would pass any ski instructor exam at the highest level, in any country in the world. There are many ways to ski the moguls, and this is one of them executed to a very high standard. Brilliant skiing.
Furthy Thirtyfour agree. Top class and technique
She's definitely has an Alpine background not moguls. Can she make the turns yes, but her arms are falling back and she's hunching and using her back way to much as she's making turns. Also not attacking the fall line as much as she should.
@@phillyskidog1 Firstly it is a male not female. Secondly, this is not a World Cup prepared mogul slope and he is using normal alpine skis and normal length poles as opposed to mogul skis and short mogul poles. Thirdly, there are a number of ways to ski moguls and this is top level skiing by any measure.
@@inquistive my apologies for miss identifying the gender. Mogul skis won't help you turn better or make quicker turns, and short poles won't help at all either, I never used them. Can this person turn in moguls yes, are they attacking the fall line like any mogul skier should regardless of how the "course" was made, no. I don't believe I mentioned anything about a World cup prepped course, I certainly didn't learn on one skiing ice moguls in Minnesota. I did have coaches who taught Mogul skiing very well based on where I learned to ski. Those skills allowed me to be able to ski any terrain I came across, and I've skied all over out west including working and skiing heavily at Copper Mnt. Those coaches were not apart of the classic ski school instruction as most ski areas, like this instruction is, when I coached we were part of the ski school.
@@phillyskidog1 Just tell that to Edward Grosspiron.
WOW That was so intense! I've watched it 5 times...so far....many more to come!!!
What a beautifully natural skier!
this seems like some of the best footage for seeing how great skiers ski the bumps. zipper line runs are crazy cool to watch, but this looks like how you can spend the whole day on the mountain without needing a nap
To jest piekna jazda . Technika na najwyzszym poziomie. Film 1- wsza klasa
WOW! Thanks for the great video...I could feel every bump, tuck and tips down!!! I really think I can do it now!
As a mogul wannabe, I wish more videos were shot in slow motion like this. Also, I like that it's done in big, deep (but not very steep) moguls. He does not seem to pull the backs of his skis under after cresting the mogul, and his hips do not push forward as some skiers do, but he does somehow get them pointed down for the next one. Maybe it's just less evident because of his particular build. Judging from the number of conflicting comments below and from the proliferation of mogul skiing "how-to" videos, there are indeed many ways to get down the hill in style.
Nice video, I love the feet together with flexion and extension through the bumps. Very nice style, really fluid.
Great mogul skiing for anyone to aspire to. Most top level instructors couldn't ski those bumps smooth as that. Rounded offset absorption entry, progressive extension skidded speed controlling finish. As for the sniffy freestyler comments, truth is in the real world nobody aspires to hotdogging ruts and smashing their knees to early hip replacements.
Could watch this all day!!
This is great! Using it to show to my tattoo artist for a ski tattoo:) Thanks for uploading!
It looks super-fluid!
nice nice Nice!!! Triple thanks Slayer!; using this vid to mentaly prepare for this winter (Killington VT.) Many thanks, so fluid, so perfect mechanics. I'm soooooo ready and motivated now to hit the bumps HARD! Ps: I invented the triple puny smash daffy! Cheers...
Great Video and nice technique/style. I encourage everybody who watches this video to focus on Chang's inside foot. Notice how the inside edge/boot is always initiating the turn first. If he's in a jam or tight spot notice how the boot will come off the ground a bit followed by the tip. I was really struggling with all mountain skiing until I figured this out!
What a Perfect video to learn mogul skiing. Upper body straight down the hill, pull the knees up to absorb the bump then push and twist your feet down to make the turn. What's the key to success? Think, Go For It! Go, Go, Go! You can't try to control your speed or focus on each turn. Muscle memory will take care of your legs, your mind has to be looking for the new bumps and being aggressive. Then, mogul skiing will almost feel effortless. Be timid, and you'll wish you stayed in the lodge.
wow, hardcore skiporn, thanks! :))
But Morton is right; he is, and that's the right place to attack as you take it to the next level. Stay with it, man. But never forget why you're up there. For love of the sport, always; and never for anything less.
The right words, at the right time, said in the right way; respectfully, as a gift. That's the ideal, that's what works, and that's what makes it hard to do.
But even if said a bit coldly- hell, take it anyway, and make it your own. JM has you dialed in. Roll with it. Good luck!
Great video...wish I could ski the bumps like this...it's my goal...but hard to achieve when your on the hill 20 times a year.
awesome video! Really keeping contact with the snow.
Super!
20 times?? Geez. You're lucky. That's 3 years worth of skiing for me. I would be able to do this if I was able to ski 20 times a year.
You're right of course; dead-on correct, and what you say is the key to fixing a few other things too.
But geez, why so hard on the kid? Be cool, bro. He does so many things well, and whatever- he's kind of ripping it up anyway. Good technique, bad technique, or someplace in between (for now) I bet he gets it all figured out, the whole package, on snow, mostly on his own, and having fun the whole time! Hope he always loves it, first and foremost, building the skill set by heart. Way to go, kid!
humble is cooler than speculation, falconer.
Dear John
Thank you for your advice, but we are technical skiers not a freestyle mogul skiers.
So we are skiing by our own technical skiing method.
And I'm also freestyle ski judge(FIS B level).
so I've understood freestyle skiing way.
But this video is for education of Korean Technical skiers.
so we try to express Technical Skiing Skill.
Thanks
Chang Su KIM which is class and supreme technique at the same time. Hats off
Chang Keun KIM - fantastic skiing, great video, I love it! Do you ever teach in Europe?
you are right. I don;t want to be harsh or uncool, but i am a mogul coach so maybe its in my dna. lets talk about the good; he is an excellent skiier , loves the bumps, has nice footwork, and good pole plants. most skiers will never ski as well as him. long live freestyle
John Today's Freestyle ISN'T FREE! It isn't even skiing. Sure it takes talent but it involves being the first to the bottom, not what you do during the trip. First over the finish line should count for nothing. "Freestyle" in the beginning was just that. Free to do whatever you wanted. Modern bump skiing is too restricted not to mention, amazingly Boring. They all look the same.
@@JB91710 Wrong, speed is part of the score, but not the most important part. Speed is 25%, turns in line is 50%, and air is the other 25%, your argument is invalid. It has turned rather stiff and scored on very strict standards as far as what FIS considers a good vs great run.
@@phillyskidog1 I'm not talking about competition, which by the way, shouldn't be what skiing bumps is all about. Freestyle is! Being the best looking and stylish skier should be what competition bump skiing is. Just like in the beginning. There should be no inverted jumps in a Real bump competition. Competition style skiing isn't "Skiing through bumps." It is what I said it is. Going straight down the hill while ricocheting off of them.
@@JB91710 I know competition mogul skiing isn't what Freestyle is at it's core, I grew up competing in the late 80's, early 90's when Ballet/Acro skiing was still an aspect of the sport. The sport has definitely evolved and I've watched it first hand with judging since 95'. Inverts in Moguls has come from skiers being better athletes and wanting to try new things in the moguls, i.e. Freestyle. Watch any World Cup level skier and it appears they ricochet of the moguls, but i assure you they are not. Watch any World Cup mogul Skier and you can see they aren't "bouncing" down the run.
@@phillyskidog1 I think you understand what I am referring to in the difference between the two approaches. I know they are "Turning" but they aren't skiing them. They aren't using the entire shape. As I said originally, it takes great talent to do it that way but it isn't Skiing moguls. You won't find those kind of moguls on a normal ski slope because normal skiers make them.
Fab
Ist's not because you're a mogul skier that you're also a freestyle one. i'm only a mogulskier :D I like your video :D
How does he ski so slow? ☺
the trick is he is skiing in sticky man made marshmallow. its super sticky and looks exactly like snow !
Well you're probably just more talented than I am :)
Must not have any wax on his skis and a really warm day.
Chang, fun video.
Just curious why you don't ski the technical line with those technical skills? The terrain is in control, it dictates where and when you finish your turn. Take it to the next level, instead of turning around every mogul, ski over them and link a clean backside carve.
nail That's not skiing. It is going straight down the hill. THIS, takes much more talent and is better to watch. That is, if you are over 40!
excruciating
So the key to mogul skiing is to lift your knees up to your chest and then bring them back down as your turning???
Jacob Knees up to absorb the bump and feet down with a twist to turn against the uphill side of the next. Read my comment above.
the worlds best mogul skiers are aussies period
The best mogul skiers are Canadians.They have been for years. Bilodeau, Kingsburry
What's this music?
+Ma T "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" as covered by Guns N' Roses from the album "Use Your Illusion II" released in 1990.
Thanks!!bro
but he is not a mogul skier or a free styler. he is rather a "technical skier" who makes round turns in bumps.
it is really a different technique than mogul skiing.
This guy is Alpine skiing, not bump skiing.
Gabriel And THAT is what is so great about it. He is TURNING! "Bump" skiing takes talent but it is going straight down the hill Ricocheting off the bumps. Not turning!
@@JB91710 False, the great bump skiers are turning, their moving their feet and knees so quickly it's tough to tell. If they were ricocheting as you suggest they would be out of control and would look sloppy as heck
@@phillyskidog1 "their moving their feet and knees" You are exactly right, They are twisting their feet and thrusting the tails back and forth to make their skis turn and ricochet off teach bump to control their speed. I'm talking about Skiing Technically Correct through the bumps like the first guy did. His upper body position from the hips up which is facing down the hill and keeping it in the fall line as the skis go side to side, is what's helping his legs rotate like a torsions bar when he passes a bump into the trough and gets off his downhill foot. The best and most technically correct bump skiers are actually doing the same things while making carved turns. Watch him at a faster speed and disregard the bumps.
2:20 Watch him make this turn. His skis are going to the left and he is heading straight down the hill and getting off his right foot. Watch his leg angle change which rolls his skis over so his left ski can make the turn. When he gets off his right ski, his lower body unwinds to face down the hill like his upper body. Like a torsion bar. 2:25 Right here! 2:43 see it? The body position and weight change allows the skis to rotate and complete the turn.
stop looking at your feet you are not stacked but hunched over thus not allowing you ski direct