Message #20686

[jbotti]

john: I always assumed that WC skiing was even more subtle -- that a key was knowing/feeling how much pressure was needed in each turn for the amount of ski bend required for the turn radius desired.  But this is, for sure, way beyond my pay grade.

As my good riend Thor Kallerud (former Mens Head Technical  Coach for US Ski Team) "there is no room in WC racing for the skier to get back even slightly for even a mllisecond in the upper part of the arc."

Look at WC Slalom skiing and take it down into slow mo and watch where the fast guys (Hirscher) is at the top of every arc. They are crazy forward.