Have you done something like this? ⛷️🫠

#SkiRacingParents hiking up to cheer for their kids. Win or lose; perfect run or DNF - they are always there ❤ ❄

#SkiingFundamentals (outside ski pressure): One of the most misleading comments in alpine skiing is "pressure outside ski," which often leads racers to push outside ski. Demo by M. Shiffrin shows the key is to transfer pressure to outside ski, letting inside ski take the lead.

Bird on ❄️

#SkiRacingTechnique: Younger racers often find it hard to get on edge when starting from a steep, icy headwall. Cyprien Sarrazin, who won the daring Kitzbuhel downhill in 2023, provided a good demo of using powerful skating and patient tuck in such a situation.

Ski racer's Christmas run 🎄 ❄️ Happy holidays! 🧑‍🎄 ⛷️

Stunning beauty @ Aspen. Credit: Christina Hame.

#SkiingFundamentals (tuck): There are three things that look easy, but are hard to implement: (1) athletic stance (stay low); (2) activate lower legs for powerful edging; (3) pressure transfer to the outside ski. Tuck can help them all. Demo by Yuki Kawakami.

#SkiingFundamentals (free skiing): Some racers prefer groomers; some prefer all conditions. This one is in the latter group. Demo by River Radamus.

#SkiingFundamentals (carving): Good elements come together: athletic stance, edge first, patient release, active lower legs, retraction, etc. Result: clean arc. Demo by Lara Colturi.

#SkiingFundamentals (short turns): Skillful use of the inside ski (lightening, rolling) leads to performance turns. Demo by Kaori Akamatsu.

#SkiingFundamentals (short turns): Once a well-respected ski instructor said, "Short turns is like drawing a circle on the snow." Valentina Baetz nicely demonstrates it.

#SkiingFundamentals: The drill is for outside ski pressure transfer through separation. Also, note tip pressure while carving the snow. Demo by Patrick Baetz.

##SkiingFundamentals (outside ski pressure): Modified Javelin turns to ensure pressure transfer to the outside ski. Demo by Valentina Baetz.

#SkiingFundamentals: Tuck turns as a useful tool for getting on edge (solid edging). Demo by Yui Katsuura.

Ferdinand Hirscher, Lars Kristoffersen, Eileen Shiffrin... None of these #SkiRacingParents were top-level racing coaches, yet their children rose to the top under their guidance. They knew their kids best, understood their skiing deeply, and loved them wholeheartedly.

Nice podcast. Just pulled five insightful quotes from the interview with Henrik Kristoffersen ⛷️⛷️⛷️

#SkiingInsights (Henrik Kristoffersen): "Roll over, bend up the skis, build lots of pressure and release the pressure out ... the ceiling of how fast you can ski with ski clean and building up pressure and accelerating is much higher than what you do with stivoting."

#SkiingInsights (Henrik Kristoffersen): "Don't try to be cool ... In all sports, in general, the best athletes do the basic things better than everyone else. That's usually why they are the best."