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Edgework: You have to have good technique to ski the backcountry, go helicopter skiing, or go off-piste. The back country is no place for amateurs and bad technique. So, coming up a series of six videos, all from the BASS Network, on the fundamental techniques of skiing. Watch the videos to refresh yourself before you …
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Edgework: Let’s get serious about snow. Here’s a great film, sponsored by Red Bull ( a company that likes living and sports on the edge) about doing it right in the white. Best way to view it? Kick to the flat screen; run the sound through your hi-fi, and dig in. Have it. Perfect for …
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Paying Attention: Part two of our series on basic skiing technique. This video is about the essence of the sport: changing edges. To initiate turns and complete them, you have to change edges. There’s a reason that pro hockey players just happen to be some of the best skiers around: they are experts at changing …
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Edgework: Continuing with our series of videos to make you more technique conscious. More instruction from the Ski Priority Series…this one on Pressure Based Steering, something you will need to master to ski it steep and ski it deep. Watch the video a couple of times and it’s best if you can kick it to …
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Edgework: This is what you want, is it not? Complete freedom on the mountain and in the snow. The power and skill and courage to tackle any slope with precision and the type of expertise that gives the rush without the bruises and medical adventures. The final installment of the BASS Network (British Alpine Ski …
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Edgwork: You’ve seen the elements in the previous four Ski Priority videos; now learn how to tie them all together in the fifth installment on controlling your line and speed down the mountain. You do know what the fall line is, don’t you? The fall line is the fast way down the mountain. Because it’s …
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Edgework: There is a lot of attention in ski technique given to the outside ski but even as important as that ski is in turn initiation, the other 50% of the action is happening on the inside ski. Here’s a short instruction piece, with Josh Foster, on the what, why, and how of using the inside …
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Edgework: You’re going off a cliff if you ski the backcountry or drop in from a helicopter. It’s going to happen and it’s a part of the sport. Sometimes you’re going to seek out the cliff and sometimes it’s going to show up right in front of you. So…deal with it. Here’s how. The …
Edgework: Take a short break from backcountry/helicopter skiing and give the next series of videos on skiing technique a look or two. You can’t do the backcountry or big snow without good technique–to think otherwise is to court (and probably find) disaster. First up: the ski pivot. The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of YouTube(thanks …
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