Advanced Mountain Skiing 1941

The is the last segment of the training film for USA mountain troops in 1941. The segment includes the stemm turn, the advanced stemm turn, the stemm christiana (a speeded up advanced stemm turn ending in a sweeping skid), jump turns and terrain jumps. It ends with the troops hiking up with climbing skins on their skis, before doing their version of mountain free-style skiing

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

Absolutely fantastic documentary. I started skiing in 1970 and have worked in the ski industry since 1975. When I first started it was common to see this cable bindings, leather lace up boots and wood skis. My first skis we Wood Fischer skis with screwed on segment edges. I had the new technology Salomon step in binding and laminated leather boots with buckles. I can really appreciate how ski equipment and skiing technique have evolved. We have a display of vintage boots and skis at the Ski Shop where I work.. Customers love seeing the vintage gear. I am sure that my friends that teach and coach would love watching this video. Modern ski equipment is so much easier to learn to use. Every time I use my cross country/ backcountry skiing equipment with the leather lace boot and free heel I am reminded how easy my Alpine downhill gear make skiing. I am sure that skiers that use Telemark equipment or pin tech backcountry equipment will appreciate this video. I loved the Mohair skins that buckled on. I never crossed my mind to ask what they used before glued skins were developed.

[@NovaRedBaron]

Amazing to see these skiers on a run between previous avalanches on either side. Their skiing ability was definitely expert level for that era. The quality of the cinematography was top notch as well. Thanks for posting.

[@MrDogonjon]

thank you for posting this. A reference to long lost source forgotten and ridiculed by Professionals for decades only to surface again as "The New Way to Ski".

[@jerrymcsendee]

I'm watching all these as a "how to." I came across a crate of NOS 10th Mtn. skis a couple years ago, tips wrapped in the original excelsior, and bought it. I took one of the four pair and mounted Look 14s, filed the screw heads flush, and corked kick wax on them. Took them out for a day in lovely spring corn and nearly killed myself a half dozen times. Best I could manage was snowplow turns and stops. And you'd think the length would give an advantage to stopping power but it took so long to stop. I assumed modern edges were all about advantages to turning precision and never thought about stopping power. The other three pair are display pieces but I'll review these tips and take them out again this season.

[@funhog24]

Love all your videos! Reminds us of how good we have it today!

[@richardpare3538]

Basic turn techniques that are still valid with todays equipment - other than the facing into the hill positions it shows.

[@williewanker42]

Great old video! More please.

[@Daz555Daz]

These guys would have loved carving skis!

[@jenalexander5475]

this was a great video

[@morphyon]

I still can use aspects of the technical details for cross country skiing. You have to instill some stability when going downhill. The equipment won‘t do it, so bend the knees!

[@LordHaveMercyOnUs247]

Wish they had snowboards back then. Would love to see classic filmography and lessons.

[@TerryMasri]

Thank God for modern skis!

[@elmoreglidingclub3030]

So is this what was referred to as, or perhaps the basis of, a Stem Christie turn in the 1980s??

[@weirdbeard1980]

Stem christie is a turn that starts in a gliding wedge and ends parallel. They're making down stem followed by an uphill stem with whole body rotation to initiate their turns. No upper and lower body separation.

[@karlk9316]

0:00 "Stem turn in principle a snow plow (aka wedge) turn linking one traverse with another" 3:35 "Stem Christiana (aka Stem Christie) speeded up advanced stem turn ending in a sweeping skid, which is characteristic of every higher speed turn"

[@dudleylitz7369]

Try THAT with a 120 pound pack of 1942 technology!

[@notnok9443]

these guys shred

[@Wheelly1]

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