Skiing Through Transition w/ Dave Raybould - Okemo Tech Talks #12

[@BrandonBock]

Hey gang, during editing I accidentally missed making sure a video (10:00) by @alfonsoeae that was used in this tech talk got proper credit for its use. I unfortunately can't add it after upload, so I wanted to pin a comment directing everyone to check out his awesome Instagram with a ton of visual representations of skiing technique, biomechanics, physics, and more: instagram.com/alfonsoeae/ Check the description for links to the sources of all the video clips used.

[@soccerstar204]

Some great stuff. Very good.

[@grantskidmore6921]

That was a gem at the end there

[@Studio42Brooklyn]

fantastic!

[@wobjobs]

Thanks for hosting Brandon!

[@BrandonBock]

Thanks for coming man! (P.S., Dave also does car videos. Check out his channel if you're into that)

[@alfonsoeae]

Very interesting! But why is my video not included in the credits?? I would have liked the content presenter to have mentioned my name as the author of one of the videos that appear in the presentation at minute 10:00. If he did, at least I didn't realize it. I don't mind that my videos are used but I think it is fair that at least mention where the video material was obtained from if it is not designed or recorded by oneself. What is very curious is that he did mention the authors of some of the other videos he included in the presentation.

[@BrandonBock]

Alfonso, that was partially a mistake on my part during editing. I searched for and added the author's credits to each video used with the overlayed text and accidentally missed yours. Let me figure out what I can do to correct this.

[@SkiWithJeff]

Brandon, I am doing this same topic today (11/2) for PSIA-NW Fall Seminar. I would love to share my content with you to keep exploring this topic. Cheers, great job.

[@BrandonBock]

Jeff, I followed you on Instagram. Shoot me a message sometime and let me know what you have in mind!

[@SkiWithJeff]

@@BrandonBock I just put a friend request in Facebook

[@lawrencehicks9607]

Pressure can be created by your turn shape and the angle of your skis. Playing with the speed with which you shorten your inside leg will provide you with lots of variety in your turn shape and allow you to flick your skis from turn to turn. Fun to play with once you learn to play with pressure or lack there of during transition. Learn to ice skate and or rollerblade. Highly recommended from someone who learned to ski in their mid fifties.

[@BrandonBock]

Definitely. Funny enough, I tried leapers for the first time on skates this summer at a Skate to Ski event w/ Rollerblade. I have a long-time hockey background so I was fortunately able to get the hang of it on skates and begin to experiment pretty quickly. One of the most interesting things to me in that context had to do with pressure and how I was able to get a rebound-like effect on skates that made the "leap" far easier, helping make me lighter in transition, in a way that the leap wasn't created just from me jumping like you would ideally do on skis. There's no sidecut or bending or unbending of the ski going on there; it was all in the timing and amount of pressure, the turn shape, and controlling the path of the center of mass relative to the base of support to create that effect.

[@karlo407]

Yes, pressure can be created and sustained by tightening the turn radius, but the discussion here is in the context of transition

[@BrandonBock]

@@karlo407 the context of the comment was how you can control pressure during transition by what you do before transition.

[@karlo407]

@@BrandonBock I was commenting on Lawrence’s post. I understood it to be a comment on the guest’s discussion about the limits of how much pressure can be developed (not much, and very transitory). Lawrence changed the context to pressure developed while in a turn.