World Cup SHORT TURNS

Hi
This weeks video features pro world cup skier Matej Vidovic back in 2019 on the glacier of Saas-Fee in Switzerland. Short turns plays a major role in WC skiing but are really useful when free skiing outside of a racing track. It is actually the mark of truly great skiing once mastered. The old school application was and still is called "Wedeln" in German.
One good way of training short turns is on a brush course. Set the course in a straight line and shorten the distance between the brushes as you advance in skill level. You can also set the course with bigger offsets and also spice it up with rhythm changes and combinations.
Short turns also lie as the fundamental technique when it comes to bump skiing and WC ski racers ski bumps actually very well. That lightning fast foot work and hard to match physical strength and endurance comes in handy.
Have fun watching and hopefully it will inspire you to practice short turns once the season starts here in the northern hemisphere.
Reg. Tom

[@anthony-vp3dq]

Excited for the new season and your entertaining and informative videos. Best ski channel on KZbin. Love from Canada

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks a ton!

[@GregorPQ]

Saas Fee is great! Thin air in the tunnel, but when you come out, you feel like you are on the top of the world.

[@Triggerboy62]

It is a stunning place.

[@raymondgilkie2551]

Excellent display of a variety of short turns.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks :)

[@AkatarawaJapan]

Another great video. Love the pinpoint analytical points on screen.

[@Triggerboy62]

Much appreciated!

[@jeetgorasia6634]

Now that's decent alignment

[@Triggerboy62]

Yes, textbook :)

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Good job for a tall guy.

[@Triggerboy62]

Yeah, Matej is a tall strong guy.

[@user-oe2hy6cw4f]

🤜💥🤛

[@Triggerboy62]

:)

[@ranchoboomerang8400]

Oh man that looks fun. I like the wedeln through the markers. I thought nobody wedeled anymore (except me. well I'm 69 so that's why).

[@kantarjiev]

Now they call it "brushing" :-)

[@Triggerboy62]

well, I called it brushing this time. Kind of neutral in my opinion. So many ways of expressing it: skidding, pivoting, feathering, tail washing, scarving, wind shield wiper etc. :)

[@maoanz]

So smooth turns. It seems he had a v frame stance rather than parallel. Is it good or he exaggerated for the practice?

[@Triggerboy62]

Yes looks really exaggerated but that is how he skis. Very strong legs and solid as a truck :)

[@Triggerboy62]

Its going to be an interesting season. He was skiing really well at the end of last winter.

[@scottsandquist5381]

Are those like 140s? They look like glm skis from the 70s....I realize that shaped rules, but is there any stability in a ski that short? If you fall back at all don't you just godown?

[@Triggerboy62]

The skis are standard FIS minimum length for men's Slalom Skis, 165cm. As Matej's skis are true WC skis available only to the top racers in the WC they are built differently than skis for the general public. As WC racers are stronger, ski faster, ski on much more demanding snow and built for performance without compromise they are more difficult to ski on for a normal skier and also more difficult to service. It just looks so smooth and easy. But thanks for the BML reference, I had totally forgot them.

[@piotr6644]

What's the ski lenght / model?

[@Triggerboy62]

The length is 165cm. The model Head SL but are WC code skis.