Baller cragginshred Posted September 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 28, 2014 This year I worked on many things but the stack was most important as I am sure most of you would agree. Lift the hips, chest up, head back were all encouraged, however, Terry Winters told me -'Square your shoulders to the boat and the hips will come up'. It worked! He also said forget about all the other aspects of the pass and run it with 'arms straight pinned to your vest without breaking over and over' -I cannot do this yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted September 28, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 28, 2014 The 'old squat stack' pic was literally weeks before the 1st pic. Just squaring up to the boat made a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted September 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 28, 2014 looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted September 28, 2014 Supporting Member Share Posted September 28, 2014 Wow nice change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GOODESkier Posted September 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 28, 2014 SWEET! Sometimes all it takes is one phrase said a little different, and everything clicks. "Rinse & Repeat"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Waternut Posted September 28, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 28, 2014 Funny how you can hear 15 people say what you're doing wrong and offer advice on how to fix it but ultimately it takes one person to explain something that clicks in your head and it's like magic. Haha @goodeskier beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SkiJay Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 What's important now @cragginshred is keeping this breakthrough. I'm always amazed how long old bad habits can hang around in the background, ready to creep back in little by little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DmaxJC_ski Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 Geez I wish I could make it work that easy! Been trying to fix the same thing for about a year now, great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 Great job - hows it look in video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 Looks good dude! @SkiJay you couldn't have hit the nail on the head any harder! It takes a long long time to break old habits. I'm learning this first hand. I'm lucky that I get to spend time with some great skiers at my site and valuable lessons from Trent and Seth haven't hurt either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller disland Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 @cragginshred Great improvement. Where is your lake. Is it always muddy like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skinut Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 At what point do you square you shoulder to the boat? For example, is that right after the finish of the turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BrennanKMN Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 I have always found looking at the pylon from handle hookup to the second wake has made a huge improvement in my stack. I think that is because it helps force me to square up. Looking at things that make my body react are way more effective for me than just thinking about square shoulders. Regardless, amazing improvement. Keep up the great skiing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DefectiveDave Posted September 29, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 29, 2014 @cragginshred, That looks like some awesome improvement. Got any videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Chef23 Posted September 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 That is awesome nice work. If Terry helped you make that change in a few weeks I have a friend i need to send to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted September 30, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 @SkiJay you are right,..this is a work in progress and as soon as I try -28 I go back to the squat any my back pays the price @disland the lake is Sunspray at the foothills to the Sierras near Yosemite. They should have compacted the dirt more before filling it so it is muddy. It is close to home (I live in the Sierras -near Sonora Ca. ...same county as Yosemite) and there are only a few owners and members so it's drama free and a great place for me to get better! Thanks to all for the encouraging words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thompjs Posted September 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 Gypsum might clean up that silt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted September 30, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 This is the video the still shots from above were taken from via a cool app called video2photo. A glaring thing I need to fix is the 'handle snatch' that is so hard wired. At 1-3-5 I pull the handle back to my hip as opposed to skiing back to the stack or hip to handle. I get so focused on one thing -trying to square my shoulders to the boat that I revert back to being impatient in the turn. -my nephews think it's cool that I ski in chocolate milk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted September 30, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 @skinut sorry I missed your question, as you see in the video I am really thinking white water to white water. From the glide I try not to load up the pull until the 1st wake and be off it by the 2nd. This is referred to by some as a progressive pull. So I suppose the square shoulders is fully loaded if you will at the 1st white water and off by the 2nd...also I have been trying to keep lead arm pressure to stay on the handle longer until the boat takes the handle -a lot to still dil in. Dry suit awaits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ozski Posted September 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 Ok, the video does not lie. It almost always helps if you head to open water to sort this sort of thing out. From the video I would say you still need to work on that body position which is about 7 /10 - Your losing it at the wakes and dropping your hips, from the hookup you need to focus on improving your alignment which starts out ok. Just keeping your chest up through the wakes should be enough advice to help you nail it. Good skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted September 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 @cragginshred Some very good things going on with your work on the stack. You are on your way. I think this video from the In Tow web site may be good insight in to the next things for you to work on. Applies to a lot of us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tc4CBsFcjM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted September 30, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 @Zman great vid with excellent info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted September 30, 2014 Baller Share Posted September 30, 2014 @cragginshred - awesome pictures! Such a huge difference in your stack for sure. That'll get you into 35' off for sure. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller cragginshred Posted October 1, 2014 Author Baller Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thanks Scott!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted October 3, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 3, 2014 Stack or ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mwetskier Posted October 3, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 3, 2014 @AB -whack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller GaryWilkinson Posted October 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 6, 2014 @ab ah, the late, great hydrodyne. A wake way ahead of its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 9400 Posted October 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 6, 2014 That boat looks like it's a 15 footer. I love the guys in their referee shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller mwetskier Posted October 6, 2014 Baller Share Posted October 6, 2014 @9400 -18 footer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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