Self learning, self training

[OldboyII]

Hey colleagues!

I started slalom skiing when I was already not a kid, actually that year I turned 55 (now 57)

Have a decent amateur sport experience - alpine ski, 35 years of tennis, MTB etc..

 

Love my new passion!

I have a simple question:

In alpine skiing - there are a tons of books and/or video lessons. Bad or good. Widely accepted or hated.

In tennis - there are billion of books and video, both old schools and modern technique.

In MTB there are also few very decent books.

In the wakeboarding where I spent some time - also decent number of video training courses.

In the wind surfing - more.

 

Is there a comprehensive water ski learning guide (preferably book with video)?

I do not much care if it would be a kind of basic old school, I can do some adjustments later.

It would be nice to stick to one guideline.

 

[gsm_peter]

@OldboyII

Hi Alex

 

I am in a similar situation as you.

The best I have found is a DVD name Short line by Drew Ross.

 

My advice is to do some trick skiing as well.

It was more fun than I expected.

Also improved my slalom form.

Trick slalom is fun.

I have PB of almost 33mph 15 off and 13.5 meter in 25kmph on the trick ski...

 

There is a thread with a lot of trick ski videos on the forum (created by my user id).

 

Please keep us updated on your progress.

 

Best luck Peter

[lpskier]

"How the Racers Ski" by Warren Witherall. Substitute "water ski" for ski whenever it is mentioned. This according to Rossi. #iskiconnelly

[OldboyII]

@gsm_peter

Thanks for info.

I can not find this DVD. All links I found are too old and already not active.

Trick ski could be fun, I will try it once it will be within reach.

Probably air is too much for 200 of me, but on wakeboard which I stopped for skiing I did have fun with slides, swithes and others flat element

 

@lpskier

Interesting!

I am Harald Harb follower :)

Indeed, there are a lot of things correcponding to alpine ski:

Counter acting, edge change before fall line, fore aft balance, shoulders level etc..

 

In fact BOS is a greate sourse of information. Lot of advisces and tips. It is more than enough for novice.

I try to practice all of them - stack, COM position, body position, pull, etc..

In very intensive mode: min. 3 days per week by 60-70+ turns a day.

Some skiers say that I am not completely useless))

But up to the moment all these elements live separate lives in my head.

My concern is to connect all that into flow motion skiing, that is why I am searching for systematical step by step guidance.

 

 

[gsm_peter]

I got my DVD as present 2 years ago so it was around recently.

Have you tried to mail Drew Ross himself?

Else some one on the forum might have one for sale?

[OldboyII]

Yes, I'm going to contact him.