Big score at 41off

[chris55]

Just happened this WE in France, Sacha Descuns ran 2 big scores : 4 at 41off and 5 at 41off

http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/16FRA031/

Getting close to run the entire pass at 41off....Sorry I don't have any pictures

 

[6balls]

Yikes on what ski?

[ozski]

Yeah this boy has some skills, looked him up on youtube. Has some serious leg action going on....

 

 

[mylemsky]

This is not from this weekend, but from this video it appears to be a prophecy?

 

[mylemsky]

Sent wrong one.

 

[Horton]

I guess he gets it done better than I ever will but it looks strange to me.

[chris55]

Sacha ski on a Connelly GT and for what I cheked, it is a new France record. Not to bad....

[ozski]

Joel was on a GT with a red underside but for the photos he was holding the production ski. @Horton I can't see this guy straightening out his back leg - ever :) Great to watch but not sure what you can learn from it.. Imagine the WR record getting broken one day in Europe out of left field - crazy but it might just happen.

[Than_Bogan]

Looks to me like an insanely athletic dude who might still have some significant improvement left. Could be very interesting!!

[Razorskier1]

@Horton -- agreed. His ski posture is a mystery to me. Nevertheless, he gets it done with a tight line. As @Than_Bogan noted, I think he's just a lot better athlete than me!

[wtrskior]

he's been putting up big score for a long time. Think he had a significant injury recently.

 

I don't see his style as unorthodox at all; very "west coast" a la 2006ish. Looks a bit like Twinter

[ForrestGump]

Skis a lot like T-Gas. I'd need to keep a chiropractor on staff to ski like that.

[Texas6]

His posture and his leg movement and compression resembles Terry Winter to me

[mylemsky]

Normal speed he looks nothing but nasty.

[Horton]

Terry Winter's center of mass is always forward. In those videos Sasha looks to have a center of mass way back. Could be just a these video clips so maybe it's not fair to judge him.

[lpskier]

Dude can eat some 3/5 slack.

[mwetskier]

sacha descuns reminds me of the way wade cox used to ski and *that* reminds me of jeff rogers talking years ago about the hunched over bent leg style of some of the skiers and how he would see them icing their backs after a tournament. his statement was something like ' them boys backs are hurtin '.

[wtrskior]

Doesn't look at all unorthodox to me, early edge change, level shoulders, lots of angle. If everyone skied the same, boring...

 

[ToddL]

The difference that I see is that he has his butt back and shoulders forward to compensate. The result is that his COM is different, but still forward. He uses a lot of forward posture to control speed into the buoy. He also absorbs the load by bending his knees to allow the ski to change edges underneath him. That's what I see as similar to TW.

[Horton]

@ToddL I need to actually ask Terry about this but I believe he would tell you that the big knee bend after edge change is the unfortunate result of overload at the center line. It is not something that he wants to or tries to do. I assume this is the similarity you see to Sasha ( not hips back shoulders forward)