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Watching some videos online and noticing some different styles of skiing. One guy in particular caught my eye. Matteo Luzzeri. He skis both knees very bent and his hips pretty back compared to somebody like nate. Maybe thats why he is having trouble at idk 39 in the video I watched. But Im just trying to run 15. His style seems like it could be closer to what I could actually do instead of trying to ski like nate does. I feel like to get me to ski in perfect super tall form could take years. Im not going for any records. Im just trying to not suck so bad. Idk what do you guys think im I totally off with this thinking.

Thanks guys for the other options. I really like the idea of video coaching I dont have enough time off work or money to go down to florida or something and I worry about somebody coming here and me only getting six passes. I would like to have somebody coach me on some of my better passes and not bad ones where I know I did terrible. It would be nice for somebody to tell me what I am doing wrong when my skiing does not feel too bad.

@horton thanks

So am I supposed to google how to do this? Or is there an explanation on the site?

Yeah I was thinking this last night. Really I should be able to do this open water too. I know it will come eventually. You really never see a course skier that has done it for along time looking like me so eventually it must work out.

@Than_Bogan That does make a lot of since. I feel like I just need a lot of water time to get comfortable riding in a new position. It does not feel bad riding around but as soon as I cut in it is not and Im pretty sure i revert to sticking my butt back. Slalom is about as frustrating as golf except I dont loose money every time I make a mistake. Balls get expensive.

I was thinking about doing his video coaching instead. Its half the price. So I could send him something and work on what he tells me get better and then send him something again when im at a different stage of learning. I would feel like his video coaching should be basically just as good. Then I can also do it on my own time. Really tho until you can get stacked your pretty much a lost cause on everything else that somebody could teach you because nothing matters if your in a crappy position from the start. I may be wrong on that but im guessing thats pretty much right.

I did but I did not know if I could make it at the time of sign up. Im guessing its full by now.

looks like it only needs carpet

ok thanks I was confused then thanks

Yeah I know its not the ski its me. I was just wondering if the ski may be really far off. I will keep working on my form. I do need to measure the front boot. I am having a little trouble figuring out where to measure to on the fin block? Do you think it would be the very front?

I tried standing taller this weekend a bit. We did not have very good water so I did not ski much. It felt pretty weird. I think I lost my form through the wakes and if I did not I for sure lost it around 1 ball. Its going to take some open water skiing. Should start here in a couple weeks before work. Waiting on it to get lighter a bit earlier.

@Than_Bogan Thanks for the info and tips. I will work on it. When Im riding around I try to be in good position. I forget sometimes I need to be better at remembering. Haha about jumping. I know its bad form but I gotta keep it fun or I will just get mad all the time. Last time I skied I was not skiing well so I took a trick set and got my first reverse back so that made me happy. I will do more dry land and really focus on my form.

@ToddL Thanks for that I will do that I would guess I have mine a little too far forward.

Just looked it up my buddy I ski with Is Level 7 M1 skier.

Thanks for the info I will try that

@gregy I am on a radar annex. Im sure the fin is factory but the binding placement is not. I have a radar ski with radar holes and connelly bindings and plates. Is there some what I can measure the ski and know relative to where say my heel is where the bindings should be mounted to be say neutral? I read alot of the link. It was something good to do while gluing drysuit seals. From what it seems If I am standing in a perfect position or pretty good position and I point my belly button to 1 o'clock and count one second then glide then to turn in point my belly button to 11 o'clock I will be set up pretty decent to 1 ball. Ill be screwed for the other 5 haha. Just wondering since when you go to pull out what do you do with your body to technically stand back up or quit pulling. I know how I would do it but how are you supposed to? Are you supposed to turn your hips back to 12? @gregbanish I dont do that as often as I should but when I do I assume a comfortable position and it is a pretty good one. Then I try to do the position in which I ski and it is so uncomfortable and Im just like why do I ski like that it is harder for me to even do than a good stacked position. @skihard I would really like to Im not really sure where I can go tho. I live in denver co which is pretty far from places that I have heard of that coach. Im sure there is people here that do it I just need to find them. I would really like to try the video coaching with Chris Parrish. Does anybody have experience with him over video?

A boom would help. Not sure if thats really worth the money tho. If they are athletic they should pick it up quick

I will be excited to try some stuff. I kinda feel like I have heard the same thing over the past year and I try really hard and I look the same in the video. Slalom is tough because you cant have somebody standing next to you telling you what to do you just gotta figure it out on your own and ask ppl in the boat.

I actually prefer wakeboard rollers. Or thats what I seem to get.

I read through the post with the stick figure and thats what I thought. I just cant replicate it. Yet. Ill work on that getting the ski to turn is tough it seems like. I guess I need to turn in easier because the boat stands me up before the first wake. Or I guess I would say im allowing the boat to stand me up because of the things im doing wrong.

Thanks I will remember that. And start with working on that. I feel like that I have a problem with bending my knees in that I dont do it. So I try to ride around with my knees bent a bit. Is that what I dont want to do? By standing tall are you meaning no knee bend everything in align and stand up as straight as I can? I feel like I hear people saying hips forward, shoulders back and knees slightly bent. If one was to do that I would not considered that tall. Or is the tall stance just in the pull out and then you switch. I get so confused on all of this stuff so sorry for the what may seem like stupid questions. I try to do my reading and watching coaches on you tube but alot of times I just get confused.

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I have been skiing with the same form for a bit now and I try every time I go out to change it. I do alot of things wrong hips back, grab handle too fast, get bent over, wheelie, I dont have time to type everything. Just wondering what would you guys recommend me trying? Its tough because I kind of feel like I cant just do one thing right I need to do them all right to make it work and not fall. For example if I pulled harder in the form I am in I will go out the front. Also, I am a believer that its me and not my ski but it does make me wonder what if my ski is out of wack. I was the one who set it up. I am not one to think I need to adjust stuff but what if I am skiing on something that I set up horribly and I am compensating for it. I tried to attach some videos. I know it is slo mo and bad quality but you can kinda see.

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