In this video I'm skiing with a beginner skier
and I'm trying to correct his jumping technique. Since he's pretty talented
we managed to go as far as hitting these pretty big jumps. Stay tuned and see how Roger learned all of this.
Hey guys, today
we're out here in Laax and we're going to do something a little bit different than I've done before.
We're gonna see if you can teach old snowboarders how to jump on skis.
Like, how good are you at skiing? Not really good to be honest.
I've seen your ski technique already and, like, your posture is pretty decent. So I think it's good enough to learn to jump for it.
I'm looking forward to it. Maybe big enough. How much have you been skiing?
Like, one day in the last three years. Yeah, that's good and in your life you, you're Swiss so you grew up skiing I guess.
Yeah, but your jumping is, I hope, not very good,
So you got something to work with, I wrote it before we go hitting the jumps, we're gonna have a bit of a warm-up.
This is to reduce the risk of injury.
Just a little one.
All right he's jumping.
Wow.
Not bad.
I think we're gonna have some fun today. Alright, let's have a look at your jump here.
It was pretty good first of all, a good speed, nice confidence.
Now, let's try to find some flaws in it so you can fix it and make it better. So, in the inrun,
go back a little bit here.
I think you're sitting down a little bit too much on the in-run here, you see? You don't need to sink down so deep,
to have a good pop, because that can make you more back-seated. Here where the toes are leaving the kicker
your legs should be completely straight.
That's gonna help you, not just jump higher, which is cool, but also tip forwards.
So that you hit the landing perfectly perpendicular, which you almost are. You land a wee bit tail-heavy.
We've got two things to work on, the position running into the jump
and the timing. The timing's a little off. So we are going to find a flat spot
and we're gonna try popping in our
ski boots and with the skis on and we're gonna work on that timing a little bit, then we're gonna come back to these jumps,
and see if it's any better. Okay, cool. Sweet. I said it. So, what I'd like you to do
Just, like, throw yourself up, sink down in a ski boot. This position is what you have when you're skiing already.
You have a really nice skiing position. So this is all you need to do as you approach the jump.
You could keep your hands also a little bit further in the front and then from here you just go
Like, you can't jump very high,
but the important bit is that you use the whole motion and that you tighten the ass on the top, so you go
Have a try. But you don't need so much down.
Nice. Try with a bit more power.
So just go alright you can go a little bit down maybe but just a little bit.
Again.
That's okay. That much I think it's fine for you to go down. I tell you to be strict with this just to avoid it.
But that was pretty good.
Now we're gonna work on this and your timing in one go.
Sometimes I'll have people
jump over a pole, but now we're gonna draw lines in the snow and I want you when the toes hit the line
that's when I want you to be in this position where you pull the
tighten the ass and you're taking off.
Hmm.
Little early. Now Roger you were jumping here. Can I put the pole there to help you know where the line is?
And here is where I want you to have
fully extended your legs.
Yeah, I think that was better.
Timings,
way better and you're doing the whole movement, you're looking like a stick.
Now I'd like you to just keep them arms in the front, that would make it way nicer. Okay nice improvement man. Thanks.
Let's try again. Yeah.
Let's try it two more times and then I think we go to the park.
So, see how, like, you pop, but those tails, you keep dragging them. Yeah, like you're a pretty sporty guy
I'm sure you can put much more power into it.
and if you really put a lot of power into it this hip movement is going to
lift those tails off the ground and you're going to level out nicely in the air. We want to try it with the skis on now.
Yeah.
I like that. Do that there now, and that is close to perfect.
Alright,
I think we're ready to start hitting some small side hits and see if we can bring this good technique to those small jumps.
Let's try this one.
Let's hit it.
Oh
How was that side hit? It felt really comfortable and good, yeah.
It's feeling better right, when you're really popping. Let's try a couple more and then let's hit the park.
Yeah, you sink that tiny bit, that's absolutely fine, arms in front. Wow.
Ski's are nice,
leveling out, tipping forwards.
That doesn't look too bad, right? That was perfect. You just need a little bit more speed and I'm so psyched about this.
Cool, me too.
I'm happy about your progression man. Thanks, man. And then let's do both jumps. They're the same size. And then let's try the bigger ones,
And you pop pretty good, yeah exactly.
Good job noticing it. Just keep your arms out here.
Otherwise,
you are killing it, sir. I think we should try these slightly bigger jumps, so speed is more important here. So I suggest you follow me.
Good job, I think you graduated from the beginner part, Thanks.
and you're now ready to hit these medium jumps behind us.
Okay, if you say so. Yeah, the important thing here is to do the exact same thing.
Don't be scared because these jumps are much better built and the impact on the landing is gonna be less.
So feel safe and do the same. Okay, so I just follow you again?
Yeah, stay close
When you follow someone in to jump it's important that you do it on the side.
So if the person in front crashes, they have a chance to get away.
Your first run down these big jumps, wow, really good job. But you were a little bit stick-like. I felt that, yes.
Yeah, just relax, keep them here, it's gonna help you get even better balance and you're in a good position later on
for learning spins or grabs.
So that was really nicely done.
I liked how you kept your arms in front. You looked relaxed. You hit the landings nicely.
So normally I'd let you try this over and over and over and over until you get really used to it,
but since I know you're a bit of a crazy dude,
I think we'll go for the
pretty big jumps.
The good news is that the first jump is about just slightly bigger than the last one
we just did. And then they get bigger and bigger.
Here it's extra important that you follow me close
so that you feel my speed.
And here you don't have to rush the pop like BAM. You can take it a little bit easier. I want you to do the whole movement
but you don't need to, like,
be super explosive.
Do you feel ready? Kind of, let's do it.
I
sense a bit of nervousness here
which I understand because you really should practice smaller jumps over and over before increasing to this size jumps. Let's hit it.
Wow, how was it? That was, wow, adrenaline.
It was really, really nice, I loved it. Alright, let's try it again then.
Alright, the big jumps was a bit intense,
True! You need to get used to the small ones
and be a little less stick-like so I thought I'd teach you how to do a mute grab on skis.
So, first thing we left our poles next to us here. And what we want to do is to just focus
on lifting the left ski high and reach down and get it. We want to grab just in front of the binding.
You want to try it while standing still? Take my right hand and grab?
Wow, you're flexible.
Wow your mute grabs are
It's almost too easy. Is it because you are used to grabbing your snowboard? I guess it's like kind of like the same movement.
Yeah.
And now to clean up this mute grab or the second step
now we want to pull both our feet up because now the mute grab, our feet were like this sort of
But first you go for the left foot and then you pull the right one up.
Does it make sense?
So, in the air, you've got to be more like this, compared to like that, now we were there, we go down here.
It's gonna make you look cool. Let's try it.
Well good work man, how was it it? It felt awesome, really light
and easy and comfortable not like on the big ones. It was really cool, thanks for teaching me, man.
Yeah, no problem, thanks a lot.
Hey, wow, I've never seen this guy ski before even, he told me he was a beginner,
I think you were a little bit better than I thought or just really talented.
Learning to jump on skis usually takes a bit longer time than that, but you know.
Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard. The important thing is to keep trying
and speaking about trying, post a video with the hashtag 'I stomped it' of you doing any grab you want,
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