skimom Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 Here is the link for pics from the Copper Mountain training program, Held the week bridging Oct and Nov. This is a great training program - we had a peak to ourselves - along with a handful of other race groups. No sitting around politely listening to the coach jabber to one racer - it was basically self-paced laps from 8:30 until we downloaded. http://fwbdesign.com/ski/2005coppermt/ Pic: 1. Partners in crime 3. The head coach (in blue) 4. Second headwall. It's hard to appreciate from the photos, but it had a nice pitch. The first headwall was up to the skiers left, around a bend. The run made two to three training courses. 9. Downloading. See, there were other women, afterall (note the ponytail). 13-14. We were videoed 4 times daily. Postmortems were done between 5 and 7 PM, along with race strategy discussions. 16-18. We had one of Bode Millers coaches one morning (in the Gray). 18. His advice to me: get more edge angle, or you will be doing push ups all afternoon. It worked - I peeled 4 seconds off my run during the morning he was there! 19. My roomate (red helmet) 22. Hike up Vail pass one afternoon. Snow limited how far we could go. I'm not exactly dressed for it. 24. Slalom day 25. Racer ready! 26. On the course 27. Franklin (the photographer) 28. Packing to go - last day. 29. -> The base at Copper on opening day (our last day). We had total tranquility until then... Quote
NJSkiFamily Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 Skimom, Can you explain what "get more edge angle" means in layman's terms? Quote
Ski Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 (edited) Not to speak for 'Mom, but it's tipping the ski more; angling the edge of the ski so the base is raised off the snow. It's pounded into racers in training to get your feet away from your body and tip the ski on edge. This creates more edge angle and the ski carves the turn, rather than skids. The hard part is to trust yourself. A coach has told me to let the trees on the side of the slope read the words on the my ski bases. Here's Bode creating some edge angle: Edited November 22, 2005 by ski999 Quote
NJSkiFamily Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 HaHa, that's a great visual "let the trees read what's on the ski bases". Thanks ski999. I take it the "trust" part is worrying that your feet slip out from under you? Quote
skimom Posted November 22, 2005 Author Report Posted November 22, 2005 Ski999 is right. I'd add, it's not easy. When you think your hip is about to scrape the snow, they will congratulate you for being 5% of the way there. Quote
Timeless Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 A coach has told me to let the trees on the side of the slope read the words on the my ski bases. I guess the trick is to let them read it without "leaving an impression" Quote
skidude Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 Don't recomend having your hand against the snow...either...Usually doesn't end up too nice... Quote
skierboi Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 i got yelled at by my coach at camp, bc we were sking in a course with out poles and i almost fell like 20 times and i was scraping my hand to help me i guess from falling, so he yelled at me Quote
Ski Posted November 22, 2005 Report Posted November 22, 2005 Ha, it's a clean run for Bode when he doesn't end up on his hip. Quote
skimom Posted November 23, 2005 Author Report Posted November 23, 2005 i got yelled at by my coach at camp, bc we were sking in a course with out poles and i almost fell like 20 times and i was scraping my hand to help me i guess from falling, so he yelled at me From your avatar it looks like you have some edge angle going. Quote
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