Hestra Fall Line Glove

“>balancing on the uphill arch is odd verbiage, I think. >This guy is saying that almost all instructors teach skiing wrong. He argues that modern skis are so well built, that the only thing that you have to do in order to get them on their edge is to make sure you’re upper body is facing downhill, while at the same time you lift off your downhill ski and balance on the inside(new outside ski) in order to initiate the turn. Well... yikes! I am not even sure where to begin. Firstly, one of the main jobs of instructors if to teach people the "how". He seems to argue that you can put a 1st day beginner on these well-designed and built modern skis, tell them "you only have to get it on edge" and all that and watch them carve\* beautiful arcs. That's not how it works. People do not immediately know **how** to tip the skis on edge, for one... and upper-lower-body separation only starts making sense to upper intermediate and advanced skiers, I find. \* yes, he slightly seems like one of those types who consider a carved turn to be the only form of valid turn. Another yikes. >He says that if you want to get more extreme edge angles, **all you have to do is to get a more extreme separation of the upper and lower body**, basically your **upperbody looking towards the opposite direction of where your skis are going**, shoulders leaning even harder towards the fall line while at the same time shift your foot balance in order to initiate the turn. Errr, no? Opposite is... extreme. And that's not all you have to do. Er, inclination and angulation are things too? I think there are some nuggets of technically correct info in there but it kinda makes my head hurt... and I think his most "glaring" thing is... hubris.”