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jonG wrote:Hi,

SkiRite & Ian have hit on a great tip with regards to watching old skiing video's and dvd's, if you hunt round at car boots sales etc you may be able to lay your hands on some.

Just to clarify, when talking about skiers that are still on a steep learning curve, I really meant current DVDs or internet-based video excerpts taken from newer DVDs as an answer to Tom's question. Sorry about creating confusion.

My concern with watching older videos is that you may only benefit if you already have a keen understanding of skiing technique since the equipment has changed so much and technique has evolved to match the new equipment. Still, do not want to discourage watching older videos, as there are valuable ones out there.

Will leave it to others here to suggest old videos and give guidance on watching them. What is old? Tough question, although I am guessing anything pre-1996 is not filmed on "Shape" skis, which I believe were originally defined by a difference of 31mm or more when comparing the waist measurement to the tip width. Also I think the technique for skiing on the new gear really only started to gel as late as 2006, because the new ski and boot design was still rapidly evolving until then.

jonG wrote:Hi,

SkiRite & Ian have hit on a great tip with regards to watching old skiing video's and dvd's, if you hunt round at car boots sales etc you may be able to lay your hands on some.

I remember watching a few years back by Hugh Monney (think the surname is correct), Martin Heckleman and my favourite was a video where Franz Klammer was teaching Duncan Goodhew and Sharon Davies....MMMMmmmmm,

jon :D

Hugh Monney is still in the snowsports industry and is a Director of BASS

http://www.linkedin.com/in/hughmonney

Ian Wickham wrote:

jonG wrote:Hi,

SkiRite & Ian have hit on a great tip with regards to watching old skiing video's and dvd's, if you hunt round at car boots sales etc you may be able to lay your hands on some.

I remember watching a few years back by Hugh Monney (think the surname is correct), Martin Heckleman and my favourite was a video where Franz Klammer was teaching Duncan Goodhew and Sharon Davies....MMMMmmmmm, very early eighties but after watching these video's a few times it was supprising how much information actually sank in, and once in the mountains became usefull.

It's certainly a good way to keep the brain in ski mode while waiting to get out to the slopes.

jon :D

I like to have a look at the Sharon Davies Video :wink:

Unfortunately I sent the video's to someone a while back who was interested in getting into skiing for the first time, but the name of the video was "Ski With Klammer" from what I remember.Even though all the video's are a good twenty years old the informtion you could pick up from them is as relevent today as it was back then......we just use shorter ski's to some extent today.

jon.

jonG wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

jonG wrote:Hi,

SkiRite & Ian have hit on a great tip with regards to watching old skiing video's and dvd's, if you hunt round at car boots sales etc you may be able to lay your hands on some.

I remember watching a few years back by Hugh Monney (think the surname is correct), Martin Heckleman and my favourite was a video where Franz Klammer was teaching Duncan Goodhew and Sharon Davies....MMMMmmmmm, very early eighties but after watching these video's a few times it was supprising how much information actually sank in, and once in the mountains became usefull.

It's certainly a good way to keep the brain in ski mode while waiting to get out to the slopes.

jon :D

I like to have a look at the Sharon Davies Video :wink:

Unfortunately I sent the video's to someone a while back who was interested in getting into skiing for the first time, but the name of the video was "Ski With Klammer" from what I remember.Even though all the video's are a good twenty years old the informtion you could pick up from them is as relevent today as it was back then......we just use shorter ski's to some extent today.

jon.

Your bang on Jon ..... I'll try and source that Vid for a bit of fun as it was Klammer in the 1976 Olympics that got me into skiing ,,,,,,,,, Hanging behind me as I type is one of the great mans T shirts signed of course, excuse while I touch a gods shirt, well I would prefer to touch Sharon Davies's T shirt but you can't have everything .... can you ???

Ian Wickham wrote:

jonG wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

jonG wrote:Hi,

SkiRite & Ian have hit on a great tip with regards to watching old skiing video's and dvd's, if you hunt round at car boots sales etc you may be able to lay your hands on some.

I remember watching a few years back by Hugh Monney (think the surname is correct), Martin Heckleman and my favourite was a video where Franz Klammer was teaching Duncan Goodhew and Sharon Davies....MMMMmmmmm, very early eighties but after watching these video's a few times it was supprising how much information actually sank in, and once in the mountains became usefull.

It's certainly a good way to keep the brain in ski mode while waiting to get out to the slopes.

jon :D

I like to have a look at the Sharon Davies Video :wink: [/quo

Unfortunately I sent the video's to someone a while back who was interested in getting into skiing for the first time, but the name of the video was "Ski With Klammer" from what I remember.Even though all the video's are a good twenty years old the informtion you could pick up from them is as relevent today as it was back then......we just use shorter ski's to some extent today.

jon.

Your bang on Jon ..... I'll try and source that Vid for a bit of fun as it was Klammer in the 1976 Olympics that got me into skiing ,,,,,,,,, Hanging behind me as I type is one of the great mans T shirts signed of course, excuse while I touch a gods shirt, well I would prefer to touch Sharon Davies's T shirt but you can't have everything .... can you ???

Lol :D :D :D


From memory Klammer's time was 2m:02.82seconds a blinding run.....real on the edge skiing, one person who the often used word "Legend" actually applies.......unfortunately cannot help with the Sharon Davies T-Shirt dilema :(


jon

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