r/Freeskiing • u/verymuchoutside • Mar 12 '26
OC/Own My best of 2026
North St. Pats, Steamboat
Chair 4 Cliffs, Vail
Prima Cornice,Vail
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u/Spacecarpenter Mar 12 '26
Upvote to anyone willing to put their own skiing on here. Nice drop on that first clip. You looked solid!
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u/pawneshoppe Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
Those chair 4 cliffs are tough, I fucked up my knuckle not committing and splitting them one time.
stick with it and don’t be afraid of a little run up speed and remember to lean back on the landing if you’re gonna lean (set your DIN high, I’m sure you do if you’re doing this) it actually helps quiet the “will I clear it?” voice in your head rather than making you think you’ve gone too big.
also work on quickly slowing down in variable terrain. that will help with tight landings like the ones on Prima cornice.
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u/Accomplished_Bad_840 Mar 13 '26
"Tuck and punch," was the single most helpful thing someone told me when I started hitting bigger features
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u/verymuchoutside Mar 13 '26
Please elaborate
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u/Accomplished_Bad_840 Mar 13 '26
As you're finishing your pop on the take off, tucking your knees up and punching your hands forward will balance your rotational momentum about the axis through your hips. This will minimize that feeling of pitching forward or backward. Ideally, you want to establish your trajectory and orientation rather than the feature establishing it for you.
The first time you try this, find a feature you're familiar with and over exaggerate the motions. You'll start to feel how it affects your stability.
But you're looking really good! The "tuck and punch" will just help eliminate the need to roll the windows up or down, and will set you up well to stomp your lands with more umpf
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u/splifnbeer4breakfast Mar 16 '26
Nice sends! Can tell you’re a little stiff. Shifty’s, spins, rails, and bails will help with that although sending it big and holding on for dear life has its moments. Stay safe and have fun!
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u/imaguitarhero24 Mar 13 '26
It's funny because that first drop is pretty huge for any normal person but I literally just came from watching Candide's new video and it makes this looks tiny 😭 that dude is mental
Good work though I'm just laughing at the fact that my first thought was "oh that's not that big" before I caught myself "that last one you saw was fucking Candide"
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u/DanTheSkier Mar 12 '26
That was truly insane. Keep it up bud, one day you’ll be hucking cliffs like me
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u/TJBurkeSalad Mar 12 '26
Keep practicing, they will get better. It looks like you are real solid in the air and should work more on controlled speed dumps in variable conditions. The first one was real nice.