When skiing was beautiful, an art, an expression of self..

[Woodserson]

Y'all getting distracted by low fruit! The clothes and gear are totally irrelevant. It's not about the materials-- it's about the style, the love, the sashay, the energy, the expression of the self through the motion.

There's a lot of gorilla+bulldog+straddling-a-horse skiing going on lately around my mountain. It provides results in the high school and collegiate gates but it's no Ingemar Stenmark! It's brute force. No subtlety, no grace, no conversation between skier and viewer, less between skier and mountain.

Bring the sexy back. The question to ask: When you look at someone ski, what do you see, what do you interpret?

Tell me a story, ski to show me who you are.

Stenmark floats on air between 2:05 and 2:13. I find him inspiring.

[Woodserson]

I also find Marcus Cranston to be very inspiring. Probably the most artistic thoughtful skier I have watched lately having one of the most interesting conversations. I am never bored watching him ski. Unique, powerful yet graceful, inventive, fluid, precise... there's some talkin' going on here. I'm listening.

[oldschool47]

The question to ask: When you look at someone ski, what do you see, what do you interpret?

Tell me a story, ski to show me who you are.

Stenmark floats on air between 2:05 and 2:13. I find him inspiring.

Ingemar taking the gates in this clip reminds me of Pistol Pete weaving between defenders on the BB court. Fluidity and rhythm. Poetry in motion.

[MSU Alum]

Stenmark floats on air between 2:05 and 2:13. I find him inspiring.

This is a dangerous thing to do.....the flaming can always get deadly. But I'll step up and "bare my soul".
I started telemarking when I turned 50, in 2002. The video is from 10 years later in 2012 or so. I doubt if you'll find my skiing particularly inspiring, and there's plenty to criticize in my form, but I still felt like I was presenting my skiing as art - as a reflection of who I am. That's the subject, not ability, right?

It may well be the art of a 10 year old with crayons!

But, does that really matter?

BTW, it's on a pair of 185 Armada JJ's....great ski, if not great skier.

[lowangle al]

I'd say you got it going on MSU Alum. I would say if it feels good it's art, if it doesn't feel good it might be art, but crappy art.

[Woodserson]

I'd say you got it going on MSU Alum. I would say if it feels good it's art, if it doesn't feel good it might be art, but crappy art.

This is it! +1

No flaming here, this isn't a critique thread about who does what, it's a "what gets you inspired thread" to ski beautifully and accent the mountain with style and panache. It could be on leathers, it could be NTN, it could be fixed heel or on a snowboard. It just needs SOUL, no robots. La Glisse, maaaaaan... La Glisse.

MSU Alum, that's a great video right there, tough to repress a shit-eating grin watching it! Man, skiing is GOOD. What boot/binding combo in that vid?

[MSU Alum]

I'd say you got it going on MSU Alum. I would say if it feels good it's art, if it doesn't feel good it might be art, but crappy art.

This is it! +1

No flaming here, this isn't a critique thread about who does what, it's a "what gets you inspired thread" to ski beautifully and accent the mountain with style and panache. It could be on leathers, it could be NTN, it could be fixed heel or on a snowboard. It just needs SOUL, no robots. La Glisse, maaaaaan... La Glisse.

MSU Alum, that's a great video right there, tough to repress a shit-eating grin watching it! Man, skiing is GOOD. What boot/binding combo in that vid?

Thanks.
It's the Armada JJ in a 185 (They practically ski themselves in these conditions). I just looked closely and it looks like three buckle Garmont Syner-G's boots and Hammerhead bindings. Oh, and that's at The Canyons resort off of Dreamcatcher lift.