An excellent site for ski technique...

fat_boy wrote:

TKD is an excellent sport for that. My back problems went away after I
started attending classes one of my coworker offer


Hey, what is TKD, my back is screwed (I've got a partially cruched
vertebra) so any thing that works is interesting to me.

TKD is taekwondo. When properly taught and practiced with proper form
(important disclaimer there), taekwondo can help a lot with _some_ back
problems, because it strengthens the muscles in the core. Dunno whether
that will help with a partially crushed vertebra, though. There's no
magic bullet in TKD, or yoga, or anything else -- but there are a lot of
activities that can do a lot to build core strength, which will help
prevent a lot of injuries of many kinds, not just back injuries.

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"fat_boy" writes:
Hey, what is TKD, my back is screwed (I've got a partially cruched
vertebra) so any thing that works is interesting to me.

Crushed vertebra or crushed disk ? In either case I'm not qualified to
tell you what to do. I would talk to my doc before attempting do do
sports like skiing with a crushed back.
My back pains were due to severe muscle spasms not structural damage.
So the losening up we did in TKD combined with abs and other exercises
helped out. I think losening up the hamstrings did most of the trick.

bruno.

Alan Baker wrote:

Did you even bother to *read* the text that came with the little clip?

yes, I did.
And whilst his skiing looks very spectacular, I really don't respect is as a
valid way for people to ski bumps. I really don't.
I prefer to see people with smooth control, and that's how I prefer to ski
bumps myself. I can teach a person of 45 of 46 to ski that way. Your
precious man has been a great skiier all his life, and bully for him, but
it's not an approachable technique for most ordinary skiiers.

If you're selling something though, his style is probably more effective.

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ant

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"ant" wrote:

Alan Baker wrote:

Did you even bother to *read* the text that came with the little clip?

yes, I did.
And whilst his skiing looks very spectacular, I really don't respect is as a
valid way for people to ski bumps. I really don't.

And how exactly are you qualified to judge it?

I prefer to see people with smooth control, and that's how I prefer to ski
bumps myself. I can teach a person of 45 of 46 to ski that way. Your

Smooth control is precisely what he was showing.

precious man has been a great skiier all his life, and bully for him, but
it's not an approachable technique for most ordinary skiiers.

If you're selling something though, his style is probably more effective.

LOL

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

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Sven Golly wrote:

"ant" wrote in
:

And whilst his skiing looks very spectacular, I really don't respect
is as a valid way for people to ski bumps. I really don't.

Valid is a loaded word. It's certainly a "valid" approach. Hell anything
that gets you down the hill safely and in control is valid. Even
telemarking is valid. But I'll agree with you that it's not a good example
of something that should be taught as an efficient way through the bumps.
His style looks sort of old school Wayne Wong-ish -- tips up with push
turns. Very noisy.

LOL

I look forward to video clips of how you think bumps should be skied...

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

I got the vertebra squashed playing rugny at school when I was 15. It
only realy showed up as a problem later in life.

I also have very thin disks, because of Smalls Nodes from doing too
much heavy work as a youngster.

I also have a sedentary job now as a software engineer, which leads to
my left SI joint seizing up in the flexed position.

I have had almost continuous pain for 10 years now, and it is almost
unfixable, my parents are Chioropractors, and they cant do much.

My brother in law is also a chiropractor, and he does a good job on the
SI joint.

I do pilates and stretching, which helps a fair bit. Almost any
activity is better for my back, including gym work like the 'rowing'
action pulling 30 kgs say.

Skiing is excellent for my back, as one is in a slightly crouched
posiytion, which takles pressure off the nerves.

Perhaps I shopuld try tae kwan doe, if it emphasises movement and
flexibility, it might do some good.

Crushed vertebra or crushed disk

Vertebra. It is now wedge shaped, but I've had it a long time, and
only really became aparent in the last 10 years, as I got more
sedentary.

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Sven Golly wrote:

Alan Baker wrote in news:alangbaker-
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I look forward to video clips of how you think bumps should be skied...

I looked but there's really nothing available online. However, I think
these photos show a much quieter path through the bumps and Lito's tips are
never stuck out in mid-air like Rob's.

http://www.breakthroughonskis.com/Im...gonalbumps.gif

Only because the frames picked don't show it.

Look at the first two images of the skier. In the first image, he is
approaching a ridge with his skis very nearly level (to the horizon) and
in the next, he is over the ridge with his skis much steeper. How do you
think the tip and tail stayed on the snow when he was actually *one*
that ridge?


http://www.breakthroughonskis.com/Images/video2.jpg

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article ,
Sven Golly wrote:

Alan Baker wrote in news:alangbaker-
:

Look at the first two images of the skier. In the first image, he is
approaching a ridge with his skis very nearly level (to the horizon) and
in the next, he is over the ridge with his skis much steeper. How do you
think the tip and tail stayed on the snow when he was actually *one*
that ridge?

Magic Alan, magic.

Ahhhhhhhh...

;-)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."