Mogul skiing was the route of all freeskiing

How far back in the day? I was led to believe that Turpin first strapped on a pair of skis no more than 6 or 7 years ago.
 
Partially true...I think that applies more to the big mountain? Most jibbers butter groomers and ski switch most of the time anyways to use the racing technique.
 
racing is purest form of technical skiing skill. its no surprise it's advances have helped every aspect of skiing as a whole.
 
If you can ski steep bumps well, you can ski anything. Look at the number of pros that skiied moguls before they became freeskiiers. Moguls teach the rythum of lead change, which is the foundation of both forward and Switch skiing. Moguls teach you to remain forward, because if you get backseat you loop out and land on your ass. Racing teaches the same essentials of skiing. I will certainly not say that I am an expert, but my mogul skiing has made my skiing so much better, regardless of whether I am hitting a bc booter or maching through trees in the crud.
 
i agree the more solid you are in the bumps the better you will ride anything else. i still dislike mogul jumps though.
 
i dont think it matters if you race or freestyle first but i believe its so important that people learn how to turn before rails and jumps. when you are to old to hit jumps or rails you wont have anything.
 
i dont think it matters if you race or freestyle first but i believe its so important that people learn how to turn before rails and jumps. when you are to old to hit jumps or rails you wont have anything.
 
Freeskiing = Ski Ballet + Aerial + Ski Jumping + Steeze

And technically all "free" ______ (fill in the blank) sports originated from surfing anyway.

..with that in mind skiers look pretty stupid grabbing equipment that is attached to your feet. Surfers always grabbed because they needed to keep the board under their feet.

Grabs and skiing are dope but its something to think about.
 
so true

u look at seth morrison and his entire stance is one of a racer

he has a waist with feet, hands out in front, and uses pressure to angle his skis when he turns
 
i dissagree. thats the equation for jibbing maybe, but hardly freeskiing as a whole. freeskiing includes big-mountain stuff (lines, not booters).

i know very few of you are old enough to remember this, but a few years before the twin-tip revolution a MUCH larger revolution took place. It came in the way that skiers skied big lines. they used to jump-turn and billygoat down them. skis finally got wider and people started hauling ASS and riding big mountain like a GS course. Figure 11s (straight lines) became the cool thing for several years. McConkey would do like 3 mile long AK straight-lines. it was SICK.

the reason that revolution is bigger is because it effected every skier on the slopes today. there are no skinny skis sold, the way the average joe turns basically changed 180 degrees.

you can thank racing and its technowlogy for a lot of it. their form for most of the rest.
 
not really they never really worked that well for him thats why he quit.

Although he obviously didnt hate them cause he did go to a sports school so he could do them more. Moguls, Racing and Ariels have all contributed to give us the best type of skiing there is
 
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