moguls

it takes a lot of practice....ive just always done them since i was younger and still do when they moguls are nice and powdery..but for some advice..take it slow at first and really look at your line to see ne mishaped bumps..as you progress...you can make sligher turns between moguls and go more in a straight line over the mougls..takes a lot of time, falls, bad knees..but you will get the hang of it

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First of all i would recomened geetting a pair of mogul specific skis. Heres a list of the best mogul skis.

-line prophets

-K2 made'n aks

-vokle gotamas

-armada jp vs julien

 
u dont need to get mogul specific skis.those things are super skinny..ne ski works..but its tougher with wider skis

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do you keep your upper body straight and turn with just your lower body?

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tbh if you have good all-mtn shizzle then moguls should be part of those skills. they're really not that hard, just go fast and keep your uppper body super still, and shoulders downhill, with the movement from the legs. Also, imagine your knees as shock absorbers, and your body in profile is kinda like sitting down. k?!

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yea..but when u start out, u need to turn to feel the moguls out then learn to absorb as u hit your line....make sure not to lean forward

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so you stay centered? cause i was getting way back seat today

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Think of your legs as shocks. It's way more complicated than that, but it's a good start. Keep you upper body upright hands out front, and make sure you're in an athletic and forward stance. Don't lean back: it's a real quick way of losing control.

Use each bump to regulate your speed. For me, I just point it and let my back and knees take the pain. But if you want to regulate speed, the more you turn your skis perpendicular to the slope, on each bump, the more you'll slow down each bump. The SIZE of the bumps also plays a huge role in speed. One more thing: you want to bring your knees up to absorb, but as soon as you've absorbed that bump you should push your skis back into the pit of the next bump and then suck up and absorb...repeat. In other words, don't just suck up one bump and then take your time putting your skis back on the snow: you'll end up getting tossed one way or another because you increasingly lose control over your speed and balance.

Well, I'm not a pro or anything and they have entire academies devoted to teaching this shit, but I hope this helps you some.

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moguls take a long fucking time to get good at, u cant just ask for advice to get good at them, not that its bad, they just take alot of practice. im a mogul skier, and im not even as good as i want to be

i would say u gotta find a line first, and when ur going down them, just pretend theres a penny inbetween ur shins and ur boots. and u can pretent that the mogul is a clock, and ur skis are the hour things. you dont want them to go past 3 and 9. i dunno theres so much other stuff

Its Morphin Time!
GO GO POWER RANGERS
 
Ski East used a good analogy and it basically describes what I was trying to tell you about regulating your speed.

And he's right--there's a lot more shit to know.

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with a centered athletic stance with hands out in front of you it goes:

absorb the bump

push skis into the rut

turn hips

repeat

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^dude

1.you're over-complicating it in your mind

and 2. you cant describe / learn how to do it on the internet. PRACTISE!

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^ haha allright i will not leave the bumps at sunday river until i can kind of get in a rythym

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Yeah, thats it. The guy who posted above your last post is right though, it's hard to describe. But just TRY the stuff I suggested. After awhile, the tips will make sense as you get more comfortable with the concept.

OH--and find a good 5 or 6 bump line and JUST ski that. Skiing shitty bumps is a whole other discussion.

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-keep your vision up. That will smooth things out, give you time to prepare for the rhythm of the upcoming moguls, and because you are not looking down at the speeding ground, you will feel like you are moving slower, at a more manageable speed.

-keep your feet back underneath you. Many people push their feet out in front of them after absorbing the mogul. Push them down, not forward and keep the pressure on the front of your shin against the boot, keeping pressure on the front of the ski, so that edging actually works.

-keep your hips forward. Try to feel like your hips are leading down the moguls. That will help keep you out of the backseat, and in a position to turn quickly.

-keep your hands out front like they're holding an imaginary steering wheel, driving you down the mogul line.

-try to be as smooth as possible. Make it look easy. you can always be smoother

-all moguls are different. no two lines are alike, you have to be able to adapt constantly to changing conditions and contours. Being adaptable goes hand in hand with being a good mogul skier. Different tactics work on different moguls. Like a big wall of a mogul, you might want to drive your skis into it halfway up the face of it instead of pressing your tips all the way down into the rut and then trying to absorb a 4' mogul that you can't physically absorb.... and so on. Rip it!

 
i nake sure that i dont look right infront of me and just stare at the line. i absorb the bumps with my knees and you should always stay centered.

 
Start on a run that isn't steep with smaller bumps. It helps you get the feel of putting some smooth turns together before losing it and then you can translate that to bigger bumps on steeper runs and still remain in control.

 
try to make your shins are perpendicular to the slope. keep your hands 4 and 7 on the clock. Look about 3 bumps ahead. Totally try to over absorb and you will absorb the correct ammount.keep you shoulders downhill. keep you tips direct and edge alot. dont let yourself slide into the bumps or u'll look liek a gorb

do it for yourself and no one else
 
i'll probably sound like a dumbass saying this but when you ski behind some okay bump skiers it looks like the drop into the pit and throw there tails into the bump to slow them down.

 
the 3 bumps ahead comment (above) helps alot because it will keep your head up. think of throwing your tips in the bumps first. The skis won't break and the flex will set up the next bump...PRACTICE...

 
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