Proper Cliff Technique?

nikoosh

nikoosh

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Hey NS, I've been skiing a lot of east coast glades latey, mostly Gore, and I've had a lot of fun hitting some cliffs (so far max like 15 feet) and I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for good technoque when dropping.

My main issue is that sometimes I naturally put my weight back when I'm dropping and when I land my skis sometimes will shoot out from underneath me. This is mainly an issue if I'm hitting something that either has a sketchy landing or if the snow isn't particulary deep.

It'd be great to hear some suggestions on anything I could do to help progress my drops and help move onto bigger cliffs.. Thanks!
 
Arms out in front of you knees slightly bent and if you are just dropping it without a trick spot your landing the whole way
 
I'm certainly not an expert, but maybe practice some on park jumps to work on controlling your weight distribution to avoid landing backseat
 
Thanks for the advice everyone...

So should I try and keep my weight basically centered through the drop? And I'll definitely try to focus on my hands and landing more.
 
beat me to it...

i think the only thing i would add would be locking up your knees. if you can lock your knees and lean uncomfortably forward then you will stick it.
 
you wanna take off kinda like this

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In the east you usually don't have to lean back that much on landing. A couple years ago I went to BC and dropped a cliff the way I normally do in the east and was sent into a glorious tomahawk
 
the most important thing about hitting cliffs is not exaggerating about how tall the cliff is. Not saying you are, but its still the most important thing.

And always give it a good pole wack before jumping.
 
A good rule of thumb to calculate cliff hieght is number of windmills X 10ft.

This one time I almost landed a 30 footer (3wm x 10ft).

 
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