Finally getting this bump thing.

twilkas · Post by **twilkas** » Mar 13th, '05, 23:25

SkiDork wrote:I too had a great day in the bumps. One of my best. Finally started putting them together, just like Mslinky said.

The thing that gets my brain into the absorb/extend is thinking about doing the "Bunny Hop" over each bump. Then it comes together for me.

I also had the "get out of my line" syndrome on escapade. But it really had come together for me earlier in the light.

"stand tall" works for me as a cue, it makes me extend fully down the backside.
What does "bunny hop" as a cue do for you?

Post by **SkiDork** » Mar 13th, '05, 23:28

it gets me actively moving my knees up on the front side of the bump. I had always thought just hitting the bump would automatically push my knees up but that doesn't work for me. I have to bring them up with a little "hop"

Also, shin pressure is key. If I start off the day with a nice carving run and stay in the fronts of the boots, then I can take it into the bumps and be forward where I have to be.

twilkas · Post by **twilkas** » Mar 13th, '05, 23:34

yes, pre absorbing is key. can't let the mtn push you around, have to beat it to the punch, so to speak, and stay in control of the whole affair.

I think it's a good thing to try and explain it verbally. Helps me to understand it better.
When I really feel 'on' I feel like I'm working with the mountain rather than the mtn working me...

Pedro · Post by **Pedro** » Mar 13th, '05, 23:42

All the snow we had this weekend was just prime opportunity for everyone to turn it up a notch!

Post by **SkiDork** » Mar 14th, '05, 06:54

twilkas wrote:yes, pre absorbing is key. can't let the mtn push you around, have to beat it to the punch, so to speak, and stay in control of the whole affair.

I think it's a good thing to try and explain it verbally. Helps me to understand it better.
When I really feel 'on' I feel like I'm working with the mountain rather than the mtn working me...

actually pre absorption is a pretty good analogy.

I know all about the "pre-jump" that racers do when they're about to get to a jump/ridge/whatever - so that they don't fly into the air.

I guess my bunny hop can also be described as a prejump just a split second before I hit the bump

GladeMasterB · Post by **GladeMasterB** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:36

this is gettiing confusing. It's like the golf swing - A million swing thoughts but you can only have a couple during the actual swing. What's the top three for the bumps ?

Post by **SkiDork** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:40

GladeMasterB wrote:this is gettiing confusing. It's like the golf swing - A million swing thoughts but you can only have a couple during the actual swing. What's the top three for the bumps ?

According to Jimmy, Bondo anc CAPBOY (a combination)

1) Shin Pressure
2) Arms straight out front
3) Stack position
4) Being able to do quick turns on the flats.

GladeMasterB · Post by **GladeMasterB** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:44

SkiDork wrote:
GladeMasterB wrote:this is gettiing confusing. It's like the golf swing - A million swing thoughts but you can only have a couple during the actual swing. What's the top three for the bumps ?
According to Jimmy, Bondo anc CAPBOY (a combination)

1) Shin Pressure
2) Arms straight out front
3) Stack position
4) Being able to do quick turns on the flats.

sounds good

What's stack position ?

Post by **SkiDork** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:46

GladeMasterB wrote:
SkiDork wrote:
GladeMasterB wrote:this is gettiing confusing. It's like the golf swing - A million swing thoughts but you can only have a couple during the actual swing. What's the top three for the bumps ?
According to Jimmy, Bondo anc CAPBOY (a combination)

1) Shin Pressure
2) Arms straight out front
3) Stack position
4) Being able to do quick turns on the flats.
sounds good What's stack position ?

I figured that would be asked.

Shoulders over knees over ankles.

Post by **SkiDork** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:48

BTW, Jimmy (who won the BMMC last year but blew his knee recently) said to me the 3 most important things are:

Shin Pressure, Shin Pressure, Shin Pressure

Thats how much importance he puts on it. He's right.

backintoit · Post by **backintoit** » Mar 14th, '05, 10:54

The absorb / extend is what I was trying to learn this weekend too. It's true you can't absorb if you don't extend.

I'd add to the list of important things to do.. Plant the poll on the back of the bump for the turn.

This whole weekend was bump practice for me at SR. There was hardly a trail that wasn't bumps.

GladeMasterB · Post by **GladeMasterB** » Mar 14th, '05, 11:06

When I see real good bumpers they seem to be able to make poll plants smoothly but when I try it it feels like my hand gets trown back behind me.

2knees · Post by **2knees** » Mar 14th, '05, 11:08

GladeMasterB wrote:this is gettiing confusing. It's like the golf swing - A million swing thoughts but you can only have a couple during the actual swing. What's the top three for the bumps ?

Biggest thing i have been helping my brother with is his hands. he has a tendency to let his off hand slip behind him which keeps him in the la-z-boy. I got him to pull his off hand into his stomach, an exaggerated movement for sure, but it corrects his biggest weakness. Once the hands fall back, the ass is sure to follow.

kickstand · Post by **kickstand** » Mar 14th, '05, 11:24

this is a great thread. I've been reading along, and trying to think of some of these things in relation to my own skiing. I've been venturing into the bumps more and more, and sometimes I don't have a choice. I'm really starting to enjoy it, even though my technique is shaky at best sometimes. Maybe a mogul lesson at some point.....

at any rate, is there a chance the moderators could make a new section for technique related topics? This is a thread I could see myself revisiting for pointers after my next day or two of bumps. I suppose I could search or bookmark it, so it won't get lost in the shuffle, but I know I would visit that type of forum/section quite often.

Dr Z · Post by **Dr Z** » Mar 14th, '05, 11:33

kickstand wrote:this is a great thread. I've been reading along, and trying to think of some of these things in relation to my own skiing. I've been venturing into the bumps more and more, and sometimes I don't have a choice. I'm really starting to enjoy it, even though my technique is shaky at best sometimes. Maybe a mogul lesson at some point.....

at any rate, is there a chance the moderators could make a new section for technique related topics? This is a thread I could see myself revisiting for pointers after my next day or two of bumps. I suppose I could search or bookmark it, so it won't get lost in the shuffle, but I know I would visit that type of forum/section quite often.

Great suggestion. There have been some great tech/technique threads that are nice to revisit every now and then. Keep the thread in Chatter until it dies and then move it to its own section so it is archived, so to speak. How 'bout it Dork, Spanky.et.al.?