I think to myself that I take selfies a lot. It definitely reduces my skiing
performance. But there is a reason why I still think "I'll take a
video!" and take one. The first reason is that I can learn something
from the video. (By the way, I will explain the second and third reasons
to the B-tele students, but I will not go into them here because it will
take too long.) Well, I also noticed something this time. The top video.
NTN. Waxless. The snow conditions are a bit sticky. As soon as I start
skiing, my inner foot (←also called the back foot in telemark) starts
to wobble. I can't see the wobble with my eyes while skiing, but I can
feel it. "Something's wrong." Then on the fourth or fifth try,
it comes off with a bang. Thanks to taking a selfie, I was able to see
the whole series on video. In other words, I was able to see something
that I couldn't see before. That "thing that I couldn't see".
Or, "the problem of what I couldn't see". From here on, it's
a consideration. Have you ever seen how your skis move? Or do you actually
ski while watching the movement of your skis? Unfortunately, for me, the
skis are almost never in my field of vision. In reality, I operate while
imagining the invisible skis. In B-tele, this operation means braking.
I brake by pushing the tail of the ski of my inside foot (or back foot/or
mountain foot). On hard slopes, this is called skidding, and on powder
with thick snow, the words change to (to submerge/to sink/to bury). It's
the same thing. Move the tail of your inside foot 1→2→3→4 (←see the
doodle diagram below). When the ski that was on the outside foot becomes
the next inside foot, half of the movement is in the air, and the other
half is to brake. 1→2→3→4. This is done while falling, so the trail
that appears on the snow as a long braking trail is called a track. To
put it simply, this is the trajectory of the tail of my inside foot. This
is just my case, though. With that in mind, please watch the two videos
above. The selfie was taken from the front so that the tracks could be
seen. You can also see that the tracks are drawn with the tail of my inside
foot. You can see that I move 1→2→3→4. I extend my leg 1→2→3→4. This
extending movement is easy with low-cut boots, but difficult with NTN.
The point of action is different from that of low-cut boots. This is the
reason why my inside foot wobbles with NTN. Skis are actually operated
in places you can't see. In my case, it's the tail of my inside foot, so
it's right behind me. I'm doing it on the backside. I'm braking on downhill
skis behind me, not in front of me. Isn't that kind of funny (lol)? Well,
it's something I actually do... April 8, 2025