I recently purchased fairly high end new ski's. Im 6'1" 235 pounds. The ski's are 170's. 3 years and 30 pounds ago I skied regularly and had no problems. However lately half way through the first run my legs buckle violently underneath me causing a lot of pain. Is it an issue with the ski's or am I just out of shape?
2007-03-11 20:05:18 · 6 answers · asked by Guy 1 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Snow Skiing
It's probably you, or a combination of you and the skis.
If you have higher-end skis, they may require more muscle power to keep in line, and you may not be up to it yet.
I'm a former ski instructor and snowboard instructor. Skiing is not an issue, but I don't snowboard much anymore, and my snowboard is a high-end snowboard, and I find I'm just not in shape to control it like I need to be. I used to have a more recreational snowboard - it was more forgiving - not quite as technically flexible, but I'm thinking I should go back to that as I don't do enough boarding now to keep in the kind of shape I need to be to control my current board.
2007-03-11 20:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's almost definitely you. Sorry!
It's tough to understand what you mean by "grind against the snow". But from the description, it sounds like your legs have trouble holding you up. When turning, especially at high speeds, there can be intense amounts of centrifugal force on you, which needs to be held up by your legs. Sometimes, my legs get really tired, but that only happens after hours and hours of skiing.
Actually, I'm pretty sure this is what you're experiencing. I think it's due to the fact that we don't have enough strength to hold ourselves up through those forces. Are you skiing fast and taking tight turns? If so, you might want to widen out the turns and/or ski a bit slower to see if that helps.
2007-03-12 17:23:31 · answer #2 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably both.
I'm nearly 6 foot, about 190, and ski on 181's.
Try demoing a pair of 180-185 skis...see if that is any help.
The weight isn't necessarily the issue, but if you aren't used to carrying it on your frame, that could be an issue. Plus, if you are out of shape, that never helps matters.
Use this as motivation to try to drop back sub-200 by next winter. That's what I did when I got too wrapped up in school and my weight suffered the consequences. I find that skiing is a great motivator to do great and positive things with your body.
Have fun!
2007-03-12 22:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by powhound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would advise you to buy longer skis
I am 5'11 and ski on 182
I used to ski on 172 and i had the same problem
now it is alot better
2007-03-12 11:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Philip R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leg presses and good glasses to help U see clearely the humps or rises comming at U until U get those quads up to par.Actually all your leg exercises are important in sking.
2007-03-12 19:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by hunter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likley it it is coming from your physical condition
2007-03-12 18:53:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋