Ryding in transition.
This is a sequence even for the best in the world only a few accomplish efficiently. David Ryding is one of the best technicians along with Noel Clement, and Strasser. Of course Hirscher was the king of this movement sequence.
The differences are clear, when you run out of movement range you get stuck!
The skier on the right has limited hip and femur range and flexibility. He has to use inclination which doesn’t allow for building the angles or bending the ski from these positions or movements. This also limits balance and the ability to increase angles from this point in the arc. The skier on the left is balanced and arcing the ski using lower body tipping and an upper body balanced and biomechanically aligned skeleton. This is efficient as it requires less physical energy to hold the arc and allows for complete freedom t design the arc and its size. Carving like this is the working of many years of technical development, boot alignment optimization and physical training. The skier on the left is 10 years older. He has designed a tighter radius developing high energy to set up a powerful and energetic transition.
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