Ski the Modern way with Harald Harb

Harald Harb, President of Harb Ski Systems, posts his thoughts on skiing, ski racing, technique and more.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Why some World Cup racers are successful and others not.

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The first two racers are similar in body angle and hip position. Their ski angles which is what rally counts are also similar. When ...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

Baring an injury, Marcel Hirscher is your World Cup overall winner for 2012.

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When Hirscher is on his game no one can touch him. His technique and aggression,  are taking ski racing to a new level. The rest of the f...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Feet together, narrow up your stance

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When you think your feet are too close together, watch the world cup racers.

Technique break downs and poor boot set up, makes it tough for Ted to score on the World Cup.

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In this photo, Ted is totally out of balance. Ted is fighting two battles in slalom this season. One is his back seated position and ...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Schild, makes it 5 in a row, two Austrians on Podium.

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Slalom Queen stomps her authority on the world, wins by 1 second. point 4. Maze 2nd.
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Austrian Women after a few rough years, are currently dominating world cup races.

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Fenninger, last year's World Champion in Combined, wins GS, Schild wins the last 4 slaloms. Lindsey preying for the Downhills. ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

New Series, "How to Ski"

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"How to Ski",  is a new instructional Series with the basics for all skiers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s9qBIQtB4Q...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Counteracted upper body

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                      Sometimes counter acting is better seen looking down the slope. Inside hand leading, chest pointing toward the fa...

Razzoli, Olympic champion finally comes through on World Cup

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Podium at Alta Badia slalom! Slightly undisciplined with his upper body compared to the Austrians, but very fast when he makes it.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Same characteristics for Ted compared to Hirscher, as you see below with Schild and Vonn .

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Here you see Hirscher outside leg already straight, with strong edge angles at the skis. He has a bowlegged set up with his boots. The B...
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Compare best slalom skier in the world to Vonn's set up.

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                                               Knock Kneed Alignment Vonn, twisted up! When the knee drops inside as shown here, the upper...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Head ski boot technicians still don't have ski boots figured out.

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Lindsey Vonn in slalom, over counteracted and knocked kneed. Here you have the best skier in the world and she can't buy a slalom r...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

"World Cup", ski technique, by Harald Harb

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Keys to focus on, inside hand lead, inside ski tipping and flexing. PMTS shows you how you achieve these movements. Skiing is not a positi...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Exiting the turn by Dopfer

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Here Dopfer, one of the new stars of the German Team, is in the releasing phase of a turn. He has relaxed his holding leg, which begin...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Ivcia Kostelic: Winner of Slalom

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This is a much more efficient body transition and angulation. From here his release is easy relative to the winding and unwinding Ligety has...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

A holiday special from Harb Ski Systems, Harald's books on skiing and Performance Skiing DVD.

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Casper Nolan, US slalom star, Perfect body alignment, strong turn exit.  Ted Ligety, rotated, dropped hip, weaker knee angle. Minor dif...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Nolan Casper best of the Americans in slalom.

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Ted Ligety This is a really weak set up for Ted Ligety, if it's not fixed soon, it will not be a nice scene. The outside knee behin...
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Ligety's slalom not ready for the best yet!

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Starting turns with leaning and rotation, doesn't set you up well for a hard, round, World Cup slalom turn. His hips are already bac...

Hirscher performances the seemingly impossible.

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Photos by: Diana Rogers, Harb Ski Systems. Another secret that coaches and instructors don't know. You can be forward on your ski...
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