Tom GellieBig Picture Skiing Pty Ltd · Coach/Director

Bump skiing secret 🤫 The floating heels helps me absorb and keep my hips up and forward #skitips

7 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this instructional ski tip, Tom Gellie demonstrates a bump‑skiing technique that emphasizes keeping the heels off the snow while approaching a bump. He advises standing more on the balls of the feet and toes, allowing the heels to "float". As the bump contacts the skier, the floating heel drops, providing a subtle absorption that helps maintain the hips up and forward. He contrasts this with the common flat‑footed approach, which often results in shin pressure and reduced shock absorption, highlighting the benefits of the floating‑heel method for smoother, more controlled bump navigation.

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As I approach a bump like this, I'm going to stand more on the balls of my feet and my toes, and my heels are going to be floating. So I'm up like this. It feels sort of precarious, but notice what is going to happen is the bump comes in, heels floating, the bump pushes into me, my heel drops down. The difference with what you are probably doing is you are already coming in flat-footed on your heels. You might have shin pressure, but you are missing the little bit of absorption I have by being not flat-footed, but here, heels floating. Heels floating, heels floating, heels floating.