Customer Reviews

Skiing With Jean-Claude Killy [VHS]

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Killy only does the inro and trailer section. Jens Husted and Chris Ryman skiing together,as in their Black Diamond video, do the demonstrations. Sybervison presents the skiers perfect turns from all angles, in slow motion and reverse photography so the viewer can see how all body parts work together in linking short and medium radius turns on moderate, steep, mogul and powder conditions. The Killy and Black Diamod tapes are both excellent. The music is great as well. Even though the tape was made 15 years ago the form is timeless. Watch this video several times a week during the ski season to implant the image of perfect turns in your head. Ski and watch again. You will improve. Add to this video Ellen Post Fosters Skiing and the Art of carving which describes the subtle differences with the new shaped Skis and your collection of training videos will be complete.

This film has instructional value if the viewer understands the basic mechanics of alpine skiing. Especially, one must understand when to flatten and when to edge a ski. Without that specific knowledge, this video is inspiring but it won't help a beginner or intermediate skier improve.
My complaints: It's one of the poorest reproductions I've ever seen. In order to get the picture to stop rolling and the sound to clear so that the music was audible, I needed to turn-off all of the VCR's high tech features. I also think that a copy was used to make a copy of a copy, etc., etc., etc. The tape was reproduced at extended play speed, or maybe extended, extended, super extended play speed. I didn't measure it, but I would not be surprised if there are only 30 feet of tape on the roll. I would think that it could have been reproduced at standard speed since tape is cheap.
Based on audio-video quality, this tape is a rip-off. Based on skiing mechanics it's a keeper.