NOW I am really longing for some icy pists to challange my carving technique!
Every movement and revolutionary idea needs an artist to create its visual identity. For the monoski-movement, the creator of all logos, posters etc... has the pseudonym “DOM”.
His passion for drawing led to a professional carrier in advertising and illustration. When he rediscovered the new monoskis with carving and twin tip he realized he had to create a new style for the monoski community, evolving from the old style neon and pink-overall posters, to a more elaborate and professional graphic profile, still with a lot of humour to reflect the monoski esprit.
Since Oliver Hurtin created the French Monoski Association 2001, DOMinique
Petter has created many logos, flyers, posters and T-shirts, all for free to support the monoski movement!
see more of his work: here
So if you see him at one of the many monoski-meetings in France and Sweden/Norway, remember to say Thank You!
If you want a nice poster for an event or for work, or an illustration, do not hesitate to contact him (he speaks english!)
http://petterdom.blogspirit.com/
dominique.petter@wanadoo.fr
This is in fact an important life wisdom: associate and connect nice things with other nice things...
Håvard !
Fredrik !
RODO! (to the right)
Håvard!
mimo in action
Gunnar showing the CARVING
Lots of people during 2 days
There are as many styles in monoski as there are monoskiers, and the most of us monoskiers are personalities that like to express ourselves on a single ski. We are all born original, and we do not want to die a copy!
Monoski is about getting a nice rhythm in the body movements combined with the breathing. Basic monoskiing should be effortless and express esprit de glisse; the inner joy of gliding on snow.
You must press the knees together at ALL TIME and turn the chest towards the fall line of the pist. It means that you will turn the upper body to face the bottom of the slope in which you are going, and never let it have a direction to the side!
Use your legs to go up and down in a harmonious motion. Reach out with the ski pole and go down into the turn and breathe out. If you are turning to the right, you stretch out the right ski pole, start pressing the right edge of the monoski into the snow, bending your knees and pushing the left knee into the right, which will lift the left edge of the monoski and activate the carving on the right edge. Balance on the edge with you arms in front of the body always with the chest turned towards the fall line of the pist. Breathe in, straighten the legs and prepare to plant the left ski pole, to mark the next turn, now to the left.
The first picture below shows JPHI skiing with an upright posture with his chest towards the fall line and the arms in front of the chest. In the second picture he is stretching out the right ski pole and bending his knees. Notice how the chest remains directed towards the fall line. Picture 3 shows how he is coming out from a turn, straightening the legs back to an upright position.
The Real masters can express this joy of skiing with an effortless and flawless body position in any type of challenging environment: moguls, steep ravines, icy pists, deep powder, in high speed etc...
Try to get the rhythm and breathing in a simple slope, and then gradually increase the challenge.
Remember to breathe and enjoy the ride!
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