Winter 2005

Legs-only Skate -- no poles -- climb up hill
front view  -  (4.8 MB file download)
early March -- fresh snow on moderate hill.
side view  -  (1.5 MB)
late January -- moderately steep hill.
V1 skate -- ("offset", "paddle-dance") -- climb up hill
front view  -  (3.4 MB file download)
early March -- fresh snow on moderate hill.
side view  -  (2.2 MB)
mid February -- fresh cold snow on steep hill.  At my limit with V1.
(perhaps should have been using single-poling "coaches" skate)

Ken's technique changed somewhat during the winter, so some technique details in a Side view video might not match with the Front view video.


It is likely better to Save these Target links on your hard drive, rather than to Open them directly in your Web Browser.

videos are in Apple Quicktime video format - [ download Quicktime Player ]

I find it very effective to Pause the video clip in the Quicktime player, then use the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys to advance (or reverse) the video frames slowly -- and to check body position and timing at various points in the stroke cycle.

see also:  video clips of elite Racers | December 2003 videos of Ken

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