Have never understood the attraction to moguls — recreationally or Olympic level.
Love all Alpine skiing events — especially Downhill and Super G. Skill, grace, and speed.
Enjoy most freestyle skiing and snowboarding events.
But moguls— not so much. I recognize the tremendous talent and guts of the athletes, but the physical moguls are unnatural. Always hated skiing moguls as a lad. Never understood the “fun” part.
Replies to: Have never understood the attraction to moguls — recreationally or Olympic level.
I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's learning how to ski genuine, naturally carved moguls...
before snowboarders made a mess of those runs...once you get the hang of it, there are few greater pleasures in that sport than completing a full run down a double black diamond mogul run, in rhythm all the way to the bottom (only a handful of times for me, but worth all the falls trying)...The Olympic version lacks any challenge of the "Unexpected" shape/size/condition of a true mogul run...can't get excited about it.
btw, a golfing partner of mine was a Professional Free Style skier who did all kinds of jumps backflips, twists, etc....he was one of a group of 16 skiers who all skied together in a line and did a backflip together....might have been in a Warren Miller film or two. We reminisce about the good old days when competitions were MUCH Freer and "Improvisational"...as in the video below from the '70's...
Give me a nicely groomed Blue run any day!
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Moguls are natural. Groomed corduroy is not.
And I'm not trying to be insulting, but you were probably trying to ski around the moguls rather than bouncing from the side of one to the next one. If you try to carve turns around the moguls, you won't be able to keep it up for too long if you're skiing at speed.
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