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Hey Adriano,
I saw your post over on the Nichols water ski board. Will Asher is skiing his own style. Although he looks to be in a similar position to Marcus Brown, he isn't doing the same thing. The important steps come after that shot. Marcus does a true one handed gate as in there is no glide in his gate. He "drops in" as you are seeing and then stands up, counter rotates and then drops his right hip in before the gate. Will kind of drops in, stands up and glides and then turns. He doesn't ski in as efficient of a manner as Marcus. I don't want to knock Jeff Rodgers and his skiing because obviously he gets it done and does hold the world record but he is definately skiing in an old school style. He uses a lot of his upper body and very little of his lower body to create leverage behind the boat. If you have ever snow skied, the motions that Marcus is doing mimmick what you do in snow skiing. You drop your hip over the edge of the ski to make it turn (there is more to it though). The other thing to keep in mind is that not everyone is going to look like Marcus or some of the other guys doing the same technique but it is the "core" concept of it that matters. Marcus has been doing the one handed gate the longest out of any of the skiers. He drops in way harder than anyone else out there and has counter rotating abilities that are second to none.
Hope this helps a little bit.
I saw your post over on the Nichols water ski board. Will Asher is skiing his own style. Although he looks to be in a similar position to Marcus Brown, he isn't doing the same thing. The important steps come after that shot. Marcus does a true one handed gate as in there is no glide in his gate. He "drops in" as you are seeing and then stands up, counter rotates and then drops his right hip in before the gate. Will kind of drops in, stands up and glides and then turns. He doesn't ski in as efficient of a manner as Marcus. I don't want to knock Jeff Rodgers and his skiing because obviously he gets it done and does hold the world record but he is definately skiing in an old school style. He uses a lot of his upper body and very little of his lower body to create leverage behind the boat. If you have ever snow skied, the motions that Marcus is doing mimmick what you do in snow skiing. You drop your hip over the edge of the ski to make it turn (there is more to it though). The other thing to keep in mind is that not everyone is going to look like Marcus or some of the other guys doing the same technique but it is the "core" concept of it that matters. Marcus has been doing the one handed gate the longest out of any of the skiers. He drops in way harder than anyone else out there and has counter rotating abilities that are second to none.
Hope this helps a little bit.
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