Learn to ski a bump line

If moguls intimidate you this episode is going to change that. You’ll learn a clear, repeatable method for going from avoiding bumps entirely to skiing 60 in a row with control and actually enjoying it. Expect practical handholds: how to control your speed and direction, why “just get small and absorb” quietly sabotages most people, and the mindset shift that turns a scary bump field into a series of solvable problems. My guest is Geri Tumbasz — Hungarian-born, Austria-based, and one of the most highly certified ski coaches in the world. What makes him the right person for this is that he wasn’t a natural at moguls either. He struggled, got frustrated, went looking for answers, and reverse-engineered a progression that now gets terrified skiers skiing bump lines in a single camp. Here’s what we cover: ✅ The full beginner-to-confident progression — wedge-parallel turns in a corridor, then building a real mogul line with gates ✅ Why you find the round line before the direct line (and how that kills the fear) ✅ The “just get small and absorb” myth — and what to do instead ✅ The heel-up / hamstring-as-a-hinge move for releasing your tail in steep zipper lines ✅ Where pole-plant timing actually wins you control ✅ The mindset shift: hunting for the solution instead of staring at the problem ✅ Geri’s bouncy low transition and where his style comes from ✅ The ideas he stole from Japanese and Korean technical skiers ✅ Why he deliberately overdoes a movement to find its limits ✅ How telemark transformed his feel for pressure and dorsiflexion in alpine skiing ⛷️ Geri’s online Mogul course (founder/lifetime access offer mentioned in the episode): https://www.snowsportsgeri.com/offers/m7hSgEVq/checkout 🌐 Geri’s Ski Camps: www.snowsportsgeri.com 🏕️ Geri’s Cold Candy ski school: www.cold-candy.com For everything I do on carving, short turns, body prep, mobility and mogul skiing, it’s all in one place: 👉 https://bigpictureskiing.com (use code PODCAST for 20% off any membership) 🎿 Ski camps with me: https://skicoachcollective.com ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 Intro – why moguls scare people 01:20 How Geri became the go-to mogul coach 05:30 Where the progression starts: the wedge & corridor drill 13:00 Moving from groomers into real bumps 15:00 The "get small and absorb" myth 16:20 Finding the round line before the direct line 21:30 Reading the line & looking for solutions, not problems 25:00 Steep, long bumps and over-skied lines 32:15 The steep rut line: the heel-up hamstring release 40:30 Pole plant: timing, prep & targeting the next bump 45:40 What he learned from World Cup mogul skiers 51:40 Mogul waves: the easy way in 54:50 Who the camps are for & "booking your line" 57:15 Moguls and your knees 01:00:45 What makes Geri tick: the low position & overdoing movements 01:09:00 Japanese & Korean inspiration + favourite drills 01:14:30 Telemark: what it taught him about alpine skiing 01:24:15 How to ski with Geri – camps & course 01:29:20 Wrap-up 🎧 Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. 👍 Enjoyed it? Subscribe and tell me — what trips you up most in the bumps?