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| Mount Washington, BC, Canada With Snow |
Although this blog is oriented towards beginners, I have included people in my manual title that are returning to the sport and intermediates that have stalled out at some point.
My lessons are all about how to steer your skis by pressing on the ski inner edge with your toe or heel. The lessons are arranged in a progression of moves that develop the skills to apply the pressure at the right place at the right time. I use the snow plow to show the moves in slow motion. I believe that the slower the speed in which you move, in each of the lessons 2-4, the higher your skill level will be.
The reasoning is that new parabolic skis are very sensitive to speed and will overturn if you apply too much pressure at high speed. They are unstable in engineering terms. If you practice lesson 1 in lessons 2, 3 and 4, you will be learning the basic moves on how to finesse a parallel ski turn. You will be using the skis unstable characteristics to your advantage.
For returners and refreshers, this is new and different from the way you initially learned to ski. The most common problem is not sufficient bending forward at the waist. These lessons should fix this problem, and a few others, making skiing more enjoyable.
I live on Vancouver Island and the west coast of Canada. The snow in the picture above has been rained away. We are waiting for another dump on the mountain. Daffodils are almost in bloom in the valley.
My lessons are all about how to steer your skis by pressing on the ski inner edge with your toe or heel. The lessons are arranged in a progression of moves that develop the skills to apply the pressure at the right place at the right time. I use the snow plow to show the moves in slow motion. I believe that the slower the speed in which you move, in each of the lessons 2-4, the higher your skill level will be.
The reasoning is that new parabolic skis are very sensitive to speed and will overturn if you apply too much pressure at high speed. They are unstable in engineering terms. If you practice lesson 1 in lessons 2, 3 and 4, you will be learning the basic moves on how to finesse a parallel ski turn. You will be using the skis unstable characteristics to your advantage.
For returners and refreshers, this is new and different from the way you initially learned to ski. The most common problem is not sufficient bending forward at the waist. These lessons should fix this problem, and a few others, making skiing more enjoyable.
I live on Vancouver Island and the west coast of Canada. The snow in the picture above has been rained away. We are waiting for another dump on the mountain. Daffodils are almost in bloom in the valley.
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