Tips for Good Skiers. Part 1.

Get to angulate your knees

The angle is the result of the projection of the skier's legs to the outside of the turn while the torso remains upright. Viewed from the front legs and chest, forming a corner. The angle can compensate the action of centrifugal force during cornering. The angle varies with the speed and turn radius. It is highest in the short run turns at high speed.
When the lower body form an angle with the upper body, it's then called the angulation. To expand, it is advisable to make series of quick turns of short duration (see fig.). They are executed with a strong slide on the side, as the heels are a way much longer than ski-tip. The ski-tip shouldn't go away the fall line, while the heels "Travel" from right to left (top). The skier bends to increase the pressure on the skis and allow the knees to take the angular position. Then ceases to exert the pressure, rises and moves to the next turn (third from the top figure). Now angulation knees and repeated pressure on the skis, but in the opposite direction (lower figure). Remember: the angulation is always associated with short turn radius.

S. Campbell

Get the right angulation of your hips

To affinate the turn and a execute a complete turns at high speed with a ski which less slip sideways. The ski cut the snow and form an arc. With this type of turn the angulation's knees won't be enough, cause it's developing a large centrifugal force that requires a more powerful stance. Then, we can add an angulation hips, which move inside the turn (see Fig.). Practice in the capture of this position, allows you to adjust the pressure on the skis and their degree of edging. Use it on the open slopes in the execution of the long turns at high speed.

S. Campbell

Get to incline your whole body according to the slope

When the slope is wide, the snow is in good condition, edges sharpened, and you feel comfortable, you can try to lean the whole bodyinto the turn (see Fig.). In this case, the angle won't be formed between the upper and lower parts of the body, but between the body and the steep. Use the inclination of the whole body when you slidding in a rapid cadence and you want to relax. The pressure on the skis during the rotation will automatically rise, as decline almost independently of you.

B. S. Campbell

Combine the the angle of the slopes with your body

When performing a series of linked turns are a combination of tilting of the body with angulation. First, the body leans into the turn, and skiing are given the opportunity to step aside for the edging. Once you feel on stable on edge foreign Skiing increase its edging through angulation. The figure shows that the slope (dotted line) is formed edging angle of skis and snow, and angulation (solid line) increases it. As a result of strong edging loaded ski bend arc. Since the ski-tip and heel skis wider than her waist, which focuses much of the weight of the skier, edging along the entire length will be in contact with the snow and skiing will cut an arc of rotation.

S. Campbell

Perform lateral slips with skis

So to release the edges, the aim is to set the flat skis. To do this, move from angulation (see Fig., Contour shape) to the vertical position. As a result of this transition, the skis will start to slide sideways. Remember that the skis on the snow are not completely flat, otherwise you'd have caught on the outside edging while trying to lateral slip and you will fall.

S. Campbell

Transfer weight forward and back in the side slip

In the side slip, depending on the point of application of body weight a certain part of skiing will be allowed to slip faster (see Fig.). Thus, by transferring the weight forward (left image) ski-tips will deviate in the valley, slipping faster than the heels. Position in back during slip (right image) then heels will slip faster, leaving the valley. Thus, you will be able to shift your body weight forward or backward to correct the arc of rotation.

S. Campbell

Load the front or back of your skis

Loading of the front or back ski gives the opposite result compared with the side skis (see fig.). Download the front part of ski cut and ski's tip go into the snow and leads up the hill, slowing your descent (top). Move your body weight back and front end edge freed from the snow. In the snow would hit edging tail, and the ski will perform less steep and more rapid rotation (bottom) than in the loading of a sock. Consequently, in executing the sharp turn, use the tips, "slow", some edge to repay speed. If you want to perform gentle turns at high speeds, load the back, "fast" part of the edge.

S. Campbell

Before the first turn of the oblique descent, start a counter-turn

When the end of the previous rotations should be the beginning of the next. When your body is compressed at the end of the rotation, then it should be ready to straighten up for the entrance to the next. And what if is your first rotation? In this case, you can facilitate entry in the turn, by the execution of a little turn toward the hill at the end of the slanting descent (see fig.).

T. Lippert

Three sorts of lateral thrusts

Fans of ski able to use to log into the turn side throws, can avoid the dangerous places and to avoid collisions with other skiers. There are three types of lateral roll to enter the rotation (see Fig.).

• the uphill stem (bottom) to facilitate entry into the turn. go through the slope, at the end of your turn, with a step on the sideways put your heel ski above the ski-tip (in focus), transfer your weight on it and enter in the turn. The uphill stem allow to change the edges' Skis and facilitates the entry into the turn.
• turn step uphill on parallel ski (middle and figure)allows you to bypass the obstacle or bump. At that moment, when your downhill ski, and drove up to it begins to push up, take a step sideways mountain
  keep skis parallel, then put your weight on it and restart again.
• Side turn step(top picture)allows you to increase speed. Once you're across the fall line, place the top ski like "scissors". Move the weight on it body move up and forward to the turn. The more technical implementation of this rotation is to transfer the weight early onthe uphill ski.

P. Joe

Exercise for early entry into the turn

To perform a series of co-ordinated turns each them should to begin aggressively. To learn. It is possible for it, walking upstairs (see Fig.).

Rise sideways like on staircase, put a foot on the top step and force muscles of this foot to involve you upward. Properly remember this sensation. It's very similar to the feeling that arises when you are straightening the leg at the entrance of the turn. So, begin turn from an aggressive push on the upper foot (at the expense of hip muscles) and increase its bending in the end of the rotation. This exercise allows to concentrate attention to a mountain foot that she got into gear earlier.

P. Duke