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"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT":
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSW's)
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)
CSW #2: "Sit back when skiing powder."
Surely you don't want to put too much weight on the fronts of your skis in
powder, else the tips might dive into the snow and stop, with you continuing
on in a tumble without them. Should you be coming to a snowbank or clump of snow, a
little extra pressure on the tails of the skis can keep you planing right on up
over the hump and out of harm's way. Sitting back continually, however, puts
great stress on your thigh muscles and cannot be continued long by most skiers.
Why not ski balanced and use the entire length and the shape of the ski to
effect your turns, just as in skiing on groomed slopes? You'll be using your
bones more to support your weight, and as you get tossed a bit by the powder
snow's varying resistance, you'll have more of your muscle strength left to
rebalance yourself and to initiate tipping to make your turns. Too, you'll
be able to move your central balance point more quickly forward or aft as you
need. If you are back in the aft position, you will have to move through
neutral, too, to get to the forward position, and this longer required range of
motion may take you too long to get where you need to be soon enough and....
main CSW contents
prior CSW #1: "Keep the feet and therefore the skis
together"
next CSW #3: "To turn, shift your weight"
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual:
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Contents
Why Read
This Skiing Web Manual That First Lesson A
Little Skiing History Motion in
Skiing
CONVENTIONAL SKIING WISDOMS
Skier Excuses Fear
in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique
Skiing Equipment
How Skis
Work
How
to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing
Turn Simplified Tactics for Terrains and Snow
Textures
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri
Children
and Skiing Age and Skiing
Gender & Skiing Culture
& Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Survival Slope Safety Skiing
Environment Glossary Acknowledgements
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