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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 #4:
"Lean."
The word "lean" connotes an angle from vertical. Things that lean are out of
balance and, due to the pull of gravity, must be propped to keep from falling.
In skiing, does the word "lean" connote we
are out of balance when we are tipped? There are more forces acting on us in
skiing than just gravity, so when we position ourselves to balance amongst those
forces, we will likely be tipped away from vertical, propped only by those
forces, and we will be in balance. Semantically, the word "lean" may
thus be
misleading in skiing. "Tip" is a better word. It is picky to insist on this distinction,
but if it helps our skiing, we should be picky.
main CSW contents.
prior CSW#3: "To turn, shift your weight"
next CSW #5: "Push your skis; some say `cut' them"
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual:
Skiing Web Manual
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
SkiMyBest Website Contents
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Copyright © 2010 William R Jones.
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