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 CONVENTIONAL SKIING WISDOMS (CSW's)
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)

 CSW # 9: "If a skier looks good, the skier is good."

Al Capp is the cartoonist who did the comic strip, "Little Abner" set in Dogpatch, U.S.A., and a series he did covered a beauty contest in the hick town. One of the contestants, however, who was stunningly attractive, had a wart on her chin. No problem, however, her promoters simply convinced the townfolk that a wart on a chin was a beauty mark. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", it is said. Some forms of skiing look graceful and are therefore judged so by some observers, but others knowing the limitations of the style find the same form unattractive. If your skiing goal is to look a certain way, you may be compromising performance that could be improved by skiing a different way.

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SKIING WEB MANUAL--"Skiing is a Sliding Sport":  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 Sow Textures  Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri  Children and Skiing  Men  vs. Women/Women vs. Men and Skiing   Skiing Ethics and Survival  Glossary   Skiing Environment   Acknowledgements SkiMyBest Website Contents  
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