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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 #
18: "Turn the outside ski first."
An eyeball survey of alpine skiers reveals
that most turn the outside ski first when turning. But some skiers--usually the
ones appearing to have the most skill or the ones winning the races--turn the
inside ski first. (For terminology, if you are turning to the right, the outside
ski is the one on the left.) It seems turning the outside ski first is the most natural movement for
people to make, and indeed telemark skiers do just this.
However, initiating a turn in this
way will likely result in two undesirables: 1) the strong impulse started this
way cannot be finessed as the turn progresses potentially resulting in an
overturn or complete spin to the uphill side, and 2) somewhere in the turn the
position of the skis must be reversed so that at completion the tip of the
outside ski which is now downhill will be behind the uphill ski, causing an
unneeded motion.
Turn the inside ski first; it will
avoid the above two problems and will allow both skis to engage their edges in
the snow earlier in the turn, causing the ski to turn you as it was designed to.
If in your skiing you have been
turning the outside ski first, adapting to turning the inside first will likely
be strange and seem wrong. Practice doing it anyway and observing the effect you
get. But do this practice on terrain comfortable for you.
main CSW contents
prior CSW #17: "Bend your knees while you ski"
next CSW #19: "Skiing is Dangerous"
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