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Skiing on Ice
 Poster: A snowHead
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PhillipStanton wrote:
Most people above are advocating trying to grip the ice, which is a perfectly reasonable tactic.

An alternative tactic is to do exactly the opposite - widen your stance, flatten your skis completely, have your weight evenly distributed, keep turning, but keeping the skis completely flat - with no edging at all. That way you're using the friction of the base to provide some speed control. The more you keep the skis turning the better your speed control will be.


Probably the best is trying to grip for half a second. If you feel any resistance, go on.
If not, widen your stance, flatten your skis and avoid any unstability. Keep upright.
This works only if you see a chance for any slowing down ahead.

If not, lie down on your chest slowly with your feet downhill.
Grasp one pole 10-20cm from its sharp tip with both hands and scratch as strong as possible.
The pole tip is slightly above your shoulder.

Do not lose the other pole during this operation. You may need it later.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Tom from Austria wrote:
..... lie down on your chest slowly with your feet downhill.
Grasp one pole 10-20cm from its sharp tip with both hands and scratch as strong as possible.
The pole tip is slightly above your shoulder.

Do not lose the other pole during this operation. You may need it later.


Helpful advice but a bit extreme Shocked Shocked.

I'd hope this approach is only required after the 'skiing on ice' has deteriorated into 'sliding on my @rse'. Unless this is a technique used to get the best out of Rax skis Confused Shocked Laughing
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

AxsMan wrote:
Tom from Austria wrote:
..... lie down on your chest slowly with your feet downhill.
Grasp one pole 10-20cm from its sharp tip with both hands and scratch as strong as possible.
The pole tip is slightly above your shoulder.

Do not lose the other pole during this operation. You may need it later.


Helpful advice but a bit extreme Shocked Shocked.

I'd hope this approach is only required after the 'skiing on ice' has deteriorated into 'sliding on my @rse'. Unless this is a technique used to get the best out of Rax skis Confused Shocked Laughing


Has nothing to do with the gear hanging on your feet.
Skis have no function at such a moment.
Poles saved my life 2 to 3 times in icy chutes.

Any other rescue possibility, AxsMan ?
Just tell me.
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Tom from Austria, Well I was kind of thinking of staying on my skis, and er, skiing? Madeye-Smiley
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

My tips for ice are if a relative beginner just slide/skid across it until you reach better snow, and if more advanced, try to feel yourself gingerly rolling onto your edges at the start of the turn or you'll have missed the chance to get onto them until the end of the turn!
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ice? Don't worry about it - just drift over it as quickly as poss - don't try and turn on it!

This sums up my view; accept you cannot steer and you cannot brake.
Mick
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