 Poster: A snowHead
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Hurtle,
Just to say that you are right if you want a trigger to get out of the back seat.. I just don't think short poles will do it correctly.
It depends how you reach forward..might not be the correct thought process here, but it is important for the shins to be pushing forward which should bring the rest of the body shape along with it. That is why poeple talk about flexing at the angles. If the bend is at the waist then you will not achieve much...and never really get out of the seat. If you could see that body position (bending at the waist ) it would look bad, IMV.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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JT, absolutely aware of all these things, particularly of not bending at the waist. But my overly long poles of yesteryear definitely did nothing for my stance. Nowadays things are much better, except when I get in a flap on what brian refers to as firm snow, when the tendency is, unfortunately, to lean back - whatever the length of the poles. 
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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?
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Hurtle,
Icy situations should be the time when you really focus about getting the position right. Take the 4 o'clock run that has been glazed over by all the skiers coming down late in the day. That is the tester and you need to give yourself a chance here to ski it.
I never understand why people avoid this...should be a good oppurtunity to see where your skiing is, IMV
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| JT wrote: |
| ...Take the 4 o'clock run that has been glazed over by all the skiers coming down late in the day... |
No thanks, I'd rather sit up the hill with a gluhwein or two and come down an hour or so later  if you're lucky there might even be a stripe or two of corduroy as the bashers are doing their work.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| JT wrote: |
Hurtle,
Icy situations should be the time when you really focus about getting the position right. Take the 4 o'clock run that has been glazed over by all the skiers coming down late in the day. That is the tester and you need to give yourself a chance here to ski it.
I never understand why people avoid this...should be a good oppurtunity to see where your skiing is, IMV |
Must say, your advice is always super-entertaining!
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