 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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livetoski, yeah to primoz not to me 
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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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livetoski, you actually have much more chances to break anything the way you are using straps now. With using straps proper way, theres simply no chance to break your thumb... at least not because of strap.
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livetoski, you actually have much more chances to break anything the way you are using straps now. With using straps proper way, theres simply no chance to break your thumb... at least not because of strap.
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primoz,
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livetoski, you actually have much more chances to break anything the way you are using straps now. With using straps proper way, theres simply no chance to break your thumb... at least not because of strap.
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Not sure how that works, off piste I don't use my straps, and on piste tend to just hold my poles with the strap over the top of my hand if they need to come off then they just slip over, if they are gripped inbetween my pole and my hand then less chance of pulling through and therefore more chance of damage 
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livetoski, unfortunately that's exactly the opposite of what it really happens when you crash. When you crash, pole is "caught" in your palm (with snow pressing it against your palm) and with strap going on top of your palm just presses pole even more into palm breaking your thumb (and something else too). When you have them on proper way, pole just "falls" out of your palm and hangs on your wrist, without pressuring anywhere so there's virtually no chance to break anything. But then again, it's not my hand, it's not my pole, and it's not my skiing, so I really don't care how someone holds poles and puts strap on.
But if you look around, you will notice everyone (including racers, and not just alpine but also xc, where proper strap technique is even more important), except majority of Dutch and British skiers, use straps the way I described, so there might be that few % of skiers are right about this, while 90+% are wrong for ages 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Is it worth carving slowly? |
Yes. Always worth skiing slowly providing you are making precise, controlled moves. It's a good way to develop your skills.
PS - In long radius turns don't focus on having your shoulders facing down the hill. It will put you in to a weaker position and make it harder to tip your skis up to the large angles you want to be able to carve on steeper slopes and higher speeds. Let you shoulders follow your skis so that they, and your hips, are much squarer to the skis than they would be in your are always facing down the slope.
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rob@rar, it depends what is "long radius turns"  With GS turns (>35m skis) you still have pretty much same technique as with shorter 12 or 15m skis doing GS like turns. But for really long turns (SG/DH style) I agree technique is completely different, and you really don't focus on this all that much (if any at all). But considering this is more like recreational skiing, I would say that 35m skis provide extremely long turns
And yes, I completely agree with skiing slowly. Once you go fast, there's too many other things you need to take care, so looking for proper technique is more or less mission impossible. For going fast, and still skiing proper way, you need to have right technique in your subconsciousness, so you don't even think anymore what to do, but you just do it automatically. If you are not that far yet, then going slow(er) is only way to go. With going slow(er) you can concentrate on proper technique and do things the way you should. Going fast (and on steep), you are more or less fighting to survive, and at such stage, proper technique, or even thinking about it, is somewhere on 10th place on list of priorities at that moment 
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You know it makes sense.
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Been playing around with this carving business over the last couple of weeks when skiing with a BASI. Looking at instructors tracks, they seem to be pretty much 50/50 on each ski, my tracks were definitely more weight on the outside ski. So I played around with the inside leg and pushed the knee further into the hill. This brought back a Warren Smith Academy tip from Rob Stanford which was to get the little toe of the inside ski onto the snow early in a turn. The result was my thighs were more open and both skis were evenly angled and weighted. Much more stable, so now able to carve on smooth black slopes without overloading the outside ski.
I then tried the same position when I was skidding turns on steep and not smooth/narrow slopes to scrub off speed. I invariably used to have a lot of judder on the outside ski through putting too much force into it. With the inside edge at a more productive angle to scrape and move snow, neither ski is at its grip limit and the judder has gone, I'm again more stable and hence go faster - when of course I actually wanted to go slower! Perhaps I will wear that helmet! Ho hum, more fun exploring the technique and adapting it to suit the terrain/conditions/equipment and emotion!
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