 Poster: A snowHead
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Smear/Shmear turns, what's the deal? This type of turn seems to have been in vogue nice wide rocketed skis hit the scene.
is it just a skid turn in powder or crud. Or is there more to it than that?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Feast, I believe it's just a bit of a skid at the top of the turn before setting the edge.
It's to slow you down a bit before the turn...particularly useful if you are skiing on "rocketed skis" 
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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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From now on, only to be referred to as 'rocketed' ha ha
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Smearing is just skidding / travelling sideways in powder to scrub speed, or change direction, on a fat rocker-ed ski.
... Something that couldn't really be done in the "old days" of 205cm narrow straight skis.
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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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@Haggis_Trap, does a smear bare any relation to a braquage?
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^ they are both rotational, rather than carved, turns.
though usually a "smear" is a single turn in powder thrown in for a rapid change of direction.
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@jbob, great example. The stivot is like a sliding or skidding hockey stop by the looks of it?
Those stivot examples look extremely skillful.
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Stivot is skidding the top of the turn then carving the bottom part, smear is just skidding in powder.
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@Feast, Ignore what I said above; @jimmer has it right.
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