Poster: A snowHead
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Yes, certainly it is dynamic, but if you are trying to get both to sink an equal amount then you are almost as likely to have more weight on the uphill as the downhill, aren't you? By now it is not really something I think about. Actually my legs are not usually together in powder - only a little different from on piste really. But I know my skiing is effective rather than stylish.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chasseur, why? |
Perhaps I didn't express myself particularly well. So, as I understand it, modern skis are designed to turn essentially by changing pressure from downhill to uphill ski. OK, there is more to it, but to keep this straightforward, I was suggesting that to initiate a turn, a change of pressure is required much as one would do on a groomed piste. Therefore, as suggested, one needs to maintain a closer balance between uphill/downhill ski, but a bias in pressure terms on the downhill ski.
I think if I tried 50/50%, I'd probably get more than a bit of lying down time
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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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Chasseur, i'd say that modern skis work by you:
1. tipping them on edge
2. putting pressure on them so they bend
as we have discussed, you don't really use edges in soft snow by the ski turns by flexing, provided it is tipped over in the first place (if you make them bend but they are flat you'll just go in a straight line)
that said, I don't really disagree with your 55/45 statement except to the extent that i don't think anyone can really accurately judge their weight distribution. you certainly don't need to be *exactly* 50/50 all the time
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Arno, I kind of assumed we were already beyond points 1 & 2 - never assume I suppose. I used the 55/45 as an approximate example to understand whether it was a better spread of weight/pressure for skiing in powder against skiing on-piste. I was just curious, as off-piste skiing is something that I could do with spending more time at to round off my ability.
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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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I found last season that practising on-piste with feet much closer together and nearer to 50/50 weighting was a good idea - after so much emphasis on the wider stance and weight on the outside ski. It's no good trying that for the first time in a few feet of powder.
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Chasseur, points 1 and 2 are about as much as my brain can cope with
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under a new name, so are you saying that old school and modern skis work the same way?
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Well that'll knock the arguement about modern skis contributing to newbie skiers being out of control and skiing too fast
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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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Arno, errr, yes.
That's what side cut is all about.
Actually, no. Old skule skis worked better. That's why my new powder skis are a FIS approved GS model. (Last year's powder ski was a FIS slalom ski, but they're a little twitchy at high speed). I may need to find my 215 SGs for the bumps down the side of La Heirse (sp).
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under a new name, Your new alias isn't really hiding who you are very well
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You know it makes sense.
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fatbob, am I so obvious? Darn!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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under a new name wrote: |
am I so obvious? |
Yes
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just tried deep powder in Grand Targhee - but with fat skis: Salomon Czar to start with - made life MUCH easier. then tested Vokl AC50 - which is much narrower and the techniques used in the fat ski helped a lot... So its experience and the skis I think.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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