 Poster: A snowHead
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For a little discussion, why do we turn?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I can think of a few reasons
1.) So that percentage wise I spend more time going down the run than I do in the lift queue waiting to go back up
2.) To avoid hitting cliff faces or going over cliffs when the piste turns a corner
3.) To get the best views of the surrounding scenery
4.) To avoid hitting any skiers or boarders having a picnic inthe middle of the piste
I'm sure there must be more than that though 
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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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5.) To avoid hurtling down the mountain at a dangerous speed...
6.) To demonstrate the mastery of our technique 
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7.) because turning can be fun
8.) to change VELOCITY (direction related speed)
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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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Agree with Wear The Fox Hat, turning (carving) is a great feeling. Sometime putting in a series of nice big, fast GS turns is as exhilerating as schussing straight down.
Perhaps the question should be rephrased into two parts-
A) Why do we do carve turns; and
B) Why do we do non-carve (skid etc.) turns
Then the answers can be classified:
A) 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
B) All of them (who says jump turns aren't fun?)
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As a skier of a certain vintage, although I haven't been skiing as long as David Goldsmith, it took me years to master carving. A clue to my age, the first skis I used were wooden and 217cms long. I now ski on anything from 155 cms up to about 180 cms and modern skis which allow you to carve just by rolling your knees are fantastic, to ski absolutely flat out down a red, using all the psite and not checking your speed is an amzing feeling. However, its all about adapting to the terrain and you use whatever turn is best suited to the piste you're on.
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Good thoughts. Two considerations for additional answers:
1) What's the simplest expression of an answer to the question?
2) Answer independent of the type of turn.
We'll get to a profound answer, I promise!
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Because the ski bends 
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Because we can?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Speak for yourself, Ian
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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As usual Bob Barnes has the words :- "We turn because we want to go THERE, not HERE"
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Surely the only reason we turn is to maintain the fall line?
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You know it makes sense.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have to make a turn to fall into the Mooserewirt?
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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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masopa, The only reason I turn is to stop being in the fall line 
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Alan Craggs wrote: |
| As usual Bob Barnes has the words :- "We turn because we want to go THERE, not HERE" |
So, Alan, why the rolling eyes?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is that "rotary" of the eyeballs Steve? 
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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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No need to turn to get to the Moserwirt, the trick is to make sure you've got the right skis when you leave.
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| David@traxvax wrote: |
| No need to turn to get to the Moserwirt, the trick is to make sure you've got the right skis when you leave. |
Yes that's right, even if it does mean trying on 362 pairs of skis before finding a matching pair that fits and you can call your own.
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Sounds like a confidence issue, possibly a subconsious confidence issue, a good one to sort that out is a private lesson with an instructor, usually once you've done it once the problem goes away, like so many thinks in life 
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So, the fundamental answer to the question "Why do we turn" is:
"To go there."
This is important from the perspective of how we think about turning and the resulting characteristics of the turn. See my new thread on Line that I'll create in a moment.
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I'm liking all this advice - wish I hadn't already been on my holiday so I could print this out and pore over all the info in this section in the evenings in the chalet...
Anyway back to the point... I turn because I can!
On steep slopes it is because I have to to maintain control and sometimes speed. On shallower slopes I do so I can practice the right way to turn so that when I am somewhere steep and narrow the turns are better - feel in control and can pick the best line through any bumps.
Had some lessons this year to help me on steep slopes - I learnt to do quick, small and positive turns to maintain control - great feeling when I achieved it!
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Damm it Mountain, why did you post the same question in two threads ? I thought I'd forgoten to press the submit button so I basically re wrote my answer here not realising that I hadn't forgotten, it was just in the other thread 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I say DG, calm down 
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I am calm Ian, I just thought I was going mad before, instead I was replying to a Mad poster
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi DG - and I've replied on the other thread!
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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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| D G Orf wrote: |
| The radius of a carved turn is determined by the radius of the sidecut of the carving ski, which in turn can be determined by the width of the ski at its tip, middle and tail |
Mind if I add a bit more to this... it also has to do with the edge angle, and amount of pressure being applied to the ski.
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Poster: A snowHead
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well yes and no, I've made more coments on the other thread, possibly what I should have said is that the minimum radius of a carved turn is determined by the radius of the sidecut on the ski
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Because after the night before, or lunch, I am not not only falling down a big hill, but over sideways, too.
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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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| D G Orf wrote: |
| well yes and no, I've made more coments on the other thread, possibly what I should have said is that the minimum radius of a carved turn is determined by the radius of the sidecut on the ski |
Well...the radius given by the sidecut on the ski is the maximum radius of a (perfectly) carved turn. As soon as you tip it, the turn radius goes down. (If snow was perfectly flat like glass and the ski was hugely bendable, the minimum carved turn radius, at tip angles close to 90 degrees, could tend towards ski length divided by pi, so about 50-60 cm! yeah, I know this doesn't apply in real life).
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Cedric, it does if you have pocket rockets. 
(Sorry all, running joke on epic)
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So, here's the thing: If you turn for a reason other than "going there," you're effectively mixing motivation. This can turn into the typical and ultimate intermediate ride: skiing the fast line slow.
What do I mean by that? Only that many intermediates tend to slide virtually straight down the hill with their skis at a 90 degree angle to their actual vector of movement. As a result, they think they are turning because their skis are pointing first one way, then the other. But, in actuality, they are simply sliding straight down the hill and pivoting the skis around. It's a ton of work, and isn't really doing what we want to do.
Instead, let's think about turning as moving to a particular location. See that place over by the tree? To go there, I need to turn! For many people, they will find that they don't actually go to that place, but continue to slide down the hill, or slide past it and have to climb back up. Think about "going there." What's it take to "go there" on a ski slope?
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| ssh wrote: |
| For a little discussion, why do we turn? |
Local Authority planning permission - they won't allow restauranteurs to build in the middle of the piste.
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" What's it take to "go there" on a ski slope?
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I usually find that some handy trees by the side of the slope are enough
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 24-02-04 19:31; edited 2 times in total
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How about trees in the slope? 
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Can't say I've seen too many trees on the slope - would be a lawsuit waiting to happen!
Another reason we turn though is to get off the piste and into the fluffy stuff on the side... then once you're there you have to turn because it looks so much better to have lots of short turns in the virgin powder than a straight line!!
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That'll be powder eights then!! Cool. 
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