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The curse of many skiers. Ice can be skied on, the racers do it all the time, but it is quite tricky. When first starting, try to avoid turning on the ice, instead use the snow at the side. Remember to keep your edges sharp, a stable stance, and your weight low and centred, and soon you'll be dealing with it without any problems.
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Obviously
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isn't a real person
Do not however try to ski on ice if it has a slight blue tinge and looks like thick molten glass, it has the same hardness as concrete and cannot be turned on, just let yourself go straight across it and turn later, usually found in dips in the piste where snow melts in hot sun then freezes at night
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?
A BASI trainer showed me techniques for skiing - and, more to the point, turning - on ice that work brilliantly.
Spread your parallel skis much wider than normal, which increases your stability and balance enormously, and drop your upper body by flexing the legs more. This also makes things much more stable. Turn with the skis in this wide stance, maintaining good discipline of the upper body by keeping it semi-square to the fall-line and not rotating it too much.
You can do linked wide-stance parallel turns down sheet ice in this 'dropped' position and feel really secure.
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