Re: Help Me Learn How to Turn...
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:07 am
Couple of things too:
—Be careful about that stiff front leg; it doesn't absorb terrain very well... your tibia shouldn't be perpendicular to the ski but making an angle at your ankle (your knee should be over the tip of the binding). It makes a big difference.
—Work on your balance; do not rely too much on your poles (you will figure the right momentum for pole plant later). Try to avoid spidering; it will give you «bad fold» (mauvais pli) for years...
—The telemark move isn't like ballet—you do not elongate the rear leg from a static position; you could walk then lower your hips in a tele stance, putting pressure on the ground with both legs in a continuous movement (hope you get it; hard for me to explain).
—You will need at first to lift the rear ski a bit before you come into the tele stance; try it. It helps in the beginning...
When someone is saying «Oh these skis are skiing well», do not listen... Some skis are of course easier to turn or better for k&g. But it is the skier that makes the ski turn. And sometimes, the condition make it almost impossible to tele on cambered skinny; try other strategies. Noting wrong with wedge, step turn, parallel, open turn, etc (cf Steve Barnett book).
—Be careful about that stiff front leg; it doesn't absorb terrain very well... your tibia shouldn't be perpendicular to the ski but making an angle at your ankle (your knee should be over the tip of the binding). It makes a big difference.
—Work on your balance; do not rely too much on your poles (you will figure the right momentum for pole plant later). Try to avoid spidering; it will give you «bad fold» (mauvais pli) for years...
—The telemark move isn't like ballet—you do not elongate the rear leg from a static position; you could walk then lower your hips in a tele stance, putting pressure on the ground with both legs in a continuous movement (hope you get it; hard for me to explain).
—You will need at first to lift the rear ski a bit before you come into the tele stance; try it. It helps in the beginning...
When someone is saying «Oh these skis are skiing well», do not listen... Some skis are of course easier to turn or better for k&g. But it is the skier that makes the ski turn. And sometimes, the condition make it almost impossible to tele on cambered skinny; try other strategies. Noting wrong with wedge, step turn, parallel, open turn, etc (cf Steve Barnett book).