Friday, September 28, 2012
Skiing with the world's best technique, means "tipping", your feet, boots and skis to a greater angle, than you would normally stand with on any slope.
Most skiers never realize this, and are not taught it in traditional ski school. "Tipping" is the foundation of "PMTS Direct Parallel". Study this quick sketch I put together to grasp what tipping on a slope really means. All the best skiers and experts in the world "Tip" their skis like this.
Harb Ski Systems teaches "Tipping" at every camp session.
If you are missing the next step in your skiing, this could be it. "Tip More and Tip often".
Angulation is a body position, tipping is an action and a movement, that either continues to increase or decrease, in a turn, but should never be static in skiing.
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Peter Dodge, said:
Harald this is great, I have been saying this in different way for years "tipping is an action and a movement, that either continues to increase or decrease, in a turn, but should never be static in skiing"
Peter, As you know, the best skiers and racers have this timing down perfectly, they never stop tipping and therefore; their turn radius gets sharper, in fact that's how they make it tighter. Lesser skiers either don't tip at all or stop tipping in the most critical situations, and just hold onto what they have. It's phenomenal the best skiers meter out their tipping so they never run out of tipping range until it's time to start un-tipping or releasing. This is the shear genius of a great skier. Showing it and teaching it to young racers and even intermediate skiers has huge upside benefits.
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