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- From: hanson@tss.com (Hanson Loo)
- Subject: Re: Question to more advanced skiers (bumps)
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- Reply-To: hanson@tss.com (Hanson Loo)
- Organization: Teknekron Software Systems. Inc.
- References: <1992Dec21.035423.4667@wam.umd.edu> <JON.92Dec30134612@zeus.med.utah.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:54:23 GMT
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- In article <JON.92Dec30134612@zeus.med.utah.edu>, jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd) writes:
-
- |> objects). For some mysterious reason we have decided that the
- |> proper way to control speed is to carve the turns on long skis,
-
- Hi Jonathan,
-
- You've made some very valid points here, except for the one
- mentioned above. I'm not a great racer, but I do run a lot
- of gates. The main reason to carve your turns on course is,
- not to control speed, but to lose as little as possible any of
- the speed you currently have. As a matter of fact, you can
- actually go faster than the "natural" slope of the run by
- "jetting" off the tails of your skiis as you exit a turn.
- The guys I race with that win consistently always seem to
- choose the right line and they hold it with carved turns.
- Their timing is excellent and they "blast" through the
- flats by expending their own energy. I don't know the
- physics behind all this, but it's just what I've been
- taught through the years. Enough talk ... just ski!!!
-
- Hanson
-
- PS: How are the conditions in Utah?
-