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Holding a carving ski in a turn is a three way balancing act between
Fail to balance these three ingredients and your ski will begin to skid.
Edge | is the angle the ski is at in the turn |
Pressure | is your body mass, plus any additional power you can extend from legs, plus any additional force you can gain from changing direction |
On your toes | on your toes at the start of the turn |
If the ski fails to have enough edge on it when pressure is applied then it will loose it grip and begin to skid.
Too much pressure without enough edge, it breaks away. Too much pressure with little or no edge you fail to turn and create enough reverse camber or arc to ride the turn around on. Fail to get on your toes to shape the ski into the reverse camber and the arc won't be as tight.
Pitching forward onto your toes in the beginning of the turn will aid the ski into getting into the reverse camber shape as you apply edge and pressure. Ensuring your body is low enough so you have good hip separation will encourage a higher edge angle. Applying the pressure suddenly will give a tighter arc to ride around as well as give a trampoline affect and bounce you into the next turn.
Getting a rhythm going between left and right turns and you start to get effortless turns being generated!
To know if you have got it right you need to continually get feedback from your feet. You need to feel what is happening! You also need to know how far you can crank over onto your edges in your turn and have the confidence that your skis will come around and catch as you extend your legs and ride around on the arc. You need to balance the three elements of Edge, Pressure - your let extension, and being on your toes to change the shape of your ski into a tight arc!