December 23, 2020

Sunil & Sabeena (Ft. Wayne), Gia (Houston), Mikey (Austin). This was a serious cold day, maybe 7 deg. or so for a high, but no fear, there was lots of wind with that … two runs and in for a warm. Sticky snow, about four inches new over night. Focus: getting rid of the high edge angle and riding the ski across the fall line, how to tip to a lower edge, skidding, shaping, uphill arcs, leg steering at finish of turn to complete the turn and control speed, more athletic, rhythm with flex/extend through the turn, arms up/forward/wide (this shows up almost every night), tighter line, speed control with friction (use more of the ski bottom) and the line that we ski (completing the turn is huge here, the last 5% is the hard part), releasing both skis together to new edges, THEN, begin to steer and shape, CM cross over, hip rotation for position of strength.

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