SkiMonster
Certified Ski Diva
My husband was telling me, after watching me get down an icy steep section a week or so ago, that he thinks the last thng i need to learn to bump myself up a notch in ability is to get some "snap" with the tails in the end of my turns on terrain like that.
I have no idea what he's talking about because to me it sounds like he's saying to shove my tails out, and that seems like bad advice; I've asked him to re-explain, but I still am not getting what he means I should do. Sometimes, I just need someone else to say it in a different way than he is I think.
I feel a little guilty; but i also wonder if it's something that applies more to old style skis; he only JUST gave up his old atomic asymetricals last year; and i think sometimes i don't get what he's saying because it would make sense with longer skis than I'm working with or something. I didn't want to insult him by saying so, though, becuase he's got about 25 years of experience to my 2.5.
so; is there something you do at the end of a turn, perhaps to control speed or something, that feels a bit like a snap? I tried to figure it out; but I just don't get what he means; unless it's just my tendancy to drag my tails when I'm tired?
I have no idea what he's talking about because to me it sounds like he's saying to shove my tails out, and that seems like bad advice; I've asked him to re-explain, but I still am not getting what he means I should do. Sometimes, I just need someone else to say it in a different way than he is I think.
I feel a little guilty; but i also wonder if it's something that applies more to old style skis; he only JUST gave up his old atomic asymetricals last year; and i think sometimes i don't get what he's saying because it would make sense with longer skis than I'm working with or something. I didn't want to insult him by saying so, though, becuase he's got about 25 years of experience to my 2.5.
so; is there something you do at the end of a turn, perhaps to control speed or something, that feels a bit like a snap? I tried to figure it out; but I just don't get what he means; unless it's just my tendancy to drag my tails when I'm tired?