liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
In a training session a few years back my group of instructors was asked to ski down to the lift in the back seat. We were challenged to get as back-seat as we could. This was an eye-opener for me. It felt very secure. So I all-of-a-sudden knew why people do it.I vaguely remember having an instructor for a women's group lesson to do an exercise just standing around on a flat near the top of the lift. She asked everyone to lean as far forward as they could, with knees bent a bit. Then she said to lean back as far as possible. The question was which position felt more secure.....
I knew that the secure feeling is misleading. I assume people skiing aft feel more secure being back against the spine of the cuff than getting forward against the tongue. They clearly do not know what they are missing. So that's a thing I try to teach.