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Tips for skiing moguls?
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tcarey
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Hey Ski Diva,
When the moguls get big and icy one way would be to ski the tops of the moguls. If you look down a mogul field you can see bridges or spines (where the zipper line people arent) connecting the moguls.See if you can ski the tops and the spines without getting sucked into the troughs.Imagine in the troughs are puddles of water.Now keep your feet out of the water!!
This is only one way to ski a mogul field! More to come later!
T
When the moguls get big and icy one way would be to ski the tops of the moguls. If you look down a mogul field you can see bridges or spines (where the zipper line people arent) connecting the moguls.See if you can ski the tops and the spines without getting sucked into the troughs.Imagine in the troughs are puddles of water.Now keep your feet out of the water!!
This is only one way to ski a mogul field! More to come later!
T
tcarey
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
When we ski the moguls there are certain skills we need to call upon.One of these is flexion and extension of the legs. These are your shock absorbers.
Try this: On some easy smallish bumps traverse across the hill.As you come up the top side of the bump absorb or suck up your legs.Now as you crest the bump begin to drive the tip down the backside maintainig contact with the snow! Be active here not passive.
Try this: just standing and imagine you have your skis on.Bend your leg upwards in a 45 degree anlge. Now take the tip of your ski and drive it downward the through the waist and on to the tail. It should feel like backwards bike pedaling.Tip,waist,tail,Tip,waist,tail. Like this:https://ourworld.cs.com/BBRNZ/Backpedal+animation.gif
Hope this make sense!!
Try this: On some easy smallish bumps traverse across the hill.As you come up the top side of the bump absorb or suck up your legs.Now as you crest the bump begin to drive the tip down the backside maintainig contact with the snow! Be active here not passive.
Try this: just standing and imagine you have your skis on.Bend your leg upwards in a 45 degree anlge. Now take the tip of your ski and drive it downward the through the waist and on to the tail. It should feel like backwards bike pedaling.Tip,waist,tail,Tip,waist,tail. Like this:https://ourworld.cs.com/BBRNZ/Backpedal+animation.gif
Hope this make sense!!
