Question: Tips knocking together

[pinto]

And like anything else, try to practice whenever you can, so that if you are traveling somewhere that traverses are important, you are more comfortable. I had never really thought about it before, but it occurred to me in January that the Enchanted Forest traverse at Copper is quite good prep ... it has some exposure, some narrow, some rocky, some steep, some whoopdedo, some "keep up your speeeeed!!" parts.

When we took the kids to Utah, they were completely comfortable on the traverses. We didn't have any powder frenzy to deal with, but conversely, the traverses were pretty darn sketchy. We got into something nasty off Wildcat, and the far side of Ballroom was barely navigable, as well. They didn't think twice about it, since they've been on that Copper traverse about 100 times (since before they knew to be frightened).

So, search them out.

Now, climbing an icy Spanky's Ladder, on an empty stomach, in all-plastic boots, while the tendinitis in my thumbs barely allowed me to hang onto my skis on the way up -- and my DH (D stands for something different here) was heckling me from behind/below -- that was definitely the hairiest "travel to ski" experience I've had. I much prefer having my skis on.

 

[gowithapro]

Ah, the "dreaded X" known to bring many a skier to their knees, literally.

Pressure. When you apply pressure to the front of the boot, it puts pressure to the front of the skis. Think of a line from your knee to your tips. As you progressively, (key) apply pressure to the cuff of the boot think of the pressure going up to the tip of the ski.OILA!

 

[cjl]

Hello,

I took a few lessons, I had to widen my stance a little bit, which stopped the tips touching. Lessons are brilliant, rather than tips from my best friend who has old style skis and was telling me, 'keep your fett closer together'. Luv her though.