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In article ,
Peter Clinch wrote:
Martin Thornquist wrote:

Well, slalom skiers move pretty fast, so just the wind pressure would
probably make the poles swing a bit. They actually move so fast it can
be hard even to see if both skis where actually on the right side. And
if one went for touch sensors, what about snow being thrown up from
the skis? All in all I think it would be very hard to judge, and open
up for a lot of complaints, to have any rules beyond both skis at the
right side.

I'm not particularly trying to push for the rules to be changed or
anything like that (especially as it's not a sport I take part in). It
just strikes me as a bit strange that a sport where dodging obstacles is
the basis allows you to whack them pretty hard without incurring penalties!

_ But, that's not the basis of the sport. Poles define where the
skis have to go. If you hit a pole in kayaking you are
technically out of the course, while in skiing you aren't.
The basis of ski racing is finding the fastest line through
the course, not hitting gates seems kind of artifical.

_ Of course, using a turn developed for edgeless skis and soft
leather boots in powder snow to run gates on a packed surface
is pretty damn artifical as well...

_ Booker C. Bense


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