downhill wrote:
Stuart wrote:
"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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On May 15, 5:01 pm, "Stuart" wrote:
"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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Funny thing about the slip though, all old time pilots know "what"
slipping is, as well as experienced drivers, but in skiing, it
seems few skiers know exactly what it is. And the gappers on this
board insisted that I was "wrong" when I told them the difference
between "skidding" and "slipping," and laughed themselves silly.
What do you think?
That's easy. A slip is sliding to the inside of a turn and skid is
to the outside.
So there are "skidding" and "slipping," and they are different?
Thanks for the confirmation, my good man.

A skidded turn on skis happens when you hit some ice or hardpack for
eg. They are hard to control compared to a slipped turn as in
side-slipping or turning into the hill.

A skid to the inside of a turn what law of physics lets that happen?
The only way he is going to skid to the inside is when he gets hit by
a snowmobile.
he is inventing definitions again what a sack of ****

If you are traversing a slope, and flatten the skis to the snow while rotating
them, they can slip downhill at the front to initiate a turn. This is the way
good snowboarders initiate turns, since they have the option of flattenening the
front of the board while still edgeing the rear of the board on the uphill edge,
by twisting the board. It is much safer than trying to push the rear of the
board into the turn like many self-trained boarders do.