Bob Lee wrote:
I feel like playing around with yunlong because he wrote:

Jim Strohm wrote:
[...]
Which means -- poles give balance,

Not really, balance is held at the feet/skis, not at the poles,

Couple of points. Balance is in the core - the abdomen and center of

gravity, not the feet.

The center of gravity is supported/held up by the feet.

Also, if poles don't help balance, why do
downhill racers carry them?

Security crutches, maybe.


and poling breaks the traction (so is the focus) of the
turning force and produces unstable turns.

Ex-****ing-scuse me?

You are "ex-****ing-scused," nevertheless, watch your foul-mouth
language.

Proper poling increases turn stability...

Not really, the pole-planting is to create an instability so the skier
can initiate the edge changing...

and the
first part of that sentence gets a bunny with a pancake on its head.


Not if you teach them stand properly on the skis.


Ski like skate, no poles are needed.

If you could skate in powder or crud, or on a slope over 40
degrees, then what you wrote might not be viewed as bull****.

I did, as flat-boarding.

But until then...

Let's hear it what skills you have to handle the "powder or crud, on a
slope over 40 degrees"? How to use poles?


Until you learn to use your poles properly, you're going
to have a difficult time becoming a proficient skiier.

Not really, the most proficient skiers I see are those ski
patrollers ski without poles.

I assume that's because you only ski on easier slopes.

You may assume, even self-deceiving.

If you'd ski
difficult terrain, you'll find the patrollers using poles -
unless they're carrying something or tieing rope.

Yup, "the most proficient skiers I see are those ski patrollers ski
without poles."


I had my students threw away their poles already.

But you have them pick them up at some point...

No, among hundreds students I taught, only one teenager would like to
keep his poles.

or do you only teach beginners?
So you think people ski without poles are beginners?


IS


Bob