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Walt wrote:

VtSkier wrote:

Are we at all sure this is 'modern' technique?

It looks for all the world what I was learning
in the 60's for effective braking turns.
Make a platform (traverse strongly edged)
Release edges, perform turning maneuver
(steering or hop)
Bring skis around to opposite direction traverse
Set edges
Repeat

Well, it worked in the 60's, didn't it? It should work just as well today.

Of course, there are other techniques that may work better.

Anyway, you can read his screed at
http://www.skipanda.com/Ski%20Carvin...%20Article.pdf
Sounds like a combination of footer, itchy, and the unabomber....

What's more, he simply gets his facts wrong.

A 17m radius ski isn't called that because that's the radius of turn it
makes, but be cause that is the radius of the arc cut into the side of
the ski.

The arc that the ski creates when on edge varies depending on the angle
to which the ski is edged.

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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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