extend-carve-contract-transfer-extend

I personally think this spring action is key to "getting it". Carve, contract,
transfer, extend-carve-contract-transfer-extend... You get the idea - the
vertical body action is key to hitting your 4-hour goal, IMHO. Oh yeah, and
you'll need to do it really rapid, I mean you should be aiming to have at leat one
heel-toe switch per second.

not trying to start an argument, but what about the school of thought that
says you should be 'contracted' during the carve?

ie. bending at the knees (alot), with a vertical upper body (not bending at
the waist) in order to get your CofG right over the carving edge, forcing it
into the snow?

then extending up quickly to allow you to unweight and change edge.

i'm not saying i'm right/you are wrong or anything .... just trying to
figure it out myself!?

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wrote in message ...
I personally think this spring action is key to "getting it". Carve,
contract,
transfer, extend-carve-contract-transfer-extend... You get the idea - the
vertical body action is key to hitting your 4-hour goal, IMHO. Oh yeah,
and
you'll need to do it really rapid, I mean you should be aiming to have at
leat one
heel-toe switch per second.

I'm sorry... It was not a message. It's a frame of another (not my)
message I've sent by mistake. Excuse me, please!

Baka Dasai wrote:

You're both right.

There's two basic ways to turn. The easiest and most obvious way is
where you are extended (standing tall) between turns, and compressed
in the middle of the turn. This type of turn goes by a few different
names - cross-over, flexion, and up-unweighting. This is Copek's
turn.

Sorry to be a pedant, you're right except that's extension (not flexion)

A less obvious way is 's turn, where you are compressed
between turns, and extended (standing tall) in the middle of the
turn. This type of turn also has a few different names -
cross-under, extension, and down-unweighting.

And that's flexion

Cheers, Iain


IainD at ukme dot me dot uk