More ……. Skiing dead dead fast!!!!

Sorry posted in the wrong area ... not sure how to move it to 'Ski Technique', apologies

Hello picking up on the previous topic on this (Ice Man 15/12/2011) from the feedback I understand that basically if you want to go fast the best thing for stability is to make your skies edge.

Someone told me never run your skies flat at 'speed' this was a long time ago and I interpreted this in my own very likely misguided way. I don't go massively fast but what I have been and still do is widen my stance slightly, a bit wider than shoulder width and then edge both the left and right ski inside edges by kind of pulling both of my knees in very slightly. This probably sounds strange and I guess probably looks even stranger and I guess from reading the thread is NOT the thing to be doing at all.

Can someone confirm that what I am actually doing is not right and that what I should be doing is edging the skies slightly as would be done in a carved turn ie an inside and an outside edge very slightly? But I guess if I do this I will slowly drift across the fall line and there will come a point when I will need to swap the edges to track/drift back the other way into the fall line and so forth. Is this right? If so it's a mind thing for me as I have always been a bit of a point your skis downhill, widen your stance, squat down a bit and hang on kind of guy! Is what I am currently doing just stupid and dangerous?

You nicked my thread ;) :shock:

After reading the replies on my thread it seems that the outside/inside edge like you would normally carve is the way to do it.

I think it was snowbandit (or bandit) that said think of it as \\ rather than /\ - a great analogy I think. 2 inside edges sounds very hard work!!

I guess (I will tell you a week today) that they mean only a slight edge rather than one that goes right across the slope.

It would be pretty difficult to ski fast in a wedge shape!!(Although no doubt some people would disagree).

I use a fruit analogy when advising on speed and shape of turn.

Starting with steeper slopes, use a grapefruit to round your turns and control your speed! As the slope eases off, less completion is necessary so think melons!!! On less steep slopes, like wide motorways when you feel the need for speed, think bananas!!!!!

Modern carving skis will always feel more comfortable on edge.

The days of the 'schuss' are over!!!!

Thanks for the input. Sorry for jumping on your thread Iceman. Although I am clocking up the years, Forums are pretty new to me. I wasn't sure how I would get my question noticed and also how I would recieve notification when soemone responds to a question that I have. Is it protocol to just add to an existing thread and keep an eye on it? Apologies once again.

I was only joking! You would get an email reply as you probably did when you posted - not a problem either way!

No etiquitte - just read and enjoy :D