Too fast or no control?

While I've been gawking at ski racing and reading loads and loads of stuff on skiing. I know that when skis get cookin' and they are going fast I've seen then vibrate on the ground. Is that a matter of control or your just going that fast?

IceGhost wrote:While I've been gawking at ski racing and reading loads and loads of stuff on skiing. I know that when skis get cookin' and they are going fast I've seen then vibrate on the ground. Is that a matter of control or your just going that fast?

It slightly depends on the ski/plate but as a general rule if that's happening the skier is out of control and their weight is too far back. It means the skier is not driving the weight forward and the edges aren't engaging, the skier will get away with it in a straight line but without the edge control they can't turn.

If you're weighted properly then the shocks caused by surface variation will transmit up to your legs at high speed, that's why ski racers have thighs like telegraph poles. It's also why there's a trend for recreational skis to be heavier, it's another way of the skier absorbing impact at higher speeds, there's some obvious downsides to that of course.

I always knew my fat ass had a purpose :mrgreen:

AJ Adele

ise wrote: It's also why there's a trend for recreational skis to be heavier, it's another way of the skier absorbing impact at higher speeds, there's some obvious downsides to that of course.

I think that's skis not skiers AJ :lol:. Though if you want to race, mass is your friend.


Trencher

that was just what I needed, thanks

On the edge of control, if not just a bit over it, thats how you win.

Rosfrae 8 wrote

On the edge of control, if not just a bit over it, thats how you win.

Rather like Franz Klammer in the 76 Olypics, right knee just above the right ear. He later said he was just in control.

I'm not sure about that or maybe it depends where you see the edge of control being, it's certainly how Bode wins but you watch the Austrians, for example Hermann Maier, and it's a relentless precision and control likewise with Didier Cuche. You're left with the impression with Bode it's a 50/50 thing, either he'll crash out or win, Cuche or Maier it's all about just how close to the first place they're coming.