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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Bob's Matador Turn
By code2ski @ 2:33 PM :: 480 Views :: 0 Comments :: Skiing Basics, Drills, Optimal Skill Level: Beginner
360 on the flats and 180 or less on sloping terrain.  A flavor of Wagon Wheel drill but with the hub moved forward just outside the tip of your skis.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Wagon Wheel
By code2ski @ 2:32 PM :: 479 Views :: 0 Comments :: Skiing Basics, Drills, Optimal Skill Level: Beginner
Wagon wheel is what the name says it is.  Picture a hub and spoke wheel in your mind and apply to the snow with your skis on.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Erin's Trenches
By code2ski @ 9:25 AM :: 448 Views :: 0 Comments :: Skiing Basics, Drills, Optimal Skill Level: Beginner, Optimal Skill Level: Intermediate
Trenches - best dug on soft days with your ski boots are usually longer and deeper then wider.  They are your "magic skis" and are perfect to try before stepping into your first "real skis."
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Trick of Art
By code2ski @ 7:21 PM :: 457 Views :: 0 Comments :: Concepts, Optimal Terrain: Green, Skiing Basics, Racing Basics, Drills, Ski2Race, Optimal Skill Level: Beginner, Optimal Skill Level: Intermediate, Optimal Terrain: Blue
The Trick of Art is an excellent drill, skill development and simply an eye-opening trick that can be used by both students and instructors.  The trick is in using poles in a very unconventional way to make the body do what is otherwise a long road from explaining the concepts to seeing them applied in skiing.
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
Components of Modern Alpine Skiing Techniques
By robertz @ 11:08 PM :: 1940 Views :: 0 Comments :: Concepts, Skiing Basics, Racing Basics

Introduction of brakaway gates in the early 1980s had big impact on racing techniques but this time around changes in equipment and technology have revolutionized not only racing but skiing, in general.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Drop-In
By robertz @ 2:43 PM :: 948 Views :: 3 Comments :: :: Skiing Basics, Drills, Skill Range: I4-A8, Optimal Skill Level: Intermediate

This turn-entry drill can be compared to the pipe entry, where the body center of mass has to travel forward and down into the pipe before the skis move even an inch down the wall. Got it?

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