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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Bob's Matador Turn
By code2ski @ 2:33 PM :: 435 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 :: 429 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 :: 401 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 :: 408 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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Monday, January 22, 2007
TELEMARKING for ALPINERS
By code2ski @ 10:53 PM :: 840 Views :: 0 Comments :: Concepts, Optimal Terrain: Green, Drills, Ski2Race, Race2Ski, Skill Range: I4-A8, Optimal Skill Level: Advanced, Optimal Terrain: Blue, Nordic, Alpine

Not long ago I got my first opportunity to tele with and among some of the best free-heelers in the region.  And I was hooked, big time! 

Now, did I hang my alpine boards and free-heel since?  No, not at all but I cannot stop thinking about it and I cannot wait another opportunity to go out and tele again to further explore the truths about my alpine skiing!  Yes, you got it right, ALPINE skiing.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Drop-In
By robertz @ 2:43 PM :: 900 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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