Message #10181

[Gary]

Hey Jim...I can tell you what Chino would say "don't do that" ?....what John or I would tell you....every good turn begins with the release of the uphill edge. To get a person that stems away from that turn entry, as a drill, you get the student comforable with skiing on an up hill edge traversing across the mountain, the student ?then has a pole touch, tip an scrape the downhill ski in towards the uphill ski and the skis will turn automatically in the intended direction. A drill that can be useful is: pole touch, lift and tip the downhill ski off the ground (2-4") releasing the uphill edge. This makes it virtually impossiibe to stem entry the turn. NO hopping, jumping, turning twisting....just let it happen......What happens after that...is a beautiful thing! ?

G