realskiers

Just rediscovered this thread. 

I have to laugh a little that you deleted the posted photos from page 2-3 that supported what I said (of actual on trail cornering) and replaced it with a photo of Lee (I presume) in his driveway with an outrageously exaggerated, static position. 

But, more funny still, is that you don't seem to realize that he is NOT demonstrating cornering technique, but how to ride a switchback.  Though often used interchangeably a switch back is not a climbing/ decending turn, but a unique feature built on above grade slopes (over 15 degrees side hill) that require building raised mounds with steep exits at points of trail turns.  Not common at all in the east (out side of actual rd construction) but fairly common in the west (especially SoCal where the WPA and CCC built hundreds of them through the La Sals and beyond).  Anyway, switchback negotiating is a very specific type of 'corner' with a specific set of skills to negotiate cleanly.  And what he is showing, is a slower almost trials like move (which is why he can demonstrate it in his driveway).

There are two basic ways to ride switchbacks (oh, I should add, we are speaking specifically for negotiating DOWNHILL switchbacks)-one, as described in the page that accompanies max's photos above-and that is the more common way to be sure or 2. (and again, this is the more skilled, but also more direct way) -head right for the mid-apex of switchback calmly squeeze the front...and only the front brake (skidding on a switchback is a crime!).  Shift your weight back slightly and hitch pivot the rear wheel around and accelerate as soon as it touches down.  Trust me, if you learn this move, you'll use it all the time in switch backs, and elsewhere.