Another part of the Snowboarding Responsibility Code for skiing and riding is “Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others“.
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Archive for December, 2006
Moguls 103 is about how to control your speed. As in any skiing turn, speed control comes from rounding out the turn shape until your ski tips face more across the hill than down gravity. To turn the tips more across the hill, the key to controlling your speed in moguls is to be able to separate the upper and lower bodies at the waist.
An important part of outdoor recreation is understanding the impacts of weather and the effects of windchill are a huge influence on your comfort level in the winter.
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The end of the season brings great opportunities to set yourself for next season by investing in the past’s season gear at end-of-the-season sales. New, never-used gear from the previous season is always a better alternative than buying someone’s used and worn gear. After a season where I borrowed my roommate’s telemark gear to free my heel, I’m ready for the coming winter after buying a pair of Targa G3 T9 Telemark Bindings.
Children enjoy learning more when it feels like fun: one fun way to improve their skiing is to use imitation to introduce new skills.
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Staying hydrated is an important part of any sporting activity. Similar to summer conditions, you can lose as much as a pint of water an hour during winter outdoor activities. Want to maximize your time on the slopes? Sounds like you need a hydration system designed specifically for skiing and riding, like the Camelbak Snowbowl.
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Holidays are a time of celebration, reflection, reverence, and family and friends. To serious skiers and riders, that describes the commitment they have to snowsports. Is there really anything else you’d like to be doing on December 25? Christmas Day is a prime time to ski and ride; see you on the slopes!
Number 3 in the Skiing and Snowboarding Responsibility Code for skiing and riding is “You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or are not visible from above“.
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For folks who have spent the effort to have their boot alignment checked, one of the best accessories you can invest in is a pair of Cat Tracks. It doesn’t make much sense to get your boot perfectly aligned to the skis and then proceed to mar and round off the soles of the boots by walking down the road to lunch every day. Cat Tracks preserve the trueness of your ski boots by protecting the soles from wear and tear while walking around on hard, gritty surfaces.
It’s sort of a fact of life that things that start well tend to go well. Consider that making a good parallel turn in skiing requires a number of movements in a set pattern, all relying on the last motion to build toward the next one. For those conditions, it would be very helpful to start the turn off with a very positive effort: release both edges at the same time to start a turn.