Ice --- Words of the wise from ski school pros

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Ice --- Words of the wise from ski school pros

1.   Icy slopes are harsh environments, but that doesn’t necessitate harsh reactions.

Skiing ice isn’t about being firm as much as it’s about being solid – as in solid contact. Rather than tensing up or pushing harder with your edges, try softening up to be more sensitive to the changing surface. The goal isn’t to dig in deep – a few millimeters of penetration over the ski will always hold. Soften your ankles and knees to absorb the small, hard bumps that can throw you around.

(Donny Roth, Alpine Ambitions, Boulder, Colorado)

2.   The hardest part about skiing on icy or really firm snow is resisting your natural defensive reactions.

Pushing down on and pressuring the skis more (especially at the end of the turn) will only make it worse. Don’t try to carve every turn. Allow your skis to skid and gently guide them in the direction you want to go. Think of making smeary, wishy-washy but shaped turns. By continually guiding your skis along a C-shaped path you’ll control your speed until you get to that snow that allows you to start arcing the way you like.

(David Cyrelson, Belleayre snowsports school, New York)

3.   Be patient on ice.

This is like driving a car on slick roads: If you oversteer, you spin out. Next time the conditions become firm, slow down your movement patters at the turn initiation. And then try not to finish the turn too quickly; this is on of the causes of chatter. This type of patience gives your ski an opportunity to do what it is meant to do – turn. When you feel the need to slow down, continue to guide your skis back up the hill by twisting your legs.

(Mike Hafer, PSIA National Alpine team, Northstar-at-Tahoe ski & snowboard school, California)

4.   People tend to associate high edge angles with braking or slowing down, and that’s true in most situations.

But the opposite is true on ice. When you come across a short section of ice, lower your edge angle and drift on top of it, instead of trying to bite into it. Then increase your edge angle when you hit the pile of snow on the other side of the ice patch. This may not work in the racecourse, but it will keep you on your feet everywhere else.

(Scott Anfang, PSIA National snowboard team, Beaver Creek ski & snowboard school, Colorado)

vicboy™

哈哈,滑冰,学完了.

ski167

蓝山冰少，这技术今年恐怕没机会用。

devilsponge

学习中。。。

Phoenixtear

想找冰练习一下，不知道哪里经常有冰，坡度不能太陡的，最好大约是相当于蓝山的蓝道陡度上的冰。

c_sea

学完了，简单总结一下就是：下脚轻，少起韧，随它滑(skidding), 且莫急转(over steering)有耐心。很好，跟往年在蓝山滑冰的得出的经验是一样滴。

Jeffzhang

滑单板的就不要学了，见着冰就躲远点。

RichGuo

c_sea 发表于 2011-2-10 23:16
学完了，简单总结一下就是：下脚轻，少起韧，随它滑(skidding), 且莫急转(over steering)有耐心。很好，跟 ...

这个非常有用!

paul_zhou

哪里，啥时有大冰坡，我就想滑冰

KuoiGuaBoarder

paul_zhou 发表于 2016-1-23 00:23
哪里，啥时有大冰坡，我就想滑冰

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