Superb photo`s ise the scenery just blow`s you away, Thanks for sharing.
AJ Adele
tour du Ciel, day 4 (photos)
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Started by Ise in Switzerland 07-May-2008 - 20 Replies
AJ
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Ise
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AJ wrote:Superb photo`s ise the scenery just blow`s you away, Thanks for sharing.
AJ Adele
That's the thing in the Valais and the Val d'Anniviers particularly, it's mountains like kids draw them, sharp, spiky, big and with snow on the top :D
IceGhost
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Truly amazing stuff Ise. What exactly is an uphill kick turn. Sounds :shock:
Uh oh, I think I broke'd the lift
Ise
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IceGhost wrote:Truly amazing stuff Ise. What exactly is an uphill kick turn. Sounds :shock:
It's a way of rotating your skis 180' to change direction as you're moving uphill, you can be on steep terrain and need to zig zag up. You can reverse kick turn which is another variation and also downhill kick turn which is a typical steep technique where it's too steep or too narrow to turn like a steep couloir entrance or moving above cliffs when you can't drop the height of a jump turn or generate the torque for the take off.
I tried to find a youtube but it was rubbish, I'll look again tomorrow.
Dave Mac
reply to 'tour du Ciel, day 4 (photos)' posted May-2008
Used to kick turn, but you need two good knees for that,so now I rely on almighty jump turns.
Ise
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ise wrote:I tried to find a youtube but it was rubbish, I'll look again tomorrow.
here's a disaster turn, I suppose most people have messed up sometime :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iIe1JvAxas
here's a good one of a downhill kick turn used to turn around near a cliff, a good example of why it's a life saver turn:
http://www.skinet.com/video.jsp?ID=1000005483
and an uphill touring kick turn in photo's :
http://www.cosleyhouston.com/alps-ski-advice.htm
Bandit
reply to 'tour du Ciel, day 4 (photos)' posted May-2008
Okay, me thicky :oops: Reverse kick turn???
Please describe it :D
Please describe it :D
Ise
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bandit wrote:Okay, me thicky :oops: Reverse kick turn???
Please describe it :D
in that final link in photo form as well, but really those photo's are awful. You rarely see people use it and it's not something I've ever really practised.
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