Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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It must be a couple of years back that I had such a proposition.
To be fair, I gave it serous consideration. Being already married to a lady skier who still is the most stylish that I have ever met, (who was her biggest influence, I often ask myself). I was not persuaded. Will she allow me a month of solo skiing, I asked myself. And then will we be able to ski side by side later in the season? It was a difficult decision. Her father offered fifteen sheep and two camels..... |
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My fastest ever recorded fall. Started high up above the entrance to the speed gun. Had a smooth run down the track, 102.1kph ~ result!
Except that almost immediately at the bottom of the track were a series of lateral ridges, and at that speed, there is nothing you can do. So, upside down, at over a 100kph, I hit the ground, laughing! Nobody died! But I watched another do the same, 10 min later! |
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The skiing has been really good this week, (apart from my high speed fall on Monday)
But it is getting warmer, and as MJ says there is some rain forecast. I was hoping for some rain, it really freshens up the slopes..... |
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Two thoughts on VBS comments.
Use of the hips during the turn. Once someone has moved on to free skiing, this becomes a main aspect of technique. Pushing the inside hip forwards early in the transition has a big impact on the ski/snow angle. To discover this for yourself, get some shorts on, so you can see your legs, and sit in a chair. 1. Face forwards, knees held tight, together or apart, try and move the ankles at a side angle. Your feet do not move much. They will move much less with ski boots on. 2. Face forwards, knees held tight, together or apart, try and move the knees at a side angle. Keep your hips still. Your feetmove 20/25 degrees. 3. Face forwards, knees held tight, together or apart, try and move only the hips at a side angle. Your feet move 40/45 degrees. This will give you an idea of the effect of hip movement in skiing. The second point is that of skiing alone. Yes, to think of technique. However, to ski the same run over and over again. Go down the sme line. Really learn the terrain of that run. What do we learn from this? We learn how to make use of terrain, to use lateral and longitudinal ridges, hollows, bumps ~ in ways that are advantageous to our ski technique, and our ski efficiency. |
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Laura, during my many years of skiing, I have certainly applied some descriptive assertions directed towards my skies, but "Wild Ponies"! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Errm, it couldn't be the person in the saddle??? |
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It isn't the ski brands, Laura. I keep half a dozen pairs of skis in the celler in Niederau. Just for pure devilment, I sometimes race wax up the longest, (2m) skis, also K2s, and let them rip.
In general, I wax my skis twice a week when in resort. Three times a week in March. |
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Laura, I forgot to say ~ I carry a small chunks of red and silver wax in my internal pocket. If my skis are going slow, I face both bases upto the sun when I stop for a coffee, and rubwax them when I am ready for the off ~ only takes one minute. Except that someone else sees you, and asks can you do their skis......
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There are about 8 to 10 main ingredients used in ski wax. The performance depends on the selected mix. A UK application is likely to be a standard commercial mid range mix. Also, the application equipment may not be the same as an in-resort shop.
The general wax mix used in resort can be geared to the average ambient ground temperatures, (not air temps). A wax for January skiing will not be the same as that for March skiing. Wax components in January generally are comprised of elements with long carbon molecular chains, and those for warmer months would utilise short MCs. Hence, in the UK, they would not be able to plan for your particular conditions. Now, if your skis were being prepped for the Hahnemkamm....... |
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