Oh no, please not the fall over!
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Sometimes you can use your momentum to help get back up. If I am spinning on my hip sliding down the hill, I can often time slamming my skis back down to come up still moving. This does involve some risk and it's considered safer not to try to recover while still moving. Pulling yourself up from behind while still moving is cited as a common cause of ACL tears. A variation of what I think lilywhite is saying is when you find yourself lying skis uphill of you. Just roll over your back to bring the skis above you and down onto the snow below you. Use the momentum of the roll to stand up.
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If it is flat i have my skis parallel, dig the edges in and then use my pole to push myself up. There are probably camels that can stand more gracefully but it works for me.
Are you suggesting I pack a few extra pounds ???
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Started by Iceman in Ski Technique 07-Dec-2011 - 28 Replies
Lilywhite
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Due to incredibly weak wrists I unclip nearly everytime. Once managed (somehow!) to somehow roll over sideways and get my feet underneath me and as I was going at a decent speed somehow recovered my composure to a standing ovation. Unfortunately it was more by luck than design!
Trencher
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
lilywhite wrote: Due to incredibly weak wrists I unclip nearly everytime. Once managed (somehow!) to somehow roll over sideways and get my feet underneath me and as I was going at a decent speed somehow recovered my composure to a standing ovation. Unfortunately it was more by luck than design!
Sometimes you can use your momentum to help get back up. If I am spinning on my hip sliding down the hill, I can often time slamming my skis back down to come up still moving. This does involve some risk and it's considered safer not to try to recover while still moving. Pulling yourself up from behind while still moving is cited as a common cause of ACL tears. A variation of what I think lilywhite is saying is when you find yourself lying skis uphill of you. Just roll over your back to bring the skis above you and down onto the snow below you. Use the momentum of the roll to stand up.
because I'm so inclined .....
Lilywhite
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Trencher, thanks for the translation! I reread my post, maybe should have done that BEFORE submitting it?
Tony_H
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
:oops:
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Iceman
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Yes, that thing everyone does when standing still ;)
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Snapzzz
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Far Queue wrote:
Seriously, I don't have problems standing up as long as there is some sort of slope, and usually, the steeper the better. It is when on the flat I seem to have issues :shock: Just get the edge of the skis into the hill and they should stay fairly stable.
Snap.
If it is flat i have my skis parallel, dig the edges in and then use my pole to push myself up. There are probably camels that can stand more gracefully but it works for me.
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
Iceman
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Then the poles bennnnnnnnddddd :(
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
Snapzzz
reply to 'Oh no, please not the fall over!' posted Jan-2012
Iceman wrote:Then the poles bennnnnnnnddddd :(
Are you suggesting I pack a few extra pounds ???
Skied: Arinsal, La Plagne, Alpe D'huez, Flaine, Les Arcs, Morzine, Les Gets, Avoriaz, Sauze, Courchevel, Val Thorens
Topic last updated on 03-January-2012 at 08:23