by John Mason » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:45 pm
you can have too much of anything
But, in most cases, like even tipping and even increasing tipping as the turn increases, I don't have enough. So in my case, no, I can't have too much tipping or too much counter. If I personally feel like I'm getting too much tipping and/or too much counter, then I might (emphasize 'might') be just barely getting enough.
But now we are getting into areas of intent and results vs what we are actually doing. And as any review of ones own video knows, that's a whole different subject.
(good thread btw) (makes me real itchy to find some snow and go someplace)
Oh, to answer the thread another way, the slower you are going, the more counter balance and counter you need to do your edge changes. Really well done railroad turns work best with lots of counter balance. As you are going faster, not as much counter balance is needed, unless you want to connect the high c part of the turn. Speed and intent and what you are trying to do will change how much counter balance mixed with counter rotation you would 'dial-in'. On a gentle blue where I'm not worried much about speed control, then very wide arc turns can be carved without much counter-rotation or counter balance. But as the terrain is steeper and the turns need to be shorter, then more and more counter balance and counter rotation are needed.
We PMTS'ers know that we are not robot skiers. PMTS gives us a toolset to mix with intent. None of us would ski in all situations with the same degree of counter and counter rotation. It's very dynamic skiing.