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Its time to release the turn. Do you flex first or tip first?
Max_501 wrote:Ok, next question...
When should you start applying counter (specifically counter rotation)?
Sidney wrote:Wouldnt that depend on where you want your skis to have the most pressure? On the fall line or at the bottom of the turn?
Max_501 wrote:
Why would you want more pressure in one area over the other?
Sidney wrote:I may have worded that poorly.
The only reason I was thinking that was if you went for an extra early engagement (say the high C) your counter might come significantly earlier than if you werent.
By the way, are you referring to the same thing when you say counter/counter-rotation? Or are they seperate?
HarveyD wrote:After flexing into neutral, when the skis are flat, the next move is to start the skis onto their new edges. At this point, one should start a slight counter. This will enhance the edge hold as well as making the stance more skeletal.
Max_501 wrote:HarveyD wrote:After flexing into neutral, when the skis are flat, the next move is to start the skis onto their new edges. At this point, one should start a slight counter. This will enhance the edge hold as well as making the stance more skeletal.
What other benefit do we get from counter rotation?
nwskier wrote:Doesn't counter rotation also enable greater angulation and hence greater edge angles?
counter acting is the turning of the hips and upper body to the outside of the turn. First, this counters any rotation of the upper body in the direction of the turn. Second it allows the stance leg to straighten out more easily when the skier is in high angles thereby avoiding steering in the upper leg and making the leg more structurally strong. Lastly, it provides greater counter balancing effect then by using counter balancing alone. By adding counter acting, the upper body can stay upright more easily because the skier can recruit the muscles in front of the stomach and bend forward at the waist (forward in relation to the direction of the hips) rather than just isolating a lateral muscles and bending involved in counter balancing alone.
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