May 7, 2009 | Glossary, Rotation
May 6, 2009 | Glossary, Transitions
OLR- Outside Leg relaxation An acronym for “Outside Leg Relaxation”, OLR is a type of turn transition. It’s done by relaxing your outside leg at the end of a turn, which transfers pressure to your inside foot. That pressure transfer causes a...
May 5, 2009 | Glossary, Rotation
Rotation While this term refers to the entire basket of skills having to do with rotational movements of particular areas of the body while skiing, it also identifies a specific way of turning the skis. Turning with rotation is achieved with an aggressive twisting of...
May 3, 2009 | Glossary, Transitions
Inside Leg Extension ILE is an acronym for Inside leg Extension, ILE is a type of turn transition. It’s done by pushing down gently on your inside foot at the end of a turn, which transfers pressure to that foot. That pressure transfer causes a temporary...
May 2, 2009 | Angulation, Edging, Glossary
Gorilla Turns The Gorilla Drill has a skier carve turns in a very wide stance. It’s useful as a stepping stone exercise for learning angulation and higher edge angle carving. ...
Apr 30, 2009 | Glossary, Transitions
Push Initiation A push initiation is a twisting of the feet and skis during a transition, while the skis are still weighted. It serves to redirect the skis downhill for a quick start of the new turn. and also provides a breaking effect, for when speed control is a...
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