Apr 3, 2009 | Edging, Glossary, Turn Shape
Carve Zone Any ski has a limited range of turn shapes it can carve. We call it the ski’s carve zone. The radius of the circle a ski would produce if the curvature of its sidecut were projected into a full circle, represents the radius of the largest turn that...
Apr 1, 2009 | Glossary, Turn Shape
Apex It’s the point at which you’ve completed half of the direction change you’ll be making over the course of an entire turn. It can be at the same point at which your skis are pointing straight down the falline, as in the drawing above, but it...
Mar 31, 2009 | Glossary, Turn Shape
Radius Radius of a Turn Radius of a turn refers refers to the size of a turn. If a turn were to be continued through a full circle, the radius of that turn would be equal to the radius of the circle it produced. Radius of a ski refers to the measurement of the...
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