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Show Skiing in Park City this past weekend, I rode the lifts with an individual who seemed to know more about skiing than I did, and he made several observations about some beginner skiers. "Look at this skier," he said, "he Schwupps." "Schwupps?" I countered, "is that some type of beer?" He then explained to me that Schwupps are a turning manuvure that beginners often use, which is characterized by a more parallel ski relationship. They also are referred to as spontaneous turning, and is the results of making gliding wedge turns at progressively higher speed. The skiers momentum contributes to the skidding of the skis from turn to turn. I aksed him if it wasn't the beginning of parallel skiing. It looked really rough, not refined at all. He said that the skiing with spontaneous turns was usually developed by aggressive skiers, who combined the turns together, turning both skis instead of the usual wedge turns. He also said that this was a facet of skiing that wasn't usually taught, but skiers often got into the habit by simply wanting to go faster. When I encountered my friends at the top of the mountain, we discussed schwupps, and they all agreed that they had advanced through the schwupps. "Schwupps" a new term for your skiing vocabulary. |