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Show CI TP 4oki lips Couite&y Rainbow Canyons Sid Club 4 Stemming Find a well packed slope to piactice this next maneuver on skis called "stemming." This will be the first time you have purposely pur-posely attempted to separate your skis while actually moving downhill, and a packed slope eliminates any hazards you might encounter. Once you have mastered "stemming" it can be carried out on any type of snow conditions. The stem is a preparatory man- cuver to most of the turns you will be learning and may also be used to chock your speed during dur-ing a downhill run. Start downhill In the traverse position. Once you are well under un-der way, bend your knees and ankles forward Into a slightly deeper crouch than the ordinary running position. Now rotate your body in toward the hill. This rotation will cause the tail of your downhill ski to separate slightly from your uphill ski. Keep your ski tips close together. You are now stemming. In using the stem to control your speed exaggerate the separation sep-aration between the tails of your skis and "dig In" the uphill edge firmly. Practice "stemming" on both tildes, I. e., while travers'ng both to the right and to the left. Remember, Re-member, in all cases rotate your body In toward the hill. The "double stem" or "snow plow" Is an exercise that may be employed now to practice speed and weight control. Start straight downhill. Now by crossing your heels apart the tails of your skis will separate. Bend your knees and ankles forward for-ward Into a deep crouch. You can control your sped by two methods. By widening the separation separ-ation betwen the tails of your skis, and by "digging In" the Inside In-side edges of your skis. Tract ice weight control merely by shifting your weight first to the right ski and then to the left ski as your progress down-, hill. j You are now ready to learn your first true turns from the running position. |