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Show t! Ski Tips By Chuck Ratte. President Rainbow Canyon Ski Club 12. Parallel Tumi You have now progressed to a point where you are readly to learn the most thrilling maneu-vers maneu-vers of skiing the parallel turn. Parallel turns are actually the most eftrrtless turns to accomplish accomp-lish of all the turns you have learned. They are effortless be-Crfm be-Crfm hcv are performed at fair-jv fair-jv t,, ,,tfl nry wtn relatively relative-ly little change of actual direction. direc-tion. I wll explain parallel turns In a str'es of steps; however, you must remember that each step Is not a separate movement, but rather a continuous, rhythmical rhyth-mical series that carries you through a turn to the right and then to the left. 1. Start straight down the slope and contiune until you have at-ta1nd at-ta1nd a falrlv high speed. 2. Now lower your knees and hips into a slight crouch 3. Raise out of the crouch and as you raise you will take some of the weight off your skis, at this point. 4. Thrust your heels to the left and allow the tails of your skis to slide on the snow. 5. Now Immediately go Into a slight crouch by lowering your knees and hips. This will automatically auto-matically add weight to your skis and cause your edges to bite Into the snow, thus stopping their side slip motion and com plctlng your right turn. I 6. p's fmnvdlately from this ; crouch and as you raise thrust your horls to the right this will Inltlife your turn to the left. ! You should continue down the I hill linking parallel turns to the I right and left. At first your body movements will be exaggerated, j but after a little practice the body movements which cause the rhythmic weighting and un-welhtlnr un-welhtlnr of the skis will be-, come smooth and completely en-. , Joyable. J |
