Show I J r. r 1 L' L I 1 A c Jt f P U AS i r l l i. i 0 i r c. c t fr 1 4 r rr r y i 0 t t 1 4 tr I i tt t 1 4 f f t d tNy r 7 a t t f ell i J t r r 4 cr t t i c. c I. I 1 C i 7 5 ed r By GEORGE BAIRD l and HOWARD WHELAN LAll Staff Solitude Ski School first day In ski class the heat learned to walk with Ns first on level ground then thena a a slight Incline by stepping f ways up the hill rr iT WAS noticeable at al once at I the step up had to be on the edge of each ski or there thereas as 45 not enough resistance to port port the skIers skIer's weight It If e ski was held flat on the slope slip downhill The edge edger r ed resistance lathe the lesson on the traverse found that the uphill edge SIlie skis caused them to track 10 1 keep their direction while sling w across the slope The Thes Thees es s were kept Into the hlll hill rough ough of the body sees and hips up the hill and andRer body angled downhill t THE SIDESLIP Is started roa the traverse position the is de- de Teased This causes the skIs to some of the edge and as d earlier they sUp slip side side- says downhill Iven is Increased te 1 uphIll edges take hold and ande e sideslip stops The forward sideslip Is shown In the first sketch THE STUDENT will be given varIous simple exercises to help maintain balance d during sideslip With skIs across the slope the student Is supported by one ski pole downhill and one uphill starting With the lower skI the skIs are sUpped slipped sideways one at a time toward the lower pole THIS IS repeated with both skis together I usIng the poles then without the poles Often while waIting in a lift line the student can practice this simple sideslip The Christie Up Hill Is the first time that the student will change dIrection with both skis held parallel to each other FROM FRO THE TRAVERSE the turn Is started with an for up-for- ward motion and counter rotation rotation rota- rota tion whIch first decreases resistance resistance re- re on the skis allowing them to start then puts a turnIng force on them This Is followed by a sin sinking kin g motion combIned with angula- angula tion and slight counter motion The arc of the turn Is completed completed com com- as the skIer rises to a anew anew new traverse The ChrIstie Up- Up Hill Is shown In the second sketch IN THIS TURN I the student learns a new body action counter counter coun- coun ter rotation and what it can do doto doto to the skis Most high school students have heard of one of Newtons Newton's Laws of Motion To 10 every action there Is an equal and opposite reaction Here on the ski slopes the dry words of the prInted page come alive aUve because it Is just this reaction action that powers the skIs into the turn COUNTER ROTATION Is the quick turning motion of the upper body while the skis are whIch results In an equal counter action In the opposite opposite op- op direction In the lower part of the body Counter rotation rotation ro- ro tation will be used In all turns from now on NEXT WEEK Stem ChrIstie |