It is always wise to begin skiing a mogul run
slowly. You can gradually pick up speed as you progress down the run.
- The moment you feel as though you're losing
control, stop, rather than continue while you're out of balance.
It is a good idea to scrub speed by carving a
turn on the uphill side of the mogul. If you slam down into the trough you might
stop too abruptly, subjecting your body to unnecessary pounding and your ski to
the possibility of a bent tip.
Avoid "Bailout" moguls that usually
form in the second half of a mogul run. Inexperienced mogul skiers start off in
control, but as they proceed down the bump run, they pick up speed and lose it.
That's all OK, but as they lose control, they carve longer and longer moguls
that eventually reflect the high, and almost out of control, speeds that formed
them. You can spot "Bailout" moguls by the flat area just after
them--formed by hockey stops.
- Practice making hockey stops before you enter
the bump run. When you want to slow yourself smoothly, gradually increase
the edge bite with each turn until you have slowed yourself.
Print this out for future
reference and remember to have fun!
