Intermediate
goal: Short radius parallel turns
Number: 3 of 3 Intermediate goals
Level: Intermediate 
Summary: Ah, how sweet it is. Get a taste of a nicely carved short
radius turn and you'll know that it is a goal worth pursuing
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IMPORTANT!
Understanding our approach and philosophy is important if you'd like to
successfully use the drills in Ski Smarts
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In short radius turns, strive to:
- Maintain a relaxed and efficient stance, with
feet slightly apart.
- Keep a substantially countered stance, with your
upper body stable and facing mostly down the hill, as opposed to your legs and
feet that are rapidly changing direction.
- Steer both skis simultaneously and actively in
the same direction.
- Extend down the hill from the uphill ski at the
end of turns (roughly where your skis are across the fall line,) to achieve a
carved turn.
Most importantly: Practice exercises in sequence
as a means towards our ultimate goal--to have fun!
Work sequentially through the topics and
exercises in this goal:
1. Review this goal
2. Upper and lower separation
3. Stabilize to maximize
4. Hockey stops
5. Leg rotation
6. Let it go!
7. Hip hoppin'
8. The pole touch revisited
9. Pole tricks
10. Pedaling
11. Power wedge turns
12. Short radius turns
Remember our overall goal--to have fun!
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