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ski terms

  1. LiquidFeet

    tracking your CoM and your BoS

    COM = Center of Mass, a point, but not a fixed point since our bodies bend and twist ... it's usually somewhere in the middle of the torso BoS = Base of Support, fancy way of saying the feet, or the foot, or somewhere between the two, depending.... I have some questions about tracking these two...
  2. U

    Transition?

    One of those words that you run into all the time in skiing talk but just what does it mean? What is being transitioned? For me the transition that is taking place is that of the body from one side of the skis to the other. To do this I have to establish separate paths for my skis/feet and my...
  3. Tricia

    Why does terminology matter?

    Extension & flexion, absorption, retraction, crossover, edge change, rotary, pivot... When I'm talking to friends about ski technique, I hear a lot of these terms, some of which seem to be the same but different. Lets talk about why terminology matters and when to use one term instead of...
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