Pizza, Pizza! The yell comes from mom/dad/coach/instructor/SO, as a helpless soul tries to stop with the awkward wedged skidding technique. I've seen countless cases of that, or people trying really hard to break out of the V shaped skiing habit. If they are kids, they are moving into "french fries" (parallel).
Which brings me to an honest question. Why is it that people are taught this way? It seems pretty standard. It seems to me that it takes a lot of effort to break out of the habit, and it really buys you very little. You only need it in the lift line, as far as I can tell. I actually remember a post from @Tricia where she mentions that as an instructor, she would take intermediates to a relatively steep slope and make sure they can side-slip and hockey stop. It makes a lot of sense to me. This was the second thing I learned, on my second day as a skier, and I'm grateful to the instructor.
Anyways, I am genuinely curious why people are not initiated in parallel, skidded turns. As an absolute beginner, I found pivoting and hokcey stopping much more natural, and easier, than trying to create an edge from a wedged position. Definitely, much more effective. I know I must be missing something ...
Cheers!
Which brings me to an honest question. Why is it that people are taught this way? It seems pretty standard. It seems to me that it takes a lot of effort to break out of the habit, and it really buys you very little. You only need it in the lift line, as far as I can tell. I actually remember a post from @Tricia where she mentions that as an instructor, she would take intermediates to a relatively steep slope and make sure they can side-slip and hockey stop. It makes a lot of sense to me. This was the second thing I learned, on my second day as a skier, and I'm grateful to the instructor.
Anyways, I am genuinely curious why people are not initiated in parallel, skidded turns. As an absolute beginner, I found pivoting and hokcey stopping much more natural, and easier, than trying to create an edge from a wedged position. Definitely, much more effective. I know I must be missing something ...
Cheers!