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A friend once needed something like 26 stitches to close the wound in his calf from another friend trying to spray him. That’s just the most stupid thing commonly done on skis.
If you ski fast, there will be occasions when you need to brake hard, and turning uphill won't cut it. Everybody should be able to do a hockey stop; it's very useful for ditching speed as well as for stopping.
1. Unweight
2. Pivot to a steering angle, if steering angle is 90 degrees, skip step 3
3. Dig in the front edges of the skis, mostly (new) outside ski, until skis turn perpendicular to direction of travel
4. Dig in your edges and tip for maximum stopping effect.
Thanks, she finally came to a stop.
Sidenote ... NEWBIE. Was looking for instructions on that side of the lexicon and not "progressive edge angles" (I don't even know what that means). Tip and twist is good.
Tip then twist is NOT a useful description of a hockey stop. The order is reversed.
Why?
Hockey stop is a violent activity that really has nothing to do with skiing. Teach them to turn to a stop.
Oh, for sure the instructor has to get it across to the student; the post was directed at instructor. Dig means dig those edges into the snow, when the skier comes back down from up-unweighting. (could be done with down unweighting, but I suggest use up unweighting to introduce the concept)I'm wondering that the student may need help with the mechanism motion and intent of the terms
Unweight
Pivot
Dig
and Dig again...
Perhaps we presume too much.
By the way, I have no trouble with high energy hockey stops right or left, but just WHAT do you mean by "dig"?
Are you saying to weight those edges? Hard to do if one is caught in the unweighted phase.
Hockey stop is a violent activity that really has nothing to do with skiing. Teach them to turn to a stop.
Holy cow!!! it took her a full day to stop??? she real slow or the run real long?Thanks, she finally came to a stop.
Sidenote ... NEWBIE. Was looking for instructions on that side of the lexicon and not "progressive edge angles" (I don't even know what that means). Tip and twist are good.
Tip, twist and push!? ....
When I went to the Bobby Orr Hockey Camp in Orillia back in 1976, they lied in that there was no hockey!! Just skating!!!! So yes, I'd say hockey lessons are probably not a bad idea!!Anybody suggest hockey lessons yet?
Agreed. If someones "learns" to do do an hockey stop by throwing their skis across the fall line and leaning against the mountain, which beginners that haven't learned to commit to the downhill foot will inevitably do, it will be quickly ingrained in their brain as their defensive move and once it becomes a habit, it will be a very hard one to break.you cant really just learn to hockey stop.....
Back in 1970 I was playing hockey, stopped suddenly to deflect a shot at goal, got hit from the blindside by a big defenseman and high sticked simultaneously. Did a full body slam on the ice and the blow was so severe I had to quit hockey forever. So I took up skiing. Joined a ski website AND
Some person brought up Hockey Stops for beginner skiers. Now just what the hell does hockey have to do with sliding around on the snow with two aluminum sticks, one in each hand.
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