Terminology question(s)

[Jilly]

Well I didn't teach it the way the video does. Skis go into a slight wedge, moving the weight to the outside ski. As the skis turn match the inside ski to the outside ski parallel and edge the skis. Never did you lift a ski. You flattened the inside ski to side it to match.

And yes @AmyPJ , it's hard to get rid of. TG, we don't teach it anymore in the CSIA progression. Closest might be a Christie Garland.

 

[Kneale Brownson]

I am the master at this, and wish I could get rid of it! I've been working on it for 3 seasons now. My advice to those learning? Do NOT pick up this horrible habit.


Yep, flats.

There are places and circumstances when a stem Christie is the appropriate move. But it’s NOT what you want to do habitually. If you can’t shake the stem habit, you have not yet mastered releasing the new inside ski into the turn.

 

[AmyPJ]

There are places and circumstances when a stem Christie is the appropriate move. But it’s NOT what you want to do habitually. If you can’t shake the stem habit, you have not yet mastered releasing the new inside ski into the turn.

Yup, trust me, I get it beat into my head repeatedly.

 

[DanoT]

I skied Stem Christie for about 3 years in high school on equipment that was very, very different than today. Then in university I went on a ski week to Stowe (single day lift tickets were $7 but the 5 day ski week was $35 and included a 2 hour group lesson per day). The instructor had me doing parallel turns the first day.

 

[Tricia]

It WAS available on Epic. I have it downloaded to my computer. I also have the paper version

I have both the download version and paperback

 

[Don in Morrison]

For the flat spots I like the term "gravity well".

 

[Kneale Brownson]

At Breck, we call the loooong runout at the bottom of the Quicksilver lift the Kansas Flats

 

[Tricia]

@Bob Barnes The Complete Encyclopedia of Skiing has a ton of the terminology that you're looking for.
I know he has a digital version, perhaps he'll make it available.

Here are a few screen shots of things in Bob's Encyclopedia from your OP

I wanted to start a thread where beginners can ask skiing terminology questions.

A couple to start.

- What is the flat section of a trail called? One you have to keep pushing on your poles to get through and spend a lot of energy. Sometimes this is in middle of trail and often at the end of trail before the lift and just at the top of the lift.
- What is the word for icy lumps sometimes found on groomed trails?
- What is the meaning of stem in reference to turns?

 

[graham418]

- What is the word for icy lumps sometimes found on groomed trails?

In Canada, these are known as "Beaver Balls"

 

[PeteW]

Archived version of The Complete Encyclopedia of Skiing Glossary as well as lot of epic ski content can still be found at archive.org site

https://web.archive.org/web/2017050...ncyclopedia-of-skiing-epicski-skiing-glossary