Inspired in part by the inclination/angulation thread, and because I have been reading the (PSIA) alpine tech manual myself after an event at Killington a few weeks ago, I came across 5 interesting words as they were describing edge control in relation to carving....
"access the forces (centripetal force)"
access the forces...
access.
what a cool way to put it. I never thought of it that way. We alter the direction of Newton's object moving in a straight path, because we ARE that object and we have a desire to make a turn. We access centripetal force because its fun and manage those forces to our delight (well, usually to our delight), only to feel a few moments of weightlessness in transition, anticipating the delight of more centripetal forces in the next turn.....
I like this quite a bit.
Our fundamentals talk about managing, regulating and controlling. They talk about the magnitude of forces ( felt as pressure) through ski/snow interaction....sounds kinda dry, doesn't it? or does it?....
regulate the magnitude. I get a really cool picture in my head of bump skiing...like smooth zipper lines rounded out a bit while legs are flexing and extending, poles reaching, skis gliding....
but access the forces... looking for them and searching them out... that is when the fun begins!
This is a bit free verse and an incomplete thought. apologies. Im going to play with this at the hill this weekend.
JP
"access the forces (centripetal force)"
access the forces...
access.
what a cool way to put it. I never thought of it that way. We alter the direction of Newton's object moving in a straight path, because we ARE that object and we have a desire to make a turn. We access centripetal force because its fun and manage those forces to our delight (well, usually to our delight), only to feel a few moments of weightlessness in transition, anticipating the delight of more centripetal forces in the next turn.....
I like this quite a bit.
Our fundamentals talk about managing, regulating and controlling. They talk about the magnitude of forces ( felt as pressure) through ski/snow interaction....sounds kinda dry, doesn't it? or does it?....
regulate the magnitude. I get a really cool picture in my head of bump skiing...like smooth zipper lines rounded out a bit while legs are flexing and extending, poles reaching, skis gliding....
but access the forces... looking for them and searching them out... that is when the fun begins!
This is a bit free verse and an incomplete thought. apologies. Im going to play with this at the hill this weekend.
JP