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ALIGNMENT > Skiing Theory
Carving: Loading |
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| Moving the body inside the arc puts the ski on edge. In combination with reverse camber, this allows the equipment to describe an arc and create a steering angle that deflects the COM in a new direction. At any moment in the turn, the COM has a line of momentum that is a tangent to the arc. The tension between the direction of momentum of the body and the different path of the skis is what the skier feels as ‘loading’ in the turn. |
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As a result of placing the ski on edge, the equipment turns the body through a summation of infinite changes to the direction of the COM’s momentum. |
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