Euler
Active member
I've gotten out a few times this year on my Alpina Lite-Terrain Skis on some sloping pastures. The first time was in some light powder at the end on December and I pleasantly found that I could make a telemark turn. Then, last Tuesday evening I got out for an hour and the snow was a couple inches of wet, fairly grabby snow on top of a frozen base. I had a had time making tele turns so I tried for some parallel turns and found that I could make parallel turns on this gear as well. I had a blast making laps up and down the hill for an hour or so. What I noticed, though was that my parallel turns required a LOT of up-unweighting and rotary force which I've come to think of as bad technique on my alpine gear. I'm wondering if the weird technique I use to make the free-heel parallel turns happen might bleed back in to my skiing when I'm on my alpine equipment? The question's moot for a while now...no skiing in the meadows after last night