dlague
Active member
One of my goals this year is to improve my skiing in the bumps. I have always been impressed with the bump skiers who ski bumps top to top. I thought I would read about some techniques and came across this:
(1) Green Line: a turn that has a smaller radius than the trough - e.g. you stay on the same mogul on which you initiated your turn.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and steer / pivot the skis to perpendicular or more to the fall line that is between where you initiated your turn and the flat top of a designated mogul below where you will initiate your next turn. Avoid the use of high edge angles (carving) and drift down to the new turn location using "soft" edges.
This line is the slowest way to ski a mogul run and does not require fast reflexes.
(2) Blue Line: a turn that has a larger radius than the trough - e.g. you ski on the curved bank of the adjacent mogul staying above the trough.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and steer the skis along the arc of the bank of the adjacent mogul that represents the opposite side of the trough (think of riding on a banked NASCAR track). Avoid the use of high edge angles (carving), keep your skis flat to the angle of the bank and drift to the new turn location on "soft" edges.
This line is the second slowest way to ski a mogul run and also does not require fast reflexes.
(3) Trough Line: a turn that has the same radius as the trough - e.g. you ski in the trough.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and - keeping your turn radius the same as the trough - ski through the trough to the flat top of another mogul below where you plan to initite your next turn.
This line is the second fastest way to ski a mogul run and requires fast reflexes.
(4) Zipper Line: a method of skiing a mogul run where you essentially go straight down the fall line with minimal turns - e.g. you ski directly from the top of one mogul to the top of another mogul below.
This line is the fastest way to ski a mogul run and requires lightening fast reflexes.
We can safely say that the Zipper Line is not appropriate, under any circumstance, for Baby Boomer and Senior skiers because of the need for ultra-fast reflexes.
(1) Green Line: a turn that has a smaller radius than the trough - e.g. you stay on the same mogul on which you initiated your turn.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and steer / pivot the skis to perpendicular or more to the fall line that is between where you initiated your turn and the flat top of a designated mogul below where you will initiate your next turn. Avoid the use of high edge angles (carving) and drift down to the new turn location using "soft" edges.
This line is the slowest way to ski a mogul run and does not require fast reflexes.
(2) Blue Line: a turn that has a larger radius than the trough - e.g. you ski on the curved bank of the adjacent mogul staying above the trough.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and steer the skis along the arc of the bank of the adjacent mogul that represents the opposite side of the trough (think of riding on a banked NASCAR track). Avoid the use of high edge angles (carving), keep your skis flat to the angle of the bank and drift to the new turn location on "soft" edges.
This line is the second slowest way to ski a mogul run and also does not require fast reflexes.
(3) Trough Line: a turn that has the same radius as the trough - e.g. you ski in the trough.
Initiate your turn on the flat top of a mogul and - keeping your turn radius the same as the trough - ski through the trough to the flat top of another mogul below where you plan to initite your next turn.
This line is the second fastest way to ski a mogul run and requires fast reflexes.
(4) Zipper Line: a method of skiing a mogul run where you essentially go straight down the fall line with minimal turns - e.g. you ski directly from the top of one mogul to the top of another mogul below.
This line is the fastest way to ski a mogul run and requires lightening fast reflexes.
We can safely say that the Zipper Line is not appropriate, under any circumstance, for Baby Boomer and Senior skiers because of the need for ultra-fast reflexes.