What type of turner are you?

[SkiDog]

Go that way.....if something gets in your way...TURN....

M

 

[Phildozer]

GS Turns.

Get those skis out from under you and let them do their job!

I *love* to go fast.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Turning?

I like to go straight whenever possible since I am better at going straight than at turning. I use static obstacles and other skiers to slow me down.

That sounds more like an "unguided missile" rather than skiing.

 

[andyzee]

I hate this thread, every time I see it, it think it says "What kind of tuner are you"

 

[bvibert]

I hate this thread, every time I see it, it think it says "What kind of tuner are you"

I think the same thing.

As for turning, I like making wide long turns. I'm working on my short, snappy turns though

 

[nightingale]

A good skier makes all kinds of turns equally well. And mixes it up.

 

[ctenidae]

What kind of turner digs up threads from a year ago?

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

GS Turns.

Get those skis out from under you and let them do their job!

I *love* to go fast.

I'm with Phildozer the majority of the time...steeps, bumps, pow...big turns are fun. I'll throw some quick turns in there for good measure on occasion...and in the trees of course...but most of the time I prefer to let gravity and sidecut do their jobs while I hang out and watch the scenery.

 

[drjeff]

Depends on the time of day and the snow conditions.

I really enjoy mach 5 big arcing GS turns down a rolling fresh corduroy trail, but at the same time I really enjoy some "ugly" survival jump turns through thick, sloppy steeps/trees too, and even this past winter in a wedge following my 3 year old down the hill on her first runs. As long as I'm on snow with both planks on the feet and heading downhill I'm a happy camper!

 

[cbcbd]

I'm a Ted turner myself

 

[mattchuck2]

Do you like to make short snappy turns, medium sized turns, or huge sweeping arcs?

Yes.

 

[JD]

I big wide open pow carve is rare around here so I think they are the most cherished. Nothing like blasting out into some slide path or meadow or birch glade and carving a huge turn.


It's all good, and I agree about terrain dictating the line, it does seem like the most interactive kind of skiing. If I was on a perfectly open, treeless pitch, I could see completely semetrical, identical turns being a fun thing to try and achieve, but making turns at regular intervals in constantly undulating terrain is almost like ignoring all the stuff going on around you, which is not a small amount of stuff. Using what's going on around you to be as smooth as possible, and as casual. Sometimes that means straightlining some choke and blasing out a huge carve at 40 mph, and sometimes it's noodleing thru some tight mousehole at 5 mph. But it's the big fast ones that I remember the most.

 

[Sky]

I'm with Dozer on this one...although he's much better at getting those skis out from under than I am.

Although, if I'm skiing with certain groups...I'll go slower and work on my form for the "shorter" carving turns. They feel great when they're linked.

 

[wa-loaf]

It's all good. Blasting down a groomer feeling the g-force of the big turns. Short fast turns in the crud at the side of trails when the middle is scrapped off. Lazy medium radius turns when you want to chill. Fast medium radius turns on really steep groomer (like white nitro) Trying to make GS turns through powdery bumps when your legs get fried. The list goes on . . .

 

[SIKSKIER]

I'll go with Tina instead of Ted Turner.Not that there's anything wrong with that.Turning is to control speed so I only turn when I need to.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I like to either straight run or make big GS/Super G turns on Groomers and Crud and in powder..lots of short turns for speed control..

 

[bvibert]

I got that way, really fast. If something gets in my way, I turn.

 

[marcski]

Depends on the terrain and the snow conditions. I can do it all.

 

[Lostone]

I like to mix it up, but mostly woods and powder call for tight turns, while on groomers I like to have my tracks show only edges, and no flats.

Oh yeah... and slower turns in the air.

 

[millerm277]

I got that way, really fast. If something gets in my way, I turn.

My method as well...:smile: