Short Radius Turns

LEVEL III SHORT RADIUS TURNS

(blue and black terrain) Ski a series of completed round, carved turns of consistent size and speed between 1/2 to 1 packer widths wide.

Key Areas of focus

  • Skis maintain a parallel attitude
  • Begin tipping of the skis from uphill edges to the downhill edges before turning the skis toward the fall line
  • Minimal pivoting to an edge in most conditions on any terrain on most mountains
  • Demonstrate progressive, dynamic increase and decrease of edge angle throughout the phases of the turn
  • Utilize sidecut/ski design as the primary component controlling turn shape