Replying to Sitting on the back off you skis for speed and aerodynamic purposes
ok, so i dont mean literally sitting on the tails, but rather than tucking and leaning forward youre in more of a sitting position. you know what i mean.
well i hate to break it to you, but this isnt a very efficient way of gaining extra speed. a normal racer tuck is the best way. you might say "racers have that position so they can go fast, but still be able to control a turn." but what about those world record guys that straight line at like a million miles an hour? they are over the front of there skis.
when you dont have your wait more over the tips (like it is when you are in a race style tuck), than you do ove the tails (when in the position i speak of), you skis tend to noodle about, sometimes rather subtley, but none then less, having poor edge control effects your speed way more than aerodynamic capability, specially when youre wearing baggy clothes.
also, when in a "proper" skiing position, you can pump throuh your turns to GAIN speed instead of shaving it off. im not saying that you can turn and go faster than a straightline on a nice long in run, but say you have a inrun thats a little short, you could carve into it and pump, similar to how you pump a transition, you night gain that extra little bit of speed.
im not trying to start nything huge here, but im just offering my advice/opinion/thing. word.
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