Harald wrote:
Brushed carves or skidded turns are achieved in PMTS by changing the duration and intensity of tipping. If I have speed and momentum, I can choose to carve or brush my turn, by how quickly and how much I tip my skis. If I tilt my skis to only 25% of what is necessary to achieve lock carve and I don?t extend the legs to create pressure; I get skidded turns.
Isn't the key here really how quickly and how "hard" (angle, pressure) you ENGAGE the stance ski ? In other words, if your tipping input of the free foot is substantial, then your hips will be pulled deep into the turn, creating high edge angles. Those high edge angles, in conjunction with increasing the pressure on the new stance ski, will create a carved turn.
Whereas for a brushed turn, you would still want to be quick tipping the free ski, to shorten the turn, but not allowing the stance ski to engage as forcefully, eg by keeping it more flexed, to allow it to brush.
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--T