How To  Racers Tips, Instruction

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Dave Pickett, one of our racers was on a quest. With a bit of help, he accomplished his goal. He is by trade an Engineer, so this in-depth account is very interesting.

This  is his story

SELF STUDY TIME:

BASICS – How the game is played

A. Racing BASICS for the Beginner:

Read the Introduction to Ski Racing  

B. When crash, wreck this is what you need to know.

Risk and Risk avoidance

C.eteamz.active.com/sst/handouts

More info in the Instruction area.

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 SKIER

A. Technique SKIER

• MODERN SKI RACING Shaped Skis

• Technique of GS

• SLALOM

• You Can Ski – RACE training from Greg

B. Drills

zr_ski_drills.txt

C. Reference

• Skiing Visual Cues

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SNOWBOARDER

A. Technique SNOWBOARDER

• Snowboard-Chris Klug

• get_wise_to_the_basics_of_mechanics.pdf

B. Drills

zr_snowboard_drills.txt

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REFERENCE MATERIAL

-Available from me.

USSA CD-ROM Race Tactics

GS Race Training – VHS

CD ROM of PRO RACE  movies

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 — READING ROOM —

How the Racers Ski

The Athletic Skier   This book also can be read online  using Open Library. 

The Skiers Edge    See pg 127 hands

Ski Faster

Snow and Course Preparation

 Physics

•  Modeling Edging Forces in Skiing using Merchant’s Theory for Metal Cutting

• FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF A CARVING SNOW SKI, A PhD dissertation,