Stem. I understood that in the second half of a Stem turn, you close your
inside foot or line it up with your outside foot. That's why I was floating
it quite a bit while I was doing it. . After all, in those days, the outside
foot was everything! You put weight on the outside foot. This is about
alpine skiing. About 40 years ago. . Isn't that so? I was doing it in NZ
with an instructor's qualification, so it was still 30 years ago. Hmm.
So, although it's been quite a while, I've been crazy about Stem turns
for the past two weeks and enjoying them. It all started when I saw the
video below on YouTube. "Really? You move your inside foot like that!?"
It's fun. This is close to B-tele, isn't it? Mr. Inomata's smooth movements.
If it were telemark, it would be telehiro's movements. It's exactly like
Nappe. You can see the movements so well because you do it on the 200cm
skis of that time. People take selfies. Well, in the video above, it looks
like I'm doing it a lot over the top, but this is what happens when you
move it like a B-tele in alpine skiing. Wow. I brake with the tail of the
uphill ski, and that's what happens. I draw a fan shape with the tail.
A fan shape from left to right, left to right. If the snow is deep, I sink
into it to make a fan shape. This is good enough for groomed slopes and
mountains. As for braking (←actually, it's also for turns!). It's quite
simple. In any case, how far can you move the tail of the uphill ski (or
the inside ski)? The range of movement is equal to the range of braking
operation. And the width of the range comes from the height of the boot
cuff and the length of the ski. With low-cut leather boots and narrow 205cm
skis, the inside ski can be facing like this. I see. February 25, 2025