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B-tele is different from conventional ski methods, which are generally built on the assumption that you make turns.
B-tele does not start from that premise.
What matters is not turning itself, but learning how to control speed through braking.
Think about riding a bicycle downhill.
You go straight while applying the brakes, don’t you?
It’s the same idea. A bicycle has brakes.
B-tele has brakes too.
They are found on the outside edge of the uphill ski.
By rubbing this edge against the snow surface as much as needed, it functions as a brake.
In ski terminology, this action is called skidding.
At what angle to the fall line do you skid, and with how much force?
That force is applied as pressure.
It is force created by extending the joints-in other words, a pushing force.
Pressure is a force that can be produced regardless of direction: up, down, left, or right.
Extend quickly and you get a strong brake;
extend gently and you get a soft, subtle brake.
Being able to adjust this strength is what we call control.
In this video, I show in slow motion the moment when the knee behind the
uphill ski-or the inside ski-is being extended.
I apply the brake by extending my joints.
At the same time, this movement also marks the beginning of the turn.
If we analyze what we see as a “turn,”
this video shows a turn that is initiated by the inside leg.
For those who have taken the B-tele lesson “CHU♪,”
this corresponds exactly to the sixth effect of CHU♪, known as “Extending CHU♪”.
I hope this video serves as useful review material after the lesson.
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