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We call the movement shown in the video above a “spin.”
It is one of the core exercises in the CHU♪ section of the B-tele program.
CHU♪ has six key effects.
By combining just the first four of them, this spin can be expressed very
easily-almost automatically.
Start with 90 degrees.
That part is surprisingly easy.
Around 180 degrees takes a little getting used to, but once you reach that point, things begin to feel much more relaxed.
Spin-then softly apply the brake.
Spin again-then brake lightly.
That repetition is my downhill skiing on heel-free equipment.
On the other hand, what alpine skiing calls
“short turns,” “long turns,” or “carving turns”
are, to me, playful constructions-movements intentionally created for enjoyment.
It becomes a question of how much you expand a basic spin
and disguise it so that it looks like a turn.
That is how I play with it.
And this is where alpine equipment comes in.
With alpine gear, this spin is mechanically difficult.
So alpine skiing becomes about turns instead.
The rotational axis tilts.
There’s no helping it-the equipment makes it that way.
That’s why it’s called a “turn.”
Because you can’t spin, it becomes a turn.
This is an important point.
And once this spin became possible,
I was able to break a “turn” down into two elements:
spin and braking.
That is B-tele.
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