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The ability to ride confidently on one ski is well worth attaining, for the skier may often find himself momentarily and unexpectedly on one ski, and might as well feel at home there. Telemark position.—Much controversy may exist with respect to the merits of the telemark as a turn, but it is generally agreed that the telemark position, with one ski well advanced, is the soundest position to assume when a sudden checking of forward speed is imminent. The position should be used when running from fast snow to slow, or to increase forward-backward stability in running across dips in the course, or in leveling out after a descent. Lateral stability is of course reduced, but the skier would do better to fall to one side than to fall forward when he buries both ski tips in the opposite side of a dip. |
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