Snowsports Club of Singapore

I see a lot of skiers slowing down their progress by trying to improve technique on a wide free ride type ski. You will learn much faster and get feelings that transfer to any type of ski but using more of a carving type ski. In the end the ultimate is owning a quiver of skis. Skis that cover the multitude of various conditions experienced in a snow season. But I promise you if you want to improve your overall skiing in general - choose a carving type ski that’s designed to turn on harder snow. The conditions that most of us experience on the average ski resort day.

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Landslagstruppen att representera Svenska Skidförbundet i grässkidåkning säsongen 24/25 är nu släppta. 🇸🇪 ⛷️

Uttagna åkare är Edvard Nord och Carl Söderlund från Norrköpings Skidklubb.

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Säsongens höjdpunkt för våra åkare blir årets världscupspremiär som äger rum 8 juni i Vrinnevibacken Sverige.

Tävlingspremiären sker i tyska Neudorf 26-28 maj med 3 dagars FIS-tävlingar.

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Fat ski syndrome.

Fat skis are designed for immersion in snow, where when tipped, a platform can be created that stretches at least from the ski edge to inside the edge of your foot. The wider the ski and narrower your foot, the deeper the edge and side of the ski, needs to pe*****te into the surface.

Wider skis are harder to tip and hold on any firm terrain. Edge grip, balance and initiating turns on firm terrain (and especially control on ice) is difficult for recreational skiers. Trying to tilt and hold an edge on firm snow, with an edge that is not below your big toe, is inefficient, ineffective and tiring. Most recreational skiers resort to largely pointing the skis downhill, making shallow turns and skidding a relatively flat ski. Many competent off-piste skiers on these fatter skis, while lording their stability, ski poorly on piste, and often refer to the piste as boring, even if they are on mid-fat ‘all mountain’ skis. Use of the edge tends to be limited to railing straight the slightly tilted ski in the bottom third of the turn.

Trying to steer the skis using edging creates a leverage that over time leads to overuse knee injuries. The outside ski will tend to flatten, rolling off its edge compressing the medial aspect of the knee joint and creating medial hamstring strain on the inside of the knee. Resisting this flattening often leads to the ski chattering. Skiing on piste and hard, uneven terrain with modern widths of ‘all mountain skis’ can lead to tendonitis and bursitis as well as aching knees, even in people without existing knee issues.

Ultimately there is often overnight knee discomfort, even walking with a limp after skiing and having to take days off skiing but the pain still reappears.

Last day of Hokkaido tour 2024 …

2025 tour - for technical skiing, assessment, gates, race experience, moguls, powder…

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