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 Check out the numbers on the back of these skis. I mean this is a real alphanumeric experience. Look at this "L165". Ok, that's the length, 165. Kinda short but very versatile. I enjoy that now. Then we have "Sc" and look starting from the tail, "104, 66, 124." what's that? That's side cut.
And then we have "R 12.2." you need to be kind of like a physicist. But it's that R 12.2 we're going to play with today. So 12.2 means you can do a 12.2 metre carved turn. That's the radius of these carved turns.
12.2 metres. Now that doesn't mean you have to do a turn that's 12.2 metres. By adjusting where you stand alone the length of the ski you can moderate it.
I’ll show you how. Ok, so those 12.2 metre turns they come from having pressure right up in the shovel. But say you want to cruise a little bit more. You just move your weight a little bit farther back. You don't move in quite so much and you can adjust the radius of the turn. It's this generous side cut. 124, 66, 104. But the important number really is 12.2 metre radius. And again, you'll get that 12.2 metre radius if you stay centred and use a little pressure up towards the tips.
Get it by pulling the feet back and then if you want to moderate it again you just let the feet go ahead. Keep the pressure up in the tips or just ease it off for a little more relaxed turn shape. So making sense of those numbers. 165, that's a good length for carving. A 12-metre ski, that's a great length for carving because you can carve a shorter turn. It means you don't have to go as fast as if you had say an 18-metre turn. Bigger turn, faster obviously.
Remember this. If you do get into carving and you got some beautiful 12-metre skis make sure you get a 12- metre turn by pulling your feet back and generating some pressure up there in the tips so that the skis pull you around and you get that 12 metre shape.
I hope that makes sense to you. Give it a try.
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