NateW Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Understand that this idea is more about fun than competition. That said: Consider a slalom course laid out on a wide & steep slope, with the "gates" positioned way out at the edges. In fact, lay the gates out by having someone make full C-shaped carves, coming perpendicular to the fall line between each turn, and (most importantly) never skidding. Then put a GS-style gate panel near the top of each arc. (And maybe put a stubby further down?) The goal of the layout is to make the winning line be one that consists of nothing but really fun high-inclination carves, and no skidding at all. Sounds like fun to me, does it sound like fun to you? Should there be such a course at an Expression Session? Has it been done before? Was it fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil sunday Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Nate- It's a great idea, and one we've used on our team to teach the kids to crave turns, beforethey learn the race "skitch." we use a combo of stubbies, follwed by "feather" gate below the stubbie, which forces them to fully complete the turn. we've only had about five consecutive gates set for this exercise, but it's fun to watch. usually, a freerun on the groomed race hill will help dictate the set- just follow the tracks! Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 When multiple people make a turn in the same place a rut forms. Doing big " high-inclination carves" dosen't sound fun going throug ruts, and the first "competitors have a huge advantage with a clean course. But that's just my take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Limit the number of people who run it before you groom the course and reset. You could maybe run 5-6 people through every morning of SES, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil sunday Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 when i ran the "modified" set up, we had only the 6 kids on our team and two coaches running it. the heaviest kid i think weighs in at a whopping 130 pounds.. it was fine for a three hour session.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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