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Valuing drifting in an era in which there is always talk of "driving" is certainly against the trend, but we are convinced of the great usefulness of this mode. Of course, it should not be a goal but a way of managing the edge and a motor experience absolutely worth knowing!
Thursday 13 January 2022 3 minutes reading time
Learning to drift at different speeds and in a more or less evident way is very formative to learn how to finely adjust the edge grip. It is obvious that "those who ski better less drift", but the drift used as an exercise in raising awareness of the feet-ankles-muscles is an important step in the evolution of a skier to better understand and manage the "border" between skiing, steering and skiing conducted.
“Knowing” the drift will be useful to control your skiing in every situation and to transform your skiing from drifting to conduct, managing the edge grip according to the slope, the speed and the type of curve you decide to perform.
Try a very steep drift: pick up speed as if you want to go straight down, then steer with both feet and learn to manage them in giving the right control to the final stage of braking
It is important to learn how to dose intensity. The feet and ankles have to load the ski, then by dosing the weight on the skis you get to reduce the speed until it stops (when the pressure is high).
It is very useful to learn how to drift even very long and on all the terrains and slopes we have available. A great exercise that is very neglected today, absolutely to be dusted off in order not to deprive skiers of a very important tool.
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