ChiSkiing

Gentle short turns with the "chi" use of the core. Pelvis only being countered to the turn - shoulder following the turn. Spine twisting in the direction of the turn.

Apart from the back pack swinging around in the slow motion shots it's hard to differentiate the movement pattern. There is an active involvement of the core muscles here and what can be observed is that the whole body is active - the upper body is not passive or "blocked" as is the usual requirement. You can see an exaggerated movement at the end of the slow motion sequence - the back pack swinging out corresponding to the upper body twisting in the direction of the new turn - to generate a twist in the spine as the pelvis twists in the opposite direction - countering the turn. This is not a "rotation" in the direction of the turn, it is an internal twisting - setting up the core muscles at the start of the turn and then maintaining it all the way through the turn.

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