Ski racing vis a vis driving a road course?
04-29-2019 | 03:54 PM
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At the end of the day, both are trying to maximize energy and momentum vs the allotted levels of grip.
Both fight against each other, and it becomes a puzzle to making the most efficient sacrifices and minimizing time lost.
Both fight against each other, and it becomes a puzzle to making the most efficient sacrifices and minimizing time lost.
04-29-2019 | 05:13 PM
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So many parallels between the two. The evolution of both since I started skiing (about the time that Matt's poster was in vogue) has led to "lower" line for both in general but the old stuff is still fun to drive. I still take out my Rossignol 4S kevlar 210 cm skis once in a while. I wish I had an RS of that vintage to go out and flog.
04-30-2019 | 01:56 AM
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yes, late apex in car racing is like high line in ski racing. And in both racing you tighten that line as much as you can once you have had a chance to prerun the course.
05-07-2019 | 08:15 PM
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YEP, agreed to what was said here. LOTs of similarities to auto racing...…. and I had this poster in the garage as a kid for many years!! 
so many similarities.... that extends to course water skiing too. weight transfer, brakes, not too much not too little, acceleration out of the turns, grip, angle ,etc... the list of similarities goes on and on
As a ski racer we talk about holding a high line or turning early rather than skiing to the gate. The idea is to avoid progressively later turns which eventually lead to scrubbing speed or skiing out. Granted you can be too conservative and, consequently, slow as well.
Is this essentially the same as running a late apex? On a hill the concept of holding a high line is immediately clear rather than dropping to the gate.
Is this essentially the same as running a late apex? On a hill the concept of holding a high line is immediately clear rather than dropping to the gate.
so many similarities.... that extends to course water skiing too. weight transfer, brakes, not too much not too little, acceleration out of the turns, grip, angle ,etc... the list of similarities goes on and on