Garlands demonstrated in slow motion. Garlands are a series of partial turns made while traversing diagonally across a slope. Note that with flexion of the ankles and knees and tipping of the skis onto the uphill edges by angulating the hips into the hill, the skis carve a curved path in an uphill direction. By extending the legs, the skis flatten against the snow allowing them to begin to turn down the hill. This new turning movement can be increased by tipping of the legs in the direction of this new turn down the hill. By flexing the legs again and tipping them up the hill, the ski edges again engage, beginning to carve up the hill. This is a good drill to practice both the beginning of a turn (the extension of the legs and tipping them in the new turn direction) and the finish of a turn (the flexion of the legs causing increased edge angles with the snow).
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