. Ski-running . may have to edgethe braker a little while going. But let him, all the same,interpret these reiparks as absolutely as he can, and always tryhard to hold the ski as flat as possible. Practise on steej) ground, because there mistakes are moreeasily discovered, and the correct way soon proclaims itsadvantages. Fig. 23 illustrat-es the pioper position for the ski in arrow s is the fall of the slope, for the reader is lookingstraight at the mountain; d is the direction in which therunner wishes to go obliquely across this slope. This direction 72 Ski - Run//i/Iff. is on
. Ski-running . may have to edgethe braker a little while going. But let him, all the same,interpret these reiparks as absolutely as he can, and always tryhard to hold the ski as flat as possible. Practise on steej) ground, because there mistakes are moreeasily discovered, and the correct way soon proclaims itsadvantages. Fig. 23 illustrat-es the pioper position for the ski in arrow s is the fall of the slope, for the reader is lookingstraight at the mountain; d is the direction in which therunner wishes to go obliquely across this slope. This direction 72 Ski - Run//i/Iff. is on the whole that of the glider g. The biaker bbrushes the snow with its entire length, thus producing a broadtrack, the direct evidence of the braking power—, , weight off the braker for going, on for stopping. Thesteeper the slope the wider must be the angle formed by the twoski. The little circle p shows whereabouts the point of thepole should be—that is, a little behind the upper Fig. 23.— Position for the ski in stemming. The pole may be used to facilitate balance when executingthese movements, its point lightly furrowing the snow. It willalso be found to considerably assist a sudden stop, for by pressingit into the ground and throwing all the weight on to the brakerthe glider becomes entirely disengaged, and there is less chanceof its crossing the braker, as is otheiwise apt to happen wheni-unning very fast. Hold the pole fairly short, do not lean backon it, and do not use it more than is really necessary. TO lYIAKE A DOWN-HILL CURVE. The foregoing section gave the beginner directions for turningquickly up-hill, but how shall he, when crossing a steep slope,turn quickly down-hill and, without stopping, continue histi-averse in the opposite direction ? To do this is evidently a most valuable accomplishment, for if Fig. 24. A circular curve to the left. (O represents the pole.) M This is the fall of the Slope. ^ 1.—YoiT are coining obliquel
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