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From: marc@bmcg.UUCP (Marc Lee)
Newsgroups: net.rec.ski
Subject: Re: doing helicopters over moguls
Message-ID: <1947@bmcg.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 20:41:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 20:41:41 1985
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In article <1207@vax1.fluke.UUCP> lowell@fluke.UUCP (Lowell Skoog) writes:
>You should practice doing helicopters on dry groung in tennis shoes.  Work at
>it until you can land perfectly, with no subsequent movements or steps.  Add
>ski poles (straps off) to get used to them.  Try planting the pole that you
>spin toward.  This is a personal preference--a pole plant can help time the
>movements in a helicopter just as it does in a turn.

I have a friend who teaches freestyle skiing, who uses the following rule of
thumb when teaching helicopters:  If the student can do a half-helicopter
(180 degrees) from a standing position with skis on, he should be able to do
a complete one off of a small mogul with about the same amount of effort.
Actually, unless you have extremely long skis, it's not that hard to jump
and do 180 or even 270 from a standing start.

As an aside, my friend wrecked his knees doing double and triple helicopters,
which is why he teaches now instead of competing.