Sentence examples for shaped skis from inspiring English sources
Early on, shorter shaped skis stilted her progress.
Shaped skis, which have a deep cut, have since remade ski-racing technique and the industry.
Beginners and intermediates can find shaped skis selling for less than $300.
Shaped skis are shorter and both skis are used to turn, which leads to added control and flexibility.
"The first time I saw really aggressively shaped skis in racing was on Bode's feet at the 1997 national championships," Rahlves said.
Cross-country skiers know where to find their gear in most ski shops — in dusty, understocked corners, behind the Alpine boots and curvaceously shaped downhill skis.
Ligety said, "Bode's also one of the first guys in the world to embrace shape skis, and he has an eye for the evolution of the sport".
This despite the snowboarding craze and the success of those new, easier-to-use hourglass-shape skis that make even novices want to attack the mountains the way Italian Olympic whiz Alberto Tomba does.
With shape skis, think "Push pelvis forward and in, both knees in", and everything else will follow.
With shape skis, as you get more proficient, you can learn to keep more weight on your inside ski, carving that ski in the same fashion as the outside ski (except on the inside ski you have to weight the 'outside' of the ball of your foot inside the boot).
