Chinese man made snow is good for snow cross. You go faster. It’s in events where major carving around turns that it hurts. It dissolves into ice and shite with more and more runs. It’s harder to hold your carving. You can slip out easily. They should sharpen their edges to the max. That happened with our 6’7” downhill guy that was having a killer run and got clipped by a rift in the snow. He was by far the fastest, but just had bad luck. It’s happened to me before. A bunch of our skiers are from the east coast, so they are used to it. Just saw a guy recently from Michigan. Another grew up in CT (although that was hitting a jump straight on)

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Posted by Obtuse1

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Posted on 2/10/22 at 4:44 am to xxTIMMYxx

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. A bunch of our skiers are from the east coast, so they are used to it

I grew up skiing the runs in North Carolina so the rare times I have been in the West or Europe with icy conditions I looked like a god for a minute.

The problem with ice is there is no progression of bite it is close to all or nothing. As you rotate your edge into the ice you get initially get very little bite then all of a sudden it is like you are on a rail. It is just really hard to ski fast and if you do every attempt at carving is a recipe for disaster.

Someone trying to win a race in icy conditions will hone the edges to razor blades, I always grabbed my worst prepped skis with shitty wax and knicked edges. They were slower and actually seemed to give me more control with setting the edge but I wasn't trying to win a medal just eke out some enjoyment in less than stellar conditions.

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