I have noticed on several occasions that while free skiing my Head 165 slalom skis seem to accelerate and perhaps attain a higher velocity over the same slope than my Head 215 cm downhill skis. Of course I don't know if they could make stable turns at DH racing speeds but they do seem much faster. Any comments, thanks.
SL skis in general are the stiffest race ski there is, so when you really stand on it and bend the ski, a lot more energy it built up than when you are on your DH skis. This is why you you seem to accelerate.
it just seems to be like this because of the forces onto the skier in the turn. There is no acceleration in the turn, just beween the turns. You try to minimize the slow down in the turns :-)
I have noticed on several occasions that while free skiing my Head 165 slalom skis seem to accelerate and perhaps attain a higher velocity over the same slope than my Head 215 cm downhill skis. Of course I don't know if they could make stable turns at DH racing speeds but they do seem much faster. Any comments, thanks.
SL skis in general are the stiffest race ski there is, so when you really stand on it and bend the ski, a lot more energy it built up than when you are on your DH skis. This is why you you seem to accelerate.
it just seems to be like this because of the forces onto the skier in the turn. There is no acceleration in the turn, just beween the turns. You try to minimize the slow down in the turns :-)
It is because you are bending the slalom ski more, putting more pressure in the ski.