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Trouble with retraction/down-unweighting

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The app frequently mistakes even aggressive retraction turns on steep terrain, but really any turn involving down-unweighting or retraction instead of “classic” up-unweighting weight transfer - for “parallel” turns rather than carved turns, and then analyzes them questionably. Usually this results in the app having no skill focus areas to suggest even for runs in the low 130s-low 140s range.

Ought to put some time into fine-tuning this. Some really excellent skiers prefer to retract/down-unweight and initiate from there even in very steep terrain and at very high edge angles. It’s good that this version of the app doesn’t actively coach AGAINST that skill blend like older versions did, but it would be better if it correctly recognized it and coached for improvement.

Posted by Thor Simon ·
Status: Under Consideration1 comment

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  • Thor Simon

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    Dec 23, 2025

    Here’s an example. A short run of slow, small to medium radius, fully carved retraction turns on a medium steep slope. Look at the edge angles involved and the rotational metrics, but it’s misfired and called it “parallel” rather than “carving” and has no guidance to offer.