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Speaking of stopping, there's no way I know to stop in classic cross country skiing.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jun 22 '09, 08:17

if you do a side stop, you'll kill yourself, and snowplow is not much better.

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you just have to really lean into the side stop, and you'll probably fall anyway. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 08:20 15
- it's an effective way to blow out your knee. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:20 14
  - I've never seen anyone going that fast except down hills, and if the hills are so long that you can't run it out on following flats, then fall, - mafic Jun 22, 08:23 2
    - exactly, that's what I end up doing. I just throw myself on the ground. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:24 1
      - that's about the first thing you should learn when downhill skiing. if you're out of control, fall. - mafic Jun 22, 08:31
  - and it really would only work for skating. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:22 10
    - you don't need edges to side stop. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 08:24 9
      - classic skis are too long. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:24 8
        
        meh, I skied on 200+cm downhills for a long time. I'm used to length. - mafic Jun 22, 08:26 7
        
        Are we really going to let "I'm used to length" pass by un-commented on? nm - ralph wiggum Jun 22, 08:35 1
        
        "choke yourself while jerking off" artificially inflated the bar too high for this board. -- nm - David Jun 22, 08:37
        
        too long for me! anyway, unless you're the first dude out, you're in tracks. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:27 4
        
        jump turn! -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 08:28 3
        
        *blows out both sets of ACLs, PCLs, MCLs, and LCLs* -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:29 2
        
        seriously, you don't get going that fast, or you're skiing beyond your ability. -- nm - mafic Jun 22, 08:36 1
        
        oh, I know. sometimes there are downhill runs in the woods, though, where there's a sharp turn. - loosilu Jun 22, 08:38
Luckily, no one has ever gone faster than 5 mph while x-country skiing. -- nm - Reagen Jun 22, 08:19 1
- speak for yourself, slowpoke. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:19
hit a tree. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 22, 08:18 12
- Choke yourself while jerking off. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 22, 08:20 4
  - that might be tough while holding onto the ski poles. -- nm - Mel - Wolf Pack of One Jun 22, 08:22 3
    - Only if you are a rookie autoerotic asphyxiator. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 22, 08:25
    - cross country jerkoff is a winter olympic event? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 22, 08:23 1
      - sorry groiny, not yet. - mafic Jun 22, 08:29
- We can recommend other methods. -- nm - Bono and Kennedy Jun 22, 08:19
- that's downhill. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:19 5
  - trees only grow on hills? -- nm - decline Jun 22, 08:20 4
    - Usually they don't grow in the middle of a ski track. -- nm - loosilu Jun 22, 08:21 2
      - You're trying to stop, not "stay on the ski track". -- nm - Ender Jun 22, 08:29 1
        
        You're in the tracks, not on them. you guys have clearly never done this. :) - loosilu Jun 22, 08:32
    - lol -- nm - groiny Jun 22, 08:21

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Speaking of stopping, there's no way I know to stop in classic cross country skiing.

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