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Originally Posted by jyl
I thought about this some more. A ski racer is kind of like a underpowered car. He has to conserve as much speed as he can. Don't underpowered cars want to apex earlier than cars with lots of power, who want to get the turning done quickly so they can get on the throttle as soon as possible?
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Actually, when I'm driving a heavier underpowered kart I tend to hit very late apexes. An early apex causes the need for a huge amount of turning out the other side, but more entry speed. I'd like to see a video of what we are talking about though to know what skiers are doing. If you are coming up on a very steep slope, then you could use an early apexe to slow your self down, the hard turning out the exit would give you a slower speed on the straight so you can go into the next corner in a more controlled fashion.