MONOSKIING

The Tyranny of Absolutism – Erik Kondo

I like to write about the dynamics of mobility devices as I understand them. As a full-time wheelchair user, I have a large number of...

Outriggers: The Long and Short of it – Erik Kondo

There is general agreement among monoskiers that outriggers assist with turn initiation, balance, and mobility. But how exactly the...

Angulation, Inclination, Reverse-Angulation a/k/a The Good, Not-So-Good, and the Ugly – Erik Kondo

In the world of monoskiing, there are few events more dreaded than the High-Side fall. This fall, also described as a “mouse trap”, slams...

Adaptive Performance Map Applied to Monoskiing – Erik Kondo

A graph showing the Adaptive Performance Map.

The Dynamics of Monoskiing - Erik Kondo

In my opinion, there are two basic monoskiing methodologies. In this article, I am calling them Static Monoskiing and and Dynamic...

Monoskiing - The Dynamics and Psychology of Falling- Erik Kondo

While there are a number of variations, there are two primary ways that a monoskier will typically fall during the course of groomed...

Seconds Count! The Physics of Monoski Jumping – Erik Kondo

I recently saw a GroPro video of a monoskier, Trevor Kennison, skiing off Corbet’s Couloir in Jackson Hole Wyoming. After getting over my...