Tips and tactics for skiing that awesome phenomenon known as powder… leave your frustrations behind. 1) A more two footed approach… Do you ever get frustrated skiing in powder because your outside ski plunges into the snow and runs away on you? The solution is to ski with a little more even pressure on both [...]
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Ski Technique 101 – Top Ten Instructor Tips
1) Shoulders over knees… We ski instructors often tell people to get into an “athletic stance” when skiing. This generally means flexing slightly in all the joints in a position of readiness… kind of like a soccer goalie or a tennis player, ready to move anywhere at a moments’ notice. One way to gage if [...]
Ski Technique 101 – Turning with the Lower Body
You may have heard a coach or instructor yelling at you to maintain a quiet upper body… <p> But what does that mean? <p> Well, watch any expert skier and it appears as if they are always in control. The upper body remains relatively inactive while the legs are going crazy underneath. So what’s the [...]
Skiing 101 – Lateral Balance & Edging
How do I get my skis to grip on ice? How do I get more performance out of my skis? How do I get my skis to carve? How do I move from one turn to the next? Well my friends… to do all these things you need to understand lateral balance and how it [...]
Skiing 101 – Stance width…
Why you can’t get a straight answer! There seems to be all sorts of confusion about how wide your stance should be ever since the shaped ski revolution in the mid nineties. I am constantly bombarded with questions about it so I think it’s time to clear it up once and for all. Stance width [...]
