Took a skiing lesson, I’ll write all these tips here so I can read it next year or the next time I go skiing now that it’s all fresh in my mind:<\/p>\n
1. When it’s time to turn, don’t think about breaking with the turn, once you’ve turned the ending position of both skis will make you drop speed.<\/p>\n
2. Always put your weight on the downhill ski, never on your uphill ski.<\/p>\n
3. Don’t lift your uphill ski as you turn, it’s not necessary.<\/p>\n
4. Don’t put them so close together as this will make you put weight on the uphill ski.<\/p>\n
5. The uphill ski must barely be pressing against the snow, it should feel the same as when you slide two skis together down perpendicular to the slope from a standing position.<\/p>\n
6. Your torso must always be facing the same way as your skis, don’t try to turn with your torso so much (as when you’re learning to turn with plows)<\/p>\n
7. You can use your pole to turn when it’s steeper (if you don’t have to think about all the prior tips), still learning this one.<\/p>\n
8. After you turn, try skiing on the edge of your skis.<\/p>\n
9. If your legs start opening as you ski after the turn, shift your weight towards your downhill ski and bring your uphill closer, not the other way around (cause of falls)<\/p>\n
10. After you can do all previous 9 without thinking, try to ski on the hill facing edges of your skis as soon as you make a turn, this is how you start training for carving. You should be leaving to thin lines of snow behind you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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