The Jump turn will enable you to turn your skis without picking up speed when skiing steep slopes. In this maneuver you jump your skis off the snow...
Category - Advanced Skiing Techniques
In this ‘category’ we present 25 Video Tutorials on Advanced Skiing Techniques. Taken from our App “Advanced Skiing Techniques” these lessons are aimed at the skier who is ready to take the step up to expert and features sections on bumps, steeps, ice and powder.
This is a good way to control your speed on steeps without losing your rhythm. In this maneuver you use your feet and ankles to steer your skis up...
I like finding bumps on steep runs as I use them to slow down. I do that by making counter turns around them. The ‘counter’ movement...
A good way to initiate a turn on steep slopes is to ‘anticipate’ the turn. You do this by reaching your uphill arm across your chest...
Banking is a maneuver that I often use when I’m skiing on very steep slopes as it helps initiate the turn more easily. This is the technique of...
To ski ice well you need to be in the ‘ice position’. Modify your basic position by sitting slightly lower, spreading your skis further...
Practice by first traversing across an icy intermediate slope and move your body position around until you find the position where you feel in...
Sometimes entire runs are icy and other times you might happen upon just an icy stretch. In neither case should you panic. If the patch is small...
The turn that works with all skis is what I call the ‘basic powder turn’. To do this you need to be in the ‘powder position’...
Before practicing the powder turn in powder, its worthwhile practicing the powder turn on a packed slope & imagine that you are in powder. Start...