The two keys to skiing powder on normal skis are to be in a good powder position and ski with exaggerated flexion/extension movements. Keep your back...
Category - Off-Piste & Powder Skiing
The 25 Video Tutorials featured in this Category of our Site are drawn from our App “SkiTips 3 – Powder & Off-Piste” and our eBook “Powder & Off-Piste Skiing” both available from Apple’s App Store and iBook Store. They cover all the different specialist skills you need to venture into the back country, including Mountain Safety and Avalanche training.
Its advisable to practice making one turn and stopping before attempting to link a series of powder turns. On a gentle powder slope, start off skiing...
Its a good idea to learn to link two powder turns, finishing each turn in good control and then linking 4 turns before trying to ski lots of powder...
A useful exercise is to practice making a powder turn in 2 or 3 separate movements – part one, turning your skis just to the fall-line and...
Powder is very unforgiving. A mistake will often lead to a fall. Some of the most common errors that you should try to avoid making are: bending your...
This is the most useful turn to learn and master as it will enable you to turn in any snow condition on any slope or gully. When jump turning, you...
To help bring your skis out of the snow when skiing in heavy or wet snow and breakable crust or in deep snow on a shallow pitch, you can punch your...
The Stem turn is a very useful maneuver that’s performed at slow speeds that can help you turn in very tricky and difficult snow conditions...
This turn is very useful as it will enable you to turn in difficult snow conditions such as heavy or wet snow and breakable crust. Itís also an...
On whiteout days when it is difficult seeing or when skiing powder that covers moguls, you can use avalement (absorption) to ski in control as you...