Powder & Crud There are two types of skiers when it comes to powder and cruddy conditions: those who love it and those who find it too challenging. If you’re the latter, hopefully these quick tips will turn you into a lover! In powder, the first thing you can do to make your life easier is

Enough is Enough It’s been said that everything is good in moderation. This is definitely true when it comes to how much edge angle you produce on a given turn. A common ski error is producing too high of an edge angle for the terrain, speed, snow conditions and desired turn shape. There is such a

Edge From Your Feet Up When it comes to tipping your skis up on edge, there are a few ways to do it. You can tip your whole body laterally inside the turn, you can tip your feet and legs separate from you upper body, or you can do it the correct way and combine both.

Carving and Steeps When it comes to ski performance outcomes for carving or skiing steeps, there are a lot of similarities, especially in regards to the changes in leg length covered in my last two posts. To accomplish both, you need to get to the outside ski in each turn early and us it as the

It’s Like Riding a Bike As discussed in my last post, good skiing requires you to trust your outside ski. Throughout each turn, as the inside leg shortens, the ski attached to it should feel lighter on the snow. At the same time, the outside leg that remains long and strong will feel heavier on

Find Your Rhythm – Pole Touch It’s not uncommon for people to struggle with linking turns smoothly and efficiently, especially when things get steep or conditions become challenging. Usually this results in an interruption of movement and traversing between turns, making it even harder to begin that next turn. To avoid this you have to find your

Always Be Moving Ever feel like your skis are trying to run away on you? That’s because they are… Every time you point your skis downhill, they’re going to accelerate – so you either move with them or you get left behind. To combat this you have to always be moving. Try extending the leg that will

On opening day at Deer Valley Ski Resort, even though there were 17 runs open, I only took one – Success ski run. After placing my boots on the boot warmer and tucking my shoes, bag and car keys into a basket, I headed straight for the Carpenter Lift to jump on Success. Why is

  Skills not hills, take it slow Whether it’s your first time on skis or you’re an experienced skier, don’t rush into exceeding your skill level. There is a huge difference between “surviving” a run and “skiing” it. Don’t push yourself, or let yourself be pushed by peers, to attempt to ski something you’re not ready

  Early Season Conditions, Ski Aware Early season is typically when a resort’s snow pack is the shallowest. Conditions may differ a lot from your last day of skiing the previous season. Transitions from steep to flat and flat to steep may be more apparent than you remember on both groomed and ungroomed trails. Be