Top 9 Tips for Skiing Like a Pro

Just as you are not going to Hawaii to surf the biggest wave ever if you are no a pro surfer, you do not go to the Alps and do double-black-diamond runs when you are not a pro skier. However, there are easy ways to ski like a pro.

9 Tips for Skiing Like a Pro

9 Tips for Skiing Like a Pro
9 Tips for Skiing Like a Pro

1. Your number one important point which has nothing to do with skiing technique, but vital in pro skiing, is not to get nervous. You might be unaware until now, but take note of this when you cruise downhill and you are nervous your toes will clench. Learning to relax and always be conscious of relaxed toes will enable you to absorb any terrain changes.

Skiing Like a Pro

2. Instead of concentrating on your bent knees, rather pay attention to flexed ankles. As soon as your ankles are flexed, your knees automatically bend and taking the concentration away from your knee position. Only focusing on a flexed ankle automatically balance your body position better, too.

3. To keep your weight centered, it is a good practice maintaining the shins inside the tongue of your ski boots. You will find by doing that your control is better, and you will not continuously lean back when you want to initiate a turn.

4. When you start a turn, you might be tempted to put all your weight onto the middle of the skis, Do not do so, instead concentrate on the tips of your skis. This way you steer properly into the turn, and your feet follow.

5. Many skiers commit a mistake when turning by holding the downhill ski on edge, with the uphill going flat. It is better to keep both skis parallel as both must enter a turn and roll on edge simultaneously.

6. When you finish a turn, do not touch the pole forward. Using your downhill hand, place the pole to the side of the ski. When doing this, you have more rhythm in your turns.

7. When you ski, pretend you are reading a newspaper by comfortably keeping your hands forward. If you do not do this, your skis might swerve when a hand intersects a ski, or when you drop your hands to your sides.

8. A flat ski with a wide tip easily get tossed around by bumps and coarse snow, however you can eliminate this by rolling both your skis from edge to edge prior to turning into a new curve. This will significantly minimize unexpected or casual falls as you will have a more flexible technique, and give you optimal control over the ice and on the ice.

9. Do not look at the skis or the ground, but ahead as you have adequate time to react to other skiers, terrain, and obstacles. It also allows you to keep your upper body leaning out from a slope, while your legs and hip will be leaning inwards.

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