Carving Clean Tracks
Carving clean tracks is an easily measured objective. You can simply look back at the marks left by your skis in the snow. The skis sidecut will create a steering angle when the skis are tipped …
Skiing Goals & Objectives
Intermediate Plus… Short Radius
Advancing beyond the intermediate plateau requires the confidence to increase speed and difficulty of terrain. At this point many people have the desire to get off the groomers and into small bumps or off-piste. One of …
Beginner Skiing Progression – Linked Wedge Turns
Now that a skier can turn both ways… it’s time to start linking turns together and exploring the mountain. Most skiers prefer the added stability of a wedge initally.Objectives: Link turns together managing speed and turn …
Beginner Skiing Progression – Isolated Wedge Turns
It’s often easiest for a skiers first turns on snow to be done one at a time… typically in a wedge for added stability, although can be done with skis parralellel as well if the …
Beginner Skiing Progression – Braking Plow
The Braking Plow can help beginning skiers to manage speed and stop in gentle terrain and wedge will create more stability for those first turns.Objectives: Manage speed and come to a complete stop using a …
Beginner Skiing Progression – Straight Run
It’s your first day on skis! You’ve figured out how to get your gear on and shuffle around… now it’s time to start sliding. Objective: Balance on a gliding platform Terrain: Short shallow slope that flattens out …
Slushy Bumps – Various Turn Shapes
This old Piste to Peak Volume 2 teaser shows some seriously slushy spring bump skiing filmed one May day on Whistler mountain. The demonstrations include a variety of tactical lines and turn shapes including ultra …
Carving – Various Turn Shapes
This demonstration video may appear to be a shameless promotion for Piste to Peak Volume #3. That’s because this is the teaser video for it… so I guess it is! We’ll document some more specific …
There’s nothing wrong with your ski technique…
…unless of course you want something else to happen! Technique isn’t about looking pretty or trying to match some technical model set out by [INSERT YOUR FAVORITE SKI INSTRUCTOR ASSOCIATION HERE]. Technique will allow you to …
Basic Parallel
Referred to by many as “Intermediate Parallel” this is a good goal for anyone wishing to cruise a variety of slopes from easy green runs to steeper blue runs… and even groomed black runs (if …
