The Skier's Blog

Okay, so we’ve got most of our gear on and made our way over to the bunny Slope. Once you

November 6, 2020

The Foggy Goggles Guide For New Skiers

Equipment

Skiing is a pretty active sport, and with all that exercise you’ll be getting hot and steamy... and so will

November 5, 2020

What to Wear Skiing? A Beginners Guide

Equipment

Novice Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library

It’s cold out there on the mountain. Let’s get dressed for your first day of skiing? The main goal is to

October 28, 2020

Beginner Skiing Progression – Situational Stem Turns

Novice Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library

Objective:Situational Stem Turns can be used as part of a progression for novice skiers to move towards parallel turns, or

October 28, 2020

Beginner Skiing Progression – Wide Track Parallel

Diagnostics & Skill Assessment, Ski Teaching

Objectives:Wide Track parrallel can be a good option for novice skiers to progress from a wedge towards their first parallel

August 8, 2020

Simplifying Skill Assessment

Sometimes ski instructors get caught up giving feedback simply because that's what they are expected to do. But to offer

June 6, 2020

Get a Grip, Decide When to Slip and Manage Your Turn Shape

Ski Technique

Skiing Goals & Objectives

Without grip, you won't change direction. If your objective is to carve cleans tracks. You'll need to eliminate any sideways slippage

June 6, 2020

Carving Clean Tracks

Carving clean tracks is an easily measured objective. You can simply look back at the marks left by your skis

January 2, 2020

Ski Bum Physics 101 – The Gravity Dance

Ski Technique

Advanced Maneuvers, Intermediate Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library

Skiing is all about manipulating forces... Gravity: Gravity is the universal force that pulls two objects together. Here on this

December 3, 2019

Intermediate Plus… Short Radius

Advancing beyond the intermediate plateau requires the confidence to increase speed and difficulty of terrain. At this point many people

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

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

Beginner Skiing Progression – Braking Plow

The ‘Braking Plow’ (AKA. a Snowplow / Wedge / Stem / Pizza / Pie... or any other triangle analogy) is

Beginner Skiing Progression – The Gliding Straight Run

It's your first day on skis! You've figured out how to get your gear on and shuffle around on the

Equipment, Novice Maneuvers

Beginner Skiing Progression – Getting Out On Snow & Getting Used To The Gear

Physiological, Training & Skill Development

A first time skier often feels like they've just stepped off their space ship onto an alien planet. Ski boots

April 10, 2019

Wild+United Ski Fit

The S8 Interns

A couple of weeks ago, we, the Section 8 Interns, had the opportunity to join a ski-fit class in a

March 14, 2019

Preventing ACL Injuries in Skiing

Physiological

Lissa Fraser

Preventing Knee Injuries in SkiingBy Lissa Fraser MScPT Registered Physiotherapist, recreational skier and owner of Fresh Tracks PhysiotherapyAll sports and

July 5, 2018

Perception vs Reality

Training & Skill Development

Advanced Maneuvers, Expert Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library

Is your training regimen actually making you ski better? Improving your ski technique can be tough without an instructor… but

February 15, 2018

Hip Flexibility in Skiing

Physiological

Sam

Have you ever tried to learn some specific ski technique but was unable to perform it no matter how much

November 24, 2017

Slushy Bumps – Various Turn Shapes

Advanced Maneuvers, Expert Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library, Uncategorized

This old Piste to Peak Volume 2 teaser shows some seriously slushy spring bump skiing filmed one May day on

November 24, 2017

Carving – Various Turn Shapes

Ski Demonstration Library, Ski Technique, Skiing Goals & Objectives

This demonstration video may appear to be a shameless promotion for Piste to Peak Volume #3. That's because this is

November 10, 2017

There’s nothing wrong with your ski technique…

Intermediate Maneuvers, Ski Demonstration Library

...unless of course you want something else to happen!Technique isn't about looking pretty or trying to match some technical model

October 16, 2017

Basic Parallel

Referred to by many “Medium Parallel” or "Intermediate Parallel" this is a good goal for anyone wishing to cruise a

Environmental, Skiing X-Factors, Tactical

Skiing in a White Out

Everybody would prefer to ski on a beautiful blue bird day... but you just spent 3 hours driving to the

Are your ski boots helping you be a bad ass skier… or a bad skier?

I get made fun of a lot in the snow school locker room because I'm constantly tinkering with my boots.

Ski Tuning & Maintenance Issues that Affect Your Performance

If symptoms indicate, be on the lookout for any of these ski tuning issues that may be a contributing factor.Dull

Perfect Poles

There's all sorts of marketing magic out there trying to convince you to spend hundreds of dollars on the latest

Ski Design 101