Why can't I turn left?!

AllyG wrote:Well,
I am a bit miffed, because I still don't know the answer. The suspense is killing me!

I don't see why his problem should be worse on the easy slopes, and he STILL hasn't said whether he's pole planting, or going 'up and down'. But at least I was right about the small wedge to begin his turn - or at least I should think that's why he begins his turn with his outside ski.

Maybe we should have a whip round to subsidize one lesson with Pablo or anyone else here, and put us all out of our misery.

Ally

AllyG wrote:
Maybe we should have a whip round to subsidize one lesson with Pablo or anyone else here, and put us all out of our misery.

Ally

skiNH09 wrote:I've been skiing for about 5 years, a handful of times each year. I've never had any formal instruction, just kind of picked up what I could from friends. I'd say right now I'm at an intermediate level, but I'm having a frustrating time with making left turns. For whatever reason I can't seem to "force" my left ski to turn left on the snow...I literally have to lift my boot up off the ground and re-plant the ski to get it parallel with my right ski. I have no problems with either ski when turning right.

I feel like this is hampering my progress because I have so little confidence in my left turns as compared to my right ones. I tried to get some advice from my expert skier friends, they watched me carve a few turns but couldn't offer up much more than saying "huh, that's strange, you shouldn't be lifting your leg like that".

Any advice?