Deep powder!

Tried to ski on it a couple of times and couldn't do it, sank, fell over and clumsily made my way back to the piste.

Can anyone give me some advice?

For starters, you don't ski on powder, you ski in it!!!

You may want to see the thread on powder technique. Keep practicing, and one day it'll hopefully just click!

Thanks...will give it a look.

How deep are we talking? Nipple deep?

Seriously though.. stay centred over your skis, I am not a fan of "DO NOT"s but DO NOT 'lean back'. What makes the powder learning curve easier is powder skis. I remember well the day it clicked for me in Banff a few years ago.. just ski it like normal snow! Instead of gliding over the top you are in it (as above).

snowb4ndit wrote:Tried to ski on it a couple of times and couldn't do it, sank, fell over and clumsily made my way back to the piste.

Can anyone give me some advice?

I know the feeling, been there lots, even had the lessons

There is a thread running, which is a good place to start..

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5576.page

Other than that, for me, it all started to work, when I put my feet together, spread the weight evenly and pointed my skis down the hill on setting off. Turns for me are more 2 footed, than carved, and my 1st (most important turn) I extend up "2 footed".
Getting my head around going faster than I really want to, I'm still working on

bandit wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:Tried to ski on it a couple of times and couldn't do it, sank, fell over and clumsily made my way back to the piste.

Can anyone give me some advice?

I know the feeling, been there lots, even had the lessons There is a thread running, which is a good place to start..

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5576.page

Other than that, for me, it all started to work, when I put my feet together, spread the weight evenly and pointed my skis down the hill on setting off. Turns for me are more 2 footed, than carved, and my 1st (most important turn) I extend up "2 footed".
Getting my head around going faster than I really want to, I'm still working on

Bandit, I'm now overflowing with powder confidence, but the trouble is I have a lot of weight to spread

Ian Wickham wrote:

Bandit, I'm now overflowing with powder confidence, but the trouble is I have a lot of weight to spread

bandit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

Bandit, I'm now overflowing with powder confidence, but the trouble is I have a lot of weight to spread

Speed is your friend

...or buy fat, stiff skis

Deep powder!

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