J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Huwcyn

Ranchero_1979 wrote:VSB is correct. At least for part of every run people should focus on technique, even if this means just doing 10 turns full concentration at beginning. Plenty of simple drills that will really improve skiing. My favorites.

1) focus on an object ahead (normally piste marker/sign). And ski towards is whilst keeping in your focus. Helps with separation of upper and lower body.
2) practice turning with flat skis, pivoting skis 180 deg, keep facing down slope. Again similar purpose but will also help your mogul skiing .[u]
3) flat pistes/greens/paths:- try to carve on one ski. On flat slope forces you to really focus on body position.
4) Big fast arcs, really squeezing oblique muscles to ensure get good angulation and driving downhill ski hard forward.

verbier_ski_bum wrote:

It's is generally a matter of technique. If technique is good you take it from blues to reds and then to blacks. But the steeper it gets the less forgiving the slope is of poor technique - like turning with the body instead of with skis and not using thighs to steer but relying on feet, whereas on blues you can get away with anything. The same goes for off-piste. Good piste form can be taken off-piste, but you get exposed very quickly if piste form is not of a very good standard.

Ian Wickham wrote:Majority of cross country piste are lower down in the valley so no need for a lift pass, a very cheap way of skiing but too much like hard work for my liking -)