Skiing

Learning to snow ski can be daunting at first, especially if you're at a resort watching more experienced skiers make it look easy to zip down the slopes. It's important to make sure you have the...

When a person first skis, there is a lot to learn. Not only is someone dealing with cold air and potential sleet and snow, but they also have to figure out how to use the equipment. It's hard...

Whether you're an expert or a novice, every skier eventually takes a fall on a ski slope. Learning how to get up from fall is a basic technique that will come in handy regardless of your...

One of the most important skills to master when learning how to ski is how to get around when there's no chair lift in sight. What do you do if you drop your pole 15 yards uphill? While there are...

If you've ever wanted to show off to your friends with death defying ski tricks or impress that first ski date with stunning feats of bravado, then wowing them with a Royal Christie may be your...

One of the most challenging aspects of becoming a great skier is learning how to control of your edges. Without complete mastery of what's happening below your feet, there's little hope of being...

One of the joys of snow skiing is experiencing the thrill of skiing in deep powder--that is, until you fall. Returning to vertical in over 3 feet of light, fluffy snow can be challenging at best....

If you've been lucky enough to learn how to ski during the past 10 n years, you may have missed one of the most exciting parts of skiing--learning how to ride a rope tow. While high speed,...

If you've ever found yourself in one of those predicaments on skis that requires a fast about face, then you know how valuable knowing how to do a kick turn can be. While kick turns are not taught...

Snow skiing successfully requires technique, practice and determination to have a swoosh-booming time. Skiing downhill is the only way to snow ski when you are on the slopes. Knowing how to get...

You can't stay on the bunny slopes all your life. Here's how to master the parallel turn so you can take on those black diamonds up the mountain.

Like the idea or not, you need to be prepared to fall when skiing. Use these tips to avoid injury and keep embarrassment to a minimum.

Sometimes the only way to get up a steep hill on telemark skis is to sidestep.

An ocean fish and telemark skiing seem to have little in common, but use this move to get uphill and you'll understand the name.

The natural tendency of your ski is to go downhill. However, sometimes you'll need to go uphill, maybe even to retrieve a wayward ski.

There may be times when you encounter a slope too steep for your comfort level. Sideslipping allows you to get down in one piece without taking your skis off.

As with scuba diving, you heli-ski using the buddy system for safety reasons. But if you do things right, the worst thing that will happen is that your buddy will laugh at you when you take that...