Things You'll Need:
- Complete ski rental package
- Complete ski gear
- Confidence
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Step 1
Start with a comfortable stance. Keep hands forward in peripheral vision, knees slightly bent with the shins pressing against the boot tongues.
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Step 2
Feel your weight on the ball of the feet. Body's weight mass is continually carried forward on the skis to help in turning.
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Step 3
Practice shifting your weight from the downhill ski to uphill ski to get yourself down the mountain. Shift your weight ever so slightly while lifting the tail of the downhill ski.
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Step 4
Extend your uphill ski and using your wrist, swing the downhill pole tip forward. Touch the snow lightly with the extended ski to start the turn downward.
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Step 5
Get confident making those tunes. Practice until you feel confident.
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Step 6
Control your speed with a light change in the turning process. Simply round the completion of the turn by moving the skis a tad uphill. Try varying the width of the turn as you go downhill. Go from large to medium to small turns. Next thing you know, you will be skiing downhill faster and better each time.












