How to Make a Hockey Stop on Skis

When you're maching down the slope and all of a sudden you need to stop, think hockey stop.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ski Bindings
• Ski Boots
• Ski Goggles
• Ski Poles
• Skis

1. 

   Make sure you have some speed before attempting a hockey stop. This turn is not as effective at slow speeds.

2. 

   Turn your skis 90 degrees simultaneously. It's important to turn your skis together to either the left or right.

3. Prepare for a shift in balance when you change your momentum.

4. Tilt your skis off their bases as you turn.

5. Use your ski edges to turn the skis quickly.

6. 

   Make sure your upper body is facing down the slope while your lower body points across the slope.

7. Stop, admiring the spray of snow you send into the air.

Tips & Warnings

• Turning your skis quickly and at the exact same time is the key to the hockey stop.
• For a crisp stop, get your skis as close to parallel across the slope as possible.
• The hockey stop is a fantastic way to send a plume of snow flying in the air at an unsuspecting friend.

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on 2/28/2006 It may be a great way to to send a plume of snow flying in the air at an unsuspecting friend, however, as an instructor you must advise and instruct your students on the risk of missing the hockey stop. If you miss it, you may slide straight into their legs and break them. It is a VERY dangerous move.