Ultimate Beginners Guide to Skiing

• The idea of taking some classes should not be thought of as unnecessary. These classes will teach the individual how to keep safe, while at the same time ensuring the individual learns the best techniques needed for an enjoyable skiing experience. • Learning how to stop is perhaps one of the more important actions to master. Learning how to spread the skis in a pizza like shape called the wedge will help the individual control the speed and the direction when needed. Also, learning the knees and ankle positions, should also be taken as another important contributing element to keeping the well centered balance of the skier. Ideally, the knees and ankles should be slightly bent and the weight should be over the balls of the feet. Hopping about lightly while still being able to maintain the balance will signify the correct stance. However, the shins on the front of the boots should be pressing forward and staying off the heels, and resisting the urge to lean back is also encouraged when attempting to get into the correct skiing position. • Going fast or picking up speed will require the skis to be straight while to slow down, they will have to be spread out on the tails with the tips staying together to make a wedge.