You can’t shake your tracks; they’re going to follow you everywhere you go in the snow. They can tell you a lot about your turns if you let them: find a stretch of relatively untracked snow and make a series of turns. How do they look? Is each turn a steady C-shape like a half a ball (that’s good) or do you see a J-shape like a fish hook?
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Archive for April, 2006
Just a brief note from the Snowskills.net staff that we plan to continue posting regularly right through Summer 2006 with Skiing and Snowboarding tips. Our friends in the Southern hemisphere will be making turns while our friends in the Northern hemisphere count the days till the snow returns. No matter what side of the planet you’re on, we’ll continue to build our database for the skiing and riding community with the intention of making your winter recreation more fun.
Thanks for being part of the Snowskills.net world and keep checking in with us through Summer 2006!
Yeah, the snow’s melted here in the Northeast and the yard work is calling. This season’s over, right? And the next one has just begun! There’s no time like the present to start getting ready for Winter 2006-2007; here are some tips on planning for a successful one: Read the rest of this entry »
Cheers and hello to fellow Sugarloafers Jano and Crusher who are vacationing out in British Columbia. These two hard-corps free-heelers are driving cross-country in their camper for an extended vacation now that the snow’s leaving us here in the Northeast. Here’s a telemark tip for all of us, with them in mind: Read the rest of this entry »
As the snow melts away in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to put the gear away for the summer. Your boots are an important part of your skiing and riding skills and require some extra attention to allow you to slide into them next year with comfort. Here are some tips for storing downhill, telemark, and snowboarding boots for the summer: Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the Prime Time! It took awhile to get here, but finally winter is shaking itself off the Northeast and leaving us in sunny skies and warm temps. We’ve been out skiing and riding, every day, and finally took a short break to leave this post; when Spring skiing, take your time!
Spring snow conditions change rapidly through the course of a day and can present a challenge in making good tactical decisions on where to ski/ride. Unlike mid-winter conditions, the variables of freeze to thaw to freeze cycles in Spring can create some unique situations. Here are some general thoughts for interpreting Spring snow conditions:
The most wonderful thing about Spring is that, just when it looks like it’s over, Mother Nature comes through in an awesome way! After weeks of little natural snow, the Western Maine mountains received 14 inches of the white stuff yesterday. Winter over? Heck no!
When hitting the slopes in powder conditions, a good tactical focus for skiing powder is to make turns that keeps the gear mostly facing downhill.
The season’s winding down and it’s time for reflection. It wasn’t the season we’d hoped for in the East, but it was still pretty good and an Olympic year to boot. According to the www.snowskills.net staff, here are the Top Five Moments from Winter 2005 - 2006: Read the rest of this entry »
Your skiing and riding is predicated that the movements you’re making with your body will result in an anticipated response from the skis and snowboard. How is it that one person can naturally just take to a sport like skiing while another never seems to look comfortable with what they’re doing? The answer isn’t so much that these two people are making different movements, but that these movements are translated into different degrees of balance and control from their gear. It’s very common that there are inherent variables in your body alignment; for your best performance, all serious skiers and riders should pay a visit to their local boot fitter.