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		<title>Use Your Arms for Better Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compliment the balance of your body in skiing with the movement of your arms. The movements of your arms will help to fine-tune the balance generated by your body. Stand in a balanced stance and place your forearms roughly parallel with the snow. Keeping your head facing straight ahead, explore the range to which you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Short Skiing Turns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separate the upper body from the legs at the hip joint. The ability to twist the legs without steering the body is crucial to short turns. Stand in a hip-width stance without skis on flat terrain. Using your poles to stabilize your upper body, explore twisting your feet with all the parts of your legs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Pole Swings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to become an expert skier? Use your pole swings all the time. The motion of your poles can provide a significant boost to your skiing skills on diamond terrain. The ability to swing your outside pole to establish the beginning on a new turn will add timing and flow to your skiing and produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mogul Path</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest factors in skiing moguls is to know where to find a path through them.  At first glance, a mogul field may look like chaos, but it can be made more manageable.  There are always many paths through any mogul field, and some are more desirable than others; make it easier by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Ski Moguls</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skiing moguls requires a separation of upper and lower body movements in order to stay balanced in uneven terrain.  Those movements are twisting movements and identifying which twisting movements are good ones will help you ski moguls. There are many types of Twisting and it can be either good or bad. Good twisting consists of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moguls 105</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keep it slow! Maintain control and manage speed in the moguls by taking advantage of every opportunity to slow down. NOTE: This post builds on previous posts regarding skiing moguls; please review Moguls 101 to 104 first. One of the most challenging parts of skiing moguls is controlling your speed; it&#8217;s tough to find the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moguls 104</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With knowledge of the basic line and sideslip turns, now it&#8217;s time to apply them in the moguls. NOTE: This post builds on previous posts regarding skiing moguls; please review Moguls 101 to 103 first. The goal is to make sideslip turns at the shoulder of the moguls such that you are sideslipping between moguls.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moguls 103</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moguls 103 is about how to control your speed. As in any skiing turn, speed control comes from rounding out the turn shape until your ski tips face more across the hill than down gravity. To turn the tips more across the hill, the key to controlling your speed in moguls is to be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stay Forward by Skiing with Edging</title>
		<link>http://www.snowskills.net/stay-forward-by-skiing-with-edging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teaching Philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s probably the oldest skiing tip in the book; stay forward! Having trouble with control? Stay forward! Want to start parallel skiing? Stay forward! Want to ski faster? Stay forward! Fine, got it; can do it great in the living room. But just how does one stay forward on slick, uneven, steep snow at speed? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moguls 102; Basic Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moguls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The next step in developing basic mogul skills is to identify the most effective path through a mogul field. The most effective path is typically called the Basic Line. THE BASIC LINE IS TO GO AROUND EACH BUMP. The basic line is dictated by the fact that bumps are formed by skiers turning in the [...]]]></description>
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