Snow Skills

You can improve your skiing and snowboarding turns by checking out the tracks you leave behind in the snow. Find some level (preferably corduroy) snow on easy terrain and make some turns. Climb back up and take a look at the evidence. Do your turns have a section where the tracks go in a straight line?

your tracks are showing a section where the tracks are in a straight line, there’s a flat spot in your turning. A flat spot between turns means you’re hesitating and applying a traverse. A traverse is a traditional term for connecting turns with a straight run, usually across the gravity line. With shaped skis and snowboards, FAWGETTABOUTIT! Shaped ski and snowboard gear loves to be in an arc, so keep it in one by flowing from turn to turn with a decisive connection.

You can develop flow between turns by keeping your movements going constantly. Focus on the board/skis tipping constantly by applying ankle and knee angulation to increase and decrease your edge angles. Focus on steering your gear with your legs and doing so without turning and holding the feet at any one moment. And focus on pressuring the gear with a stance that stays dynamic and flows with the terrain by being athletic and flexed.

The most efficient skiing and riding relies on linked turns such that your movements down the hill appear to be non-stop and without hesitation.