Snow Skills

For Skiers, remember the basics: put most of your weight on the outside ski.

Here’s a simple tip from a thinking focus:

“Keep your inside leg light.”

When I think about keeping my inside leg light, the outside leg becomes ‘heavy’ in the sense that it’s the primary place for my weight. The ‘light’ focus lets me enter a turn with more balancing on the outside foot than inside, a ballpark of 60% of the balance for a typical turn. The ‘light’ 40% of weight on the inside leg can only be accomplished if I let my body move toward the outside at the top of the turn

Be aware that the percentage of balance mix will vary with snow conditions, terrain, and speed; regardless, thinking about keeping your inside leg light will direct your balance to the outside ski where it belongs.