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Powder skiing...

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Broha-X-Press
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so i just took up skiing again after boarding since fifth grade.  I picked up quickly enough despite the number of years i hadn't set foot on skis.  Anyways, the east coast got dumped on last week and i went the sugarloaf the day after the storm and quickly realized I DON"T KNOW HOW TO SKI POOWDER!!!!

any suggestions/tips/comments would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Dec 29 2008 12:49PM
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Clifford996
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dont sit back seat (even tho you are gunna want to) and keep your speed
Dec 29 2008 12:50PM
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Broha-X-Press
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turning was my #1 concern here.  i tried a couple times and ended upsearching for my skis in the powder lol...so ya turning tips would be best

thanks though ^

Dec 29 2008 12:53PM
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smuggs
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plant your poles, and decide how deep you want to be in the powder, and adjust your weight accordingly.
Dec 29 2008 1:01PM
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Slinger1x1
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lean back, let those tips up, and definitely keep your speed. dont make huge parallel turns, always try to be going down hill, and just let it glide, thats what pows for
Dec 29 2008 1:14PM
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mitchk
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i dont know who tought this kid^ to ski pow. keep your feet together and stay forward and ya speed helps alot. then make some nice hard turns and get some faceshots. mmmmmmmm faceshots
Dec 29 2008 1:20PM
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Drail
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i think telling people to "lean back" isn't the best way to explain pow skiing. if you simply lean back your center of gravity is way off and turning will be hard and ugly looking, the difference is more subtle than that.

one way I try to tell people how to ski in powder is to put your weight on your heals So like, you know on the groomers and tricking off jumps it's all about putting your weight on your toes and popping off them to initiate shit right? well, while keeping your hands in front (athletic stance), shoulders open to the fall line, and your core centered over your skis transfer your weight to your heals from your toes. your legs will get worked at first because you'll be using slightly different muscles, and you'll probably fall a lot to begin with but that's the advice I will give. Hopefully you get lots more pow out on the east coast so by the end of the season you'll be dropping cliffs into bottomless and loving it.
Dec 29 2008 1:22PM
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C-Burg
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i do it like sitting a a chair, your weight is over your heels but your upper body is centered or even forward. That's how i think of it
Dec 29 2008 1:47PM
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Piste.Off
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keep your weight back but always try to keep your shins pressing forwards against your boots, its hard to explain but without that you won't have any control turning
Dec 29 2008 2:08PM
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Holte
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Don't try to fight the powder. Instead of making deep heavy carves like you might on a groomer, stand taller and try to lighten your weight on in the snow. Keep more equal weight on both of your skis than you would on a groomer; there's no need for greater pressure on your outside ski. You also don't need to compress your body into your turns to get good edge control. Stay light, and pop a little through your turns. And keep your hands in front of you.
Dec 29 2008 4:14PM
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no_steeze
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pivot on your poles, put your skis together and ski on them as if they're one ski, if you get them going different directions you will bail. as you get better you can go faster and do gs type turns with your skis wider but for now just keep your skis together and when you want to turn try to shoot your tips out of the snow and get on top of it and then turn when you're up and sink back down once you've completed the turn...it's called jetting
Dec 29 2008 4:17PM
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Broha-X-Press
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thanks for the help guys  + karma ^^^^^^
Dec 29 2008 4:49PM
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3ski6guy0
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speed is key. it makes everything easier
Dec 29 2008 4:52PM
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charmander
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well, the way i do it is; keep the weight back, but you still have to lean forward, just to keep your tips up, and as said porpouse in and out of te now,think. lift up start turn drop back in finish turn.

you'll get it
Dec 29 2008 5:24PM
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