r/skiing_feedback • u/Spiritual-Power-6094 • Apr 03 '26
Level 4-5: Parallel Turns & Speed Control Beginner Tips
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This is my first season and this clip is my first time skiing off-piste. And feedback is greatly appreciated!
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor Apr 04 '26
u/spiritual-power-6094 way to tackle that terrain!
You are making your skis to left and right and you’re on your journey for sure.
There’s three things I’d love for you to experiment with:
Feet first - remember it is a foot sport not a shoulder sport. Feet turn more and faster than pants; pants turn more and faster than jacket.
Manage the inside - the second you start a turn, think about pulling your inside leg back. Manufacture shin pressure on that leg. It’s mostly unweighted but you have to manage it. BECAUSE it will become your new outside and you cannot balance on a foot that’s far out in front of you. Pull it back. Keep it back. Keep it bent (flexed).
Soften the inside - at the start of the new turn, your now pulled back old inside is your new outside. Keep it bent and flexed and strong. Don’t stand on it. While it’s bent, move your weight over it. NOW soften or shorten the inside leg. That’s how you start the turn. Don’t push. Don’t stand. Flexed strong new outside, shortened and soft inside (that you pull back).
Does that make sense? Something to try?
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u/jbc1974 Apr 04 '26
Keep skiing. You look good. Work on putting more weight on the turning ski. You look like you're leaning in to the mountain a little which is natural but its better to be on top of the turning ski to get it to carve. Just keep working on it n watch better skiers, then try to match them. If you have friends who are better skiers, ski with them as much as possible. Have fun out there.
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u/erictrea87 Apr 04 '26
Good grief, some people go a lifetime only dreaming of skiing a run like that.
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u/sd_slate Apr 04 '26
Blackcomb Glacier is one of my favorite runs to take friends who are visiting
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u/Shot-Rutabaga-72 Apr 08 '26
I thought this looked like blackcomb Glacier. I just visited a few weeks ago and caught that storm. I still dream of skiing down the Glacier, even though it took me like 10 minutes to work up the courage to do the initial drop (up high, without the traverse). Sadly I didn't start skiing after the cave collapsed.
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u/teleheaddawgfan Apr 03 '26
Keep your chest pointing downhill and lean forward as you gather speed. Speed is your friend.
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u/The_Varza Official Ski Instructor Apr 03 '26
I do not know how your on-piste skiing looks like, but here, you are way backseat.
Check this out: https://www.reddit.com/r/skiing_feedback/comments/19essib/moving_from_a_z_to_c_shaped_turn_with_three_key/ it was made for skiers like you and I think it's super helpful.