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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Advice for Improving Your Skiing and Snowboarding Skills

By Charles U. Harper


You can only learn so much in books and online, whether you're new to Ketchikan Salmon Fishing or a seasoned skier. No amount of reading is going to replace experience, but be sure to use caution when trying something new. It's important to use caution because the slopes and back country can be totally unforgiving. Keeping the following skiing/snowboarding tips in mind will help hone your skills a bit more at Ketchikan Salmon Fishing.

In addition to all that, depending on where you'll be skiing or riding, we have to be attentive to Mother Nature. If you've spent any time in the back-country, then you know that things can get ugly in a split second. So we should be geared up as much as we possibly can be. So, the rest of this article is all about learning how to do our sport better and with more skill, plus we may throw some safety tips into the mix.

Mastering the short turns will help you advance your skiing skills further. Pivot slip turn drills are a good way to improve your short turn abilities. To practice this drill, face downhill and rotate both your legs left to right by 180 degrees. That is how you practice the pivot slip turn drill. It will be easier if you can practice this drill on groomed snow. You can maintain a smoother flow and your overall rhythm by practicing proper pole placement. A short instruction session with a professional ski instructor can help you learn how to properly execute this drill.

Then it's simply putting in the practice time.

For beginning board riders and even skiers, be smart and get some lessons before you go out tearing it up. Become trained by a really knowledgeable friend or an expert instructor. This is one of the brainiest things you could ever do. Furthermore, recognize that you want to become knowledgeably in the appropriate way from the start because if you do not, then you are potentially allowing yourself to be in some type of danger because you could inaccurately be performing a move.

Although it often depends on whether you are skiing or riding. If you are going out into the back country you'll need to take extra care...for obvious reasons. You will be by yourself if something happens. If you are riding or skiing by yourself, which is a terrible idea, then you are really all alone and putting yourself under unnecessary risks. Make sure to give some advance thought to where you want to go and what you want to do.




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