Tips that stick in your head

[Jenny]

Tighten the core, particularly focusing on the lower abdominals to tip the pelvis forward. Anytime I feel I am skiing out of balance, this helps me immensely.

This was exactly what helped me this weekend. Didn't notice my wandering tips issue at all, as long as I focused on this and nothing else.

 

[fail to crush]

Ski shop young man with long hair and unmatured goatee says "don't turn in bumps. Speed over the first 2 and jump the 3rd. Repeat until you crash." UNTESTED

Thierry from courchevel when I was 8. "You must put ze elboos in front of ze knees when you schuss"

Common wisdom "never eat yellow snow"

 

[Crank]

One thing.

Some times I start thinking about too many things at once and my head gets in my own way.
If I can shake it out and think about "one thing" I can usually salvage my ski day.

I have been skiing a lot of years and ski bumps OK, sometimes using different techniques depending on the bumps at hand or my mood. I was skiing pretty well last week and was thinking while bumping that there are so many different things to concentrate on that I do unconsciously at this point. Then I thought about how much I used to suck at golf when I used to play a bit and how I had to think about so many different aspects to my swing and could never really pull them all together..so yeah, I know what you mean.

Here is a tip I read in Ski or Skiing magazine a lot of years ago stuck with me and is one I still pass along to intermediate and advanced skiers who I think may benefit from it: When you are entering a steep run make your first turn a half turn uphill. In you are entering skiing to your left swing just a bit uphill, to your left, and use that momentum to bring you around into your first right turn. A lot of skiers have trouble making that first turn and establishing a rhythm. This move helps unfreeze them and begin that important first turn.

PS: I was leading a group of skiers from my ski club around JH a few days ago and I used the Bob Barnes' tip mentioned by Phil earlier in this thread, "My ski tip for the day", I said, "is make every other turn to the right." Got a few chuckles and then after lunch when more skiers joined our group I was requested to give my spiel again, which includes disclaimers such as follow me at your own risk.... and I changed it to, "my ski tip for this afternoon is make every other turn to your left." Got a good laugh from the group and from some JH instructors who were standing next to us.

 

[Monique]

Here is a tip I read in Ski or Skiing magazine a lot of years ago stuck with me and is one I still pass along to intermediate and advanced skiers who I think may benefit from it: When you are entering a steep run make your first turn a half turn uphill. In you are entering skiing to your left swing just a bit uphill, to your left, and use that momentum to bring you around into your first right turn. A lot of skiers have trouble making that first turn and establishing a rhythm. This move helps unfreeze them and begin that important first turn.

On a related note, I've been told that whenever possible, I should not stop at the top of the difficult part - because it's such a momentum killer. Start before the entrance and just keep skiing. Then you don't need to turn up. And full disclosure: For me personally, the tip about taking advantage of uphill momentum doesn't compute. Turning up the hill just makes it harder to initiate the next turn.

 

[bud heishman]

One thing.

Some times I start thinking about too many things at once and my head gets in my own way.
If I can shake it out and think about "one thing" I can usually salvage my ski day.

Just before you push off..........think about.............Pink Elephants

 

[Rudi Riet]

"Treat the snow like you would your loved one's face" - i.e. don't overski the snow. Makes perfect sense for racing/east coast folk moving from icy surfaces to soft, as well as for folks skiing ice who think that working it harder will always pay off.

 

[Blue Streak]

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Does this count?

 

[Gerry Rhoades]

Don't look where you don't want to go.

 

[Luvbug]

There are no maybe's in skiing! Just put your skis where you want them to be!! (For those of us who endlessly shop for turns)

What's the most important thing to remember when skiing? Have fun!!

 

[Paul S.]

Enjoy the turn you are in. You see so many people start the turn nicely but never finish it..they appear to be in such a rush to get to the next turn that they never finish the turn they are in. Personally, I really like the second half of the turn, it is where you get to enjoy all the forces I have built up.

People just don't realize that there is more than one way to get out of the fall-line.

 

[Paul S.]

My favorite for people rushing the top of the turn: Don't turn the skis; be patient and let the skis turn you.

 

[4ster]

This is my own but it sticks in my head:
"It's a lot easier for my skis to catch up with me, than it is for me to catch up with my skis"

 

[AmyPJ]

This is my own but it sticks in my head:
"It's a lot easier for my skis to catch up with me, than it is for me to catch up with my skis"

OK, I have been working on this exact thing this week, and what a breakthrough for me! So fun and really smooths things out somehow.

 

[givethepigeye]

never fear if you can smear

 

[Olesya C]

Sing when you are scared. It works, I get so caught up in trying to carry the tune that I forget to be frightened. Of course, it's probably not as great for everyone around me as it is for me!

This works well for me too! I can get vertigo when I ski in bad visibility in wide open spaces/bowls and I realized that I can stave off the onset of vertigo by singing. It is funny and strange, but definitely works for me. Of course the best case for low vis day skiing is skiing either trees or narrow trails lines with trees, but if that's not available or you need to cross wide open space to get to trees singing helps.

 

[MikeS]

For mogul skiing, the best advice I got was "Knees to the mountain, Tuesdays In The Snow to the valley."

 

[Guy in Shorts]

May gravity be you friend and speed your ally.

 

[Pete in Idaho]

Heres probably the best tip I have ever received. Sorta the same idea as some of the pole tips already giver but...... more. Tip from Wade Holiday, pro skier while he, Ted and I were skiing a steep chute under Lincoln Lift at Sugar bowl.

This tip is especially valuable in the steeps. " Be pole ready." When coming out of a turn be pole ready for the next turn. Especially in the steep this will align your body in advance for the next turn and the actual turn will just happen as you have already prepared your body for the turn and its direction. If you can conceptualize yourself on the steeps and how being pole ready will keep you going down the hill in the proper direction with your hips, core, shoulders and arms and handes in front of you and down the hill. Works for me. Always appreciated Wade giving me this tip.

 

[Mendieta]

My first run ever, a green on Bear Valley, on my second day skiing. I pick up some speed on my first turn, next thing I'm traversing, and soon I'm down. I look up, and the instructor is looking down on me, and yelling:

-- "WHY DID YOU LET YOURSELF GO?".

At first I was perplexed, frustrated, and angry.

-- "WHATCHA' MEAN LET MYSELF GO???".

-- "Well, you put yourself on the back seat, lost balance, and went down. That's what I mean."

Five seconds of silence.

-- "Ah, that".

All in a sudden, it was all clear. And I can tell you, every single time I get on the back seat, I can see the guy's face. This tip really stuck to me. In a positive way. The guys was one of the team coaches for Bear Valley. Not the most diplomatic, but he taught me so many things in a couple hours of group instruction. Amazing.

 

[François Pugh]

Powder skiing (or any form of deep snow skiing): Treat both your skis as though they were on a single sheet of plywood and balance on that. Stopped me from overloading one ski and sinking it to china and then tripping because I was used to skiing ice instead of snow.