To Strengthen Your Skiing Next Season, Identify Your Weaknesses Now
If you're serious about improving your skiing, your work starts today.
Michael Rogan is SKI Magazine’s Director of Instruction, head coach of the PSIA demo team, and a Special Project Coach for the U.S. Ski Team. In other words, he’s the guy who teaches Olympians how to ski and teaches ski instructors how to teach skiing. Asked to define his personal skiing style, Rogan says: “I like to side on accuracy, precision, and athletic.”
SKI has yet to find another skier who can carve as precisely as Rogan in front of a camera.
If you're serious about improving your skiing, your work starts today.
The short turn is essential—don't let it become a lost art.
Learn to link turns in tight places with this maneuver.
No matter whether the season has started or is almost over, it's a great time to focus on the fundamentals.
Master flexion and extension, and you'll master the moguls.
Get an early start on the season with these terrain-specific ski tips.
No one ever got hurt in the air, right? And with practice and planning, the landings will go just fine.
It's more than talent that makes Mikaela Shiffrin the best slalom racer in the world.
There's a lot to be learned from the way kids learn. Most important: Embrace your mistakes, and don't forget to have fun.
In the belly of the turn, your skis want to head for the barn. To keep up with them in the fall line, unshakable balance is key.