Mogul Camp
Mammoth Mountain offers the perfect setting to master the art of moguls.
Performance
Performance
Speed Week with Doug Lewis
Doug Lewis's clinic at Sugarbush will satisfy your need for speed.
Steep and Deep Clinic
Jackson Hole's extreme terrain will take your skiing to the next level.
Stay Balanced Over Your Downhill Ski
Don't let fear lock you down in the steeps. Work with your downhill ski, not against it.
Tune Up Tip: Get a Grip On Hardpack
Keep your ankles rolling to stay connected with the slope.
Turning Points: Flex Benefits
Today’s gear lets you use your legs—not your whole body—to move vertically over your skis and apply pressure to your edges.
Stuff We Like: Clif Shot Bloks
Yummy Gummy
The Last Plateau
You’ve been skiing for years and have cranked out millions of vertical feet—and maybe even taken a lesson or two. The result: You’re a confident advanced skier. Satisfied? Don’t be. With a little more work on snow and in the gym, you can be a seamless expert.
Ski School Spotlight: Clendenin Ski Method Camps
You’re a pro at the groomers – Now tackle the tough stuff
Problem Solvers: Steeps
PROBLEM Instinctively, people shrink from what scares them. On a steep face, you may try to hug the apparent security of the hill by leaning into the mountain with your upper body, stiffening your downhill leg or throwing your downhill hand upward. These instinctive reactions compromise balance and make edging more difficult.
Lesson Lexicon: Down Stem
Need a moment? Control your speed and gather your composure with this easy move.
Tune Up: Tip Lead
For balanced transitions, keep both legs under your body and your ski tips evenly matched.
Lesson Lexicon: Angulation
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Lesson Lexicon: Inclination
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Tune Up: Get in the Driver's Seat
Use this lunchtime drill to keep your weight forward. Then take it to the slopes to power through every turn.
Loss of a Legend: Stu Campbell, 1942-2008
Skiing loses a legend; SKI Magazine loses a friend.
The Nyman Plan
You don't get a nickname like the Albatross by being a softy. Here's how downhiller Steven Nyman revs up for the speed events.
The Vonn Plan
World Cup champ and U.S. Ski Team sweetheart Lindsey Vonn is no pushover. Here's here hardcore, winning workout routine.
The Ligety Plan
Quick, agile and explosive, Olympic and World Cup gold medalist Ted Ligety uses this preseason routine to get in shape.
Refresh Your Fitness
Resuscitate your dryland training with nine ski-specific moves.
Turning Points: Double Trouble
Double fall lines test whether you can alternate gentle downhill turns with powerful arcs that pull you back up the hill.
Up the Ante
Train hard, not long, for better skiing—and more of it.
Getting Even
Balance does a body good. Align yourself for stronger - and safer - skiing.
Turning Points: Play Bad Weather Away
Use bad weather to your advantage. Find a sheltered spot, and play your way to better skiing.
Turning Points: The Skinny on Skiing Chutes
When trails narrow, widen both your perspective and your line of attack.
Turning Points: The Long and Short of Skiing Bumps
To get through a maze of moguls, make your legs—and at times even your entire body—both longer and shorter.
Turning Points: Dropping In
Check your hesitation at the edge, and approach cornices like you mean it.
Turning Points: Pitch Control
When a slope changes, you and your skis need to change with it. Stay on pitch with these tactics.
All in the Family
The family that sweats together stays—and skis—together. Here's a fitness routine the whole gang can manage.
Your Great Shape Up
Be in late-season form when the first flakes fall. SKI's pre-season training regimen will get you fit.
Lindsey Vonn: Victory in a Champion's Words
A year ago, we talked to Lindsey about her racing career. As the 2010 Winter Games loom large, her interview is as relevant as ever
Free Apres-Ski Yoga Classes
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An Interview with a Halfpipe Hero: Jen Hudak
One of the strongest female halfpipe skiers of this generation, Jen Hudak shares her thoughts on the state of women’s freeskiing.
Ski Fit: Yoga Exercises to Get You In Shape This Season
Use this six-week program to work your balance, flexibility, core strength, back muscles, and more.
Gyms for Kids
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Play It Safe: Fitness for Kids
Experts advocate resistance and plyometric training for kids, with one universal caveat: It must be done correctly. Here are guidelines for safe, effective workouts.
Injury Busters
Want to avoid injury this season? Here are nine moves you need to know to stack the safety odds in your favor.
Get in the Gym: Fitness for Skiers
After a long day at the office, it's tough to find the motivation to work out. But, diligence always pays off. Here are the best tips and tricks to make the most out of your gym time, so that you'll be ready for your first days on the slopes.
Get Fit to Rip
With Ski Season right around the corner, there is no better time to start toning those muscles.
The Skier Within: Ski Instructors Change Techniques
When ski instruction went from formal technique to pop psychology.
SkiNet Marketplace: Gear
Check out a range of ski gear products featured in our Marketplace.
Battling Global Warming
With persistent droughts and concerns over global warming heating up, cloud seeding is a growth industry. Some resorts swear by it. Others aren't so sure.
Therapy Session
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Workouts: Welcome to the Old School
Ditch your new fangled workout gadgets and test out these tried and true fitness methods
Exercise 10: Push-Ups
Combine the traditional push-up with a twist to increase strength and build core balance.
Ski Fitness: Back Burners
Three exercises to increase strength in your back and optimize your body for skiing.
Ski Fit: Little Big Muscles
Train your connector muscles for better stability and a stronger core.