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Slideshow: Target Your Turns

Author:: Skiingmag.com Editors
Publish date:: Apr 24, 2001

Private Lessons 1103

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Start by standing on a groomer with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Pressure the downhill ski and point your downhill kneecap towards the tip of your uphill ski. Now, try this while making wide, fast turns (above). This drill exaggerates the change in pressure on your downhill ski and helps you get a feel for both kneecaps pointing towards the uphill ski, eventually leading to a clean carve.

Slideshow: Point Your Knee

As you start a turn and plant your pole, flex deeply. This simulates the movement needed to absorb a bump. To keep your balance, flex equally at your ankles, knees and hips.

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The key to blasting off the corduroy and into deep snow is to engage your powder gear by shifting your weight from a traditional stance (80/20 downhill/uphill) to a more evenly balanced one (60/40). Photo by Whit Richardson

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Private Lessons 1103

Target Your Turns

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(Photo by Thomas Firak/Foodpix)

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Graceful, Carved Turns

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