by kayalulu001 | Jan 10, 2021 | Intermediate
When young kids start learning skiing, they are often told not to use their poles. This makes lots of sense because pole usage at an early age could create bad habits such as leaning back and standing upright. Yet this doesn’t necessarily mean that older children or...
by kayalulu001 | Jan 8, 2021 | Intermediate
Many serious ski learners have such an experience: we work hard, spending dozens of days on snow, watching hundreds of YouTube videos, and taking numerous ski lessons. But when we watch our own video, we are shocked by the little progress we have made. We feel good...
by kayalulu001 | Jan 8, 2021 | Intermediate
How many days do you ski a season? People often use answers to this question to judge a person’s skiing skills. When you sign up for a lesson, the instructor asks you this question. When you interview for an instructor job, the snow school asks you this question. When...
by kayalulu001 | Dec 10, 2020 | Intermediate
It feels great when you first become an intermediate skier — you now can ski most of the trails and enjoy going faster than many skiers (note the definition of an advanced skier is not that you can ski a black diamond trail, but that you can ski black or double...
