by kayalulu001 | Feb 11, 2022 | Advanced/Expert, Intermediate, Racing
Disclaimer #1: Skiing is for fun. If you enjoy the feeling of riding on your skis at a high speed, you don’t have to make any changes, regardless of whether others tell you it is “Park-and-Ride” or not. There is nothing wrong with it. This post is a technical...
by kayalulu001 | Jan 27, 2022 | Advanced/Expert, Beginner/Novice, Intermediate, Racing
To many of us, wedge turns, or “pizza turns” to kids, are the very first drill we use when we start learning skiing. When the skis are in the shape of a pizza, we are in better control and can slowly ski down a bunny hill. It doesn’t look very elegant, but we...
by Jennifer | Jan 14, 2022 | Racing
Hey guys! This winter break my family and I stopped by at Sugarbush, Vermont. Although it wasn’t our first time there, it was my first time on the race trail of GMVS (Green Mountain Valley School). Amazing trail by the way; wide and spacious with the right...
by kayalulu001 | Jan 14, 2022 | Advanced/Expert, Beginner/Novice, Intermediate, Racing
I use the word “stance” three times in the title because stance is critical for skiers at all levels, from first-time skiers to World Cup racers. Similar to other sports such as football and tennis, athletic stance in skiing involves a relatively wide stance, with the...
by kayalulu001 | Dec 27, 2021 | Advanced/Expert, Racing
Josh Foster mentioned an interesting conversation with an Austrian ski racing team coach. That is, the Austrian national team spent much of their off season training on the inside ski. While is not clear what exactly the Austrians were working on (also unclear whether...
by kayalulu001 | Dec 18, 2021 | Advanced/Expert, Racing
It is not uncommon for ski learners to be fascinated by ONE aspect of skiing – angulation, forward movement, edge angles, etc. We might have tried hard only to find that our skiing is still different from truly advanced skiers, meaning to keep an athletic form on all...
