Intermediate vs Advanced Skiers | #shorts

What separates an Advanced skier from an Intermediate skier?

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[petercreagh]

What she is saying came to me in a much simpler way and that is by pressing my big toes hard on the base of of my boots. I have always felt perfectly centred on my skis when I do that. While it sounds easy to do as tiredness sets in thats when it can become difficult to focus on doing it and it does take effort when you are getting tired. Its best to start doing it first thing in the morning to avoid any falls while having warm up runs.

[stevenhill]

My favorite trick for getting skiers into the front of their boots is to think about getting their feet a little more behind their hips. This helps avoid the almost inevitable bending forward at the waist and dropping the hips back.

[jaycollins]

From someone that has been on the planks since I was 2 and im now 28 something I only noticed last year was that the ski you are riding can also be the biggest contributor to the way you stand I had slow sloppy twin tips for years that I would carve around the mountain without a care but always copped flak from my dad for being back seat
Got new skis last year and they respond super fast in-between turns and all round feel faster which has forced me to no longer be lazy and I have to constantly pull myself forward in my boot to keep consistent

[envy_coppr]

The secret to leaning forward subconsciously is pulling your toes back. Try it, it does work

[gnarstars]

Now you can turn! This is actually good advice on YouTube about a proper ski turn. I’m impressed

[tomzeto]

I’ve snowboarded for decades and finally switched to skiing last season because my kids got into skiing. I learned how to ski parallel in one day but it wasn’t perfect. I kept thinking about how boarding is very similar and how advanced riders understand how to put that weight forward and not be afraid to do so especially on steeper slopes. I applied that this season and really focused on feeling the shin pressure and leaning into the mountain. Game changer! I tried to teach my boys but they won’t listen to me so I looked up more videos on YT and found this. Thank you! hopefully my boys will listen to you haha

[xthe_moonx]

shes got keen insight. good teacher. must have had a good teacher herself!

[william]

Intermediate skier: 'I can do black runs' (smug grin)
Advanced skier: 'As long as im having fun and am safe, all's ok.'

[Raoul_Volfoni]

So true. And have your arms and hands at the most possible front position, like you would like to catch something in front of you, it will help a lot in finding / feeling the right position.

[buddykoerner]

I needed this. Thanks. Will think about it tomorrow!

[rodneybrown]

Some people are TERMINAL INTERMEDIATE. 😂

[rajeshmarfatia]

At our recent ski trip to Big White and Silver Star in Canada BC, I really focused on these key tips, and they truly made a difference. They sound small, but their effect on the more difficult terrain (steeps and blacks) made a profound difference.

[rueben]

This is true, follow this tip! My Instructor told me this and it helped a lot !

[stuartbrock]

You should talk about bending from the ankles. It counter intuitive, but you need to drive your weight through your heels to get grip in icy conditions. So you can't just lean on your boots and let your heels lift have to keep that weight centered to keep your grip. You also have to roll your skis to initiate turns. The pushing and twisting that you had to do on skinny skis is gone. Just roll the ski and let it engage. If you get going too fast, just turn up hill. Now push that downhill ski into the snow to get it to shoot out in front of you, or do a little braking to slow yourself down. Now for bump... You need leg strength for these puppies. Think of doing as many squats as you can in 5 minutes and that's a bump run. Turn as you come out of the trough and push the heel of your down hill ski out to bleed off some speed.

[JuChams]

Rental boots are usually so wide and hurtful that often I saw myself being way too much on the back because of pain. I have my own snowboard boots but rented ski boots. It will end soon !

[vosgita]

Thank you! This really helped my confidence.

[katahdincloud]

I am constantly pulling my feet back under me. It gets the job done more easily for me than pushing shins into boots because that can tend to straighten my legs more than I want them……and it’s a DesLauriers brothers tip from their awesome book “Ski the Whole Mountain:How to ski any condition at any time”. Advanced Intermediates should read it for sure, when they can step right into their skis and put principles to practice. For me, skiing quickly across multiple surfaces was knocking me around in terms of balance and stance. Powder piles on top of manmade with ice spots and then crud. This book’s discussion of where feet are in each condition was clutch advice. Great book by legends.

[Dizzlaeus]

Totally agree on this technique spotlight. I'm reinforcing this frequently with my 3rd son who's struggling to keep up with his brothers because he can't get upright or forward so he's getting bucked in challenging terrain.

[OhDearBabajan]

One other thing that helps getting foresee on your tippy toes is to keep your arms in front of you and your skis acting as a steering wheel. Second day skiing ever i actually learned to french fry side to side (granted slowly) because one of the trainers shared this life changing bit of ski information (among other pro tips)

[McQzv]

Think the focus should be more on dynamic fore/aft shifting than this. The real problem is the people are fore when they should be aft and they’re aft when they should be fore