How to Ski - What you need to know for your first day | REI

Ready to hit the slopes? We partnered with Robin Barnes of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) to teach you the basics. In this video, we cover everything from your ski stance to controlling your speed with a wedge and connecting turns down the mountain.

What you need to know:

Stance and how to stay balanced - 0:36
The basic Wedge position - 1:33
Walking uphill with skis on - 2:53
Turning with a Wedge - 5:32
Linking Wedge turns - 7:26

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A Co-op Films Production-
Producer: Mary Beth Lavender
Director: Jason Lohr-Johnson
Camera: Corey Warren / Chris Wojcik
Content: Robin Barnes
Talent: Robin Barnes
Editing: Katie Van Fleet

[genjam]

Anyone else sitting on top of a mountain and questioning their life choices

[americanbro]

Wish I knew this stuff before I just winged going down a blue hill. I'm pretty decent tho, only crashed into one tree, one bruised rib, and one concussion, so I'd say it was a good learning experience

[kungao]

i'm going skiing for the first time on saturday so my dad said to watch a video to now some basic facts, i'm so exited

[stannow]

This is really the best video to help people and their children get the hang of it a lot easier and have more fun. Robin keeps it simple with the best demonstrations. Her charisma really makes the difference. I'm a former ski patroller and PSIA instructor who also worked with the disabled, mostly war veterans. We all need to get out and do something we enjoy. Thank You REI. Glad to be a longtime member.

[tommymarcus]

My daughter and I watched this video a dozen of times. We are back from our trip and we did great!!! We had so much fun. Thank you for this very awesome instructional video.

[paulpolpiboon]

@00:50 Stance
@4:10 Slowing/Stop
@3:13 @4:10 Going up hill
@5:45 Steering

[lillithediamondd]

When I went to ski school this is what my teacher thought the class. This is basically a free lesson.

[lucyjane]

This is the BEST beginner ski instruction ever. Seriously.

[ionutdragomir]

Oh.. Just saved me few hundreds of euros in lessons in French alps.. With All due respect to all instructors out there. Thanks again

[iliketrees]

I have been skiing fir 9 years and I am constantly suggesting to people to try skiing if you are watching this video to decide I highly recommend skiing it is honestly one of the best things in the world to experience and I can’t stress enough how much I love skiing

[dontbepoor]

This video was SUPER HELPFUL! I went skiing for the first time today and after one trip down the bunny hill, hit the slopes. Skied for 2 hours, didn't fall once, and the tip of skiing back up the hill to slow down saved me. I really appreciate this video. Thanks for posting!

[douglasreed]

Went skiing for the first time yesterday and can definitively say that this video was the key to my success. Thank you so much!

[Doctorwankinstein.]

This is fantastic. These instructions probably stopped me from dying a painful and embarrassing death. Thank you.👍

[MegaBond]

I've never seen that much snow
And ive never seen my father
So excited to see both of he actually keeps his word and takes me skiing in a month!

[alexat]

Great tutorial - gets to the demonstration immediately; clear instructions; doesn’t waste time with lengthy explanations. 👍🏻

[dawnmiller]

A great video! This is a great refresher. I took a lesson two weeks ago after previously only skiing once in Vermont fifteen years ago. I have my second ski lesson next week. I’ll watch this video again before I hit the mountain.

[LoveJungle]

What a lovely personality! She must really love what she's doing!

[mart]

who else is watching bc they dont wanna pay for skiing classes & its their first time skiing?

[rob.halpin]

Been boarding for 10+ years, but I was given a set of skis today. Will be going up armed with this knowledge tomorrow. Thanks so much! Wish me luck.

[kelcielomas]

Im going skiing for the first time this weekend. I usually snowboard. This was very helpfull! Thank you!