Stop Skiing Backseat (Forever)

Learn to ski in balance and stop skiing backseat, forever. In Episode 1 of Unlocking the Mountain, I coach Sean, an intermediate skier, through three essential skills. First, he finds the right posture by feeling where centred and balanced really is. Then he learns to pole plant for extra angulation and outside ski pressure. Finally, we fix a common mistake, snowploughing into the turn, with 99% outside ski pressure turns, edging and rotating both skis in unison.
00:00 Unlock Skiing Blue Slopes
00:40 The Intermediate Skiers Starting Point
01:53 Drill 1 | Loose Boots, Balance on Toe Pieces
03:30 Drill 2 | Pole Plant for Stability
04:26 Common Mistake | Snow-Plowing Into the Turn
04:40 Drill 3 | 99% Outside Ski Pressure
06:12 Drill 4 | Practise Makes Perfect - Get The Reps In