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Ski Powder Turn.

パウダーターン

パウダー雪でのターン

Difficulty
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Type
Prerequisite
01

How to

Step by step
  1. Before you drop into the powder, set your stance about a fist wider than on groomers and keep both skis parallel.

    Using both skis together as one platform spreads your weight over more snow so you sink less.

  2. Split your weight evenly front-to-back and left-to-right.

    If you load only the outside ski like on groomers, that single ski digs in deep and pitches you forward, so think about stamping both skis into the snow together.

  3. Keep your center of mass stacked over your boots and press through the arch of each foot.

    Riding forward over the balls of your feet drives the tips down, so stay slightly toward your heels so the tips ride a touch high. Keep your hips over the skis and your upper body facing down the fall line.

  4. Start each turn with an up-and-down motion, not a sideways edge set.

    First bend your knees and hips to sink down, letting your weight settle into the snow to build pressure.

  5. Release that pressure by extending your knees and hips upward.

    For an instant your feet feel light and the skis float up toward the surface. That light, unweighted moment is your window to turn.

  6. The instant the skis feel light, steer both feet toward the new direction at the same time.

    Rather than muscling them through heavy snow, just swap the direction during that brief weightless moment.

  7. Once you've changed direction, bend your knees and sink back into the snow to load the next turn.

    Sink, rise, steer, repeated in a steady rhythm, gives you a turn that bounces lightly across the surface.

  8. Keep your eyes down the hill toward where you're going.

    Even when spray hides your feet, sending your gaze ahead steadies your upper body and keeps the rhythm clean.

02

Tips & common mistakes

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Tips

Even weighting and parallel skis are the foundation in deep snow. Carrying over the groomer habit of loading the outside ski sinks that ski alone and tips you forward. Stamp both skis as one platform to earn float.

COMMON MISTAKE

Tips dive and you fall forward → weight has crept onto your toes and the tips have buried. Fix: return to even weighting through the arches and leave a touch of weight toward the heels so the tips ride slightly high.

The rest of the tips, fixes for each mistake, and what to try next are in the app — learn them while you log. Intermediate+ tricks are for Members.

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