Skiing Tip - Develop Your Drifting Skills

Develop your "drifting" skills. A great practice drill to develop your ability to ski with a soft edge is to select a spot about 30 feet in front of you on groomed terrain and see how many turns you can make between where you are standing and the target. If you carve your turns you will not be able to make as many turns than if you use a drifted turn (the combination of a rotary move with less edge angle - e.g. on a flatter ski). Hold a competition between you and your friends to see who can make the most number of turns between any two points.

Drifting (a.k.a. a pivot slip) is a great ski technique for controlling your speed on any terrain, but it is particularly useful in moguls and powder.

To your success in becoming a better mogul and powder skier.