Skiboards are great tools to accelerate the development of mogul and powder skiing skills.

Skiboards provide you clear and instantaneous feedback on your stance, producing a more centered and balanced skier.

A skiboard’s smaller turning radius provides better speed control enabling patient, rounded turns and reduced anxiety - even in moguls and powder.

A skiboard’s shorter length makes turning easier which builds confidence in three dimentional terrain presented by moguls and powder.

Skiboards are substantially lighter than traditional length skis which reduces both fatigue and knee stress. Newly learned skills easily transfer back to your traditional length skis.

And, finally, because of all of the above, you can quickly begin to confidently ski mogul and powder terrain and gain important mileage and experience in making terrain selection decisions.

The bottom line: skiboards are great training tools for the development of mogul and powder skiing skills. We use them in the BUMPS FOR BOOMERS ® program to achieve accelerated learning.

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

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Determining the appropriate length of your skis has little to do with your height and weight - unless your goal is to ski fast. If you are an aging Baby Boomer, selecting the length of your skis should be a function of two things: your age and the number of days you ski each year. The older you are and/or the fewer number of days you ski each season are all arguments for shorter skis.

Now “short” is a relative term. Skiers who used to ski on 210cm skis and who now ski on 180cm skis think they are on short skis. But, when we say short, we mean short. If you are skiing in-bounds in a ski area, with today’s ski technology, we find that there is little penalty for skiing shorter skis. You gain much more manueverability and because a shorter ski length typically correlates with a smaller turn radius, a shorter ski spends less time in the fall line, which means that the skier is not going as fast and, which, in turn, lowers anxiety. These are all desirable benefits if you are a Boomer skiing in moguls and powder.

Let’s re-calibrate your thinking about ski length. For aging Boomers (age 50+) we are seeing great results with mid-fat skis in a 150cm - 160cm length for men and 146cm - 150cm for women.

For more information on ski length read our four part series on choosing ski length.

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“What ski length should I be on?” is a frequently asked question. Patrick Hunter wrote an article on this subject, and while it was written over ten years ago, the article contains some important concepts and perspectives worth considering. Hunter’s perspective: “So, how long should skis be? I believe as short as posible! Why take on any more baggage than you need?”

Read more of Hunter’s thoughts on how to choose ski length in the article Ski Length: How Long Should You Go? The article was orginally published in the Spring 1996 issue of PSIA’s magazine - The Professional Skier.

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Victor Gerdin, an instructor and trainer in the Ski & Snowboard Schools Of Aspen, and a former member of the PSIA National Alpine Demonstration Team, offers some important insights about the value of using skiboards to develop mogul skiing skills. His conclusion: skiboards really are terrific tools for teaching students to perceive ski/snow interaction, refine balance, carve arcs, control turn shape and pick a line through the bumps.

Victor’s article, Making The Switch To Skiboards In The Bumps, was originally published in the PSIA magazine - The Professional Skier. The article copyright is held by PSIA but is re-published here in its entirety because it is no longer available on the PSIA web site.

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