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Making Skiing More Enjoyable

Tip 1: Be fit, strengthen your legs, stomach, and lower back. Use the stairs, walking both up and down. Walking down actually stimulates the muscles used while skiing even more than walking up. When you are doing sit ups go slowly on the down and quicker on the up movement.

Tip 2: If you're buying new ski boots find a shop with a good reputation for service, not a big one with low prices. What you save in cash you may pay for in pain. Fitting ski boots properly takes specific knowledge that few sales people have mastered.

Tip 3: Balanced requires a natural stance and freedom to move with a full range. As an example look at how a tennis player prepares to receive a serve. All the joints are flexed, hips are back a bit shoulders are forward and there is some flexion in the ankles and knees.

Tip 4: Ski tuning is another art that few have mastered. Go for the more expensive tune option and ask them to hand finish the edges. A good tune up should grip without grabbing.

Tip 5: Your first run of the day should be a warm up run, then do a few stretches to loosen up before you tackle the tougher runs. If you are stretched out and warmed up then you greatly reduce the chance of injury. Also make sure you're drinking lots of water. Your muscles will thank you by not stiffening up too much.

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Steve Laborde

COURSE DIRECTOR
CSIA LEVEL 2 SKI INSTRUCTOR & LEVEL 1 RACE COACH

"Living and breathing on the mountain is what it's all about and skiing to work every day is so exhilarating. This really is a life changing opportunity and the only way to gain a real on-mountain experience".