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| Introduction | |
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| Beginners' Basics | |
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| Beginner Exercises | |
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| The basic position on skis | |
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| Walking and gliding on skis--with and without ski poles | |
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| Turning in place using tails and tips as pivots | |
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| Straight schussing down the fall-line | |
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| Sidestepping up the hill | |
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| Diagonal sidestepping | |
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| Schussing down the fall-line lifting tails alternately | |
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| Schussing down the fall-line picking up gloves | |
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| Bending under ski pole arches | |
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| Getting up after a fall | |
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| The kick turn | |
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| The herringhone climb | |
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| Beginners' "Tuck" position | |
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| The wedge (snowplow) | |
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| Traverse | |
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| The hasic traverse position | |
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| Finding the "sweet spot" of the ski | |
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| Shallow traverse--lifting tail of uphill ski | |
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| Shallow traverse--touching bottom of downhill ski boot | |
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| Shallow traverse--holding ski poles across chest | |
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| Shallow traverse--alternately lifting tail and touching boot | |
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| Stepping uphill to stop | |
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| Traverse, touch boot and step uphill to stop | |
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| Steeper traverse exercises | |
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| Sidesliding | |
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| Sidesliding--pushing with ski poles | |
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| Sidesliding--one foot at a time | |
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| Straight sidesliding | |
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| Diagonal sidesliding | |
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| Staircase sidesliding | |
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| Skating | |
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| Skating on the flat | |
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| Skating down the fall-line--skating as a "fencing" maneuver | |
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| Skating uphill | |
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| Skating to a stop | |
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| Skating a figure-of-eight | |
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| Carving Turns | |
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| Why skis turn, Ski camber, Ski sidecut, Reverse camber | |
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| Torsional resistance, Ski flexion | |
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| Turning the skis uphill to a stop | |
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| Starting on a shallow traverse, turning uphill using the feet and ankles | |
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| Definition of outside/inside ski | |
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| Lowering hips to apply pressure | |
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| Traverse, flatten skis, turn uphill | |
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| Traverse, flatten skis, turn more to the fall-line, turn uphill | |
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| Traverse, flatten skis, turn to the fall-line, turn uphill | |
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| Garlands (scallop-shell pattern) | |
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| Parallel turns downhill across the fall-line | |
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| One turn across the fall-line. flattening skis | |
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| Linked parallel turns, flattening skis between turns | |
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| Tuining without flattening skis | |
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| Turning in a tuck position | |
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| Turning in an upright stance | |
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| Hip lean | |
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| Turning uphill by leaning hips | |
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| Edging and pressure | |
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| Constant pressure and changing edge angles | |
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| Constant edge angle and changing pressure | |
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| Weight transfer | |
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| Medium-radius turns and short-radius turns | |
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| Medium-radius turns | |
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| Press and release practice | |
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| Linked medium-radius turns | |
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| Short-radius turn | |
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| Mixed-radius turns | |
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| Ski separation | |
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| Pole planting | |
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| Dynamic skiing | |
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| Dynamic leg extension | |
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| Dynamic leg extension and leg retraction | |
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| Leg retraction only | |
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| Hip angulation | |
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| Inclination | |
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| Common faults and corrections | |
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| Fault: Swinging the upper body and hips in the direction of the turn | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: During the turn. leaning up the hill with the back straight, putting the weight on the uphill ski | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: Leaning on backs of boots | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: Skiing with tensed teet, with the toes curled up | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: Legs too straight and stiff | |
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| Correction | |
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| Bump Skiing | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Turning around bumps | |
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| Turning around small bumps on easy intermediate runs | |
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| Linking turns while turning around bumps | |
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| Turn around medium bumps on steeper runs | |
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| Turning over bumps | |
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| Turning over small bumps on easy intermediate trails | |
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| Linking turns while turning over bumps | |
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| Bumps as friends | |
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| Using the front slopes of large bumps to slow down | |
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| Foot swivelling | |
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| Absorbing Bumps | |
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| Absorption (Avalement) | |
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| Basic absorption | |
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| Absorption Position | |
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| Shallow traverse over small bumps | |
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| Shallow traverse | |
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| Steeper traverse over small bumps | |
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| Shallow traverse over large bumps | |
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| Steeper traverse over large bumps | |
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| Traversing bumps on an advanced intermediate slope | |
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| Absorption turns | |
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| Absorption turn uphill--starting on a traverse | |
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| Absorption turn uphill--turning from the fall-line | |
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| Absorption turn downhill | |
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| Linked absorption turns | |
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| Advanced Bumps | |
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| Wedeln turns (Wiggle turns) | |
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| Learning foot power (wedelning) | |
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| Planting ski poles | |
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| Wedelning bumps | |
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| Choosing Ski Lines | |
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| Choosing ski lines | |
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| Independent leg action | |
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| Skiing on one ski with one ski lifted | |
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| Skiing on one ski | |
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| One ski schussing and the other ski wedelning | |
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| Bump Conditions | |
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| Icy bumps | |
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| Partially icy bumps | |
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| Solidly icy bumps | |
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| Chopped-off bumps | |
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| Slush bumps | |
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| Common faults and corrections | |
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| Fault: hands at the side | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: back too straight | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: stiff legs and knees | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: skis too flat | |
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| Correction | |
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| Fault: looking down at the skis | |
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| Correction | |
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| Advanced Skiing | |
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| Anticipation | |
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| Banking the Turns | |
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| Using gravity to help initiate a turn | |
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| Banking on bumps and ravines | |
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| Banking around bumps | |
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| Airplane turns on ravine walls | |
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| The Counter-Turn (J- Or S-Turn) | |
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| Demonstration of a counter-turn | |
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| Learning the counter movement of the counter-turn | |
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| The counter-turn on smooth slopes | |
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| Counter-turn around a bump | |
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| Practice on steeper slopes with bumps | |
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| Ice and Hard-Snow Conditions | |
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| The Stem Turn (for intermediate and advanced skiers, skiing crusty snow conditions) | |
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| The stem turn for crusty snow conditions | |
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| The Jet Turn | |
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| Accelerating skis forward while traversing | |
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| Jet turn uphill | |
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| Jet turn across the fall-line | |
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| The Jump Turn | |
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| Simple Acrobatics | |
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| Skiing on the uphill edge of the uphill ski | |
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| Traversing on the uphill edge | |
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| Traversing on the uphill edge | |
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| Sidesliding to a stop on uphill edge | |
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| Turning uphill on the uphill edge with no sideslip | |
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| The Charleston ski dance | |
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| Charleston on a smooth slope | |
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| Charleston around bumps | |
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| The butterfly (or Royal Christie) | |
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| Practice with ski lifted to the side | |
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| Butterfly position | |
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| A simple jump turn over a bump | |
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| Two-pole tuck jump over a bump | |
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| Straight tuck jump | |
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| Tuck jump with turns | |
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| The split jump (spread eagle) | |
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| Extreme Skiing | |
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| Skiing steep gullies and mountain faces | |
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| Using Skins | |
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| Walking on flat terrain using skins | |
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| Walking up slopes using skins | |
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| Off-Piste Precautions | |
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| The Ultimate Skiing Experience | |
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| Powder Skiing | |
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| The Powder Position | |
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| Traversing and up-unweighting | |
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| End of turns | |
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| Downhill turns | |
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| Starting on the fall line | |
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| Starting from a steep traverse | |
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| Starting from a shallow traverse | |
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| Repeat exercises A - C to the other side | |
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| Linking downhill turns | |
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| Downhill turns on steeper stopes | |
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| Control exercises | |
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| Slowing down and gaining control after each turn | |
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| Making a turn in segments | |
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| Skiing Powder on Shaped Skis | |
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| Carving turns with foot and ankle roll | |
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| Powder turns with leg extension | |
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| High-energy carving turns | |
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| Punching Through Powder | |
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| Jet Turn in Powder and Crust | |
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| Jet Turn Practice | |
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| Anticipation and Banking | |
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| Anticipation | |
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| Banking | |
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| Powder Wedeln | |
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| The Jump Turn | |
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| Down-Unweighting | |
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| The stop turn using down-unweighting | |
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| Downhill turns | |
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| Breakable Crust Turns (skiing on the uphill edge of the uphill ski) | |
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| Downhill turns on the inside edge of the inside ski | |
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| Turns on packed slopes | |
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| Turns in powder | |
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| Turns on breakable crust | |
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| The Final Word | |