World of Skiing:

Anticipation

One of the great things of shaped skis, is how easy it is to round out the turns - even as the radius gets smaller. Just remember though, you don't want to fall over the skis too far each time. Sometimes you just get turning and it feels so good to follow the skies right to the end. But remember each time you link a turn you have to aim your body towards that new turn, or anticipate.

When I say anticipate you might think of the mental process of thinking ahead, but maybe you can also think of a movement - as you anticipate, you orient your body towards the next turn. So - you got a turn going and it feels so good just to go with it, you're into it, your leaning in the direction of the turn, and you want it to last forever, but you know in a moment you have to turn the other way. So you think about turning that way and as the skis turn this way you begin to twist the upper body towards the next turn and come over top of the skis.

Something that can help you do that is just to move the pole plant. Don't put it up here (top picture) towards the tip so much, you want to bring it back there, (bottom picture) a little farther down hill. That will help bring your upper body towards the right direction of the new turn - that's anticipation.

I'm going to continuously open up my pole plant bring the base of the pole a little farther back, and continuously bring my upper body back towards the new turn. You know what it feels like? It feels like you have a universal joint at the base of your spine that allows your body to go back or your lower body goes that way. So try that remember you have to anticipate in every turn, not so much for a big turn, lots for a little turn. I think it will help you!