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Feet Apart or Together?

So feet apart, or feet together. That’s the question for you today. I’m putting it to you as it was put to me last year. Gee, I’ve got some new shaped skis so I have to keep my feet apart? Not always. Now if your thing is learning to carve your shape skis then feet apart for sure so that you can work both feet laterally, more evenly. And if it’s really steep or gnarly snow, you want to get your feet apart just so you may have a wider base of support or simply better balance. But then there are functional reasons for getting your feet together, too. Now this isn’t really deep powder snow that we have here, but when the snow does get deep you’ve definitely got to get your feet together, and when you want to quicken up the turns, that’s another situation where it just works better with your feet together. Okay, so there are functional reasons to keep your feet apart, and functional reasons to keep your feet together, but then there’s also the whole style considerations too. 

Now if your goals are to jump cliffs, or to ski unbroken snow at high speed, then your style should definitely be functional, feet apart for sure. But suppose your goal is rhythm, balance, and dare I say elegance, perhaps, then why not enjoy the feeling of getting your feet together because it feels good, and maybe that’s another variable. If the feelings that you’re into are heavy pressure high speed get your feet apart. But on the other hand if you like a light touch, elegance, quickness, balance, then definitely feet together. You know the moguls are another situation too. You’ve got to have happy, quick feet in the bounce so you definitely want your feet together. The point is there are no rules. You can keep your feet apart, you can keep your feet together, it’s up to you. The situation will determine what you do and also what you like to do. Me, I kind of like to keep my feet together most of the time, you’ve probably noticed. Anyway, I hope that works for you.