Ski Television:

Skiing Powder

Here's our situation, a frozen base with about 15 centimeters of new snow on top. Skis just like regular hard snow, except I don't want to trip myself up.

Okay, so that's point one, don't trip yourself.

Point two, take your time turning. The skis are in the snow, not on it, so you don't want to do anything in a big hurry. Okay. And here's something that will really help you. If you don't ski a lot of powder snow, especially if you have some of those nice new short slalom skis that are a bit narrower, take a look at how wide these ones are. (top left) If you come out west to a place like whistler and you decide to, you know, take a ski vacation, you get snow like this, a small investment in a wider pair of skis like that will shorten the learning curve dramatically.

Let's show you some more. Okay, so you've rented yourself some pocket rockets, you've found the powder in the west bowl. Here is tip number three, don't sit back. Instead, plow the snow with your shins. (bottom left) You have to get your feet a little farther out in front because there's a bit more friction, but you still want to plow the snow with your shins. Don't sit back.

So three pointers for you for skiing the great powder at whistler and really the most important one in terms of making it easier is try some of the new great fat body skis. I hope that works for you.