opp. ski between front of bindings and tips. like if ur spinning left you'd wanna reach your right arm down to your left ski, grabbing inbetween the front of your binding and the tip of ur ski.
take your right hand....and lean forward and grap about 6 to 10 inch infront of your front peice of your binding(if center mounted,if not way farther forward)
the farther up the ski u go the better it looks
i have chronics and when i grab critical i grab the I or the N
^^ yaaa... you got it right. All the other people think its right infront of the binding. NO! thats a stinkbug. A critical is about halfway between the front of ur binding and the tip on the opposite inside edge.