Helpful skiing tips that you may not know...

As long as you have the right form then none of these will be bad on your knees. And the running helps build the stabalizing muscles in your legs as well as your lower abs.
 
lunges, lots of lunges, do different types of lunges. also squats, dead lifts and riding a bike or using an eliptical for 45 minutes once a week or so. do core exercises and also try to incorporate yoga to help with flexibility, balance and core strength.
 
This works for me it might not for you but if you get alot of toe bang cut your toe nail's shorter or more offten this will decrease the chance of a toe nail peeling back or breaking off.
 
Can anyone give me some good excercises to do at homemy skis are heavier this year and I can seem to do 180's on flat ground anymore I don;t want to bail on switchups the whole seasonI can do them on blades but I just need to get stronger legs to make it easier

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Ok thank you I only landed a few at the end of last season and they were sketchy so that will help alot.I don't know why I didn't do that.I know to do it for jumps but I thought that it was just a quick hop.
 
If you forget you goggles or gloves and its 5F up on the hill, roll to the lost and found and ask if they have something you could use for the day. Today I did just this thing and got to rock a sweet pair of 80's Scott goggs. Face shots all day, I would have been fucked without them.
 
Hahaha, this.
Even worse, do not fart in a one-piece. It will slowly make its way up to the top then come out the neck and gas you in the face.
Last but not least, do not fart in a gondola. Even a hooded chair is pretty bad, but a gondola... damn that can be unpleasant. Especially when you're in Niseko and you had Lars Longcox giant Nachos for dinner last night. Straight up ruthless.
 
"spin with your head"
.... i mean, sure it helps once you're in the air, but to effectively set the spin, you need to shift your whole body, be it slightly or dramatically. Pop and get your hips and shoulders going evenly and you will spin.

also, i'm sick of seeing people skiing backseat because they think it looks cool- first off, it proves that you have no idea how to ski, and second: i can guarantee you that you will be able to spin and flip more easily if you stand up and stay in an athletic stance.
 
Make friends with the cooks at your local mountain, being a cook and a skier i know that seeing someone you know come through the line makes you feel good and the extra food you can get in return make a hell of a difference at the end of the day.

Power Lunch:

Grilled Cheese with chicken tenders in the middle ketchup on the side

spicy fries

sobe
 
Straps off, especially in the trees. If your straps are on and your pole gets caught in a branch you can easily separate a shoulder.
 
a grilled cheese becomes no more once you stick meat in it................(thats what she said)
 
Best energy drink has got to be Steaze Energy,
Its sick, main ingredient is Yerba mate which is some crazy energy tea.Always keep a can of this stuff in your bag/car, its key when you need a boost.
 
"a" pain pill does not do much man, still pretty funny though. put your boots in the passenger leg space in your car if you are alone, then the heater will warm you as well as your boots. making use of the air thats blowing on the other side of the car anyway. yep
 
Yup, exactly why people backseat. Idiot

And pole straps ALWAYS on, no matter what. I have gotten my pole stuck in tons of shit, never pulled out my shoulder. If you wear them the correct way you will rip them right out of whatever they get stuck in before it rips your shoulder out.
 
WRONG.

The other day i was lucky to have put my strap on but the correct way so that it comes right off my hand. My pole got caught on a fence and as I didnt know, going fairly slow too, it whiplashed my arm, HARD. It hurt a bit even though my pole came off.

If i had been going any faster, and the strap was on, it easily could have ripped my shoulder right out of the socket. I am VERY GLAD I had put the strap on properly.

Moral of the story, you are wrong. Your shoulder will get ripped out before 80% of the stuff it could get stuck to gets ripped out.
 
Never carry your boots by strapping the two power strap together, it can screw the power strap up. Theres some strap you can buy, or put it in a bag
 
As far as poles are concerned, straps off when you ski anywhere it might get snagged (trees, urban, chairlift, etc). Personally i never wear pole straps unless I'm doing big lines. Even then sometimes I don't wear them but that's me personally, I have a death grip when I fall.
The main reason for not wearing them while tree skiing is not actually the danger of getting it snagged and hurting your shoulder. That's a common misconception. The main reason for not wearing pole straps in the forest are tree wells. Often in tree wells, snow might fall off from a branch above you. If you get stuck in a tree well, you poles act as anchors pinning your hands down and its actually really dangerous due to suffocation (especially if you fall in head first).

This can also apply to skiing and falling in a creek with snow falling on you or in my case, a pillow line. I got buried tits down by a pillow that lost its snow above me and although I was fine. My poles had anchored my buried arms and I needed a friends help to get out.
 
this, and besides, what is the worst thing that is going to happen if you dont wear your straps? you drop them? well fuck, stop and go grab it, or dont drop them
 
my right strap got ripped off a month ago, i just havent replaced it. now i dont even use the other one, i geuss it was good for me haha
 
this may seem like a good idea but the condensation will make your boots moist and that is the worst thing that can happen ps a really good tip is to wear your boots when youre on your computer at ur desk so thhey mold better to your feet
 
For anyone who has a ski rack that leaves your skis out in the open as opposed to a box:

Find the oldest cheapest ski bag you can to put your skis in while they are on the rack. This serves a double purpose. It keeps road salt and sand from getting on your edges and rusting the shit out of them, and when they're on the rack, nobody is going to think there is a $800 pair of skis inside a $5 ski bag, so it act as a pretty good theft prevention system.
 
that's bullshit dude. It;s a velcro strap, it's not gonna change except for the velcro getting used more over time...
 
Im not sure if this has been said yet, but after i have skiied for a day i never leave my skis in the car because my bindings have frozen overnight.
 
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