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Tips to improve your ski technique
Ski Technique Fundamentals
Published August 2020 – Updated April 2022
“With the Australian winter season only few weeks away let’s revisit Yuri’s tips on how to carve those turns”
Some of you might have been lucky enough to enjoy few days on the snow here in Australia recently. Others are keeping the dream going until they can hit the slopes, again. For all of you Yuri, our trusted ski instructor from the DNAcademy in the Dolomites, is sharing some of his top tips to improve your technique next time you are back on your skis.
Yuri’s 4 ski technique fundamentals:
Inclination
Rotation
Vertical movement
Anteroposterior movement
To see all of this at work watch some of the best instructors from around the world showcase their skiing skills at the latest International Ski Intructors Congress run by Interski and held in Bulgaria in March 2019.
Interski Technical Comparison 2019 Long Turns demonstrated by the International Men's team
Interski Technical Comparison 2019 Long Turns demonstrated by the International Women's team
Interski Technical Comparison 2019 Short Turns demonstrated by the International Men's team
Interski Technical Comparison 2019 Short Turns demonstrated by the International Women's team
Stay fit and be safe on the slopes!