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Freeride Technique   Powder Click on the dropdown Carving - Knees Carving - Hips Steeps - Projection Steeps - Poles Moguls - Absorption Moguls - Arms Freeride - Shoulders Freeride - Powder The DVD/Video Technique Home   Freeriding is all about enjoying the mountain in any conditions but best of all... it's is all about the powder!   Powder Something that catches a lot of people out in powder and other off piste conditions is knowing how to deal with steering and the pressure that builds up against the skis to create a firm platform at the end of a turn. When you make your normal turns on piste you are usually quite familiar with how pressure builds up as to go through the turn, usually with the pressure increasing towards the end part. You normally get to a stage in the last half of the turn on piste where you try to be skilful with your pressure control, leaning, steering and end up with a strong platform to push off from to help to move into the next turn and your new direction.   Learn how to ski the powder with Warren   1/ In powder and other conditions where the snow is soft and the skis can be submerged, it doesn't take so much effort to make a good strong platform at the end of a turn. On piste the platform is always created by the ski tilting and the edge biting into the snow. In powder you need all these elements but because the snow is soft or loose it builds up against the ski and acts as a natural platform. If you can become aware of this factor you will start to work out and realise just how much you need to steer and lean to get the balance right for a perfect supporting platform. It's kind of like a snow wall being made against your ski. This is what sometimes catches people out. If all the effort you use on piste to create the platform is exercised in powder - with the added natural platform that the soft snow makes - it can sometimes be too much and almost stop you in your tracks. If you've ever skied powder or deep snow you've probably experienced this at some stage. 2/ Something worth thinking about is being more progressive with your steering, and not rushing the turn. It's usually the rushed movements that cause the skis to create the type of platform that will halt you in you tracks. Become aware of this point and use progressive movements when freeskiing so as to spend more of the time on your feet enjoying the ride.   Get Quicktime      The New Academy DVD/ VIDEO The new Academy DVD/ VIDEO is recommended by: Mail on Sunday, Ski Club of Great Britain, Fall Line Magazine, Daily Mail Ski + Snowboard Magazine, Good Ski Guide, Esquire Magazine, Men's Health, Independent on Sunday. If you would like to contact Warren about his Academy courses, the DVD or questions on skiing technique please email warrensmith@snowsportsynergy.com.   Click here to find out more about the DVD/video and how to buy it

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