| My powder skiing breakthrough was a direct result of a book a friend and I had been reading called 'Breakthrough on Skis' - about the best ski instruction material I ever read. It involved letting the snow compress under your skis on the down-weight portion of your unweighting, and then simply rolling the skis over into the new direction - an effortless way of turning in powder compared to the exaggerated unweighting I had been employing. Once I figured that one out I could link turns from top to bottom in deep powder for 1500+ vertical feet or more - something that had been impossible with my previous technique. After that powder skiing became much more graceful and effortless... |