What Is Your Worst Skiing Habit?

[MadMadWorld]

For me it's a few things:

From a technical standpoint, I always seem to fall on to the habit of being in the backseat when skiing a fast/icy bump line. Most of the time I don't even realize what I am doing until I get launched in the air ackwardly because I was too far back.

My other bad habit is taking off my ski boots at lunch. I dont know why I can't just unbuckle them like everyone else. And it's always such an inconvenience to get them back on.



I know everyone has something so share!

[St. Bear]

Definitely sitting back too far.

Also, steering with the back of my skiis, and not my front tips.

[Smasandian]

Being a chicken shit while turning to the right. I always try to tell myself to not depend on one side but I always do.

Horrible thing for me.

[Smellytele]

Going to work!

[legalskier]

Not enough flex in my ankles and a bit too much in my knees.

[emmaurice2]

I have a habit of not pacing myself to last a whole day of skiing. This is less of a problem when I ski with friends.

Going to the backseat is one of the bad habits I'm really working on breaking this season.

[C-Rex]

It's a snowboarding habit but whatever, I want to participate.

I get over confident and try to pop too hard of a jump or roller. I end up with a slow forward rotation in the air that usually ends with someone asking me if I'm alright.

I also have the habit of taking one more run when I'm tired and should call it quits. Nothing like telling your legs to do something and they just blatantly ignore you. Especially in the woods when I really can't afford the delay.

[Nick]

I def go backwards on bumps, particularly steep bumps. I hate that. Speed goes up and I cant seem to check it enough in the moguls, I accelerate, start to fall backwards on my heels, and next thing you know I'm running perpendicular to the slope flying over bumps almost yard saleing it in an attempt to regain my composure. Whoops!

[soulseller]

After 3 days back on skis (i'm a boarder) backseat is by far my biggest problem, 5-6 runs and my quads are on fire. I need to take a lesson.

[BenedictGomez]

being in the backseat when skiing a fast/icy bump line.

That one. But only on steep bumps.

I dont know what I can do to "force" myself forward, or why I do it in the first place.

I think it's because on steeps I feel like hands forward psychologically makes me feel like a ski jumper pointing forward (even though I know it's nothing like that), like I'll lose it and tumble face-first or something. As someone said, I should probably take a lesson.