Tom GellieBig Picture Skiing Pty Ltd · Coach/Director

Inside Ski Tip For Steering

29 Sept 2025 · 2 min

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How to steer by digging your ski tip into the snow. Lift the tip, press it down, and the edge grips the surface to start a turn. The harder you dig, the sharper you turn. Standing on one foot kills steering, but this technique gives you control.

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Using the tip of the ski to help steer you. Lifting it up, digging it in to help you turn. Here, digging in here makes me turn. How much I dig it in and use it, I can turn more, this, or less. I can also do it with the tail. Somewhere helps me turn. Standing on one foot alone, nothing to turn, hard to turn. Dig the tip, easy. Hard to turn, dig it in, I can steer. So you can use the edge of the ski like this to get some grip and purchase to help steer you.