Tom GellieBig Picture Skiing Pty Ltd · Coach/Director

Ski drill for smoother turns - side slip progression #ski #skitips #advancedskilessons #howtocarve

15 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Tom Gellie teaches a side-slip drill to improve edge release and carving. Start with basic side slips, progress to traversing with forward momentum, then apply it to actual turns. The key is patience at turn initiation and feeling the glide while releasing edges through your ankles and knees.

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Side slips are a great drill to help teach you simultaneous edge release. This will help you initiate a new turn in a parallel stance. Aim to release both edges using your ankles and knees. Next, you're going to take the drill into a traverse, so you add forward momentum. Be patient as you release and feel the sensation of sliding down the hill just like my pole is here. Then you're going to take the feelings into freeskiing turns, working on that feeling of releasing the turn with the ankles and knees, being patient at the start of the turn, and gliding.