realskiers

YOu made some great points Jim....skiing with others that push you to try different terrain and conditions really will improve confidence. Once you have the basic raw skills to work with, ya gotta get out and apply them.

Even following a 10 year old in a power wedge through the trees....the little buggers just scoot through there like lightning.....oh yeah....don't forget to duck!!!!

Pole plants, picking out where you want to turn, keeping your upperbody moving into the fall line, (Forwardagonally), these are strong factors in trees and broken snow....

Now as far as the weight forward and edges.....I can tell you for me.....finding the center on my skis, working the tongue of my boot to leverage the edges, the rear of the boot, so I can edge, drift, slide, pivot or whatever it takes to tackle? changning snow conditions.....all key. You don't want to be to edgey in broken wet snow.....judicial use of edges is more important I find.

But hey it's been a great season so far and you obviously have made great strides in your? skiing evolution.

All the best,
g