realskiers

Mike, I find whether on carving skis or crud/pow skis (78 and 98 underfoot) the techniques I use are basically the same except....

1)When on my 98 underfoot skiing crud, mash, broken snow, I tip and lift much more aggressively actually pulling the free foot noticieably off the snow and back. This totally commits to the downhill ski and creates strong body angles necessary to carve in these conditions.

2) Especially in these conditions, a good pole plant sets up a confident turn and with that,? I'm always turning my head in the new direction of the next pole plant or the spot I want to make the next turn. This skiing in the future keeps me mentally and physically skiing ahead of my feet.

Finally.....adding in lift, tip, scrape in and pull back of the free foot is a huge tool in turn shape and? speed management...best all mountain crud busting tool I've ever owned. If you master these techniques no matter how bad the snow gets, stemming is not required and even impossible to do.

Hope this helps Mike....G