realskiers

Joe,
Im sorry, I realized my description is a little confusing.  My previous post was assuming that you end up facing the opposite direction from when you started. 

The exercise I mention is not for the downhill ski, it is for the uphill ski. After you release which ever direction you want to turn, put the pressure from your uphill hand on the inside of the knee of the uphill skill.  By putting hard pressure on your knee of the uphill ski is the equivalent of "rolling your knee out" that Gary mentions.  I know it sounds a little different than what Gary's technique but that is only because he is lifting the ski tail ever so slightly, but what I believe Gary is getting to is the tipping action of the uphill ski.  The idea that the exercise I mention is trying to reinforce is the tipping of the uphill ski onto its little toe edge. Putting pressure on the inside knee of your uphill ski will cause that ski to go on edge, when you do this you will notice pressure on your hips.  As a reaction to this pressure your downhill ski will automatically go on edge and at the same angle as your uphill ski.  You will notice the result because when you look back at your trail, you will notice that both skis remain parallel, and both ski trails will look very similar in terms of widths because they are on the same edge angle.

The poles should be in the uphill hand, and you can use this hand to "reach" to help you counter balance.

My instructor kept stressing to continue putting pressure on that knee and making the turn all the way until I started heading back uphil and coming to a stop.  Eventually, we got to the point of linking turns with this exercise. Putting both poles in one hand and then swapping it to get a free hand to put pressure on my uphill ski.  It is very interesting and very helpful for you to realize how much tipping helps and how much pressure your uphill knee can take to tip.

as my instructor also kept stressing, exercises are great for focusing on a 1 or 2 things.  Please dont think this exercise is the one do all exercise. It is excellent for practicing tipping.