Skiing Advice Needed

I know I can go to a skiing website for this but I'm sure there are members here who can help me equally, some of whom I know, perhaps.

I've just started skiing, I've been four times without any tuition and I think I'm quite good for a beginner.

My problem is turning right. I can turn left, and to be honest right when I have to, but my ski seems to be catching and it can be difficult to make turns.

Any advice?

PS Skiing here costs about $8, including equipment hire and ski-lift (all day). Use of the slope is free, you only pay for the lift. What does it cost in the Alps, for example?

asromacalcio

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Originally posted by asromacalcio
I know I can go to a skiing website for this but I'm sure there are members here who can help me equally, some of whom I know, perhaps.

I've just started skiing, I've been four times without any tuition and I think I'm quite good for a beginner.

My problem is turning right. I can turn left, and to be honest right when I have to, but my ski seems t ...[text shortened]... free, you only pay for the lift. What does it cost in the Alps, for example?

asromacalcio

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Turning left for a right handed person is always easier... even on a bike I power slide better turning left.

What you need to do is watch your feet and see what you're doing right when you ARE turning left. Try to reverse that and do the same thing for turning right.

Whatever edge you are catching, just try to lift that a hair. When I turn, I don' ...[text shortened]... n, you can ask them to watch you and tell you what they think you might be doing wrong.

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Originally posted by asromacalcio
That all makes sense, thanks. I'll try to have more confidence in the turn, and rely on the outside leg.

Thanks

Originally posted by PocketKings
You realize you are trusting phlab with your life, watch out for the trees 😛😉

Originally posted by asromacalcio
No trees on these slopes. I don't know why, although we are at almost 5000m. Kyrgyzstan doesn't seem to have that many trees, mostly steppe or Tien Shan.

Originally posted by PocketKings
You realize you are trusting phlab with your life, watch out for the trees 😛😉

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Phlabby wobbles, but doesn't fall down...

He goes into a controlled dive!

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Originally posted by PocketKings
you've been taken down the mountain in the paramedic snowmobile, havn't you?

Originally posted by darvlay
You do a lot of skiing, PK? Do you find you get a real bad case of friction burn on your hands from the poles?

If you hit a tree, hit it hard. You don't want to limp away from it. Ask Sonny Bono.

Oh, and pre-roll your phatties. On the lift it may be windy. And that's a place for smoking them, not rolling them.

Originally posted by Frank Burns
Oh, and pre-roll your phatties. On the lift it may be windy. And that's a place for smoking them, not rolling them.

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My advice to you is to lose, the sticks and go buy some snowboarding equipment. Skiing takes a long time to be good, much like chess. Snowboarding, on the other hand, takes only a couple of weeks to be hitting the double black diamonds.

Oh yeah. Buy a helmet. Your head is worth 50 Euro.