
Choosing your line while skiing moguls, especially when the moguls aren’t perfect is very important. Nothing’s worse when you can only ski 5 bumps at a time just because there is one weird mogul. While choosing your path, it helps for me to think or little targets on each mogul; the above picture illustrated what I imagine my path to be. It’s okay if you take some time to look down the hill in order to ski a good, long line. Remember, you DO NOT have to go straight down the entire time. It’s perfectly fine to mix it up a little bit, ski over the moguls, skip one or go around one; just try to be consistent and keep your eyes and shoulders facing down the hill at all times. Things to watch out are: other skiers, ice, small trees, rocks and other things that might throw you off. A common misconception is to follow the line of the rut. All that will do is put you in a bumpy and bad line; try to stay out of the ruts and just imagine the little targets in your head and try to hit them with your edges. If you want to go slower, then just shift your targets to the side more and put them closer together if you wish to take a more direct path and go faster. If you hit your targets regardless of where they are, taking a better line can help everybody! If you have any questions, please ask them below.
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I like how you got a photo from Wikipedia and added the dots. Can I use your “improved” photo in my skiing manual that I am writing? Of course proper credits would be given. Please let me know, Witold.
Haha, sure you can definitely use it!