Body Position
This mogul skiing tutorial will teach you how to have the correct body position while skiing the moguls. To make it nice and simple, I've divided them up into four categories. These are:
Eyes Up: One of the most important bump skiing tips is to keep your eyes up. You need to be looking directly down the hill approximately 2-3 moguls ahead of you or 5-6 moguls when you are skiing fast. If at any time you drop your vision while skiing the moguls your whole form will look sloppy and it will be very difficult.
Hands In Front: One of the most common problems in mogul skiing is dropping your hands. This is a really bad habit and can really get you in trouble. Your hands always need to be out in front of your body and constantly driving down the hill. It's okay to have your hands out wide as long as you are still reaching down the hill and your hands aren't getting sucked back. A common problem is keeping your hands too low; remember to keep your hands high- they should be at or above stomach level.
Chest Up: Most people don't need to worry to much about this, but "hunching over" is a pretty big problem in mogul skiing. People who lean forward too much with their chest often get "bucked" by moguls, can't get their full potential range of motion and have sloppy style. To fix this, just pick your vision up and most importantly push your hips forward. From a side view, your chest should be perpendicular to the slope of the mogul hill and facing downhill at all times.
Hips Forward: Tying into the last one, you need to get your hips forward regardless if you are "chesty." If you ever find yourself getting backseat in the moguls, just push your hips forward to get back. To know if you are skiing forward or not, you should always be able to feel your shins pushing against the fronts of your boots.
I hope this little tutorial helped and don't forget to watch the video for visual help. If you have any questions, please post them below and I'll respond. Good luck!
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icy
Hey, nice tutorials! Last weekend i took part in a mogul competition. My biggest problem was the ice. The other skiers didnt seem to bother the ice but to me it felt like I was Bambi on ice. I didnt have much control and it almost ended up with me sliding through the moguls. So, how do you do when the moguls gets icy?
/Victor
Icy Moguls
Hi Victor, you're right, skiing icy moguls is a huge challenge, the most important part is to stay in a stacked stance, by that I mean don't let your feet come out in front of you (throwing your feet at the mogul to try and get control), but keep them underneath you; let the moguls come to you and it's really important to after every mogul pull your feet back under you. As far as sliding back and forth, you need to carve the backside of the mogul, to do this you first must have good body position, but then get good knee angulation and really try to get on the edges of your skis. It's hard to explain, but I'll write an article about carving shortly and you can subscribe to the newsletter on the frontpage to see when it comes out. Hope this helps!