Abbi
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Had a young teen on a lift tell me I'd be fine in powder, just sit back. No thanks.
So true about how easy they are to turn now! Funny to me ... I grew up skiing on straight skis. I did fine on them, could ski parallel very well... but it has been really difficult to get away from those old habits. My instructor last week asked me what I do to turn when on skis. I found this difficult to answer, because it felt like he was asking me how I walk. I... just do it? When he had me literally just shift my weight and press my shin and... voila, I turned... I was floored. My quads were sure a lot less sore. I'd been loading and unloading my weight on turns, moving my skis, the whole lot... even after some lessons last year. Those had me doing some things differently that were helpful, but nothing so basic...
Sometimes I think I would be less sore and ski better if I just quit working so hard at it and over analyzing!