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Skiing Moguls


Is it the mind-boggling unevenness of it all? Jarring and sometimes staggered moguls that never permit settled balance. Skiing moguls can feel like biking down a bumpy road. To truly enjoy skiing the moguls, it should feel like your flowing down the hill like water… not like mud.
 


Practice, practice, practice!

Try this:
Choose a mogul run easily accessible by chair lift service (so it's easy to do laps). Then pick a line and commit to it. Practice linking 30 controlled turns at a time or 100 yards or so. Looking at the entire slope may be a bit overwhelming so break it into bits then on a second and third run down the same line, link each small bit.


 
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Tension and excess speed are the enemy - not the bumps. Try to be light on your feet and transfer your weight to the edges of both skis simultaneously. Keep your thighs together and your feet slightly apart.
This puts your skis on edge quicker. Always keep your hands and poles  reaching for the next turn and make your pole plants short and quick. Flex your legs at the bumps crest and extend them into the troughs. Ski the turns aggressively yet flow continuously from one turn to the next. Remember, think quick to turn quick. Never venture into a mogul field without a planned line. If the line you've chosen suddenly ends - try to turn anyway. Avoid traverses and keep pointing the tips downhill. When in doubt or out of control, stop & start over again.

Then get on the lift and do it again and again and again.... 
Good luck! See ya in the bumps!
 
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