Carving 101: ShapeShifter

Carving 101: ShapeShifter

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Get in Shape Fast—Accelerated Fitness Program

Get in Shape Fast—Accelerated Fitness Program

by Maria Fermoile Skiing places high demands on the human musculoskeletal system. Velocities are high in downhill skiing, requiring rapid muscular contractions to accelerate and decelerate your body in varying directions against gravity and terrain changes to prevent...
Ladies, Do It Your Way!

Ladies, Do It Your Way!

by Holly Flanders One of the tragedies of our sport is that far too many women who try skiing for the first time wind up not wanting to ski ever again because that first experience was intimidating, uncomfortable and frightening—in a phrase, downright horrible. And...