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This article is an excerpt from The Clendenin Method©.  While the complete book examines the art of all mountain and mogul skiing in greater depth than can we here on the site, we publish 8 excerpts in the Member section that, taken together, present key concepts to...

Old school technique emphasizes steering, in which tips are pressured and steered into the turn and pronounced up or down unweighting is used to initiate the turn. Sometimes referred to as "an elegant, feet-together style." Modern technique, such as you'd see on the...

Transform Your Skiing This is a tip to take your skiing to the next level. If you already are at the next level, this tip will help smooth turn transitions and give you full access to carving technique for shaped skis. Any level skier can benefit. Even if you are long...

A Visit with the Master This article is an excerpt from The Clendenin Method©: Four Words™ for Great Skiing, by Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame member John Clendenin. While the complete book examines the art of all mountain and mogul skiing in greater depth than we can...

Carving fans are just as, well, fanatic about their passion as are powder hounds theirs. This doesn't mean that arc-meisters eschew the occasional pleasures of a great powder day, occasional being the operative word given the relative rarity of bottomless in any...

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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...

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...