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Beginner Tips and Techniques to Improve Your Skiing: Athletic Position in Motion

American Alpine Institute
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Kate Howe is a PSIA ski instructor that has spent hundreds of hours teaching beginner level skiers how to make their way down the slope. In this video, Kate discusses fore and aft ski work while moving down the slope.

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If you are new to skiing, the best thing you could possibly do would be to hire a ski instructor at a resort for a day or two. You will learn significantly more and improve significantly faster if you do this…

–Jason D. Martin

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