How to Ski Powder: Getting up from a Fall

don't be surprised if you find yourself in this situation in powder skiing it's not uncommon and you shouldn't get frustrated or bummed out about yourself it happens to the best of us and if you have trouble getting up which some people do because when you push down the snow you might sink in you're better off taking off your skis so if you had to take off your skis i'm going to show you a way to get them back on so one way to get up is by putting the tails of your skis in the snow so stand up and if you can get a solid platform so you're not falling around you're going to put your tails in and you don't need to make them too steep because then you have to be really flexible to get your foot in there so you'll want to kick the bottom of your foot and then you're going to stand solidly up on this ski and now you have a good platform kick the snow off of this boot click in and then you're ready to go i'm going to show you another way let's find some fresh snow so if i'm here and i fall and i need help getting up i'm going to take off my skis put my poles out of the way get below my skis because you don't want them rolling down the hill and make sure you have a good platform and now you can take one of your skis and move snow out of the way to make a flat spot because not everybody likes to try to put their skis in an angle so i'll make a flat spot clear out all the snow grab my poles again you just want to have this solid platform make sure the snow's out of the way it keeps falling in there that's gonna happen don't get frustrated so i'll take this foot make sure it's all flat click in stand on it now you have a good platform again you might have to shake off that snow again clean off your boot click in and then switch your leg stance these are just two suggestions there's many different ways of course like everything you need to figure it out for yourself and you'll find the way that's best suited for you just remember like everything don't get frustrated and if you start to feel yourself get overheated just lift up your goggles so they don't fog over for more tips like this talk to your local psia certified ski instructor

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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 25 2020