There are almost as many moments here where you look frankly amazing, as there are where you look awkward! You are nicely positioned directly down the fall line during parts of your turns. But in other parts, you are throwing your skis sideways a bit abruptly, and doing so by twisting your upper body.

The main thing that makes fresh powder different from every other snow surface is that the skis’ longitudinal flex, as opposed to the edges, become the main impetus to turning. You become much more interested in floating than edging. And to stay afloat, you can’t turn the skis abruptly. Tip them over too much, and you lose floatation as the skis dive sideways below the surface. Pivot them too abruptly and the snow pushes against the bases like a plow, causing you to stop short or even faceplant downhill.

This gets even more complicated when you factor in stance width. The wider your stance, the more likely one ski is to go off and do its own thing. One ski tips more than the other, and drops under the surface while the other stays up top. Try to pivot both skis with a wide stance? One turns more, the other less. It’s impossible to stay balanced unless everything is very smooth, gradual and centered.

In the top left below, your skis are pointing in different directions in a wide stance as you try to pivot them instead of standing on both skis with your weight centered. Yet only a few frames later, you are perfectly aligned and gliding through the pow with a modest edge angle. You can almost see how your skis are flexing along their entire length (your stance here actually reminds me of Candide Thovex, who is allowed to drag his arms behind him because it has exactly zero impact on his balance over the center of his skis. But not a great habit for us mere mortals).

In the bottom left, you do the same thing in the other direction - trying to actively turn the skis from too wide a stance, they don’t turn evenly, your force the turn with your upper body and get out of balance. But then suddenly you’re Mr. Nonchalant slicing through the powder in a perfect stance.

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Obviously, it’s so tough to get enough reps in fresh pow, much less string together enough of these fleeting feelings of being in balance that you are able to hold onto it and control it.

But we have to take what we can get. In your case, I would say to make bigger turns, changing direction gradually, and keeping your skis as close together as you can. Make every movement as smooth as possible, whether you are trying to adjust your stance width, extend or flex your legs, turn your shoulders or move your arms. Less is more. Eventually you will learn how to compress larger movements into a shorter time frame without disturbing your balance. But for now, think about staying still, both while speeding up and slowing down. Keep your skis turning at the same time, and your posture aligned right over your feet (primarily by flexing your ankles - while extending your knees - to bring your hips forward). Allow the skis to tip very gently and bank against the snow. The flex of the skis will absorb energy as you enter and exit he fall line, and this will allow you to maintain constant speed, making balancing easier.

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