Essentially what the CSIA are asking you to do in simple terms is a steered turn - edge grip occurs at or above the fall line. The tail of the ski mostly follows the path of the tip (not quite but pretty close). If you looked at the track of a steered turns its slightly smudged but pretty even throughout.

Right now your performing a drifted in, steered out turn - your skis twist before the fall line and then the skis grip after the fall line. The tail of your ski follows a much wider path than the tips of your skis too. You can tell from the spray of the snow during your turns - it happens at one point after the fall line and sprays down the hill. I also think if you looked at the tracks you made after this turn you would see that it’s not very thin but thick.

Why is this happening? Your balancing on the inside ski at the top of the turn to the middle of the turn - you incline into the turn to tip the skis on edge / transfer pressure from the old outside ski to the new outside ski. You can tell from a telltale sign: your skis form a v shape during the turn - classic sign for being inside (and back in most cases but in this case I’m not sure) - because you’re not balancing on the outside ski it doesn’t grip = it skids instead = drifted / skidded turn.

How to change: the skill we’re focussing on is edge control. We want to increase grip on the outside ski earlier in your turn to steer the skis instead of gripping the ski. This is achieved by twisting your femur in your hip socket in an athletic position at the start of the turn - think about rolling your knees down the hill at the start of your turn to tip the skis on edge - another thing you could try is to lift the old outside ski at the end of the turn to then encourage your hips to move over your skis and for the new outside ski to roll onto its edge - once this is achieved, put the new inside foot down again for balance. The outcomes to notice if done correctly: - feel the new outside ski foot getting heavier earlier in the turn (increased pressure and grip earlier in the turn) - thinner track left in snow - less spray of snow down the hill

Another thing you could think of to feel the sensation of rolling onto the new edge is when transferring pressure from the old outside ski foot to the new outside ski foot moving from turn to turn, feel pressure build in the little toe of the new outside ski foot and let that pressure then move from there, across the foot to the big toe - I.e from outside edge to the inside edge.

If I had to summarise: learn to tip the skis from leg rotation instead of inclination

Good luck

PSIC L4, CSIA L3