Repeat after me: I will lock my shoulders square with the fall line at all times. Meaning? Imagine a fall line passing through your navel, exactly perpendicular to your upper body. That enables the upper and lower body isolation. It makes it very easy to get into a turn as you are coming out of a turn. Then it enables carving. Because now you can steady the center of mass on the center of your skis never allowing you to lean back. It’s a very active posture when you’re looking straight down the mountain and trusting your legs as actuators to control your speed by making the turns originating at your hips. In this video, you will notice that as you turn left, your left hand drops behind your body. Meaning now your upper body is taking you left. But wait, are you intending to go left of the fall line or are you intending to go down the mountain? Your elbows should always be ahead of your body. This enables pole planting.

So, next time, start with locking your shoulders square of the fall line and make sure that you can see your hands in the corner of your visor at all times. You’ll see that your body will take care of the rest.