Standing up for greater skiing

We’ve already talked about skiing stance and particularly the crucial concept of generating a proper balance with the ankles instead of just the hips and knees. This sounds pretty good, but how is a skier to get to the point where ankle-balancing becomes second nature? The recipe that follows is based on my personal experience, is pretty simple and guaranteed to deliver results:
Standing upright is going to play wonder on which joint actually picks up your balancing job. If you stand up on your skis, like if you wanted to be tall, proud, or erect, you’ll direct the work of balance right to the ankles. Why? Because by neutralizing hips and knees there won’t be any other mean but for your ankles to shift your body weight fore and aft and keep you from falling at every turn or slope change. The added benefit of the exercise is that it will promote a taste for longer radius turns, which in my book is the holy grail of skiing (more on this latter.) Like most, this practice is initially easier on gentle slopes. So you’ve got it; just progressively increase the steepness as your skill picks up. There’s also no question that the boost you’ll get each time you start the exercise will fade quickly, so just keep it in mind and re-start that drill every other run you take. Begin this training soon; you’ll feel mentally taller and your ankles will start running the whole show!