Sloshing down the hill!

The slush skiing season is now into full swing and with it an option to quit skiing for the season, hurt yourself or improve your skiing skills by learning to have fun as your skis sink into that gooey snow that intimidates and tires most of us.

Of course, no wants want to get hurt as the end of the season closes-in and skiing slush safely seems paradoxical at best.

Here's how I handle it. First, there's plenty of resistance from these huge masses of slushy snow, so slow-motion isn't such a good idea.

Some powerful momentum or a good modicum of speed is required to push through it.

The difficulty is in the way one can differentiate between what's too slow and what's too fast, and this variable changes hour by hour as the exterior temperature raises.

The other rule is to be very gentle on the edges and keep a flat ski whenever possible, prefer longer radius turns to short ones that tire quickly and keep in mind to remain very “light” on skis at hold time. It's springtime, warm and sunny, but don't ever let your guard down!

Be super-concentrated; watch what each ski is doing at all time and as soon as one deflects, correct the situation. Stay in the middle of the skis and don't allow sudden deceleration to bring your body over your tips.

Remain focused, quiet and balanced, hope for the best and, most importantly, invite the courage to invite speed into the process!