Justin's Winter Sports Tutorials

Probably the most important thing for skiing beginners to learn is how to Hockey stop. This is when your skis quickly turn sideways with your skis and body at the same time and create friction with the snow to slow your skis down at the same angle as the hill. The steeper the hill the more of an angle you will have to use in order to stop. It will take lots of practice and full commitment when doing it in order to master this and you may fall a few times when first trying it. Here is what it looks like. Slow the video speed down in order to get a closer look.

In order to jump when skiing the most important things to do are 1. Look at the jump beforehand to see if you feel comfortable doing it 2. Bend your knees 3. Ski in a controlled way going into the jump 4. Pop up off the ground once you are at the top of the jump 5. Land on the ground and bend your knees when landing to lessen the impact                                           Put the video into slow motion to see all the steps

When skiing turns are needed in order to keep control of your speed and change directions. It is one of the most important things for beginners to learn. In order to do this you want to look in the direction you want to go. Then bend your knees and lean slightly to the side you want to turn to. Use your knees to guide your skis in the direction you want to go and try to keep your arms controlled in order to remain balanced. In the video 2 quick turns from left to right are seen and you can see that all of these basics are being put into use. Put the video in slow motion to see the turns better

Hello everybody!! This weekend I went snowboarding for the first time this year. At first, I was having trouble because I hadn't snowboarded since March. But after 2 runs I as much better and felt like I remembered to snowboard again. My first video shows me turning from my toe side to heel side quickly which is the most important thing for beginners learning to snowboard to do. In the video, I used my front knee to turn onto my toe side and slightly leaned my body and leaned slightly back and used my knee to go back to my heel side. It is important to keep the upper body upright while doing this as it will be much easier to do a simple turn. Also remember to keep the knees bent a little bit. Also keep your head looking down the hill to see where you are going.

My name is Justin and this Winter I will be blogging about Snowboarding and skiing.  I am extremely excited to bring a great blog to the internet and to teach many about some of the great sports there is. My great in depth descriptive tutorials will help you become great at the sport you have always wanted to start learning.