![]() ![]() Level 8: “I am making different turns sizes and shapes, including rhythmic short turns and large carved turns, on all blue and black terrain (groomed or un-groomed). I can connect different turn sizes and shapes seamlessly for the different challenges.” – All blue terrain and most black terrain I am exploring un-groomed black terrain, including bumps. Level 7: “I am able to smoothly link parallel turns together with a pole plant on all blue and black terrain. Make the same turn sizes and shapes on un-groomed trails.” –All groomed blues, easy blue bumps, easy groomed blacks I am exploring un-groomed trails and the easiest bumps. Level 6: “I am skiing parallel and confidently on all groomed blue terrain. I am beginning to use my poles and can hockey stop in both directions.” -All green terrain and most blue terrain Level 5: “I am skiing mostly parallel in a couple different turn sizes and shapes on most blue terrain. I can make narrow and wide turns” – All green and easiest blue terrain ![]() Level 4: “I am linking turns together smoothly on all green terrain. My turns are usually all the same size.” – Green terrain Level 3: “I can link turns together and stop where I want to on the easiest green terrain. Level 2: “I can slide, slightly change direction, and come to a stop.” – Easiest green terrain Unfortunately water skiing isn’t as tranasferable to skiing as you might think. If you’re a competent skateboarder or surfer, snowboarding might click easier. If you’re familiar with ‘edges’ from sports like hockey or figure skating, it’s likely that skiing will click pretty quickly for you. In other words, ski falls generally tend to be softer than snowboard falls.Ĭonsider what you might already know. In snowboarding, however, when you lose balance you often fall to the front or back body. When you lose balance in skiing, you often fall laterally to one side of the body.past ACL reconstruction on your lead foot) it could present an obstacle to overcome In snowboarding, the front foot is “the boss” so if there’s an isolated body issue (e.g.From a mental standpoint, however, starting on (relatively) steeper terrain can be more challenging for some. Learning snowboarding on relatively steeper terrain (than skiing) is ideal because you can actually engage the turns much more easily.There’s simply more to skiing when you’re dealing with 4 edges on 2 skis versus snowboarding which has just 2 edges on 1 board. Having said that, while snowboarding might be harder to learn at first, it’s often easier to master whereas skiing can take much longer to truly master. Skiing generally has a more natural learning progression than snowboarding.There are many different opinions so consider the following: ![]()
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