How to ski guides to improve your skiing

 
 

step-by-step guides for beginners up to expert skiers

With our how to ski guides in the “Learn to Turn”-series, you will get a ski course concept that will make your time on the mountain and your skiing journey even more enjoyable.


What you will get

  • An easy to follow step-by-step progression to the next level

  • Loads of actionable tips and exercises

  • Descriptions of the common problems and their solutions


Each guide can function as a stand alone course or as a great supplement to hiring a ski instructor.

The series is designed for recreational skiers, but it also functions really well as inspiration to your lessons if you are a new or experienced ski instructor.

 

Testimonial

Thank you for your videos and guides. They help me be a better instructor and coach.

– Judy Seltzer, Level 2 Ski instructor

 
 

Learn to turn with balance – Get a free mini guide!

If you want a FREE taste of the Learn to Turn experience, we have made a mini guide that can help you improve your balance! In this mini guide you will:

  • Get an introduction to the The Basic Position for optimal balance

  • Learn the basics of why and how to balance on the outside ski

  • Get a bunch of actionable balance tips and exercises for all levels

You can get the mini guide for free right now by clicking this button.

If you are looking for a step-by-step progression to the next level, the other guides in the Learn to Turn series will give your just that. Learn more about them below!

 

GUIDE 1. Learn to Turn – with the snow plough (AVAILABLE!)

GUIDE 1 is ideal for you if you are a complete beginner on skis (or you are a caring friend who wants to help).

It will take you safely through 5 steps: starting from zero and ending with you doing your first nice snow plough turns. If you follow the steps you will soon be able to control your speed and direction with the snow plough – and skiing will turn from a bit scary to thrilling and exciting!

 
 

Testimonial

“Stine and Janus (Inspirational Skiing) covers the most important steps for a beginner skier in “Learn to Turn with The Snow Plough”. This in an easy and very simple way. The visuals are spot on with some great video content.”

– Jakob Skov, danish national demo team member, head coach of SES Ski Team and danish national examiner.

 
 

GUIDE 2. Learn to Turn – With parallel skis (available!)

GUIDE 2 is ideal for you if you are a skier currently able to do Snow Plough turns and you want to learn the fine art of parallel skiing.

It will take you step-by-step from your first experiences with parallel skis to linked and flowing parallel turns in intermediate terrain. With this guide you will build solid skiing skills for controlling your speed and direction with parallel skis. The technique presented is part of a system, so you are well prepared for even higher levels of skiing.

 

More how to ski guides coming

We are currently working on making more how to ski guides for advanced and expert skiers. See the upcoming title below.

 

GUIDE 3. Learn to Turn – with basic short turns (not available yet. We are working on it currently)

PLEASE NOTE: This guide is not available yet. We are currently working hard to make the guide as great as possible. Sign up to the newsletter to get notified, when it is ready.

GUIDE 3 is ideal for you if you are a skier who are currently able to do parallel turns on most intermediate runs.

In this guide you will unlock the secrets of performing basic short turns with confidence and a good pole plant. It is filled with easy to follow step-by-step progressions, exercises and problem solving tips, that will help you fine tune your skiing skills and enter the exciting world of advanced skiing.

What you will geT IN ALL OUR HOW TO SKI GUIDES

  • 40+ pages with an easy to follow step-by-step progression, where you can jump in on your exact level

  • Photos, photo sequences and illustrations supported by short and concise descriptions

  • Descriptions of the common problems and their solutions

  • General skiing knowledge in each guide, that is relevant on all levels

  • Inspiration for recreational skiers as well as new and experienced ski instructors

  • Links to our public video tutorials on YouTube on the relevant steps.

  • Links to EXCLUSIVE video tutorials with off snow exercises that will help you to learn the right movement patterns. The exercises are designed to accelerate your learning when you get on snow.

  • Links to video examples of many of the moves.

 

How to ski videos

We also have a growing number of free video ski tutorials, that are designed to supplement the guides perfectly. Here is one of our most popular videos, that has helped thousands of skiers improve their balance on skis. Enjoy!

 

How to ski tutorials with my best ski tips and exercises to help you improve your skiing.

 
 

Our learning philosophy

All of Inspirational Skiings how to ski learning ressources are based on our learning philosophy, which consists of 7 golden rules for learning.

 

Bonustip!

If you have dull edges, your skiing will suffer. Conversely: sharp edges, will instantly make you ski better. Check out our article about how to sharpen your ski edges in an easy to follow step-by-step fashion.