How to Ski Using the Kinetic Chain Method

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BILL BOSTICH: All right. Today, we're going to talk about finishing a turn or re-centering on the little toe's pad of the uphill foot, pretty much the opposite of what most people do. Most people step out on their downhill or outside ski and it just gets you in a lot of trouble and it's just not proper ski technique. Laurie, stand on both uphill edges, this one and this one. All right? And Laurie is just finishing a left turn, all right? So stand on this foot and pick this foot up in the air, and just balance there for a second or re-center on that foot. All right, Laurie, now switch feet. Stand on this foot and pick this one up in the air. Which foot did you feel more centered on? LAURIE LAING: My uphill, definitely. BILL BOSTICH: Definitely and you're anatomically correct. So when you finish your turn, always re-center on the little toe's pad of the uphill foot and you can't step out on that big toe pad. It's simple, just do it. All right, Laurie, give me a big super G-turn from Bode Miller. That's it. Now, you notice Laurie is on the big toe pad of the outside foot, but she's going 65 miles an hour in this direction and she wants to hit a gateway up here. The only way she can do that is with the little toe's pad of the uphill foot. If she stays on this edge, she will only get the arc that they cut out in the factory, and it just won't work for World Cup skiing, or yours.