How to Use Ski Poles to Turn

Video Transcript

BILL BOSTICH: Hand position, they're always here. They're always here; they're always here. Look at Laurie's hands. They're always here. Notice her poles are in the middle of her thighs. They're always there, except when? When she does her pole touch, which signifies a left turn. And that--they used to be called a pole plant. Whoever described it as a pole plant, we should go back to their heritage, dig them up and do bad things to them. Because it's not a plant, it's a touch, which triggers tipping the feet, and that's called a ski turn. But the rest of the time, our ski poles live behind our body. So many people again, they get off the lift, they drop their hands. They actually get lazy. And in skiing, we need a stable upper mass. We make all of our turns around a stable upper mass, which is what Laurie has right here. And it's a beautiful position and just--that's just the way you do it.