How To Use Ski Poles Video

Learn the proper methods of holding ski poles and using them on the slopes. Get skiing tips and techniques in this video from a ski instructor.

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Use tall stance
Keep hands up
Keep pole straps on

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Bill is a former world-class freestyle competitor and elite coach. He is now the indoor ski simulator coach at the Aspen Club and Spa at John Clendenin's Ski Doctors. Laurie is a long-time aspen resident and former ski racer, she has done video and photo shoots for aspen skiing company, obermeyer and others. An avid skier, cyclist, snowshoer, and a devoted mother of two, Laurie lives for the great outdoors. She is now a realtor in aspen with morris and fyrwald real estate.

BILL BOSTICH: Okay. Today, we're going to work on Laurie's stance. We see so many skiers out there and it's a vision in their mind, they're loaded up like linebacker on a football field or somebody receiving a tennis ball, and the theory is you can't get there if you're already there. So we like a nice, tall stance, and our hands are more like you'd be carrying a large breakfast tray. You feed her up from your--or your hands are up from your hips, nice and relaxed. And our hands are always here. And another thing, Laurie, what we find fascinating is so many people get off the lift, all right, when in fact we've taught them their hands should be here. And they pull a little bit to get going and then they drop their hands down by their sides, all right? When in fact, if you look at any world-class coaches or any great skiers or most instructors, your hands are always here. Your hands are always here. The only time you would change this hand position would be to touch your pole, which triggers tipping your foot, executing a turn.

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