Wedge your skis and point them diagonally across the hill with your upper body slightly facing down the hill.

• Check to make sure that you will not be skiing into the path of oncoming skiers.

Start skiing across the hill and lift the toes of your downhill foot to allow the skis to drift to the flow line. When your skis point straight down the hill, begin to lift the toes of the other foot and steer back across the hill. (You don't "finish" the turn.)

(Refer to the previous exercise: Power point)

Once you're making rhythmic garlands, add the action of Power pointing with the other ski. As you lift the toes of the downhill foot, you power point the uphill foot. Your skis will move across the hill with much more purpose.

• You should feel more power as your skis turn across and up the hill.
• Keep slight shin contact on the tongues of your boots.

Do this a number of times to each side and build confidence that you can control the action of the skis by using the feet.

The "power pointing" action will come in quite handy.

• Both legs are equally important in turning the skis. The inside foot/leg/ski (the lifted toes) guides the shape of the turn and the outside foot/leg/ski powers the turn.