• It is best to do this on very easy terrain to begin with, because you'll pick up speed quickly.

Face slightly across the flow line with your eyes on a target.

With short, lazy extensions at first, then with more and more energy, skate towards the target. See Skating if you don't know how.

After a few skating steps, extend strongly off the uphill ski as if making a skate, but this time don't step onto the other ski--finish the long turn down the hill on that outside ski.

Complete the turn and skate-into-a-turn in the other direction.

As you master the technique, connect turns with skating traverses.

• Don't steer (twist) your skis around the turn--carve a pure turn by letting the deflection (decambering) of the outside ski in the last "step" shape the turn.
• Don't sway from side to side. "Pump" with your arms. Your legs should be working directly under you and your eyes and upper body should be steady and focused on a target.

Print this out for future reference and remember to have fun!