• Don't do this exercise if you have any existing injuries or physical problems.

First garlands

Begin with a traverse.

Flex all joints and aim your navel and shoulders at a target down the hill.

Hop your skis up and land with them pointing straight down the flow line--upon landing, steer them back into the same traverse, and gradually increase the edging to get a bite in the snow. Do this a number of times in each direction.

• If the upper body was facing down the hill, the skis will unwind and land in the flow line after the hop.
• Be sure to keep the tips of the skis down, so they land first.

Now complete a turn

With your skis across the hill and the upper body aimed at a target downhill, hop them up and land with them pointing straight down the flow line. This time steer them through the turn with a hard edge set and pole plant. Do this on both sides a few times.

• When hopping into the air, make sure you start from a flexed position and use the extension of your legs only to get your skis into the air.

Next, with skis across the hill, and your upper body aimed at a target down the hill, and your legs flexed, hop up and redirect the skis completely in the other direction. Land with a hard edge set and pole plant down the flow line from your feet--that s the Jam.

Elephant hop into a hard edge set.

Upon landing, hop again and land with another jam.

• Use the energy of the jamming edge set to pop you back up. It shouldn't require too much energy to hop.

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