Passive absorption
Keeping a strong upper body, relax your legs and begin a traverse across a
series of bumps.
Keep your legs relaxed enough to let the pressure
of the skis climbing the bump push your legs up to a flexed position. By keeping
your legs relaxed, as the terrain falls away, your legs will extend
automatically.
- Keep your skis on the snow.
- Keep your hands forward and in your field of
vision.
- Try to keep your head and shoulders at the
same level--not bobbing up and down--as your legs flex and extend.
Active absorption
Most of the time in the moguls, you should be active to keep from
accumulating too much pressure against the skis.
Traverse across a series of small bumps. Upon
approaching the mogul, quickly pull your legs up toward your body's center
before the bump increases pressure against the skis,
At the top of the mogul, begin to straighten the
legs and extend them down and away from you.
- Think of thrusting the tips of your skis into
the valley between the moguls and pulling the tips up to avoid increased
pressure from the bump.
Keep your chest over your feet and your hands in
your field of vision.
Keep your head and shoulders at the same level at
all times, as if there were a ceiling above your head.
Practice by doing it more and more
actively--until you actually jump over the mogul. Then smooth it out and move to
progressively larger moguls.
Print this out for future
reference and remember to have fun!