• This exercise starts off in a wedge position.

Imagine a corridor that goes down the flow line. Pick a focal point down the hill in the center of this corridor. In this exercise, stay within this corridor and keep your upper body and eyes on the focal point down the hill.

Start by making shallow, easy wedge turns--keep the wedge small and don't deviate far from the flow line. Gradually and progressively start emphasizing the weight/pressure shift from outside ski to outside ski.

• Make sure you keep the pressured ski on edge.
• Stay in a small wedge.
• Don't deviate much from the flow line.

As you become more aggressive, it will feel as if the pressured ski crosses under the body. Just as it "crossing under," switch pressure to the other ski.

Stand on the new edge and let the skis cross under the body to the other side.

• Just like pedaling a bicycle, one foot lightens and pulls up as the other presses down.

Build a faster rhythm as you switch from ski to ski, just as you would pedal a bicycle, keeping your upper body focused down the hill.

Once you've built up a nice fast rhythm, gradually start to steer the 'light" foot and leg more and more, to mirror the action of the pressured and edged ski--the inside ski gradually gets into the parallel position.

• Keep the turns shallow (not deviating far from the flow line.)
• Keep the rhythm going with your upper body focused down the hill.

Eventually add the pole swing to aid in the flow from turn to turn.

• Practice it throughout the season.

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