Ski turns are hard, so why bother? From a practical standpoint, the tight and narrow half circles that bring skiers down the mountain offer control, whether that’s setting the pace or choosing where ...

Michael Rogan is SKI Magazine’s Director of Instruction, head coach of the PSIA demo team, and a Special Project Coach for the U.S. Ski Team. In other words, he’s the guy who teaches Olympians how to ...

Skiers love numbers and metrics. Ski boot flexes, binding settings, ski widths, snowfall totals, wet bulb temperatures. If it’s measurable, skiers will measure it. Perhaps no metric is more ...

Even ski instructors need to work on their turns. Larry Camp, 59 years old, has been skiing for over 40 years but never took lessons. A few years ago, he wanted to do two things at once: get better at ...

There are a lot of names for ski turns. These exhaustive terms aren’t invalid—skiers just have loads of different words for the things they like—but they can be overwhelming. So, instead of throwing ...