Weight Transfer
Mastering weight transfer is the single move that separates intermediate skiers from advanced ones — turns will feel stable and powerful instead of loose.
Deliberately shifting your mass onto the outside ski through each turn to load it properly and carve a clean, controlled arc.
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Key Moments
Your outside ski does most of the work — weighting it correctly is everything
As you begin the turn, move your hip toward the outside to load that ski
You should feel the outside boot pressing into the snow throughout the arc
Release the old edge and shift weight smoothly to the new outside ski
What It Should Feel Like
- ✓Like standing firmly on one leg through the whole arc — outside ski grips while inside ski is light
- ✓Your outside hip driving toward the slope while your upper body stays tall
- ✓A progressive building of pressure through the turn that releases at the top
Common Mistakes & Fixes
Equal weighting on both skis through the turn
Consciously press the outside ski harder — think 70-30 outside to inside
Transferring weight too late
Start the shift early in the turn — the weight should be moving as you initiate
Crossing the inside ski over the outside
Keep the inside ski light but parallel — it guides, the outside one drives
Practice Drills
Lifted inside ski: raise your inside ski tip a few centimeters off the snow through each turn — proves you have outside-ski dominance
Weight-tap check: tap your inside pole on the outside ski boot through each arc — you can only do it if you're properly balanced over that ski
One-ski run: ski 50 meters on just the outside ski per turn, changing feet — extreme version that builds the feel very quickly
Prerequisites
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