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The ground position is how you want your body to be most of the time while your skiing. (Im saying most of the time, because under certain circumstances like in deep snow or aggresive carving other “rules” apply)

Ground position in alpine skiing is “attack mode” – often with  shoulders over knees – over feet. When you are in this postition then you should actually not see the front of your boots. Your upper body should be bent in a way that its almost like youve been punched in the stomach. This is not a static position. It is dynamic and changes with the terrain and the snow you are skiing. The basic rule is that your body should be aligned in a way that is the most efficient and effective under all circumstances.

Have a ski instructor show you this the first time. He will bend your body and physically show you whats the right body position for you. It is very difficult for a beginner to know how they look. You have to be shown by a professional, and then it takes a lot of practice before you can feel when your body position is correct under circumstances.

Also you must know your positioning in relevance to the ground and snow that you are skiing. This comes only from practice, either with a instructor or someone who knows how you should look. If you want to develop as a skier you should try videotraining and get your skiing style analyzed.

Getting this right from the start is one of the most important things for becoming a better skier, and it has relevance to everything you do on and off – piste!

When you have your body alligned in the correct position in relevance to the ground and the snow you are skiing on – then you’ve got the best base for good and energy-effective turns.

Remember that you should be able to ski the whole day without getting burning quads! If you can’t, than an uncorrect ground position while skiing is most likely why.

This applies to all skiers – and is often done wrong also by experienced skiers.

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This tip is not for total beginners – you should know the basics and minimum how to do a Plow turn.

If you know how to turn your skis, then you also know that how you shift your bodyweight onto the skis is important.
To turn left, you would have to have more weight (as much as 90%) on your right ski and the other way round to go right.

In addition to shifting your weight from side to side, you also want to be dynamic forwards and back.

But often beginners dont know exactly where they should “put” this weight.

My tip to you is to try and focus on your toes, and the big toe specifically. The next time you are skiing, try and put your weight down into your big toe when starting a turn!

This way you will be sure that you are in a forward body position, and you will be “on the attack” wich is so important when you`re skiing. It is difficult to do this if you are not leaning forwards.

Many skiers going from the “beginner” stage – to linking turns more smoothly together could benefit alot from this tip.

Im happy to answer any questions :)

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With the GoPro HD Hero camera you can really get into the action! The obvious use of this camera is the helmet mount where the viewer sees what you see.. Lots of creative camera angles has been used and probably many more to come. Skiing down a steep face through a narrow gulley with the GoPro attached to a skiing pole gives a really cool angle!

The GoPro HD Helmet Hero set comes with plenty of mounting options as seen here:

(Note that the roll bar mount for pole-mount is sold separately)

As the name suggests GoPro records in full HD – 1080p / 960p / 720p resolutions at 30 and 60 frames per second (60 fps in 720p). This means that even the lowest resolution is better than many of the other cameras in its class. Also you can playback slow motion video in good quality.
You can shoot automatic 5MP photos at 2/5/10/30 and 60 second intervals. Could be pretty nice for timelapse or photo series.

The GoPro camera house is made from durable polycarbonate and stainless steel – it can take quite a lot of beating! Its also waterproof down to 60 m. The GoPro weighs no more than 167 grams, including camerahouse and batteries. Not too heavy on your head, then.

Upgrades from last version are

Some folks might question the lack of a LCD screen, especially for taking photos.
You dont want to worry about the camera breaking if you crash and fall, and a LCD screen is fragile even inside a camera house. Also it would be quite small. Dont worry too much about aiming – it is wide angle after all.

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