Tricks of skiing for new skiers

If you started to learn to ski and made yourself know the basics of the sport, it might be time to take your skills to a whole new level. After learning to slide along the snow covered slopes, the next level is, do some tricks while in mid-air flight and are about to disembark. Of course it is not as simple as wearing your ski suit, ski helmets, impact shorts, and mouth guards, there is a high regard for your safety and knowledge of right techniques. It also requires great patience and practice until you master the tricks you want to make mid-air.


This article gives an overview on some freestyle tricks you can perform. It is also assumed that you are familiar with the techniques of skiing and how to fall gracefully, lateral drift, kick turn, etc. You should also have ensured your safety impact in shorts and mouthguard before attempting any the tips mentioned below. It is also desirable that you can perform some basic tricks, like the standard ski jump, spread eagle, etc.
Let's see how you can do a few laps freestyle.
Daffy
The trick is to make a split with your legs when you are in the air. After mastering the slope jump and have a fair idea about your height above the ground, you can try it. Of course, you need to be protected with guards and mouth impact shorts to avoid possible injury to a fall. To perform a daffy, you start on a jump and put one of your legs at the back and another in front of you to do a split when you are in the air. You should try a daffy if you are sure that you are high enough in the air. You must be high enough to allow you some time to put your feet together before landing.
360 (sixty three)
This involves a complete rotation of 360 degrees in the air. When you do this trick the primary focus should remain on a safe landing after the turn. You must turn your head and shoulder in the desired direction of turn after takeoff. In the suspense of your body will make a full turn and you should identify how and when you land. You should ask so that you can easily withstand the impact.

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