#parallel skiing

[cutlerish]

Thanks for all the parallel skiing suggestions, folks!

I was a lot more careful putting on my boots this time around, which seemed to have helped. I think the main problem I'm having is that I'm letting my knees get far too stiff. So, I'm hurting them when I start a turn and at every bump. It got a lot better once I started being mindful of that, but I keep stiffening up and having to remind myself to relax my knees and shins. We'll see if I can do any better tomorrow, assuming I'm not incredibly sore.

[cutlerish]

Parallel Skiing: Ow!

So, last time I went skiing, I officially started practicing parallel turns. Today has been my first full day parallel skiing.

My knees hurt like the fucking dickens. That is to be expected, since they are not used to this much stress. All I know is that it hurts less to turn right. Only, I can't ONLY turn right. I need to be an ambi-turner.

Skiers out there? I need some help:

First, any way to minimize the knee pain?

Second, and more importantly, I turn just fine, but I'm having trouble keeping my uphill ski straight at the end of the turn. Any tips?