What you will Learn in this Tutorial

This video provides viewers with five easy tricks and maneuvers to make skiing more fun. The tricks include the airborne edge change over a roller, adding shifties, incorporating tail drags, performing shifties down the hill, and drifting up and down the hill. The video emphasizes the importance of proper technique and timing to execute each trick successfully. Jens encourages viewers to attend ski technique camps or seek personalized instruction to improve their skills.

Highlights

• The video introduces five easy tricks to make skiing more enjoyable.
• Trick one is the airborne edge change over a roller, which involves popping between two turns to fly over the top of a roller and land on new edges.
• The video demonstrates the proper technique for popping and landing safely.
• Trick two involves adding shifties to the airborne edge change, with options to shift up or shifty down the hill.
• Jens emphasizes the importance of twisting the legs while the upper body counter rotates in shifties.
• Trick three introduces tail drags to the shifty up trick, where the skier briefly drags their tails before landing on new edges.
• The video advises practicing these tricks on terrain with smooth rollers and gentle slopes.
• Trick four involves performing shifties down the hill, with variations to add more excitement.
• The video demonstrates how to execute a shifty nose strike, requiring precise timing and technique to drag the nose to land safely.
• The final trick is drifting, which can be performed by skidding and carving.
• The video provides tips for drifting up and down the hill and suggests extending the transition for added variety.
• Jens encourages viewers to attend ski technique camps for personal instruction and improvement.