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Steering Skills Skiing guide Basics Using lifts Skills Intermediates Pistecraft Parallel Short turns Carving Moguls Jumping Off piste Snowboarding Telemark X-Country Touring Skiing & kids Avalanche Competitive Foot & Leg Steering There are two ways of steering your skis and usually you will use a combination of them. Foot steering consists of turning your skis using just your lower leg. This is precise, but not particularly powerful. Use it for guiding your skis and making small adjustments to their path, for instance to keep your skis parallel in a schuss or at the beginning of a turn. Using leg steering, you will rotate your thighs from the hip. It is much more powerful than foot steering, and can be used to steer your skis strongly, for instance to finish a turn.     Photo: Gary Nate, Powder Mountain Foot steering Your knee remains stationary, only the foot and lower leg move.     Leg steering Your entire leg rotates from the hip, your knee moves inwards.   How to ski - the guide  Basics  Using lifts  Skills  Intermediates  Pistecraft  Parallel  Short turns  Carving  Skiing moguls  Jumping  Off-Piste  Snowboarding  Telemark  Cross country  Touring  Skiing & kids  Avalanche  Competitive     More links  How to ski  Skiing skills  Steering  Edging  Balance  Why skis turn  Motor memory  Visualisation

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