When you ski parallel with you skis at all times, it not just looks good but also gives you a strong grip when doing circles or skiing on sharp slopes. At first, it looks very daunting, but below are some techniques that slowly teach you the art of parallel skiing.
It’s easier to go parallel if you do it with a smaller, V-shaped plough. When you get in practice using that, you then move on to the exercise mentioned below. You should practice making the V-shape of the plough a bit smaller at the back so you can go a bit faster which makes it easy for you to practice this exercise.
Concluding the Turn:
The best way to get a hold of the parallel skiing technique, you should make sure that you put your weight at the right place. To keep your balance, you should put 90% of your weight on your outside foot. By doing this, you will also be able to glide your inner foot parallel to the outer one.
Handy Exercise: stop on the top of a slope you’re relaxed on. Do an extensive sweeping right turn at a reasonable speed. When you near the end of your turn, when the skis start to turn about the hill, all of your weight should be on the left foot. The right ski should be gently lifted from the back for about a second or so and then put it down such that its parallel to the left ski and both skis are approximately separated by one shoulder width. Both of the skis should keep turning until you lower your face and eventually stop. You can then do a sweeping turn on the left such that your skis form a snow plough shape and it ends with the skis in parallel.
If it is tough for you to lift the ski up, then you can just put all of your weight on the outside ski. And when you get in the practice of parallel skiing to end the turn, you can now put them in parallel to begin the turn.