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title: Skiing & Snowboarding
description: Skiing and snowboarding are the main snow sports. You will learn technique progression, equipment, mountain safety and off-piste basics, from first turns to carving and powder.
category: sports-recreation
subcategory: individual-sports
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/skiing-and-snowboarding
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# Skiing & Snowboarding

Skiing and snowboarding are the main snow sports. You will learn technique progression, equipment, mountain safety and off-piste basics, from first turns to carving and powder.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 1 Courses

## Books

### 1. Ultimate Skiing

**Author:** Ron LeMaster

The standard book on ski mechanics: a 224-page reference on how skiing works, built on frame-by-frame photo sequences of World Cup racers. It covers balance, edging, pressure and rotation, then applies them to carving, ice, moguls, powder and steeps.

**Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736079599?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** ski-technique, biomechanics, carving, edging, ski-racing

## Courses

### 1. AvySavvy: Avalanche Canada's Online Avalanche Tutorial

Off-piste basics need a primary safety source. Free interactive avalanche-safety tutorial in eight chapters: avalanche types, where avalanches happen, the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale, reading the forecast, the daily trip-planning process, and companion rescue. Includes quizzes and route-selection exercises.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://avysavvy.avalanche.ca/

**Tags:** avalanche-safety, backcountry, avalanche-terrain, trip-planning, companion-rescue

## Youtubes

### 1. Malcolm Moore Snowboarding (YouTube)

**Author:** Malcolm Moore

Snowboard instruction channel by a BASI Level 4 coach, with separate beginner and advanced playlists covering stance, linking turns, edge control, carving, riding powder and first jumps, plus gear setup advice and slow-motion technique breakdowns. Its Beginner Snowboard Tips (66 videos) and Advanced Snowboard Tips playlists cover the whole path from first turns to carving and powder.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.youtube.com/@malcolmmoore

**Tags:** snowboarding, snowboard-technique, carving, edge-control, powder-riding

### 2. How to Ski: All Ski Lessons and Skiing Technique (Ski School by Elate Media)

**Author:** Darren Turner

A 48-video ski lesson series taught by instructor Darren Turner, in order from first snowplough turns through parallel skiing to advanced and off-piste technique. Each short lesson covers one movement with demonstrations and common faults. A real beginner-to-advanced progression rather than scattered tips. It has the clearest lesson order of any ski instruction channel.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL319DBC25372425F7

**Tags:** ski-technique, ski-lessons, parallel-turns, snowplough, off-piste

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