WoW Ski Tours

An Academy Performance week comprises breaking down ski technique into it’s most basic component parts.  

Over the course of 5 days directed ski instruction, you will look at how skiing works, moving from the general to the specific.  

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You’ll be asked to experiment in feeling the movements you make on your skis in order to balance correctly and respond effectively  to the forces you have created.  

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You’ll be asked to consider how each turn is made, and each section of it will be broken down into its constituent parts. Exercises and drills will be used to focus on these distinct parts and will comprise pressure, edging and rotation. You will look at when and how they are applied,  in order to create rounded arcs in both short and long turns.  

You will also look at the separation of your lower and upper body such that you can divide what is happening from the snow up through your feet, whilst your upper body remains quiet and stable.  

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Your skills will be tested on different gradients and snow conditions.  

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There are 4 Academy weeks planned, the firs two, taking place in January, are for ladies only, whilst the two Academy weeks offered in April are for Mixed groups. For our January ladies weeks there will be two different levels, one lower intermediate group who will potentially never have undertaken any ski instruction but wants to improve, whilst our Upper Intermediate week caters for those with a more in depth knowledge who wish to refine their technique further.  

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Be prepared to understand a whole new ski world you didn’t know existed.  

​You’ll be a far safer, better skier for it, and your fun will be derived from a more expert perspective.