A head shot photo of Erik in jacket and ski helmet looking up at trees.

Untwisting

Erik holds his ski poles downhill and twists and untwists behind them to turn side to side.

Untwisting means releasing a rotation of the torso.

by pointing where I want to go, in this case to my left side, I set up a twist through my torso that gradually turns my skis
letting my skis turn toward where I am pointing toward, in this case downhill and then further and further left
Erik gradually looks uphill on skis, which turns his body enough to bring him to a stop
turning to look uphill as a way to come to a stop on skis
Erik points first uphill and then downhill to initiate a ski turn toward where his is pointing.
Erik points downhill to turn that way and further.
Stepping
Leaning In