Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses discusses the importance of being free with your movements and the concept of The Movement Matrix which can help you to develop exercises and drills to help movement. 10 minute read. So you want to improve? Ski better than you’ve ever skied before? It’s time to move. Literally...Read More
Have you hit a plateau in your skiing? Do you struggle in some snow conditions but not others, find certain terrain tricky, whilst other terrain easy? Do you have good days and bad days? Do you find any of the following conditions difficult; bumps, ice, narrow paths, steep terrain, deep snow, slush and bad visibility?...Read More
Imagine whichever instructor you have you can learn something. Imagine every run you take and every turn you make you can learn something. Imagine being able to discover things for yourself, create learning and improve more or less all the time you are on skis. Imagine being able to use every instructor to your advantage....Read More
Phil Smith talks about the land of ‘Ing’ where skiing originated from but was lost along the way. When I rediscovered skiing in the land of ‘Ing’ my skiing changed dramatically. ‘Ing’ is a land of freedom, of individuality, of infinite skiing possibilities. Skiers are all different, following their own passions and developing their own...Read More
David Pellatt from J2SKI reports on his recent trip to Tignes to take part in the Snoworks Off-Piste and Off-Piste Safety Course. “If you’ve hit that intermediate plateau, want to tackle your first Black run, struggle off-piste, want to learn to ski the whole mountain or just want to ski at a level beyond your...Read More
Phil Smith and Emma Carrick-Anderson discuss the key points in the Snoworks Philosophy of all-mountain skiing. In this episode Emma Carrick-Anderson talks about ‘Speed Control’ & ‘Moving Snow’. Read More
Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses briefly describes some of the Snoworks all-mountain philosophies. Many years ago when we began our journey into all-mountain skiing we quickly realized that conventional ski instruction that was associated with the ‘closed’ world of piste skiing did not fulfill the needs of all-mountain skiers where the world is...Read More
Hi, I’m Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses. Many years ago we began our journey into all-mountain skiing. Since then our programme has expanded to include more then 15 different types of courses in over 15 ski resorts spanning the whole world. We soon begun to recognize there was a huge difference in teaching...Read More
