The main point of this guide has been: skiing is simple and straightforward. In the previous sections, we have show you how, with a series of simple exercises, you can seriously improve your skiing technique.

Regardless of your technical level and physical condition, occasions will arise where skiing will not feel as easy and as simple as we have described it. You will undoubtedly meet some obstacles on your way to perfect skiing.

When you encounter problems, use the diagrams shown to your right as a help guide. Here you can recognize your mistakes and find an exercise that will help you break the barriers holding your skiing back. The last column describes the new feeling that you should begin to experience.

It is our conviction that, regardless of ability, 95 percent of all mistakes made while skiing can be traced directly to one of three main mistakes: leaning back, rotation, stiffness.

You will probably notice that you sometimes encounter more than one or more of the above problems simultaneously. This need not be a problem. In reality skiing is of course not as simplistic as the tables can make it out to be. All the exercises mentioned in the "solutions" column though can contribute to improving your skiing.

Most skiers, regardless of their ability, can do all of the given exercises. When you have become good at executing one exercise, for example on an easy trail, then challenge yourself to performing it on increasingly difficult trails or in difficult snow conditions. In varying the exercises and the conditions in which you perform them, not only will your balance improve but so too will your feeling for the snow - and this is central to becoming a better skier.