We are fully aware that the heading of this section contains two words that are completely opposite in meaning - these words being: dynamic and stance. In this context, "stance" does not mean "the position in which one should hold oneself" but rather "the specific body position, which you as a skier should strive for."

The dynamic stance is key to becoming an expert skier. Before you can learn the more advanced elements of skiing and the movements associated with it, you must have a good starting point. Therefore a good basic stance is crucial and is what separates a novice from an expert.

Dynamic skiing.

In this section, we describe the elementary parts of the basic stance. We start from the assertion that the basic stance is "a position in movement".