Stop in a traverse with your poles planted about a foot behind and downhill of your ski tips and your hands on top your poles. Set your edges, compress your core as if you’re going to jump off the snow and lift, heading in the direction of your poles. Look in the direction you want to go—doing a 180 balanced on your tips. Bend your knees once you’re on your tips—get in a backscratcher position, almost sitting on your heels.
