How to Recover from Losing a Ski in a Fall

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Summary: Ski bindings are designed to release during a bad fall to protect you from injury. Learn how to recover if one or both of your skis comes off in a fall in this free beginner skiing lesson on video.

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Contact: hillcrestsports.com

Dave Smith Dave Smith has been skiing for 21 years. He lives in Wood Village, Oregon and has been working at Hillcrest Ski and Sports as a salesman and buyer for five ye... read more

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How to Recover from Losing a Ski in a Fall

Hi! This is Dave Smith with Hillcrest Ski and Sports in Gresham, Oregon on behalf of Expert Village. In this tutorial we will cover beginning skiing. In this clip we'll cover what to do when you've experienced a fall where you lose one or both skis. Ski bindings are designed to release when you take a bad fall in order to protect your knees and the rest of your body from further injury as you tumble. If you lose a ski or both skis the first thing is to stand up and quickly collect your equipment so that it doesn't get in the way of other skiers. Once you have your skis you need to check and make sure that your binding is in a position where it's ready to receive your boot again. Specifically, you need to look at the heel piece and make sure that the back of the heel piece is down so that you can step into your binding. It's easiest to do this in a relatively flat spot. So, if you have one near you move to that spot. If you need to do it on a slope, it's easiest to step into your binding when the ski is on your uphill leg.