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Keeping Warm on the Slopes

By: Janice Windsor

Here are my tips on how to get ready for the first ski trip of the year.

Tune Up:
Before your skis are going to be ready for this ski season you need to blow the dust off your skis and get them back into shape. During a day of skiing you can get scratches and gouges in the bottom of your skis. These scratches and gouges cause surface friction and will actually reduce your speeds and your control over the skis. It won't affect you that much unless you are a professional racer, but by taking care of your skis they will last you longer. Skis come with sharp metal edges and every year if not every week during ski season these edges need to be sharpened with a file. This edge is for cutting into the ice incase you hit a slick spot on the slope during a turn. A sharp edge will help keep you in control.

Ski Boots:
It is not uncommon for someone to keep the same ski boots for years after their feet stop growing, but this is not a very good idea. a ski boot is made of a hard plastic shell and a foam insulations insert that not only helps keep your feet warm it also helps stabilize your foot in the boot so if you fall you so not get hurt, but after years of use the foam will start to deteriorate and will not give you the comfort and support you need to be able to go down the slops all day long. If you do not want to spend the money on new boots you should at least order new foam inserts.

Ski Polls:
It is also very important to make sure that the bottoms of your ski polls are sharp so they can cut thru a thin layer of ice if needed. It is also good to make sure that you have the right size polls. Take the poll and turn it upside down, then place your fist around the end of the poll. Your arm should now be parallel to the ground of it is not you should get new polls. The purpose for polls is to help along with balance and ice. If you are trying to turn and start to slide on a patch of ice you can jam one side into the ice to help you complete your turn or to help stop.

Gloves:
Believe it or not gloves are very important when skiing. If you fall you are going to have to use your hands to get up. Your hands are going to have to touch snow and if you do not want to damage your hands you need to keep them warm and dry. The glove should have at least 150 grams of thinsulate and should be big enough to fit the ends of the gloves into your jacket.

Thermal Underwear:
Thermal Underwear is made from two ply cotton with a box weave texture to help trap the body heat and deflect cold air from passing to the body.

Outerwear:
Outerwear for skiing has not changed much in the last 20 years, but the technology behind it has. Today's materials are thinner, less expensive and far more efficient at keeping the body warm and dry, while still looking good as well.

About the author

Since she was young Janice Windsor went skiing with her father and went to bingo with her mother. Now she enjoys living at a ski resort and writing online casino reviews and plays bingo online daily.

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