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hi! this is dave smith with hillcrest skiand sports in gresham, oregon on behalf of expert village. in this tutorial we will coverbeginning skiing. in this clip we'll cover the stem christi turn which is a more advancedturn. the stem christi turn is a very important stepping stone to parallel turns which isan intermediate to advanced skiing technique. because of that, this should be the last techniquethat you work on in this beginning skiing lesson. the stem christi turn starts out thesame way as the wedge turn. extend your legs. transfer your weight, the majority of yourweight onto the ski that will become your downhill ski. but, instead of staying in thewedge position, allow your uphill ski to slide into the french fry position so that it'sparallel to your downhill ski in the middle

of your turn. come across the slope. and asyou enter your next turn in the wedge position, again allow that uphill ski to drop in parallelto your downhill ski. continue doing this until you get comfortable with it. make surethat before you start working on the stem christi turn you're very comfortable linkingturns in the wedge position. also make sure you're still doing the basics keeping yourweight on the balls of your feet, keeping your feet shoulder width apart and keepingyour hands in front of you where you can see them.