| Here is a list of must have items for skiers. Without | | | | the end of the poll. Your arm should now be parallel to |
| some of the items on this list you can cause serious | | | | the ground of it is not you should get new polls. The |
| sickness and injury to your body. | | | | purpose for polls is to help along with balance and ice. |
| Here are the most important things for any ski trip. | | | | If you are trying to turn and start to slide on a patch of |
| Tune Up:Before your skis are going to be ready for | | | | ice you can jam one side into the ice to help you |
| this ski season you need to blow the dust off your skis | | | | complete your turn or to help stop. |
| and get them back into shape. During a day of skiing | | | | Hands, Head and EyesKeeping warm and dry is |
| you can get scratches and gouges in the bottom of | | | | important to your health, so making sure your hands |
| your skis. These scratches and gouges cause surface | | | | and head are covered is important. By alloying your |
| friction and will actually reduce your speeds and your | | | | hands to get wet and cold you could damage your |
| control over the skis. It won't affect you that much | | | | hands and possibly get frostbite. A hat should cover |
| unless you are a professional racer, but by taking care | | | | your entire head and be made from a warm material |
| of your skis they will last you longer. Skis come with | | | | to help keep the heat from escaping. If you are skiing |
| sharp metal edges and every year if not every week | | | | an have no eye protection how will you be able to see |
| during ski season these edges need to be sharpened | | | | where you are going. At the very least you must have |
| with a file. This edge is for cutting into the ice incase | | | | a pair of sunglasses, but proper ski goggles are best |
| you hit a slick spot on the slope during a turn. A sharp | | | | just because they wrap all the way around your eyes |
| edge will help keep you in control. | | | | and are pulled close to make sure no wind gets in your |
| Boots:Even if your feet have stopped growing you still | | | | eyes allowing you to keep your eyes open at any |
| need to check your boots ever year, and every few | | | | speeds or weather conditions. |
| years you should replace the foam inserts I your boots | | | | Insulated Underwear:Keeping your body warm and as |
| to make sure your boots are comfortable and fit | | | | dry as possible is very important if you are going to |
| properly. Improperly fitting boots can cause a broken | | | | spend the day outside in the cold and wind of the |
| ankle or at least some nasty blisters that could ruin | | | | winter and expect not to get sick. |
| your skit trip and hurt for days. | | | | Outerwear:Outerwear for skiing has not changed |
| Ski Polls:It is also very important to make sure that the | | | | much in the last 20 years, but the technology behind it |
| bottoms of your ski polls are sharp so they can cut | | | | has. Today's materials are thinner, less expensive and |
| thru a thin layer of ice if needed. It is also good to | | | | far more efficient at keeping the body warm and dry, |
| make sure that you have the right size polls. Take the | | | | while still looking good as well. |
| poll and turn it upside down, then place your fist around | | | | |