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| Easiest to learn on alpine skis although probable even easier on hockey skates. Hardest to learn on old wooden skis with lowcut boots. | |||
| This is the best way of stopping but it takes awhile to get comfortable enough to do it. If you know how to hockey stop on skates or alpine skis then you can do the same on nordic skis--with practice. A hockey stop is basically turning sideways and skiding.
You could try skiding or sideslipping first. Get on a fairly steep hill. put your skis across it and try sliding down sideways. Put most of your wieight on the downhill ski. As you dig your edges in on the uphill side you stop when you release them you go. If you lean to the front of the skis your tips rotate down hill. If you lean to the tails they rotate down hill Snowboarders call this falling leaf. Now make it into a hockey stop. Come straight down hill then shift to a side slip. You do this by leaning then shoving with you heels. You could try it from a stand still. Plant one pole and shove. Squeegy your skis across the snow like a windshield wiper. You need good boots to hockey stop. If you have old low-cut floppy boots with 3-pin binding you will have a tough time of it.
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