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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. These are all examples of the types of pressure the world exerts. However, the kind of pressure I want to talk about is the pressure you experience and use to your advantage on the mountain, the internal forces you encounter and utilize when your skis fluidly etch their signature across the face of a slope. During years of practice and clinics, I searched for the breakthrough that would help me understand what I needed most to become a better skier. My epiphany occurred when I learned how to exert and control various pressures while on the hill.