Samantha is on my skis – and could pivot immediately. Prior to this we spent hours trying to achieve this on her own hire skis and when eventually I put them on my feet and tried to use them to pivot I discovered them to be almost impossibly difficult. I’ve never in my life experienced skis as useless as this at pivoting. Looks like it’s an “expert” level ski and made for race carving only – https://www.head.com/en_LT/sports/ski/joy (Even my World Cup race carving slalom skis can pivot nicely – so this is not normal)
Get a set of All Mountain (all terrain) skis – not too long…
Pivot (Skis sliding Sideways)
Pivoting is derived from the skis sliding sideways and can be developed from side slipping (It’s a braking form of turning). With a “pure pivot” as an exercise there is no forward travelling of the ski across the hill. Support for the centre of mass is now provided by support from a downhill pole plant. This is the real reason why we have ski poles! There is a full dedicated explanation of pivoting at the following link: “PIVOT“