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The one thing that you can work on this summer without hitting the slopes, is getting into a balanced and centered stance.  A centered stance is the corner stone to good skiing.  Many high end athletes put a large amount of energy and focus on balance and a centered stance during their on-hill and dryland training.  More tools and information are becoming available to recreational skiers as studies make progress on the mechanics and physics of dynamic balance.  The pursuit of excellence in skiing is now applicable through devices like the SkiA trainer.  Our NASTC coaches have tested the SkiA sweetspot trainer, and find it a highly effective in training not only balance but that coveted centered stance.  It consists of two plates that you put underneath your ski boots with different sized balancing plates.  As you work up in difficulty, practice using the plates on a carpeted surface and then on a hard surface.  After trying to balance fore and aft, work on lateral movements.  The makers of the SkiA sweetspot trainer, have made a scientific presentation at the International Sports Symposium in St. Christoph, Austria with relevant results from a survey taken from 250 participants.  Any device will help, whether it be a SkiA trainer, slackline, balance board, tree posts etc; the closer you can get to balancing in a centered stance and the longer you sustain this position and repetitively practice it, the more transfer it will have on your skiing.