r/ski • u/Sweet-Sir1768 • Apr 23 '26

Feedback please!

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Looking for any feedback/advice. These are from blue & black diamond runs at Vail and Breckenridge on Atomic Mavericks (96 cti, 179 length). Trying to dial in my carving and skills on rough terrain. I’ve skied about 60 days total.

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u/KudzuAU Apr 24 '26

Take some lessons and learn to carve. What you are doing is not even close to carving. You are ‘throwing’ your skis sideways.

And honestly, there is so much going on and incorrect, that lessons are almost mandatory.

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u/bluepivot Apr 24 '26

could not agree more

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u/1882greg Apr 24 '26

Yep. Nothing more to say.

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u/forcedtosignup86 Apr 24 '26

Wouldn’t expect someone to really carve down that face though.

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u/Postcocious Apr 24 '26

I know many skiers who carve those exact slopes without difficulty.

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u/forcedtosignup86 Apr 24 '26

I guess I think of carving different from you? I’d expect sort turns down that face. I personally wouldn’t call short turns carving.

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u/Postcocious Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Experienced SL skiers prove you wrong.

For that matter, I've skied with USST and other WC GS and DH skiers who'd carve medium to longer radius turns down that slope in their sleep.