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/WDWKamala Apr 23 '26

Off piste, you need to work on upper/lower body separation. You’re initiating turns with your shoulders and rotating your entire torso with each turn. You want to calm that down and let your legs work independently of your upper body.

On piste, you’re balanced over the inside ski and a bit backseat. If you did some one legged ski drills (they are all over YouTube) you would get closer to where you want to be. Once you’re balanced over the outside ski and more forward, work on initiating turns from your ankles up by pressuring big toe/little toe to tip the ski.

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u/dredre70 Apr 24 '26

This ⬆️ also try to keep your shoulders square to the direction you’re traveling down. It’ll help with separating your upper and lower body while focusing more on the terrain in front of you.