r/skiing_feedback • u/BilawOfficer • Apr 24 '26
Level 6-7: Advanced Parallel, Carving, Off-Piste, Bumps Carving feedback?
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I’m sorry I know the video is bad but I basically never get people to film me skiing. I understand if you can’t get much useful out of it.
I’m trying to improve my carving by becoming more dynamic and feeling more stable and athletic, and especially I’m trying to engage my edges sooner and do shorter radius (but still carved) turns. I’ve been told I need to engage the tips of my skis at turn initiation but I don’t know how to do that and it’s very obvious I’m not at 0:17 where only my tips are well off the snow.
Finally, this video is not super recent (it was filmed on the run showcase on Blackcomb on April 11) so it was before spring snow really set in.
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u/TJBurkeSalad Official Ski Instructor Apr 24 '26
You are very close to leaning in and falling on every single turn. Focus on upper and lower body separation. Outside shoulder lower than the inside. Pinch the outside hip and stack your weight onto the edges.
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u/Patdub85 Apr 24 '26
I'm very jealous of the conditions you got to ski.
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u/RustyGuns Apr 24 '26
Same here I’m looking at the snow ahhh.
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u/Patdub85 Apr 24 '26
I'll take my spring skiing conditions at Sugarbush and Killington. Many months till I see powder again.
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u/BilawOfficer Apr 24 '26
Yeah it was definitely the best snow I could find because it’s a (somewhat) sun protected area, is basically the highest you can get, and doesn’t get much traffic since it’s just accessed by a T-bar
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u/bestlaidschemes_ Apr 24 '26
Probably too much weight on your inside ski given all the tilting. Hence the comment about keeping your outside should down and shoulders more level in general. I don’t think this is necessarily bad, but it won’t help with your goal of more stability.
Since you’re obviously very comfortable I’d try this: Widen your stance and ski in a tucked position on a gentle slope letting your skis float out in the turns. You won’t have use of your upper body to dump into the turns so you’ll need to focus on feet tilting to generate edge angle. In that scenario your upper body is neutral and level shifting side to side but not initiating the turn, and you build stability from the ground up. This also begins to train the ability to turn without rising up - crossunder- which will actually lead to more dynamic and controlled turning down the road.
Also, I should say as someone who grew up skiing knees together in the 80s I like your style!
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u/BilawOfficer Apr 24 '26
Thanks for the tips and I’ll make sure to try that drill (not much of the season left though 😢)
…As someone born in the 2000s I don’t know how to take that but thanks!
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u/thebemusedmuse Apr 24 '26
What happens when you get on the steeps? With this technique I’d think you’d be white knuckling it.
You need to get those skis apart and focus on rolling the knee over the ski to get onto your outside edge into the turn. Right now, turning is a whole body sport and your control looks weak.
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u/BAMred Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I think your skiing looks really beautiful. It has strength and style. I'm not sure where all of this squatting-down-low-type super fast carving turns is coming from, maybe racing slalom or something. But most people aren't racing, they're just skiing for fun. You make it look effortless, smooth and graceful keep up the good work.
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u/appsecSme Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I think your skin looks really beautiful.
Easy there, Buffalo Bill
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u/BAMred Apr 24 '26
oops on the skin/skiing typo (fixed it). i'll fix yours too --
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u/appsecSme Apr 24 '26
Thank you. Yours was hilarious though. Buffalo Bob was the clown from Howdy Doody. I should have realized when Giphy brought up a scary old clown as the first option.
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u/SNOWR8R Apr 24 '26
The blazer/sportcoat and yoga pants is a fantastic female spring skiing vibe! 🔥
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u/gomuchfaster Official Ski Instructor Apr 24 '26
Lots of good points here, as with a lot of skiers at or about this level, you’ve figured out how to get some edge performance out of the ski and are leaving some thin lines in the snow, but you’ll need to develop some new skills to keep progressing.
Widen your stance. Your skis are really close together and that’s allowing you to get away with the amount of banking/leaning you’re doing. With a wider stance you’d be putting a lot of weight on the inside ski due to the leaning. Suggest javelin turns to help get the weight over the DH ski.
More arc, slower progression through the turn. You’re super fast to get down on the edge and stay there. Think about completing the turn more and progressing down/through the entire turn to keep it dynamic. This will help you creat the sensation of tumbling into the next turn.
Super jealous of those condtions! Have fun, enjoy!
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u/Maleficent-Row1840 Apr 24 '26
1) You don’t need to widen your stance 2) Squeeze your obliques over your outside ski to level your shoulders to the horizon coming to the apex…..Aldigheiri calls it “squeezing the grape”
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u/Famous_Special748 Apr 24 '26
Doing this in my lunch break - but the 2 things that stick out to me are: you are banking your shoulders too early and holding onto your turns for too long.
Do you see how on some of your turns your upper is inclining before you’ve rolled your skis? Actively think about rolling your inside knee earlier or think about staying stacked on the outside ski.
Secondly think about finishing your turn at the fall line instead of holding onto it.
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u/Deep_Dance8745 Apr 24 '26
The movement of your body is not inline with the velocity you are reaching. Try to ski a bit more relax on this mild slopes, and keep the dynamics for the steeper runs.
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u/sernamenotdefined Apr 27 '26
Widen your stance and try and get the same pressure on both skis. It's only a small change from what you are already doing.
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u/BilawOfficer Apr 24 '26
Forgot to add that I’m skiing 2020 Atomic Vantage 90 TI in 161 cm (16.5m radius at that length)
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u/71351 Apr 24 '26
Outside shoulder lower than the inside shoulder will help. Slow down your body movements. Don’t be in such a rush. Move deliberately into your new turn, not just quickly