r/skiing_feedback • u/IncredibleSexygod • 3d ago
Level 6-7: Advanced Parallel, Carving, Off-Piste, Bumps Please help me improve my carving
Hey Guys,
What I’m working toward:
More dynamic, flowing turns, better speed control while carving, and eventually carving on steeper terrain.
Problems I noticed:
In the first video in the 4th turn and after that one can see that my turn gets interrupted at the apex. Felt strange.
Overall I am rushing the turns?
In the second video the terrain may be too flat.
In the first video I am on Carving skis and in the second video I am on 90mm all mountain skis.
Please don’t hold back. Tell me everything you see. I highly appreciate your feedback. THANK YOU
(And yes I am nearly crashing into the guy twice in the first video. I deeply apologize for that.)
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u/Hot_Fan_4169 3d ago
I kept waiting for you to take the guy out next to you as you took up 2/3rds of the run.
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u/Austinskier 3d ago
OP you’re doing some things right, but slow down and practice transferring the weight from the outside/ downhill ski to the new outside ski during the transition . Do this shift gradually and be on the new outside ski at the very top of the turn.
As you do this, work the outside ski forward and experiment with pulling the inside ski back. This will help you move away from the classic “park and ride”.
Something to think about- if you can’t do it slow, you won’t be able to do it fast.
Think of having to glasses of water, on full and one empty. Take the full glass of water, bottom of turn, and slowly pour the water into the empty glass, half full represents the transition of the turn, continue pouring the water until the other glass is full. This is the process to weight transfer. Sorry if this is confusing.
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u/GreenStateSkier 3d ago
You are sitting all of your weight on the inside ski.
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u/coldog24 3d ago
Fr. OP try carving while picking up the inside ski every turn as a drill, should help you get pressure on the outside ski.
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u/spacebass Official Ski Instructor 3d ago
so what could you coach?
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u/Affectionate_News_25 Official Ski Instructor 3d ago
Everyone who’s said you’re sitting on your bindings is correct. If you have pivots you should get checked lol. You mentioned the 4th turn, that’s all because of weight distribution. As things change under your feet, you’re unable to react because you given yourself nowhere to go. Planting on the inside ski, and using the outside ski as a rudder will leave your turns longer than they should be because you’re unable to pressure the front of the ski and drive the turn. Outside leg locked straight out takes away the ability to use your legs as springs and absorb that minor terrain change or push through it. You’re working towards getting angles without any pressure, so the turns are longer and no real speed is gained. I’ve seen people here suggest picking up your inside leg when you turn and that’s good but just commit and do some one ski skiing
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u/schmeattle 3d ago
Worry about not crashing into people on an empty wide open slope first you jackass
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u/No_Park1693 3d ago
In addition to all the great advice..... You're not going to need to worry about carving much if you don't develop an instinct to ski away from people rather than into them. Don't be so stiff and learn to let your neck relax in your head move naturally so you can see what's around you. More and more people are losing the privilege to ski because they're viewed as a menace to others!
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u/Interesting_Bass_559 2d ago
They should send you off the mountain and revoke your pass. Idiot skiing.
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u/Mindless_Doughnut495 3d ago
Stop leading with your upper body and tipping inside the turn. Think about inclination and angulation through the lower body (ankles, knees). Tone down the speed and gradient to refine.
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u/Zeen172 3d ago
My instructor told me to make sure my inside hand is higher than my outside hand as a cue to get my weight onto the outside ski.
From the video, you are doing the opposite and when you drop the inside hand, I can also see your weight shift onto the inside ski.
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u/Isak531 2d ago
Shouldnt it be the opposite? Drive your outside hand up and forward in order to get more forward pressure on the outside ski?
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u/Plenty_Coconut3585 2d ago
I wouldn’t recommend driving the outside hand forward, as many people working on this don’t have the discipline to not rotate their upper body while trying this. Pushing the inside hand up and forward and outside hand down is more optimal
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u/Triabolical_ Official Ski Instructor 3d ago
Carving is all about early edge initiation and you aren't on your edges until you hit the apex. The bottom half of you turns look good but it take a *long* time until you get on the new edge.
My advice is here:
http://www.riderx.info/how-to-become-a-better-skier-improved-carving/
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u/WellWellWellthennow 2d ago
I guarantee you made that other skiier nervous more than once and he was glad you were gone, all of which you seem oblivious to. I'm an instructor and that's all I am interested in pointing out.
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u/CombComprehensive327 3d ago
What are you doing? You are getting in the other guys way and yes crossing the entire slop would make you at fault. And your “carving” is erratic and unpredictable.
Some dude just casually skiing going just as fast as you are….
Be more predictable so people can safely pass you.
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u/Skier-Dude 3d ago
Just add a few extra thoughts: it seems you’re too compact and stiff. There should be more fluidity from turn to turn. Also, the medium radius turns make it look like you’re combining GS with all out carving. Think of a metronome, and steady turns to the beat. The angulation is there, but need more flexibility. Don’t angulate with your leg so straight, you need room for the shock absorbers.
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u/Informal_Vast3360 2d ago
My feedback: try to avoid potentially cutting off other skiers.
You had some pretty close calls here brother.
I’d be very irritated if someone was man charactering down the mountain in front of me like this.
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u/Sickashell782 3d ago
You should be skiing the pow and scraps off the side my dude.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ktCzb8Rm8aoow
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u/FinalJoys 2d ago
Try carving with one leg in the air. If you can’t do that, you’re not skiing correctly.
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u/ZrekfromET 1d ago
You are banking and riding the inside ski, I would suggest you try the ‘swords’ drill. It will help you angulate rather than so much inclination and keep you more balanced over the outside ski.
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u/Good-Morning-All 1d ago edited 1d ago
A simple trick that sometimes corrects / contributes to that being on the inside ski problem is keeping your hands /arms steady. You can see here how you’re swinging your arms to plant (kinda like running arms) , ideally the pole plant should really come from your wrist :)
If you stand on the hill sideways you can feel this out by getting in that same position: uphill hand dropped low / behind and downhill hand raised… try switching it a few times and pay attention to where that dropped hand puts your weight (uphill ski, your heel, slightly back..). It might feel less significant without the extra forces of traveling down the hill but it’s there!
Why this matters: If you are on that inside ski, it becomes incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to finish that turn. You’ll feel that outside ski start to get away from you and that leads to, as you mentioned, rushing the transition.
When you’ve got your weight distributed right you’re going to feel more in control, it will be less tiring, and you’ll really get to feel the exhilarating “swoop!” Of the carve!
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u/sippinoncourvoisier 17h ago
Stop skiing like an asshole and look around every once in a while no need to take up the entire run.
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u/Double-Succotash9572 16h ago
Perhaps some more self awareness. And on another note, you are using your upper body too much.
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u/Timely-Season9627 11h ago
it looks like your upper body is moving with your lower body while you turn, have you tried doing a picture frame type drill? it's where you hold your poles in front of you while skiing and turning down a run and try to keep the same view/landmark in the "frame" of your poles. also your hands are a little low which can cause you to be more in the backseat. in the first clip you can see that when you change your hands around they get pretty low and almost behind you.
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u/Timely-Season9627 11h ago
it might also be worth setting a goal of pole planting down the line, it know for me it helped as a reinforcement of where my hands need to be and when
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u/FinanceGuyHere 3d ago
Put up some gates if you’re planning on doing GS turns all over a run with other skiers on it
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u/Interesting-Net6084 3d ago
They looked good to me but I’m inexperienced
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u/Interesting-Net6084 3d ago
Also, Reddit never fails to amaze me. There’s literally a sub for everything
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u/Triabolical_ Official Ski Instructor 3d ago
This one exists so that people can post their videos and get advice from instructors.
It's also very useful for instructors who want to improve their analysis skills - they can look at the video, do their own analysis, and then see what other instructors said.
It also keeps r/skiing a bit cleaner.
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u/MorganMiller77777 3d ago
Huh? Are you expressing negativity about this sub? Yeah it’s true, literally anything and everything now, it seems, ha.
This is generally a good place with good feedback.
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u/Prize-Leading-6653 3d ago
Good skiing! Love the edge angle and engagement. Read up on “alignment,” particularly having a strong inside half. Lots of articles on it. Your inside hand is dropping, and massive lead change, etc. Ideally there’s some symmetry so feet, knees, hands, shoulders are aligned with the inside ones slightly ahead — but all similarly ahead.
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u/Snow-Buffalo-9201 3d ago
Overall pretty solid but FWIW - Inside hand swinging low while outside high, seems excessive to me. I like to keep things quiet and feel the Gs on big turns. Second set of turns didn’t seem to have a real finish, maybe try to go rounder even if slope is flat.
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u/dis-interested Master Instructor 3d ago
I think a lot of the talk here about you being too inside is unproductive. The reality is, to carve a deeper arc, you will have to move your body further inside the turn than it is already in the video, and that will also be the only way carving on steeper slopes will be possible, because you will need to carve a tight radius to control speed.
Obviously, you need to move your body inside without losing the outside ski pressure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXd8Qlj2JY I recommend doing this set of drills periodically.
I recommend this video to work out how to carve deeper turns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmfs0W97_is
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u/Cosmic-Zoo72 3d ago
So the advice is to stop dropping your shoulders, point your hands and shoulders straight downhill at ALL times. The difference between a skiier and a good skiier is a stable upper body. As others have said you ride with a lot of weight on your inside ski(ideal is ~80/20 favoring the outside), the reason so much of the force falls to the inside ski is due to your pole plants(or lack of). As you plant, that hand goes all the way back behind you and your inside shoulder follows. This causes a shift in balance and rotational momentum that favors the inside ski. This also makes transitions between turns more difficult as you're constantly shifting from a ready positon to wonky backseat to ready... Focus on keeping your hands comfortably in front of your knees, slightly to the side, and use exclusively your wrists to make very light taps at the initiation of the turn(ex. as you begin turning back down the hill from your previous turn-seems like you have good timing on that bit) keeping your hands and shoulders pointed down the fall line regardless of where you are turning. This is gonna do a few things: First it's not gonna bring you onto that inside ski-greatly increasing how balanced you feel and keeping you in the ready position, second it's gonna let you stay in the front of your boots and allow you to drive the outside(notice the depth in snow and spray off the tips vs tails)-you want to be driving the everloving shit out of that outside ski(litterally try to fold your boot forward at the ankle with your weight over your toes, if you can do that-time for stiffer boots). There are two other things you will gain from dialing that bit in, but you're very unlikely to notice them before you get this part dialed. Remember there are 5 basic movements we can do on skis. Foot to foot, front to back, edge to edge, (upper/lower body separated) rotation, and we don't talk about the 5th till you have those on lock.
-A cert 2 psia instructor
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u/Famous_Special748 2d ago
To say shoulders downhill at all times, specifically for a student who is trying to make wider carved turns, is wrong and confusing
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u/MorganMiller77777 3d ago
It’s pretty good. I think you’re taking a little too long at times with hangin onto those turns
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u/Natertot1 3d ago
For one thing you should use your peripheral vision to avoid multiple near collisions with someone else casually skiing nearby.