4 Steps To Better Carving | Carving Drill For Intermediate/Advanced Skiers - In Riggers

[@4065winchester]

The trickiest part about teaching carving is the necessity of comitting to the downhill edges at the top of the turn. Everyone's self preservation instincts prefer the uphill edges. Comitting to the downhill edges feels like comitting to a face plant. The in rigger enables experimenting with a seemingly risky move until confidence develops and the training wheels are no longer needed. The addivtive part about teaching this is when a student has an ah ha moment and a whole new level of the sport opens up to them.

[@danielreuter2565]

Really great point thank you. I've been missing the concept about committing to the downhill edge

[@mbal4052]

Yes, that moment when you feel like your jumping off a cliff head first..then the edges bite 😊

[@Nutle159]

what does it mean - commiting to downhill edges at the top of the turn? Is this about pressure on the outside skis? I'm not good in english, but want to understand :D

[@danielreuter2565]

@@Nutle159 if I've understood correctly it's when your skis are pointed across the hill, in order to carve, then you need to lean the skis down the hill and the downhill edge of the skis will cause you to turn

[@4065winchester]

Yes, watch the video again and Tom demonstrates how to engage the downhill edge of the uphill ski to carve to top or beginning of the new turn.

[@MICHAELZHANGCA]

I can't believe Tom only has 48k followers. This is gold. I've been learning from this channel for a long time and it's really helpful. Thank you.

[@dacianaradu9189]

yeah, he gained 2000 subs in 9 days

[@arnauddahan]

Thanks man, you changed my life. Been doing it all wrong all my life. This is game changer, feels so much better now!

[@reesecup4567]

this is the best carving tutorial video ever made to try and show a beginner how to do this safely at low speeds

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad to hear you think so. Cheers

[@PompeyBoy66]

I agree.

[@omnisis]

Holy crap! I've watched many vids on carving, and this is the first one with a clear path to edge angle progression that seemed doable and had obvious ways to check your progress without doing too many things at once. I can't wait to try these drills out on piste! Thank you.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Wow, thanks! Let me know once youve tried it

[@信燕台]

I saw some comments criticizing the A-frame, but I just want to say this drill makes a lot of sense to me! This is great for beginners who want to learn carving but fears the speed which is required for carving. I always want to find a drill to let me feel the carving on a green trail with lower speed, but physics just doesn’t allow me to do so, the centrifugal force is just not enough to support your body if you do parallel and slow speed. This drill solves this problem perfectly! And the instructor also mentioned that the A-frame issue will be fixed if you have a higher speed. I’ll definitely try this drill.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

That’s right! You get it 😊

[@airsoftlover550]

BEST 16 MINUTES OF MY LIFE!

[@MrSpartanPaul]

I've been skiing since 1970 and just perfected my carving in 2022-23. Can't do the extreme stuff anymore but now I feel like a fighter jet on the groomers. The Gs in the turns are addicting as long as I keep to gentler slopes. Too scared (old/weak) to carve steep stuff.

[@sampouuuuu]

Buying new skis for the next season so that I can finally start carving properly. This tutorial gave me a good idea of what's ahead of me✌️

[@richardstrnad]

I‘m a beginner/intermediate skier and this helped to have so much more fun on the skis! ❤

[@Spc-bn7qf]

I gotta say, I totally agree. I’ve watched so many different carving videos, but this one finally made it click for me. Thanks a ton for the awesome content

[@krisaustin9189]

Best vid of this kind I've seen. So clear. Great progression. Easy to follow and understand WHY we are doing the different drills. Thanks

[@m0gul666]

thanks, I was edging to this video as well

[@lelele1408]

progressively?

[@canoai]

Wow, just wow. This makes so much sense. Better than any video on youtube. I can't wait to try them out and finally carve!

[@x1BULLETfromABOVE1x]

As someones whos been trying to explain to my other half how to carve, its hard to exactly demonstrate or explain something that is developed through feel, this tutorial perfectly does it, you can very clearly see the transition from each drill and how you gradually work through the movements to finally getting to the finished carving.

[@jeonlyxoxo]

This feels so promising, and I can’t wait to try. Thank for posting this video.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

You are so welcome!

[@jasoncapecod]

I have been skiing for almost 50yrs...trying to brake the old muscle memory is so hard....I will give these drills a try...

[@dwturbodawg]

EXCELLENT CONTENT!! These videos are really well done and the step-by-step breakdown is easy to follow and exeptionally helpful. I love the drills. Practice makes progress! Thanks for sharing!!

[@mightyjohn1854]

Great lesson. Been skiing for 55 years. Been wanting update my style and I can’t wait try your progression out. Very intuitive explanation.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Great to hear!

[@robwalker6167]

Excellent video - describes perfectly the sensation of carving and how to get there. It's addictive and I started skiing in the 1960's and still love it better than any other sport

[@RUBICON2]

Солидарен с Вами.. Катаюсь с 1970-х... Очень правильные и наглядные уроки и упражнения! Привет из России..! ❤

[@albertkinz]

One of the best tutorial, I had ever seen

[@haroldmiller9559]

Thank you for sharing this brilliant progression. I learned outriggers long ago, and have been teaching them for years; your inriggers change the focus and create a solid platform for early transitions. Cheers!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Cheers

[@DyzioTheDreamer]

I have all but given up sking because of no progress. Your video inspired me to give it another try. Thank you so much.

[@hqquax5786]

I am carving since 10 years, but was stuck at medium level, what was frustrating. (I am on skies 50 years). After watching this first exercise, I made more progress in one day, than in the 10 years before. Thanks a lot for this lesson. I have new confidence, that I can finally make it 🙏

[@cams3425]

Great tutorial video! Learning how to carve has opened up another fun way to ski. Carving also helps improve control during high speeds while skiing. It's opened up a whole new way for me to look at how to attack terrain with speed, precision and control. Thank you for the lessons and techniques to help progress my skiing ability. I also very much appreciate the exercise types toward increasing mobility. Keep up the excellent work!

[@flyshacker]

Wow, this is the best single ski instruction video I have ever seen! Can’t wait to show this to my wife who is having such a hard time mastering turns. And I will practice it myself. So clear! And so vital to the skill of skiing! Many thanks!! 👍

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Wow, thanks!

[@michaelgoggs6993]

@@Bigpictureskiing Hi, love your videos really excellent content and clear instruction with great demo skiing. I was an instructor many years ago and still coach a little now, manly older people like myself with disability. I use a lot of your techniques 👍You did a video on carving using out riggers to teach edge angle, where and which ski resort was it? Keep up the good work 😊

[@hqquax5786]

I am carving since 10 years, but was stuck at medium level, what was frustrating. (I am on skies 50 years). After watching this instruction, I made more progress in one day, than in the 10 years before. Thanks a lot for this lesson. I have new confidence, that I can finally make it 🙏

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Awesome! More progress in one day than 10 years! Im stoked I could help

[@PompeyBoy66]

Seen a lot of videos and this one is awesome. Doing these skills alone would make you good at carving. Stork turns also useful. Gong to use this God willing with my 7 year old daughter on our ski trip. And for me too.

[@levleung2000]

Thanks Tom, I think that may be the best way to teach parallel skiing! Can't wait to try them on snow this season!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Have fun!

[@ianishweb]

Absolutely great video and I feel that at last I fully understand the theory behind the in-rigger drills. I have been working on progressive edging and edge similarity but while I've made some improvements, still have a tendency to rush things, never achieving the smooth precision that I see in this video. Can't wait to try this out. Thanks, a real game changer.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lemonlin9158]

The best video to explain carving. Great work.

[@alleo5774]

Great video; an innovative approach. Can't wait to try next winter.

[@nwgts437]

Wow. This tutorial is something to be proud of. My edge angle thanks you. Looks like I’ll be doing more pistol squats in the offseason :)

[@jordi-rr6ce]

when i go to ski this winter this will be the first exercice to practise

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Nice. I’d rewatch it again after you try it too.

[@jordi-rr6ce]

Take it for sure Tom, here in Spain we dont have much snow-time to put in practise, but in December i'll rewatch much of your videos as i did last winter@@Bigpictureskiing

[@loickerdelhue]

Vraiment top enfin une méthode progressive en plusieurs étapes, évidemment il va falloir rester humble et patient mais quel plaisir d'avoir compris le principe du jeu...

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks. And yes humble and patient are essential ingredients for learning anything good luck!

[@jeffreybritton3338]

Best carving video I have watched. Thanks.

[@AlphaGamerDelux]

10:13 i love the person coming in for a free lesson.

[@colinrumsby61]

Hi Tom, great explanation and visuals. I really struggled to carve turns until my instructor took me out on 150cm ski’s. Helped me really feel the forces etc.

[@ttruong225]

awesome video! The first drill was something my son did naturally when i first taught him how to carve before he could carve with both skis. Now that we're starting the season again, he's more comfortable doing that drill as he gets his legs back.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Great place to start early season

[@andrewjames7994]

Thank you for you instruction cant wait to try it on the snow cheers Andrew NZ

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@martinf8153]

Great video, the best carving drill I've come across so far.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It is really effective for any level of skier. Let me know how it goes once you try it out.

[@namesurname2341]

by far the best video on how to ski race carving. The drills are well explained. Thank you!!!

[@hypersport.]

Best explanation ever!!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad you think so!

[@오세걸-d6l]

Thank you for your lesson. Most of all I envy the snow condition of slope. I can see the only ice bahn in korea. Half snow half ice bahn.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Yes the snow in sun peaks is often so good!

[@rostislavpilar7167]

Mega video _ thank's Tom _ great tips from Skimaster ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

[@emmanuelgayosso7011]

Amazing video! You explain it so well. I think this exercise is going to help me a lot to start carving! Keep it going on!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ludali8804]

Summer is good for pistol squat practice, will try it and utilize it when hitting the slope next season, thank you Tom! Really good stuff.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

You’re very welcome and good idea working on that move over summer

[@hotness1338]

What a beautiful place

[@easyrider2581]

I'll use your tutorial 100%!! hope it helps me to solve this problem (probably coming from my body positioning): when I get into carving, I feel like I'm braking towards the end of the turn

[@davidmann-fz3me]

Great vid and explanation. Thank you. Can’t wait to give it wiz! Come aaaaarn snow……👍🏽

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Come arrrrn! Haha

[@TheTennisDaddy]

Just got back from NZ, wish I’d watched this a week ago lol, would’ve been great to try implement these drills

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Bummer. Next time

[@klaymoon1]

Great lesson!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks! 😃

[@sinipopovic]

Fantastic video, can't wait to try all of this!

[@Relentless2828]

Wow so well explained. Thank you. Definitely looking forward to skiing next time and checking out your other videos.

[@taffy9725]

Great stuff Tom .... want to take bets as to how long it will take JB the troll to come along and offer his one of a kind 😂🤣perfect ski teaching advice.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

😝

[@JB91710]

@@Bigpictureskiing And that's the best you can come up with! You should try teaching skiing with these videos.

[@JB91710]

That's a pretty childish comment taffy. But I don't think anybody will learn how to ski from it.

[@taffy9725]

@@JB91710 Childish maybe ... but never predictable unlike you who arrived right on cue.

[@nielsnielsen9013]

You’re hilarious 😂

[@aa168ify]

such a good video. I hope to be able to do all of this on the slopes

[@papajoenh]

Another solid ski video that has nothing to do with using poles.

[@JB91710]

It has nothing to do with any kind of real skiing either. Not even close.

[@RebelMagpie]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you.

[@rich8304]

Great progression

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks

[@mooseongkim8204]

good ski practice video👍

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks 👍

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks

[@gregshauan6961]

Wow! The absolute video I needed!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Excellent thanks for letting me know

[@roberttreborable]

Excellent clear instruction, keeping it simple.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@YaofuZhou]

The infamous A-frame has found its place in skiing training!

[@JB91710]

Incorrect skiing training!

[@juhahellman4505]

I also have an issue with the fact that in this video the training is using inside leg pressure as means of training carving. People should learn away from having inside leg under the body weight and not ski those ”banana tracks” as shown in the video.

[@JB91710]

@@juhahellman4505 I started teaching in 1968! I started Thinking instead of Following, in 1971. Most ski instructors either follow what they are told and shown or react to what they see, describe it, and call it teaching. You cannot tell people or demonstrate what skiing looks and feels like. You have to tell and show them what is required to make it feel and look like that. That takes the ability to see and think Outside The box, in Three Dimensions. I watched some Interski videos from this year. The "World" is still teaching like this was 1971 instead of teaching how to ski on modern equipment on 2023. They still teach snowplow and stem turns! in the 21st Century on self-turning shaped skis?

[@collinbel1363]

❤

[@godin8262]

Very nice longturn Stephano! Bravo!

[@jasonzhang4819]

这是我看过得讲解Carving 得最佳视频，this is the best and my favorite video telling me how to carve. tks very much.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks Jason. Let me know how you go trying it out. I’m hoping it was right at the level of skiing you’re trying to improve

[@JB91710]

This had absolutely nothing to do with carving! He might as well have been teaching luge. Anything but skiing.

[@skierpage]

​@@JB91710 When it comes to demonstrating to everyone what an a$s you are in public, you are the greatest ski instructor. Take a bow.

[@jasonzhang4819]

@@Bigpictureskiing I have been skiing for 20 years, skiing for about 15 days each year. Before 2023, I was still using the parallel technique and always struggled to control my speed on steep slopes, unable to carve. After watching your videos, I had an epiphany that helped me break through my limitations. In 2024, I passed the SAJ Level 2 at Hakuba, with only 2 out of 30 people passing, and I was one of them. This year, I decided to work hard to pass SAJ Level 1.

[@jasonzhang4819]

@@Bigpictureskiing I could ski parallel, but I couldn't control my speed on steep slopes; that was my level at the time. By strictly following your method, I gradually experienced edge control and felt the powerful support coming from the feedback under my feet. From then on, I completed carving.

[@janalvarezramon9511]

really good tutorial, thanks

[@ryanhamic5242]

Excellent explanation and drill progression. Clear communication. Well done.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks Ryan

[@adamblair1443]

Thanks your video has been a grea help.

[@一郎川瀬]

Very beutiful carving turn I have ever seen. Thankyou.

[@profpat70]

Exceptional!

[@michaelschmidt5356]

Really good explanation 👌

[@Micheal-Ireland]

This is awesome!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks hope it also helps

[@donnkirkbeeson]

Fantastic tutorial!

[@tomwesfog]

Can you teach me how to carve my 114mm powder Skis? Ps came back to say, this one earnt a sub, this is by FAR the best carving video I have ever seen.

[@brianhorwitz1]

Where was this filmed? Mountain is beautiful!

[@ardenpowers7730]

OutstandingTom !

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks

[@MrThaibox123]

Great video. May I ask where the suit is from? Looks great

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s a Japanese brand Onyone. Very nice stuff. Moves extremely well and highlights your skiing.

[@Steph-iw3hr]

Great video step by step Very knowledgable

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MTLGSE]

Easily the best tutorial I've seen.

[@at0mic282]

Looking at this video now, I did something similar when I tried to learn carving last winter. This is wayyyy more methodical approach to mine, great video?

[@planetinvader]

10:44 is trying to score some free lessons. 😅 Great job overall and thanks for sharing these great tips

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Haha good spotting. They came up and said hello a few mins later.

[@judithjessen5769]

wonderful progression!!!

[@SnowCampsEurope]

I quite liked this Tom but you had more adds than the supper bowl... Cheers Andy

[@skierpage]

If you pay for KZbin Premium Gold Music Red Deluxe, you never see ads.

[@nomadismoonline]

i love it your jacket

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks its from a brand called Onyone

[@nomadismoonline]

@@Bigpictureskiing thanks

[@JimCable-s7b]

Excellent video. Question; at the end of the day what's a rough mental picture of how much weight should be on the outside ski vs the inside ski? 80/20?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s about finding your sweet spot, not a set percentage. depends on many factors: snow conditions, speeds and phases of the turn. If you know that for the most part your balance is against the outside ski then just pay attention to what you feel when you do it more and less. Too much focus there and you’ll feel blocked. Thats what I feel. Too little at the point of the turn where you will easily slide out and you’ll slide out. So your task is to go play and be able to come back to me and others with a good response of what works for you. And I bet you’ll say it depends too. Haha

[@rchalmers8115]

Where were you at the beginning with the blue sky, trees dripping with snow and nobody about? Which resort, what time of year? Thanks, great drills.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Sun peaks resort in Canada. Early march. Glad you liked it

[@Esperluet]

Fantastic ❤

[@mikesehl8611]

Brilliant demo! What radius ski are you using? What radius ski is best to do this drill?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

These have a radius of 15.5m For most cases a shorter radius is better to feel how the ski turns when you tip it over further. A longer radius like over 20m will take a long time and lot more hill space to use this drill.

[@michaelgoggs6993]

Great content and amazing demonstrations, really clear👍 Could anyone tell me where and the name of the ski resort, thanks 😊

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks This is Sun Peaks in Canada

[@dasalpengluhen1747]

Interesting alternative drill. Away from just thinking of outside-foot-pressure. The certain requirement of carving is speed and using/resisting the centrifugal force. This drill might help to learn how to move instead of concentrating on the outside foot. Concerning pistol squad: it might not work for everyone (large people or those with long legs). In this case ist might help to do it with holding a bar in front or try alternatives. Personally I prefer single-leg-squats. I´d like to learn pistol squats, but it simply doesn´t work 😉

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Yes I find that people get stuck in their carving when they only focus on that aspect. Outside foot pressure will increase through progressive edging. Not more pushing on it. Your weight balanced on the ski is the only pressure “you” the skier is applying. After that it’s from turning forces so speed and tighter radius

[@tlougee]

@@Bigpictureskiing I understand your comment about not pushing on the outside ski which is a common mistake when learning how to carve, but in a more advanced setting would you agree that extending the outside leg can momentarily add more pressure to help bend the ski especially in a short radius turn? I suppose Jurij Franko would say once a ski is edge locked it doesn't matter how much additional pressure is exerted it won't change how much the ski can bend but how often are the skis actually edge locked?

[@JB91710]

@@tlougee The word Pressure is one of the most misused words in skiing. You do not "Create Pressure" by extending your leg and pushing against that foot. The feeling of pressure is created, and should never be thought of, by balancing ON the ski and then leaning your upper body and especially your pelvis into the turn or back into the fall line to create the leg angle that will put your skis more on the edge. Think of a dollar sign. $ While the skis cross the slope, you take your weight off your downhill foot and put your entire upper body back onto the vertical line which is the fall line. You will feel pressure in your legs, but it is something you feel not something you think about creating to make your skis turn. You do Not exert pressure on a ski. Pressure is what you feel through the combination of your speed and leg angle on the bending and turning ski. If you don't think about where you are balancing and where you put your upper body, you won't feel additional pressure at all.

[@JB91710]

@@Bigpictureskiing Finally you have said something that is correct. So why don't you Teach that?

[@MrMightyytau]

Would love to have Tom on the slopes for a day!

[@rahkinrah1963]

NICE snow.

[@ИгорьКазуров]

Спасибо вы очень хорошо смогли объяснить как перейти от простого к сложному, привет из России

[@rezaf1575]

Any recommendations about the right skies in terms Radius and Sidecuts?.

[@MsMsmak]

Excellent.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Many thanks!

[@mrcj1981]

Another great video, really enjoying watching these 😊

[@wilbcn]

Great video, Tom! What’s the ski resort? Thank you!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s Sun Peaks in Canada

[@Mamonroba]

Hi Tom, I loved your video. I'm trying to improve my carving in steeper slopes watching and learning from tips like your video. I currently own and use a pair of Salomon freestyle skis since almost 8 years ago and when I carve in blue/green slopes I feel the skis don't turn a lot when I increase the edge angle. I know these skis are meant to be on the park and not for high performance carving, but do you think using freestyle skis could be affecting in my progression in learning carving? The next winter I'd like to change my skis and definetely I'll go for a pair more appropiate for carving. Thanks in adavance!

[@snowdays1116]

Love it 👍🏻👍🏻

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Good lesson.