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

Have you ever wanted to learn how to achieve those higher edge angles and feel like your skis are cleanly carving like on railroad tracks?
Well a key ingredient to this is progressive edging. This video will help you learn what progressive edging is, why you need it and what it feels like.
Using a simple drill that you can practice on easier terrain and at slower speeds you’ll be making some advancements in no time. This drill is aimed at helping intermediate and advanced skiers work on the top and middle of the turn checking that they can cleanly carve the outside ski as well as make progressive edging movements. Follow along and learn from one of the best ski instructors in the world Tom Gellie on how to level up your carving.
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[@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.

[@arnauddahan]

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

[@airsoftlover550]

BEST 16 MINUTES OF MY LIFE!

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@namesurname2341]

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

[@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

[@alleo5774]

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

[@albertkinz]

One of the best tutorial, I had ever seen

[@richardstrnad]

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

[@christianng2828]

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

[@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!!

[@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!

[@jeffreybritton3338]

Best carving video I have watched. Thanks.

[@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.

[@RebelMagpie]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you.

[@sinipopovic]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@mrcj4198]

Another great video, really enjoying watching these 😊

[@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✌️

[@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.

[@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..! ❤

[@judithjessen5769]

wonderful progression!!!

[@donnkirkbeeson]

Fantastic tutorial!

[@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.

[@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

[@ryanhamic5242]

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

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks Ryan

[@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

[@aa168ify]

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

[@profpat70]

Exceptional!

[@roberttreborable]

Excellent clear instruction, keeping it simple.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@m0gul666]

thanks, I was edging to this video as well

[@adamblair1443]

Thanks your video has been a grea help.

[@janalvarezramon9511]

really good tutorial, thanks

[@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

[@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 :)

[@godin8262]

Very nice longturn Stephano! Bravo!

[@snowdays1116]

Love it 👍🏻👍🏻

[@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!

[@gregshauan6961]

Wow! The absolute video I needed!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Excellent thanks for letting me know

[@ardenpowers7730]

OutstandingTom !

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks

[@jeonlyxoxo]

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

[@Bigpictureskiing]

You are so welcome!

[@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!

[@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 🙏

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Good lesson.

[@michaelschmidt5356]

Really good explanation 👌

[@Steph-iw3hr]

Great video step by step Very knowledgable

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Esperluet]

Fantastic ❤

[@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.

[@user-ws6sd9xo4r]

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 😊

[@hypersport.]

Best explanation ever!!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad you think so!

[@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

[@klaymoon1]

Great lesson!

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks! 😃

[@user-cz9zn2jb5v]

Bravo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@mooseongkim8204]

good ski practice video👍

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks 👍

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks

[@MsMsmak]

Excellent.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Many thanks!

[@robmac3287]

You won’t find a better online training resource than Tom’s Big Picture skiing. His knowledgeable and ability to transfer it is exceptional, after one season, at the age of 56, I have become the skier I have always hoped to be.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks 🙏

[@SamBroer]

Heck yeah !

[@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?

[@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

[@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]

❤

[@markkujarvinen6470]

5/5 👍

[@grandmapants]

Good explanation.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rahkinrah1963]

NICE snow.

[@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.

[@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.

[@MrMightyytau]

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

[@SnowCampsEurope]

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

[@skierpage]

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[@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!

[@user-kh2gl2qz2r]

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!

[@MTLGSE]

Easily the best tutorial I've seen.

[@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.

[@Nik-shved]

Hi Tom! Thanks, helpful video. On the contrary, I have a problem removing the A-frame :) What’s the brand of ski jacket is it?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Thanks. It’s made by a Japanese company called onyone

[@brianhorwitz1]

Where was this filmed? Mountain is beautiful!

[@quattroesp]

i hope it will helpto increase my skills

[@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?

[@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

[@nickmillington9813]

Hi Tom, great drill. By the way which resort is that? looks great.

[@Photosbydrew]

Looks like sun peaks

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Hey Nick it’s sun peaks. Beautiful place and fantastic skiing

[@fglogs6821]

When you are doing the rigger exercises, how much pressure do you put on the outside ski? Because when carving, the majority, if not all, of the weight and forces will be on the outside ski, right?

[@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.

[@wilbcn]

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

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s Sun Peaks in Canada

[@rezaf1575]

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

[@Motio3]

Tom, thanks for this. So fun. Beautifully made video. Question, need help finding another of your vids: I watched it a while back where you described a movement pattern involving the feet and ankles. Can you refer me back to that specific video? Have tried various searches but can’t track it down. Clues: I think it was an interview format. The thing you described in it, as I best remember, is a kind of “one foot slightly dorsiflexes while the other slightly plantar flexes in a gradual progression through the turn. Image in my head of feet functioning like tiny teeter totters moving in opposite directions. 😂It was a very brief mention, almost in passing, but a huge lightbulb for me which connected with something I’ve been playing with. Every time I see a reference to progressive movements, it reminds me of this ankle thing mention which I want to investigate more. Did I dream this? 😂. Any help from you or any other reader would be appreciated.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Noticed you found it. Sorry checked me comments not that often.

[@Motio3]

Well just for the record I didn’t find it. But I did subscribe to Big Picture Skiing! 😊

[@Bigpictureskiing]

@@Motio3thanks! It’s called activation of the inside foot there’s a more in depth one on the big picture website to check out

[@Motio3]

@@Bigpictureskiing so excited to learn with you.

[@blabla9932]

are these drills enough for a parallel skidder to get into carving or should i approach them as a tool next to the other classic beginner drills?. thanks.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s a great drill to get you feeling the ski do the turning for you. That carving sensation. But there are many other drills to help other parts of your skiing. This is one piece of the “Big Picture”

[@Legend_Henderik]

Race skis.. gl? Or sl? For um just carv.. for small and big carves.. which is better?

[@user-rq5cs9sj9i]

Very beutiful carving turn I have ever seen. Thankyou.

[@skierpage]

10:56 "just like a pistol squat" I've never heard this term, must be from Australian kangaroo wrestling. 😉 Nice drills, better than most "Extend your center of mass down the hill into the next turn" videos that give you no insight into how to get there from here.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Cheers mate

[@henrytoussant9385]

When you're doing the in-rigger with the A-frame stance, how much weight is on the carving ski vs. the inside ski?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

It’s probably more on the inside than the outside. However as you pick up speed and the ski grips and build higher angles, the weight gets pushed to the outside through turning forces. This is the way you ideally want to direct pressure to the outside ski. Through turning forces

[@ujaekang]

What ski and radius are you using here?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Fischer RC4 CT 175cm 15.5m radius

[@miked.7722]

"Inrigger" unless he's doing something I can't see, we in PSIA call that an "Outrigger" something we've been using for decades, as I'm sure he and his cohorts have been as well, this is not a new drill but a good one. But maybe an "inrigger" works since he's from "Downunder" maybe that makes sense 😀

[@Scr3amapillar]

Biggest problem is, that people can´t slide since the carving skis are made for everybody. First you should be able to slide while making turns. But 95 % are always leaning to the mountain (inside the turn) and then think they can carve. So first learn what´s a valley ski and how to slide, then start to carve.

[@AkRocket]

What ski do you recommend and what length. Good skier and 184cm height. Thanks

[@Bigpictureskiing]

The Fischer Curv in a 178cm wicked ski

[@benjaminrier7641]

​@@Bigpictureskiingthanks a lot.

[@no_way_to_exist]

Great instruction. Except for pistol squads.

[@user-rf7ex2kx4o]

my outside ski always skid 😭 how do i stop it from doing that?!

[@MGPL_]

love the content but is it just me or does this absolutely burn your thighs after like 3-4 turns? also, should I be locking my outside leg / locking the knee perfectly straight (conceptually seems to be able to handle more Gs with less strain)?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Hmmm it certainly takes some leg strength but as you get the right speed and the outside ski starts to turn from the higher edge angle that should reduce the work quite a bit. So thats a good sign if youre getting it right. If you want to ski well you do need to have some physical fitness and mobility so you could take the exercise as also a good way to build your strength doing a fun sport!

[@peterprice6394]

Nice how tall are you. How long of ski. Looks short. Thanks.

[@Bigpictureskiing]

I’m 180cm tall. The ski is 175cm long. For the type of skiing I like to do, technical skiing all over the mountain, it works for me perfectly. If I’m skiing a powder ski it’s between 180-188cm

[@ChaoRongWu]

Could anyong tell me what "In Riggers“ means?

[@bcfcfootballclub]

What ski resort was this filmed in?

[@Bigpictureskiing]

Sun peaks