A simple approach to carving

[@simonwiltshire7089]

Old time skier here - love these videos. Just back from Sestriere in Italy. France in March :)

[@markfrancis5751]

So sweet technique for steeper terrain. Can see the heels come off the ground right before you turn the skis into the next turn /ride section or stick. Can't wait to try this next week In Breck!!! Great vid!

[@ericjaenike3937]

Love the Ski Dad channel! Great instruction.

[@keim3548]

This reminds me of an even more energetic technique I used to do on my K2 Fours on lumpy soft crud. Pop the first turn with the knees and fly to the next turn. The skis would rebound enough that subsequent pops would require almost no effort. Advantage was less time in contact with really lumpy snow. These days I don’t find it to be as advantageous because of the big shovels on most skis punch through crud a lot better

[@skidadTV]

Same idea

[@billtanch8273]

Would be good to see your series of Float, Sting & Rides videos in a playlist. Thx.

[@bencashman1017]

This is a really interesting way to break things down. I really admire your turn style, and I am going to consider your sting, ride, float breakdown next time I go out. This is coming from someone who has been carving since before hourglass skis were even a thing in the 1990’s and was at one point an elite/sub-pro level big mountain freeskier, still looking to improve mechanics now that I’ve slowed down a bit going into my 50’s, and teaching my own young kids. Great and unique content - keep it up!

[@skidadTV]

Give it a go Ben!

[@CB-qf8yx]

I like this so much. Please make another vid taking this technique to the crud and bumps. Thank you!

[@skidadTV]

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[@huntengry]

The concept is really great!

[@dimaivachev2820]

Great video. I'm learning from these videos.

[@LorneVaasjo]

Try doing the float on the inside ski and the sting on the outside - much fun :-). Keep a narrow stance, low and tight in a fast transition, and the inside ski back (pressure on inside toes and outside heel). The amount of time (0 to 100) on the inside ski will change depending on the terrain and line you want to take. Plenty more but that's the core.

[@douglasbroccone3144]

Excellent content thanks 🙏

[@Tomas-ou9bw]

Nice rides!👏🏻⛷✊🏻😎

[@szuber42]

Love these videos

[@jefflacourse3344]

looks like a stivet turn.

[@skidadTV]

Sure, same idea

[@thisoledad1946]

Man I love your videos. Do you have a video on carving in chop snow? On a nice groomer it's easy but how to you approach in uneven tracked up slope. Where to relax while maintaining ski pressure. I saw the one you did the free ride but

[@skidadTV]

This was shot at 2:30 in post storm choppy snow High end Carving on the Rustler 9, Tell me how I'm skiing kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqqpZHeMrdl_g9E

[@thisoledad1946]

@@skidadTV yeah man that's hard! you make it look so easy. I guess the sting phase can be used in the section of extreme chop. I'm an ex kid racer but trying to explain what I feel is difficult

[@skidadTV]

It’s all about the approach for me. I’m trying to get back across the hill at all costs. Only focusing on staying strong over the outside ski to get there

[@MrDogonjon]

Back in the way back days (when skis had no decernable side cut unless you put them side to side to see the gap wide enough for the ski breals to hit each other) float, Touch, sting was an ineffective catch phrase that never caught on. No one really ever could do it and in my learning at the time I was doing pendulum, telemark, shutter which no one knows what I'm talking about and neither do I. That said my exploration of frivolous unnecessary nonsense applied to skiing physics has been transposed into counterbary, dynamic counterbary, rectilinear motion barycentric control. Still frivolous unnecessary nonsense in most good brains but in my brain those words pleasantly rattle around helping me to functionally understand nature, General Relativity, Special Relativity and exclusion zone HOH manipulations.

[@vertigoooooo]

Hey SkiDad - in the “float” phase - do you actively engage your ankles and knees in order to “displace” the skis in the “weightless” phase onto the new edge and enter into “sting” phase - am I getting it right? Or are you just moving your entire legs into the new position? Thanks!🎉

[@skidadTV]

Yes, I think a lot about my ankles and knees, particularly the shin angle between them. I feel like this ankle/knee rotation out to the new edge is controlled through my core

[@vertigoooooo]

@@skidadTV yeah - like a winshield wiper of sort of movement of legs? That’s how I feel at least. Since you are at that “toilet-seat” position in transition, I feel as the rotation or “winshield wipe” movement kinda comes from knees-down…

[@skidadTV]

Yes, I feel the windshield wiper look of my ankles and knees. Get yourself hanging in the air (pull up bar or balancing on hands between 2 stools) and make that windshield move with ankles and knees. I like to think of it as “floating my ankles to the outside” While you are doing that feel the tightness in your obliges on the side you are sending your ankles out to. In order to move your legs like this while in the air you bust balance and control the movement through your core.

[@vertigoooooo]

@@skidadTV will do kind Sir! Thanks so much for the feedback, you have great talent to convey and break down a movement/technique - and coming from the world of professional paragliding - I know a good instructor when I see one :) keep on rocking!

[@howardgee8765]

Reminded of the Smear turn, dumping pace and dropping in’ to the next turn

[@cdobbsy10]

In the sting phase should we squat into our skis to apply more pressure?

[@skidadTV]

Whatever you have to do to change the momentum to the other direction across the hill

[@bencashman1017]

I tried this approach yesterday ( bear in mind that it was basically my first day of the season without a 5 year old in front of me and i currently have zero fitness :). I found that at the “sting” initiation I was pushing hard to the outside with my outside leg while simultaneously driving my inside knee in and a bit forward to “make room” for my outside leg/ski, while also simultaneously immediately directing my line of site to the planned sting point of my next turn across the hill. That felt a bit different from my normal way of carving (a lot of bad habits to break) and I found it was extremely strenuous to push that outside leg against the turn forces, and also found it difficult to get the skis to hook up with the snow in the sting because of so much sideways momentum from the float/transition. I think a lot of that boils down to me not being in good shape. Next time I hope to have wifey make a video so I can try to self analyze or better yet send my vid to ski dad for critique 😉

[@skidadTV]

Try blending the sting from a gentle slide into the connected edge. At the end of the day it is all about touch and feel for the snow, so build up to it slowly

[@cdobbsy10]

thanks brotha @@skidadTV

[@jefflacourse3344]

I keep watching this and there is a mental block I am not getting by; there is something happening where it feels like the new little toe edge is going to trip causing me to fall. When I look at my tracks I see good track with the downhill ski and a floaty track if you understand what I am saying on the uphill ski. Any ideas? Loving these vids.

[@skidadTV]

Send me some vid Jeff [e-mail]

[@french-bv4xi]

Is the main thing with parallel skiing a fear of the fall line?

[@skidadTV]

I love the fall line. But, I stay in it as little as possible

[@skidadTV]

@mieshavonedellestein1304 that statement represents a risky strategy. If your tactic is to control speed after the fall line you risk loosing control because of too much speed. If you loose control because you are going to fast you are risking your safety. Falls that result from too much speed are dangerous and can result in injury. Additionally. If you are “controlling your speed” after the fall line you are not simply standing in balance, you are trying to regulate something. After completion comes initiation of the new turn. If you are in the process of controlling speed, your balance and accuracy into the initiation is being challenged. Now you risk entering the new turn out of balance. My preferred strategy or tactic while free skiing or in gates is to control speed above the fall line and spend the time past the fall line in good balance preparing to make an accurate efficient entry into the new turn. I try to carry all my speed all the time. Acceleration represents a source of error. I think you can see from my skiing I have plenty of speed. I feel like I can add speed or reduce it at any point on the hill. I am in control and I am hammering in good balance. Because I am in control I can recover from any miscues or loss of balance

[@keim3548]

You revised yourself about what you do in the fall line. Based on your original statement if someone always accelerates in the fall line and controls speed below the fall line you are limiting your control to the second part of the turn and if you are racing, it will be slower because you’re not getting enough of your turn done before the fall line. What this results in is a tighter apex required below the fall line, which requires you to exit that turn slower. Freeskiing you’ll also find yourself on steeps bailing out to skids sooner than someone who can control their speed in the whole turn. Your comment about center of mass suggests you’re talking about intermediate skiers so maybe that’s what you are overall commenting on

[@keim3548]

Also regarding racing I encourage you to try it. Without exception everyone who tries it and sticks with it learns something to be a better skier

[@skidadTV]

@@mieshavonedellestein1304 you are totally in the wrong here. You absolutely said one thing in your first comment then reversed it in your follow up to @keim3548 Please go back and look it over. Your response to @keim3548 was rude and had personal attacks. You need to change your attitude or you will be removed from this channel, and there is no chance that I will even consider skiing with you if this is your your behave.

[@tlougee]

This is useful advice for carving GS turns on steeps. I feel like you have to pivot at the top of the turn in an SL turn on steeps, but I am guilty of trying to go arc to arc when executing GS turns. I think this slow motion high definition clip of Mikaela Shiffrin making GS turns also demonstrates the pivot at the top of the turn you are talking about. In the second turn I believe you can see how the legs are turning in the hip socket to make the skis pivot. Pretty sure the last turn in the clip is not pivoted. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6bhXx7g6uKoac

[@tlougee]

@@oldskier3019 Ok but how would you describe what she's doing with her skis from 18 to 21 seconds?

[@TG-pd3ft]

massive jump from one turn into the next - can't see the relevance outside of super-elite ski racing?

[@skidadTV]

Who said anything about massive? It can be whatever size you want. You could even do it with your skis on the snow in less than body weight pressure

[@amundekroll7490]

Why unweight and float ? You are loosing kinetic energy and it turns into a breaking turn.

[@skidadTV]

Because the run is steep and I’m at the max speed I can handle