CARVING DRILL / Fundamental Skill's

Hi, in this weeks video we are going to take a look at CARVING. The big challenge is surprise surprise, not some new and difficult technique you have to learn, but instead the same challenge you face when WEDGING. So if you have a problem with carving, at any level, I mean ANY LEVEL, then the fix can maybe be found in how you wedge.
If you want the script just send me a request at tdk.skiracing.com.
Enjoy, cheers. Tom

[@srwc]

Wow! Thank you for this! This simple drill immediately fixed my issue that I've struggled with for the past few years. Immediately after completely the drills my edges were hooking up fantastically when carving. I've never had a simple drill make such a significant difference for me before.

[@Triggerboy62]

Wow, what a great response! Thank you for watching and for trying out the drill. I must say that of all my drills I think this is the best one. I've had so many brake through's with it. Many drills need to be ingrained. This does not, once you get it you get it. Simple. Cheers, Tom

[@johnbarnhart7174]

Tom, I tell my lower level students that the benefit of the wedge is that it shows them which ski they need to use to turn. They can look down and see that the right ski is pointing to the left and vice versa. So I tell them to tip their shoulders toward the ski they want to use to make the turn. This overcomes the counter intuitive problem of explaining use the right ski to turn left.

[@MrArunasB]

Briliant, one more way to use for students who dont get basic explanation

[@Triggerboy62]

Absolutely great coaching. I have to use that also. Thanks. Cheers, Tom

[@pauldunphy8790]

Nice tip/drill. Watching the video I realized it has another great benefit for all skiers. It makes them look further ahead. Beginners want to look down at their skis and can be oblivious to their surroundings and it throws their balance off too. While intermediate skiers do look up, they often don’t look far enough ahead. This drill requires them to look several turns ahead. As a result everything slows down visually, giving them more time to process information. When everything feels slower, they’re comfortable skiing faster.

[@Triggerboy62]

Great tip. Yes, it really helps them take their mind off their skis and immediate surrounding. And also take their mind of what to do. They relax and do not cramp up and hesitate. Exactly what puts them in a defensive state of mind and in the back seat other vise. Its really a double benefit. Thanks for pointing it out. Cheers, Tom

[@dumbear169]

Most simple explanation of carving I’ve heard. Can’t wait to try it.

[@derrick_ahsam]

Same!!!

[@kee-hyunpaik7849]

As a lifelong snowboarder switching over to skiing, your videos, not just this one, has provided the clearest explanation of how to ski. The two sport should at a low level, function identically yet on virtually all videos I see on KZbin, the most ass backward explanation of how to ski is presented. Your instructions on the other hand are immediately comprehensible. You approach ski instruction by stating the overall goal of moving one's CG around to actuate the controlling edge. Then you go about explaining how to achieve this goal! This makes understanding and trouble shooting on the slope easy. Rather than (a la - most other info available) listing a bunch of end actions to take with no consistency. With this, one has to wonder if one is following (indeed comprehending) the instructions correctly or not. Thank you! I am so happy to have found your channel.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thank you so much for such good words on my videos and my teaching. I have had thousands of lessons and students and found out that you only need a few fundamental blocks of technique to build on. And everyone over time develops these techniques and perfects these skills to poses their own unique personal style. Like you, coming from a snowboarding background will greatly impact your skiing. Great! Without snowboarding we would not have carving or phat off piste skis. Cheers, Tom

[@Aditya-fv9xv]

No matter how often or for how long I ski, sometimes it's simply coming back to the basics that help me progress further. I think this video serves as a good reminder to go back to the easy blues and do this until I master it! Thank you for the video! Also the camera work looks great! Compliments to the camera man. P.S. I just came back from a race today and couldn't finish because of the ruts. Would be great if you produce a video dedicated to skiing ruts.

[@MultiLjolik]

One of the most useful drills to use after the ACL replacement when your brain doesn't allow just to put weight on your ski. The masters drill:)))

[@Triggerboy62]

Absolutely. Great drill for getting realigned and tuned in. Cheers, Tom

[@Jason-yr2xv]

Love the creative drill. Beyond pleased to have the music back, it was like “music to my ears”!

[@Triggerboy62]

True Bradly Cooper and Lady Gaga vibes here.... thanks :)

[@sunmand6136]

Awesome coaching - lean opposite to turn. Light bulb moment ! Upvoted.

[@Triggerboy62]

Wow, thanks and thanks for watching. Yes, lean in opposite direction. I was skiing today for the first time this season and basically all I did was practice this move. Glad I was able to switch that light bulb ON! And that is all I ask for, even if its only one person I can help, it was all worth it. Cheers, T

[@sunmand6136]

@@Triggerboy62 No, Thank you Sir. I am learning so much. Your videos are done in such a warm and kind manner. It is refeshing. Also, your video on cold feet is a revelation.I suffer from cold feet and have actually had to give up skiing because of that. I am goling to use everything you mentioned in that video to save my skiing. I am banking on your advice.

[@Dr.Twisty]

Excellent video Tom! And thanks for bringing back the great music!

[@Triggerboy62]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and great to have music lovers on my channel. Cheers, Tom

[@GrossglocknerPonthu]

Dear Tom, you cant imagine, that your work how many helps give me to be better skier and ski instructor. Best for you, Zsolt

[@Triggerboy62]

Thank you very much. So glad to have been of any help. Cheers, T

[@AkatarawaJapan]

Chris has developed wonderful precision and flow over the years he has been featured in these videos. Kudos.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for watching and yes, he has developed a lot over the years. Hopefully we can do some serious racing soon. Not much time for that sofar. Cheers, Tom

[@BettyXu-bd4dy]

Very clear instructions, and I can't wait to have a try.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom

[@user-ub4mb8ld7j]

I want to thank you very much for the advice I received from you. It helped a lot! and was extremely effective. I felt I had more control and stability and balance. Thank you ! 3:01

[@Triggerboy62]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching. Cheers, Tom

[@dariuszs4290]

Your ski course is beast I've found, greatings from Poland

[@Triggerboy62]

Awesome! Thank you! Cheers, Tom

[@juliancousins]

Excellent again, thanks.

[@Triggerboy62]

My pleasure!

[@Youreout]

Been doing this drill since the 70's. Nothing new here but it's a good one!

[@Triggerboy62]

Yeah, nothing new. Thats what Im trying to bring the ski community. Im trying to bring back the good old stuff that many have forgotten. Old and new. A mix of what I think is best practice. Cheers, Tom

[@MrDogonjon]

It's right out of "The New Way to Ski" 1957 Willie Schlifler. My favorite ski resource.

[@ardenpowers7730]

Excellent !! I love the way that you showed angulation in the execution of the basic wedge. This is where it all starts ! Some instructors that I know don't fully grasp this and teach it . . .

[@Triggerboy62]

Exactly. So many do not understand the importance of angulation and outside ski pressure. They put too much emphasis on twisting and steering and all that crap. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom

[@MrDogonjon]

The wedge is angulation. When you learn this first progress happens otherwise you stall at level 4 or give up never skiing again.

[@bleuet45]

Great fundamental excersize👏

[@Triggerboy62]

Thank you and thank you for watching. Cheers, Tom

[@danjones6872]

Great video!

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks!

[@florin9868]

great lessons

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks!

[@snipo39]

This was great, cant wait to try it out

[@Triggerboy62]

Good luck!

[@rickschnellmann2316]

Tom, that's a great idea for helping people learn my airplane drill, I'm stealing it. 👍

[@Triggerboy62]

Rick, thanks for watching and its an honor to have you watch my videos and use any of my drills. This is a truly awesome effective drill. I love it and use it every day I teach! Cheers, Tom

[@vladdutz20]

Greetings my colleague, i can now call you that, because i started working as a ski instructor too 😁

[@Triggerboy62]

Hello there fellow ski instructor! Great to hear from you and thanks for still watching my videos. Cheers, Tom

[@4dogsannacat]

Excellent progression!!!! I must do this with my level 3’s and level 7’s.

[@Triggerboy62]

Wow, thanks and thanks for watching! Yes, it is super for all levels. Cheers, Tom

[@MrDogonjon]

I teach this to other instructors to get them to level 6.

[@Triggerboy62]

@@MrDogonjon wow, good to hear!

[@Statek63]

Nice to see you again 🙂

[@Triggerboy62]

Season is hectic and we ski almost every day. Now I was on sick leave due to a flue for 3 days and had the time to pull that video out of production. Cheers, Tom

[@Turbulencemode]

Great vid keep it up

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks, will do!

[@kuanjuliu]

You finally drew the whole banana! Such a small thing, but it made me smile. Yesterday I noticed my 6 yo - who I originally taught to ski with a “banana” and reverse airplane based literally on your videos - started practicing wedge turns after observing other kids doing them in a group lesson. I never taught her to snowplow because she actually couldn’t do them when she was younger. She has never needed to snowplow to turn, but I didn’t stop her from practicing because it is a good skill to have. Not 30 seconds later she started practicing one-ski drills (again, not something I ever taught her). I’m thinking some day she could use an instructor like yourself, Tom!

[@Triggerboy62]

Wow, thanks for sharing your story on your daughter. Sounds like a perfect alpine skier. If she keeps it up she will never need an instructor like me :) Hahaa... thanks for the nice comment on the banana. It actually turned out pretty well. Too bad I didn't think about it when I made the 3 Levels of Carving video. Cheers, Tom

[@MrDogonjon]

@@Triggerboy62 I had a student 4yr old who showed me how to do an early weight transfer then she returned , requesting me so she could teach me how to do it so she could see it. My best ski lesson stories are about phenomenal children who changed other peoples lives by skiing well.

[@Triggerboy62]

@@MrDogonjon Nice story, thanks for sharing. Yes, Ive learned so much from kids when it comes to ski instruction. And had so much fun. I feel sorry for everyone missing out. Cheers, Tom

[@Filippo4362]

Hi Tom, great video (as always) and great channel. I'd like to ask you about one thing always related to outside ski pressure (more balance maybe). I'm having troubles finding a narrower stance in skiing (i mean hip width). Besides the usual and very useful one ski drills (es javelin turn) i think that shifting weight and edge differently might help to slowly overcome this problem. Right now I'm focusing and starting to shift the weight on my inside ski while is still on its little toe edge, by doing this I feel I have the majority of weight there right at the flattening moment and it's there that I can tilt my ankles and knees (i think also feeling big toe edge of outside ski pushing against the but helps with fore aft balance). I've been told (and believe so) that a better weight shift will help me narrowing the stance but I also believe the opposite, a narrower stance is going to help on ski balance. I'd like to hear your opinion about this balance/wide stance matter. Thank you so much and keep on with great videos 🙂.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thank you for watching and for sharing your thoughts on the topic of stance width. Did you ever watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmGwn2WfiMeSisU That helps a lot but can be very tiring. I use it myself sometimes just for checking my parallel stance and simultaneous ski management but also on students, primarily when racing juniors. Better such. As it is a bit tricky. As what comes to your question, a more narrow stance will make it easier to balance. As you use your feet to stand on and your upper body balancing movements to balance with. You do not balance with your legs or feet. You are in fact shifting weight by upper body movements. If you have a narrow stance these movements are more subtle and they are quicker. A quicker effect. If you stand wider you need bigger balancing movements and its slower. And you end up standing on your inside leg more often, if not all the time. Try it on the floor right now. Stand up and try a wider and more narrow stance. Cheers, Tom

[@Filippo4362]

@@Triggerboy62 Thank you Tom for the response. I think that the wider stance (meant as skis are not touching each other anymore) created more monsters than intended. I watched the video and as soon as I have an empty bunny hill I'm gonna try it. I also think this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jICQq4mYeZKFkNU by Paul Lorenz is very useful. Another exercise might be to start a turn with a wedge and slowly becoming parallel, the better I am at doing this slowly the easier is for me to come back to a narrow parallel stance without falling on the inside ski. Cheers from Italy.

[@MrDogonjon]

@@Filippo4362 Do wedge turns where you lift the inside ski but keep it in the wedge while turning.

[@jianshen9348]

Dear Tom, I find find one video clip where you mentioned which machine type (Perhaps Sony XXX) you used for filming. Could you please which video recorder you use?

[@Triggerboy62]

My main camera is the Sony AX700 after the AX53 broke. AX53 has a super stabilizer and a nice zoom. The AX700 has always on 100fps shooting mode, is ergonomic, great auto and manual modes, two card slots and is built like a tank.

[@cristianflorea-pg9mh]

Hey, Tom! What is your take on hip/lower back alignment in the saggital plane while performing this drill, as there seems to be a frequently occurring tendency to pull the pelvis back in an anterior pelvic tilt, which, in my view as a recreational skier, can be quite counterproductive? Many thanks! Greetings from Romania and keep up the good work!

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for the question. I actually think that wedging with a lot of emphasis on leg steering and pushing that outside hip forward is more prone to anterior pelvic tilt. However, if APT is a problem then it will be a problem with lots of different techniques within alpine skiing. There are lots of KZbin videos and info on the net how to deal with that. Chris older brother battles with this condition but he has done much progress. Cheers, Tom

[@cristianflorea-pg9mh]

After watching this video it doesn't even make sense to push the outside hip forward or or to try steering that leg in order to turn, hip angulation while wedging seems much more effortless and effective. How about adding in some knee angulation with the turning leg to get a feeling of its effect on turn radius?

[@radarcontact349]

Great video, Tom. I've been trying to find a carving video you made a while back, depicting sitting in the 'toilet seat' and using this position to really improve your carving... can you direct me? THANKS

[@Triggerboy62]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXZlHmfft6SbZYsi=dg3ifiq5X2WuC2N5

[@MrStanleysiu125]

Thanks Tom! One question, the carving device CARV suggests the outside foot is taking almost all the pressure (vs inside foot) when carving around apex. Do you agree with that? If that’s the right way of best carving, why many of the great carvers’ inside ski seem to have shuffling up same amount of snow ( which suggests there is some pressure on inside ski around apex)? Should I work towards 100 ％ outside leg pressure? Thanks!

[@Triggerboy62]

My CARV results from a high IQ session suggests that I have 61% of my weight on my outside foot but that my pressure smoothness is 87%. I have no definite answer for you. The steeper and more difficult terrain you are skiing on the more two footed is your stance. So it will vary. In optimal situations you should be able to momentarily hit 100% for optimal edge hold but also for perfect balance. Everything less radical and important should be more two footed. In drills we usually wobble around when putting 100% of our weight on the outside ski as in the Javelin Turn Drill but the drills is meant for you to find your balance. Cheers, Tom

[@MrStanleysiu125]

@@Triggerboy62 thank you very much, that's what i thought, can't always put 100% pressure just on the outside ski but i will work towards having more pressure on the outside ski.

[@vin9222]

Im a self taught skier and I skipped the wedging part as a kid. I started to put more effort on my skiing a few years ago, took my first skiing lessons, and I soon realized how much skipping the basics have slowed me down. I had developed bad habits and its very difficult to undo them as a adult. I highly recommend taking a few skiing lessons, even If you think you can ski, having someone to check your techique will help you a lot.

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for sharing. Yes the wedge is super important :)

[@MrDogonjon]

I have colleagues who teach direct to parallel. I never have results with them and their progression stops at level 5. they teach direct to parallel because they can NOT do a wedge turn demo. they ski poorly off piste and bumps? I won't take them there.

[@anshikagupta6958]

Thank you, Tom for posting these helpful videos. I'm having difficulty figuring out what to do if I reach the end of a mountain slope and become stuck sliding sideways. While skiing down the mountain, I can control my inside leg to prevent falling, but I lack confidence in relaxing my inside leg and using my outside leg to change direction. As a result, I can't turn and end up sliding sideways, which can be physically challenging and painful if I stay in that position for too long. I've thought about trying to change direction before reaching the end of the mountain, but what should I do if I do end up stuck? Is it a good idea to move towards the back gradually so that I can get more space for turning, and if so, how can I do it effectively? I'm seeking advice on how to handle this situation as it is currently a challenge for me. Thanks!

[@Triggerboy62]

If I read you right, you can ski down the slope but as soon as it flattens out you have a problem with going straight forward? Instead you skis start to slide sideways? I think it can be related to the gear you are using but also, you should not try to go straight forwards as modern skis are not made for this. They should be turning all the time. So you should be doing exactly what I am teaching in this video. Use your hips to gently point in the direction you want to turn. Cheers, Tom

[@anshikagupta6958]

@@Triggerboy62 Thanks

[@MrJegerjeg]

In a couple of weeks I will put this into practice!!

[@Triggerboy62]

Great, report back. Cheers, Tom

[@42specialboy]

In one of your videos you mention you SL ski length, but I can't find it. What would you use for masters SL racing, and how tall are you? I'm 5'9, 70 kilos, and raced as a kid. One of if my coaches is suggesting a FIS 165, but I'm leaning towards a FIS 158. Currently, I use a fairly soft carver - fischer curv Ti - 13 meter radius, 67mm waist.

[@Triggerboy62]

I am 6foot2 (190cm) and around 95-100 kg. I am skiing with the same skis as Chris. We are using Atomic 165cm FIS. I have also been skiing with the shorter 157cm skis but gone back to the longer ones as the length is not a problem. They are much more stable and have better edge grip. It's all in the technique. I see this very clearly with our juniors. Once they step up to use the longer ones they look like proper ski racers and beat guys like me easily. I think we have a video on our channel where we compare 157 to 165.... let me see if I can find it.... here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmKkdX5vZ7JpoZosi=LDtd5fHBhYMDbgWE That is a short GS course made for SL skis. It is a popular race format here were we have short hills. Mimics a one course parallel slalom course. I would go with your coach recommendation. And remember that you are going to ski for many years to come and its a good ide to start with what is standard. Then you know how it works and if you feel you need shorter, next time buy shorter. Or try to test. Note that one hugely overlooked thing is the binding and the plate. Not sure how it is with Fischer, they use the Tyrolia binding, but you need to have a proper plate and proper binding. All the off the shelf wannabe racing skis with a cheaper plate and binding with dins going from 6 to 12 for example are too flimsy. You need a rigid WC plate and metal housing binding. They are sturdy and firm. I once bought off the shelf Völkl GS skis with 18m turn radius meant for the general public (the real things were 188/27) and took the plates off and put Marker Piston plates and Comp 20 bindings on them. They were fantastic skis for Club GS racing but for national masters GS races the FIS skis were better. I lost many years of good masters racing fooling around with shorter skis. Now Im injured and probably not going to race masters anymore. Life is short hahaha.... didnt they tell you :) Anyway, sorry for such lengthy answer and if you have any more questions please ask. Im here to help you all I can. Send me video of your skiing and I will take a look and give advice. Cheers, Tom

[@nikolausulreich1547]

For me still the trickiest part is to keep the middle stance over the outside ski and the trustment of tipping in.

[@Triggerboy62]

Yes, it feels a bit shaky to tip into the turn. Incline into the turn. Build angles. But thats what carving is all about, daring to tip in. And if you are not familiar with the hips go into the turn and your upper body goes out its even harder. Thats why so many never learn how to carve properly. Cheers, Tom

[@samyeoski]

Hi Tom, when carving is there anything you are thinking about with your inside ski / leg when you are approaching higher edge angles? Particularly in the transition and before the fall line

[@MrArunasB]

I twist my foot up and pinky toe light feel of ski egde very minor pressure if thereis at all,only weight of your leg, ist more like feel inside ski gliding together with outside ski. Some decribe that you need to push your knee against the hill, but for me twisting foot in, creates the same as you would push your knee but with less weigt on inside ski

[@Triggerboy62]

I did the video Patience a while back. Also the Google Ski video. They both aim to give you cues at the top of the turn. At one point I was focusing too much on getting high early edge angles with the result that my skis started to turn too soon. Thats why flexing through the transition helps because you are very close to the snow and as you extend and your skis start to turn you are already half way down. MrArunasB also gives good advice here. Thanks for that by the way. I love when other viewers chime in with thoughts and view points. Absolutely great advice. Twisting at the ankle is the correct move to tip that inside leg into the turn. Cheers, Tom

[@MrArunasB]

@@Triggerboy62 Yes Tom you right about too high early angle, but it depends individually, as for myself I was too slow and to get early egde was still wery important for me , but later when I became quick with it, I started geting same problem as you. But lately I managed to control ealy pressure, by controlling pressure I can avoid too snapy ski turn. It actualy took me some time to figure it out. Basicly, I put my skis quick on as high edge as possible but I stay relaxed longer. And with this tool I think I have more options while being in the turn. But it quite advanced move as I said it took me some time to get it right. It also depend on the skis, ski tuning is a must on base bevels.

[@MrDogonjon]

I worry my inside ski sprays snow all over my outside leg up to the knee.

[@willgoldsby4544]

Are you based in Levi, we are going there for 10 days for new year. My younger daughter enjoys racing, she isn't the fastest but she likes the social side and has a big grin on he face while doing stubbies. I get her to watch your videos while driving to training.

[@Triggerboy62]

At the moment we are not based in Levi but we ski there a lot. Please email me at [e-mail] Cheers, Tom

[@user-op5tp9kd3v]

Special thanks for the best music...!!!

[@Triggerboy62]

You are so welcome. Someone requested it so I let it play almost the whole video :) Cheers, Tom

[@walterpasciak63]

I would like to see a video that explains the difference between cross - over and cross under. Is flexing at the top of the turn the same as cross under? Is up-unweighting at the top of the turn basically cross over? So we want to get to the corner of the rectangle. Do we retract the skis in a cross-under move?

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for the tip. I will put that kind of video on the to-do list. A up-unweighting transition is not really a cross over. There are debates of course but the common definitions used are cross under for a flex through the transition in a low squatted position aka Outside Leg Flex/Retraction vs a cross over being a Inside Leg extension transition where you are tall with both feet extended through the transition. Cheers, Tom

[@MrDogonjon]

cross over/ under is a can of worms... avoid opening that can. Early weight transfer is good enough.

[@Triggerboy62]

@@MrDogonjon yes, it is a can of worms. I use a cross under when describing a retraction transition.

[@stopdripping6388]

great video, thank you..are you still training some professional skiers ?

[@Triggerboy62]

Thank you for watching. Not training professional skiers at the moment. Just club level and potential FIS. Cheers, Tom

[@impact0r]

What do you think of Atomic Club Sport 130 boots used in this video? I am a 95kg intermediate training for advanced, and consider swapping my Hawx Prime 120 for these. Not sure if it is worth it.

[@Triggerboy62]

Hi, thanks for watching. These are not Club Sport but Redster WC 150 and 170. If its worth it is hard for me to advice you on but the Club Sport is a "real" racing type boot and it will be much more responsive and exact. The Club Sport 130 will also probably be much more stiff than the Hawx Prime 120. Not a bad thing since you are quite big and like to ski fast. The down side will be comfort. The Club Sport will be more narrow and it will be colder. Harder to put on and take off. Cheers, Tom

[@impact0r]

​@@Triggerboy62 Thanks for responding! Of course these are WC boots, what was I thinking :) The red-wine brackets misled me as these look the same as recent CSes. I am aware of most of the characteristics of CS vs Hawx, with two exceptions: 1. You said CS will be colder. Are you sure about that? I had a chance to compare (at home) the look and feel of the inner boot between my Primes and Club Sports, and the later are far better made and feel thicker and nicer, too. Since my Primes are super-tightly fit (height-wise, width-wise they feel a bit loose after thermal-forming and 20 ski days) to my foot and I absolutely have to use the thin and uniform sock, and sometimes get cold toes, what you wrote makes me a bit worried of toes getting numb out of cold. 2. My arch is high, and my bridge/instep is particularly high. Even with the best possible technique (pulling the boot shell to both sides and and up in the bridge area), it causes my Primes to be very difficult to take off (putting on is easier), as my foot gets stuck at the bridge part. Oftentimes, the shell edge digs into my foot and some temporary pain is inflicted. That's the other thing that makes me hesitate to step up to CS. The plastic in CS is different (pure polyurethane and thicker) than in Haws (grilamid-polyurethane for less temperature-dependent stiffness) so I am not sure I can draw conclusions on how CSes would behave after 5-7 hours of skiing in sub-zero temps.

[@MrDogonjon]

Opt for softer flex but a closer fit. Plug shells take a genius boot fitter... there are very few and far between

[@kkrsnn5632]

He's alive, he's back 😁😁😁

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks for waiting around. Tom

[@kkrsnn5632]

@@Triggerboy62 great content worth the wait. I was just practising some carving and skiing with the low position, guess where I saw the video 😎

[@dj_617]

As always, I liked this video. learning to balance over outside ski is such a crucial part of skiing, not only of carving. I also like the fact that you demonstrate how fundamental the snow plow is. I only but wholeheartedly disagree with your remark that edging starts from the hips. Edging is a separate movement from the feet and (to as degree: knees). Starting edging from the hip may lead to hip dumping.

[@Triggerboy62]

Yeah, you might be right. However, we first need to drop our hips as far into the turn as we need because when edging and turning sets in then dropping the hip lower becomes more difficult. Maybe edging is the wrong word. First we need to build edge angles. Then comes edging. When turning sets in then also edging becomes present. What do you think? Cheers, Tom

[@dj_617]

Well I see your point. It may be a matter of perspective. I see that initial move as pulling your outside leg back just behind your hips for turn initiation. The result is the same: your inside hip gets forward.

[@dj_617]

Tom, I have been skiing this week in Austria and I must admit that I now understand your idea of edging start from the hips. I think you are right.

[@sk-sm9sh]

I feel that my flexibility might not be good enough to carve effectively as I struggle to create angle between my body and skis. Is it possible or is it more likely I'm just doing something wrong?

[@Triggerboy62]

Flexibility is important but not crucial for carving. There is a good chance that you are doing something wrong. Please send me a video on email and I will take a look and comment. Bending sideways at your hips for tipping your skis on edge and carve does not require any flexibility. The range of motion is very small. Wedging is much more demanding in that sense. Watch my 3 Levels of Carving video, level one. The drills. Cheers, Tom

[@osps187]

what % is ur ski trimmed at? im always wondering how poeaple like you keep grip on icy pists . nice video 👍

[@Triggerboy62]

Thanks and thanks for watching. Yes, we have great grip on our skis. We are skiing on the Atomic FIS 165 SL skis and they come standard from the factory with a 0,5deg base edge angle. We never touch the bases on our racing skis or even our training skis before we get new ones. In rare cases when we do we take them to a pro shop and they shim the bases with a 0,5deg base edge angle. Same with our GS skis. Our side walls we tune to 87deg on all skis including SL, GS and SG skis. The bases on our SG skis we never touch. Just wax. But more important than the degrees on the bases and the side walls are that they are sharp. We tune our edges after every training or skiing session. We use a machine of the brand Carrot but you can do it by hand. Cheers, Tom

[@bertrandrussell2549]

@@Triggerboy62 Hi Tom, my skis are set at 1deg base angle, do you think I should grind them in serviceshop and set them at 0,5deg?

[@MrDogonjon]

I ski my skis dead flat sharp all the way tip to tail... just for fun. Detuning and beveling are adaptations to compensate for technique.. simple is better.

[@ridercanada1]

Hi Tom. Can I send a video of me for your comments?

[@Triggerboy62]

Yes, send it to [e-mail]. Im swamped with work but will try to make time for motion analysis. Please state your KZbin user name in the mail as well. See you soon ;) Cheers, Tom

[@marttufn6292]

I have been trying this but i never tried to let my inside leg to bend and thats why I felt like falling every single time when I did this leaning thing

[@Triggerboy62]

Wow, good that you managed to find a solution to a problem by watching this video. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom

[@marttufn6292]

@@Triggerboy62 where do you do your skiing videos btw

[@mal38dimi]

I tried this but the skis start parallel and then become in a wedge position.. I find I have to angle my feet to try and get them to parallel but this really strains my feet and they get fatigued after 2 cycles of turns

[@Triggerboy62]

Hmmmm..... did you watch my wedging videos? This drill stems from the wedging drills. However, if it doesnt work then try other drills. 3 levels of carving is a great video for carving. Or send me a clip of your skiing to [e-mail] for personal feedback.

[@dj_617]

Waiting for JB91710 to tell us all this is wrong 🤣

[@Triggerboy62]

Hahaaa... he is booted twice already so not likely to step in anytime soon.... But I enjoy his input on other channels :) Cheers, Tom

[@dj_617]

Yes they are hilarious. He has banned me from his channel but we can still kick his ass whenever he posts somewhere. I know that it is a waste of words but I see it as a pastime. 😅.

[@davidbeazer9799]

I was scrolling down looking for JB91710 and found your comment! Hilarious!!