3 Skills for Better Carving | New Carv Metrics designed with Ted Ligety

Have you been stuck at a plateau and having difficulty progressing in your skiing? Then this video is for you.
In this video, Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Ted Ligety and Carv team up to bring you 3 new metrics for the 23/24 season that will help you ski more dynamically on steeper slopes.
To develop these skills, Carv worked with Ted, comparing his turns to Carv’s database of nearly 400 million user turns, to uncover the 3 most important parts of skiing, and convert them into 3 brand new metrics that you can use to improve.
Try them out for yourselves, and let us know your scores in the comments.
Ted and Jack are using Carv to get accurate feedback on their skiing.
With Carv you know objectively how you’re doing at each turn, and can see exactly where you need to focus to improve in your next run.
0:00 Intro
0:44 Skill 1 - G Force
3:04 Skill 2 - Progressive Edge Build
5:29 Skill 3 - Early Weight Transfer
6:51 Wrap Up
Music License: MB01HN5XM9FVGSM

[@localmotion34]

Wow is he good! Wow. Since getting the Carv inserts about 6 weeks ago, I have watched EVERY video you have out out religiously. This video makes me realize I actually didn't "get it" until skiing today with respect to the mechanics of carving, and feeling the centripital force when the ski edges are at the right angle, which then gives you the momentum to effortlessly let your skis glide back under you and then change edges and shift weight for the next turn. Once I felt that feeling today, I let it repeat over and over again on Active Coach and racked up 20-30 turns in a row for each category Active Coach was having me do. I must have earned more than 700 XP in 4-5 runs. You guys might want to think about doing videos of the "aha" moments for those intermediate skiers who start to "get it" and then watch them go from Ski IQ 100+ to carving cadet and beyond. Don't get me wrong, I love watching the pros shred and seemingly defy physics, but it's far more relatable for people using your inserts to see people like them crossing a threshold they are at themselves. By the way, your inserts are fantastic. I've only been skiing a total of ~4 seasons, and I can outpace my wife who's been skiing since she was 6!

[@CarvSki]

Thats awesome to hear - a big part of our goal with Carv is to shorten the feedback loop to get it as fast as possible, so I'm happy to hear its working for you! thanks for your kind comments on our vids and keep up the improvement!

[@patrickthompson5894]

Damn he’s so good

[@CarvSki]

So good!

[@PhilippeLarcher]

like a world champion or something xD

[@superior451]

I only got five days on my carve plates this year, and my goal was to get aus pisten In the powder that we had. But in between, I was skiing, with so much more self-awareness, applying these videos, and turn by turn feedback, I could see. when reviewing the previous runs from the gondola, like it’s different, and I think it’s a better way for me to ski on the slopes, and in the crud. I think it’s a better use of the strength and frame, it’s safer, it’s smoother. it looks better, more classic more refined. It’s definitely more control than chopping a turn on steep ice. In the context of other investments in time and instruction and money and also skiing with my 20 yo something kids. Carv and Stomp are keeping me interested. And I’m enjoying it.

[@CarvSki]

Carv + Stompit = a winning combo. keep it up

[@carlstewart8788]

Components to the discussion: ski turn radius. Desired turn shape. Steepness of the run. Hardness of the snow. These variables are Critical to the discussion. Things like : upper body alignment: like outside elbow held high vs low. Inside hand / shoulder rotation rotation. Outside ski weight/ pressure dominance.

[@atruewild]

CARV-ers, in the video, I noticed the CARV-GOAT (aka Ted) appears to be using adjustable poles. I'm enjoying CARV! Could you offer insight if Ted will modify pole length based on using CARV? Cheers!!!

[@CarvSki]

We can’t speak for Ted, but many high level instructors like to adjust their pole length depending on what they are skiing

[@PlaneImpactGolf]

In carving does inclination happen first than angulation to produce higher edge angles?

[@CarvSki]

You need a combination of both - but we’d say that angulation happens first, as you can incline until the forces increase - otherwise you’ll be on the inside ski

[@chrish7779]

Where was this filmed?

[@IslandGirl822]

Looks like Deer Valley

[@CarvSki]

In Deer Valley

[@cpemby]

6 G’s? This man is not mortal

[@CarvSki]

He’s a legend

[@albertmaziarz6739]

ligety you dont recenter to flat skis to accelerate out of turn to direct laine down falll laine you on edged skis on daiagnol forever

[@CarvSki]

Ted is able to flatten his skis really early in the initiation of the turn

[@SNiboDuh]

beer - suck