How to Carve on Skis | 5 Tips & Drills for Beginners / Intermediates

In this how to carve on skis tutorial, we start out teaching you how the ski carve through the snow. Then we show you some beginner to intermediate drills to make your first carved turns on skis. As we move through the ski tutorial we make it gradually more difficult and add some theory along the way. Come here and learn together with us at our Ski Technique Camps: stompittutorials.com/camps/
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Understand | How the ski carves
01:40 Understand | Skidded vs Carved turn
02:42 Choose good terrain | Green or blue slopes
02:59 Traversing | Feel the side cut
03:53 Traversing | How to make a J-Turn
05:58 Railroads | Roll the feet, ankles, and knees
08:00 Carved turns | Achieve critical edge angle
08:35 Carv | Critical edge angle data
10:34 Carved turns | Improving the transitions
11:41 Carved turns | Combine inclination with angulation
12:38 The Mad Angles | The Final Frontier
13:36 Enjoy your new skills | Draw beautiful lines
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[@midengine8576]

Your mustache is great also good video

[@larsnilsson4010]

Credit to the camera guy who has excellent control on both ski angles and camera angles.

[@Matt_S5]

Best video I’ve ever seen on carving. The explanation of why the ski is shaped the way it is really helps.

[@jazzpote4316]

Hands down the best carving explanation I've ever seen, it finally makes sense to me

Amazing tutorial! I’m 32 and started skiing 2 weeks ago! First time I went alone following your video with advices for the first day. Helped a lot! Second day I went with a friend who used to be a ski instructor and also helped a lot. Just came back from my 4th day skiing and I’m already able to control my speed and do curves without carving as I wish. This video came just in time to start practicing carving. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@StompItTutorials]

That is awesome! I am so happy to hear about your progression. Well done and keep learning :)

@@JB91710 thanks for the tips! Heading right now to the slopes :)

[@neinsager3236]

@ Did you make it? I am in my fourties and wish to learn how to ski but I am a bit afraid of the speeds shown in the video. Good luck to you.

[@Tobenatorr]

@@neinsager3236 Once you start to get onto your edges more, you actual gain more control even at the faster speeds. That's why those edge angles are important. The edges grip the snow and give you control even at higher speeds. I'm also still getting into carving and the few times I've felt the edges catch you maintain control. Just remember to go at your own pace though and keep improving

[@Gottenhimfella]

@@StompItTutorials I think this was well explained and demonstrated. I like that you led the students into making a simple carve without overanalysing things which happen naturally (like the pressure building up) I particularly like the way you later on introduced "toppling" by getting them to soften the inside leg. I do find it helps a lot of people if I get them to start that softening from the very top (the _gluteus maximus_ ) down, as opposed to edging, which ideally happens best from the bottom ( _ankle_ ) up, as you explained. Many people do not think of their glutes as part of their leg, but it seems to me the upper leg cannot be relaxed when the glute is tight, and the hip articulation will remain to some extent blocked.

[@Goodoo4U]

Excellent advice! Really looking forward to improve my carving on the slopes in a few weeks!

[@StompItTutorials]

Awesome :) Where are you going to carve up the slopes

[@libbad7419]

@@StompItTutorials I was in pain making turns. Even when I loosen my boots. Nothing helped. Why do you think this is?

[@Peter-ui6ey]

Same, except it's in two days instead of a few weeks.

[@siebebakker6957]

@@libbad7419 I had this problem before, I think the main cause is too loose shoes and cheap one size fits all hire shoes. Maybe try and hire a higher quality boot. Another other thing is that ski boots don’t feel nice when standing up. If you have the right boot your toes will touch the front of the shoe when standing up but when bending your knees it should fit normally. Hope this helped sorry for my bad English (I’m Dutch)

[@Starach]

Great advice, and very slick editing. Not flashy but really enhances the lesson you're teaching.

[@failure4]

Been skiing for 9 years, just found out about carving. This helped me a lot, now I can almost touch the ground :D

[@theguru83]

One of the best videos to learn carving!! Thanks for making it easier to learn with drills. I’m looking to improve carving on steeper turns and this video helped me understand the science behind it, so now I know what I was missing :) Keep it coming

[@ElongatedLength]

Not only one of the most informative and helpful ski videos, but one of the most informative and helpful videos. Thanks for passing on the knowledge!

[@sas6045]

This is one of the best video that I found on topic of carving. Thank you so much! The style of the teaching is great and easy to follow and the exercises and also ideas (skiing artist!) are so great and enjoyable. Thank you so much once again and keep up the good work!

[@paulwhetstone0473]

Great tutorial!!! I especially liked the toppling technique, the various edge angles starting from the foot and the full body angulation using the hips for steeper slopes.

[@lalvarez1990]

Awesome video. I have been religiously consuming all the Stomp it Tutorials I could watch over the last 3 weeks and now going to try out what I've learned in Colorado. As someone who taught himself to ski as a teenager, I learned so much that I wish I knew before. Can't wait to put this in practice!

[@MichaelBrooksDr]

Brilliantly written, edited and easy to follow! Perfect pace of information! I started carving last season and have had more practice this year.

[@anastasiaparasaki7381]

You make everything seem so easy-and not terrifying! Love love love it!

[@jaksapopovic1911]

Guys, you are amazing.. I listened to many of your advices and improved my skiing literally within two days, and I rode carve skis for like 9 days in total - basically a beginner. After following your instructions I feel like I am almost intermediate.. Neither piled up snow nor ice on red tracks are scary for me now, I really started to feel like I am in control of both speed and direction. Tnx a lot guys, next year I go to venture on black tracks following your guidances :)

[@evelyntran2627]

This was SUCH a great video!! Helped me understand so many little components of skiing that I have been trying to grasp. Thank you!

[@sprintermaximus]

So glad to he re learning this. Had an ACL tear 12 years ago, and never got the confidence back again. This helps a ton. Cheers.

[@craiggregory5106]

Top advice. I've watched loads of carving videos and this is the best by far! I'll be trying it all tomorrow!

[@ClimbingEasy]

Hitting the slopes today with my 1st set of skis (Rossi S7, got them used for a good deal) and sooo stoked to learn more and get better. Video downloaded for some ski lift entertainment!

[@AndrewRCoulson]

Superb instructional video. 1 single goal (carve). Scaffolded tips from J-turn on up. 1 single body-command per skill/drill. Top notch production. Engaging instructor :) THANK YOU

[@drewmac2573]

The cinematography and drone shots are great, nice work Jens.

[@StompItTutorials]

Thank you Drew :)

[@fredfras]

i gotta say, really great tutorial, i've been skiing since i was 1 year old and i do races so i dont really need it, but i gotta say i really enjoy watching all your videos, made really well and fun to watch, keep up the good work

[@whitewalker608]

This is the appreciation comment for the cameraman. Doing a great job! Especially during the front shots.

[@kevinmurphy8644]

Prob the best carve instruction on utube - thanks soooo much

[@no_way_to_exist]

the best channel about skis I've ever watched! profound instruction, thanks!

[@wanderer5200]

Great lesson. Good visual aids. Thank you for sharing.

[@petercutler3136]

This is absolutely terrific content. Thank you sooo much.

[@edjack1993]

Great description of the best way to ski the piste! 👏🏻

[@andrewbaldwin7728]

Easy to follow instructions, really made a difference and helped enormously. Thanks!

[@stfcycles1]

Best explanation found on video !!! Above all, the ski on the table at the very beginning thanks 👍👍👍

[@ralphbaez6164]

Great instruction...will definitely help me get to the next level 💪

[@chacemill]

Going skiing at my favorite small Michigan ski place tomorrow and am very hyped because we’ve recently been getting lots of snow so it should be better turning and more fun. Sometime it seems like you’re skiing on ice and sand up there cuz they sometimes have too much fake snow fake snow but its always fun

[@jimbinger]

Graet advice. I've always wanted to learn to carve but didn't know how to build toward it. Thank you

[@GarethDix]

I love the way you explain this! Also why I loved last years camp and coming back again this year!

[@StompItTutorials]

That's awesome! Thank you gareth :) Looking forward to have you back soon.

[@dennisopanasenko3605]

The best ever tutorial!

[@junglist_matty]

It's just wonderful..... It's more wonderful than the skidded parallel turn!

[@lanilum3834]

That was super helpful and very informative. Thank you!

[@pranavmalavalli5582]

Great advice! Going to work on my carving this week at Taos!

[@PepeVega]

This video is sooo useful. Thank you so much!

[@marcofilippetti]

Amazing videos, I am really learning a lot from them, thank you!

[@SeongkuanWang]

Wow what a spectacular video! Clear instruction, amazing editing, even the music was perfectly timed! Bravo! I subscribed immediately!

[@Rocstoneau]

That was the best lesson ever! I'll try all that tomorrow. :-)

[@zachbrad4446]

Really cool bro thanks for the advice!

[@bartekbgraczyk5574]

This video is awesome 👌 So easy and effective,

[@forrest1092]

I Love this video on how to carve!

[@hughshrive6995]

Brilliant advice

[@Eric-Marsh]

Good instructions. I'll try them tomorrow.

[@roykale9141]

mad angles was new, thank you!

[@lorcanbyrne2990]

Can’t wait to go skiing thanks for the advice.

[@StompItTutorials]

Any time! I wish you prestine slopes when you do :)

[@michaelespeland]

Excellent production value and informative content!

[@nickvanderwaterful]

Loved this video!

[@braydenr_777]

This guy is the kind of skier I would love to meet on the lift or when I fall down or something. He seems like a really chill dude!

[@StompItTutorials]

Well just come to a camp ;) See you later /Jens

[@braydenr_777]

@@StompItTutorials I would love to but I can’t afford to go to Europe, rent gear, and buy a lift ticket yet. Maybe in several years when I’m an airline pilot. See you there!

[@jssteele9777]

Where are your ski camps for 2025

[@rzufvideo]

came here bc of bent chetlers 100 review, stayed for these tutorials and other 'how to's'. Very impressive videos, and the camerawork too!

[@CalebM16]

This is a great video it helped me with me a lot.

[@JLclickk]

just came across this video AFTER I came back from my ski trip :( I skate a lot, and ski much much less, and after watching your video realize that I keep doing skidded turns as opposed to carved turns... now I want to get back up on the mountain and try this out!!!

[@andriyvasilchenko3783]

Perfect.

[@reddottx]

Very nice skiing at the end. You don’t look like some of these carving robots we see on the interwebs. Great introduction with the geometry of the ski. Thanks.

[@DanA-fk6tl]

Great stuff mate! Excellent instruction. Thank you. Very clear explanation of how the ski creates different radii. This is going to help my daughter visualise what she's aiming for. God I've missed skiing!

[@ryanholland9348]

Agreed, a great explanation of the change in the skis' shape that creates the turn, rather than changing the direction.

[@sebatorresAg]

Amazing…this video si really professional ..

[@yasnak1977]

Thanks for your tips

[@galatians22122]

Awesome those are my skis!

[@gogglebro9421]

Jens, well thought out and presented material. Stationary toppling movement demo was excellent explanation of how it works.

[@StompItTutorials]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@chrismoseley3742]

another excellent video from Stomp It, any chance you can do another focusing on mad edge angles, how to get in that position and maintain it please?

[@Alireza-yv6kx]

Thaaaank you do much bro this video do helpful 🙏🙏

[@EdenRichie]

This helped me a lot😁😁 thank you I know how to ski now

[@mbal4052]

Thanks for the video Jens, I’ll forward it to my friend who is learning. 😁👌🏻

[@StompItTutorials]

Your welcome :)

[@mattzaleski6983]

Hey, love they way you always explain everything in a way you do, ive skied for couple of years and im sure you had a huge impact on it, I'm always wondering if there's home moves or exercises (without the actual skis on) that can help specially with carving? Would love to see a video like that from you if thats ever possible 👌

[@mattzaleski6983]

@@JB91710 Wow thats awesome, I actually stood up to read all that 🤣 Im just gonna try these tonight, Im going skiing again in 2 weeks so all that will come handy Thanks a lot. Love you guys 🙌💪

[@Cameron-ue7lu]

Thank you, great tips and moustache. Can you please tell us more about extending the uphill ski on the traverse which can be seen on all good skiers, and how and when this is important? Cheers!

[@jakswa]

Been skiing off an on for decades and have developed bad habits. I have been skidding to turn. Always! I always seem to be burning out my legs on greens/blues when others are controlling speed more efficiently. I think it's a hard to see problem, that hasn't been brought to my attention across a few instructors. Big thank you for this video, showing the ski shape + carve angles, and demonstrating a more efficient turning style that I need to be relying on more.

[@yanlizkurt2741]

Thank u bro, Soo helpfull

[@alpinesnowboardfan5369]

Nice tutorial ! 👌

[@hjallegd]

Nice editing!

[@eddiebalisto]

Damn bro. I wish I could take a class from you. Excellent content.

[@qwie100]

Thanks for making such awesome videos! I went skiing for the first time yesterday and was doing skidded parallel turns on intermediate runs in no time in powder (ungroomed local hill). The instructor said they've never seen anyone pick it up so fast, but it's all thanks to your videos and how you go into the dynamics of each skill. Just picked up a season pass/rental and will be heading out every other day!

[@StompItTutorials]

That is awesome! I wish you a great season. Keep learning :)

[@orik9107]

This dude is the definition of a ski god.

[@slowgold20]

Really good advice! I was essentially trying to do this yesterday on piste, but after a day of rain. The surface was very hard and icy, and I found myself only be able to skid turn. Any tips?

[@nikalobjanidze5302]

you are amazing bro

[@judychen7074]

This is explained super clear! I'm going to try this weekend when going skiing. I'm terrible at feeling the edges. Question, when try the cross over and J turns on the flat, in order to make two clean lines, we need to put pressure on both skis to create similar angles, right? I tried this before and found my outside/downhill ski makes clear track, but the inside track is either no or flat. I guess I focus too much on putting my weight on outside ski which causes this to happen, correct?

[@stevena8649]

Nice explanation of how it works

[@StompItTutorials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eagledove9]

At 9:20 and around there, 'controlling the speed' is really important. I am at beginner level. When I took a skiing class years ago, I got overconfident, and I went down an intermediate hill, and didn't know how to slow down. I ended up going over all the moguls or bumps straight down because I couldn't go side to side anymore, once I was moving too fast. So I did a somersault and lost all my skis and poles (and I found out just recently, this is called a 'yard sale' when you lose everything and other people have to pick it all up for you). That gave me a couple of injuries that I can still feel, decades later, some problems with my hip and shoulder. So yeah, learning how to slow down is the most important thing that I want to know how to do!

[@LaltorOnline]

I think what's more important is learning how to fall, if you can bail comfortably at high speeds you'll be able to stop and prevent injury when you lose control (which is going to happen to beginners)

[@jasonleftwrightleftsnowspo307]

Nice video! Great camera work to

[@Tobenatorr]

Great advice. I am trying my best to get on my edges more. It's just trying to convince my body to lean more onto those angles that's the tough part. My feet tend to want to stay flat or not get much edge angle.

[@matt_vx1153]

i tryed it to i can roll my ankles and stuff easily well not moveing but when im moveing i just cant anyway how to fix this

[@deborahpoliti1063]

Great lesson ! Nice start of the year!:)👋🏻

[@StompItTutorials]

Happy new year and thank you!

[@deborahpoliti1063]

@@StompItTutorials Happy new year you too !

[@imfamemitotero7171]

Buen trabajo chavalón

[@TheMaisiemay13]

Delivered in a fun and simple way! Loved it!

[@Rafael-sg2tc]

thanks!!!!!!!

[@felixmartial95]

great!

[@iNoobishh]

Love your vids! Would it be possible to make one for advanced skiers aswell? :)

[@StompItTutorials]

I just got home from carving hard with a few friends and one of them trains the instructors around here and we talked about having him come on the show and improve my carving.

[@iNoobishh]

@@StompItTutorials Sounds great. Thanks for the effort! :)

[@bobcoggin4618]

Brill 👍🏻

[@JuanJimenez-li5dx]

Mad Angles!!!!

[@lawrenceporter7753]

great video, my issue is on steeper runs I can turn one was (left) but have to hop up to pull my ski around when I try to turn righ

[@mattandbethboughan3]

Love your tutorials! Where was this video taken? Looks like a pretty cool place!

[@StompItTutorials]

Laax :)

[@gatticusfpv3174]

Most excellent. Although I generally avoid telling newbie carvers about toppling as you pointed out it can lead to falling back and inside. Patience at the top of the turn is very important. So lots of folks think high edge angles come from driving the knees and ankles over at the top of the turn when really extension flexion and fore aft balance are far more important.

[@gatticusfpv3174]

@@JB91710 That's where drills come in real handy. I could talk about it all day but most people don't like that and it doesn't give them a point of reference. Pivot slips and carved garlands are great for building the patience and subtly of extension along the skis at the top of the turn. Side slips to carved traverse using more flexion than edging is great for getting a feel of how to flex through the bottom of a turn into the transition. Skiing with both ski poles on the ground can also do this as well as force a longer stronger leg through the apex. Lots of options. I'm just saying coming from a race background you spend far less time working on extreme edging than you would think. Carving the middle and end of a turn isn't hard and most people can get it. It's the top part that's hard when there arent any turning forces on you. Hence pivot slips to get you used to small edge movements just enough to flatten the skis while moving forward along them. The most common tendency is to not have patience and just immediately roll the knees inward at the top of the turn. But this results in no longer being stacked over the outside ski.

[@gatticusfpv3174]

@@JB91710 "No drills are necessary" -- If you aren't drilling or doing a demo, static or otherwise, then how exactly do you teach without "just describing the results"? "Everything a person needs to know about skiing from beginning to racer, can be explained in a way that they can understand and remember in 5 minutes." -- Right, then why do snow sport athletes spend the better part of a lifetime covering this stuff over and over again? Race training is mostly just going over the fundamentals again with a much finer comb. "Four levels of certification?" -- In the US where I'm from there's only 3 levels. And yes level II & III are pretty tough to get but only in comparison to I which is basically just show up and pay attention. I fully agree instruction is expensive AF and the PSIA could definitely try harder to reduce the costs. In the US I get shit on for being a full blown lefty commie pinko but having gotten my level III I can definitely say its not a racket. You really don't want to teach skiing the way you are taught to get certified but it does provide a very robust educational backing to how skis/snowboards work on a biomechanical level. In the US you don't really get paid more for having a higher cert or being an examiner at least not enough to offset the costs of skiing and travel so examiners are not wealthy from doing clinics they just want to progress the sport and pass the torch. "To spend almost $1000 for skis and bindings and then Forcing the skis to turn doesn't sound like a good value. Plus, pivoting your feet without having your upper body in the right place will not put your weight and balance on the correct ski." -- You don't seem to understand what a pivot slip is or what it teaches. To do a proper pivot slip you HAVE to have your upper body in the right place. And the whole point of it is to show with proper weight distribution, body alignment, and forward extension along the ski you don't have to force the skis to turn at all, they will naturally seek the fall line and do it for you. Another way to do it with beginners in a wedge is to simply have them extend along the uphill ski as they weight it and it becomes the outside ski and have them wait for the skis to naturally turn towards the fall line. So we always called it a patience turn. Of course this leaves out the upper body since its done for beginners in a wedge. You can weight a ski all you want and have proper upper body position but if you don't get weight on the front of the ski, also known as the shovel, nothing will happen. And since you are moving this means moving your center of mass along the length of the ski throughout the top half of the turn. "Wrong! There are absolutely turning forces available provided by Nature all through the turn." -- Yes but considerably less than at the bottom of the turn. And to the point you can only use those forces when you are already hitting a pretty high speed. Hence why a lot of racers use speed as a crutch and get lazy. Having a too much of a build up of turning forces at the end is a good way to muck up transferring momentum into the next turn. Creating more forces at the top helps even it out making for cleaner faster arcs. This is why I mentioned carved garlands. When you weight the uphill ski and roll the ankles to carve the skis into the fall line your hips will ultimately be downhill from your feet which will result in you falling over to the inside. This why you need to extend the uphill leg along the length of the ski to generate pressure to keep the weight on it before the turning forces do it for you. The extension has to happen at exactly the right timing with the tipping of knees and ankles. This is so subtle and changes so much depending on speed, snow type, and terrain there's no way to "teach" it. Its something you have to feel from lots of trial an error. Since garlands are so slow going across the fall line from a stop there are almost no turning forces to help you like in a normal turn. This is way more fine grained than what is required for recreational skiing but racers absolutely need to perfect it to maintain control over their turn shape at race speeds. "That was a waste of the skin cells on the tips of your fingers." -- That was just a drill that really helped me personally and a variation of the pole drill that was demoed in this very video. "In the time it took you to write that, I could have taught everything a person need to know from beginner to expert instead of just describing the results." -- You can't teach skiing from words alone no matter how concise you may be. Otherwise getting good would be as simple a matter as reading the PSIA technical manual which is far longer than a few paragraphs. And the time it took me to write that is like maybe a run or two for a first time beginner lol. I absolutely agree (again lefty) learning to ski is expansive as hell and a BIG chunk of the cash goes into instruction. Which is why I really really appreciate videos such as this one. But at corporate owned ski schools associated with big resorts most of the money does not go to instructors. Which is why I always advise if you have access to a privately owned concession ski school you go that route. Its still expensive but the profit margins running your own ski school are not great so usually the owners are pretty passionate about snows sport instruction themselves. And FYI PSIA stands for professional ski instructors of America and is part of the interski league which aims to standardize the instruction of skiing and snowboarding across N. America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. So the PSIA instruction method is not much different from the rest of the world. However I will be the first to admit PSIA is not the only way to do it. There's a local ski hill here that teaches the PMTS (or primary movement teaching system) method instead of PSIA. PMTS was created by a single man, Harald Harb. However it relies even less on concise verbal or written instruction and favors nothing but simple drills that ramp up in difficulty. The main difference with PSIA is that PMTS is a straight to parallel system with no snow plow/wedge. It uses very effective drills to force beginners to immediately ski parallel so wedging is only taught as a stopping method in a lift line not to control speed on the hill. And I agree modern day skis are expensive and a marvel of engineering. They practically turn themselves so there really isn't a reason to teach the snow plow if it can be avoided. But 10 minutes to turn someone into an expert? Time it took me to write this (not enough to be worth a damn lift ticket lol) is enough to teach everything up to an expert level? Oh and I love the nonsensical jab about describing the outcome without teaching even though apparently drills aren't necessary. So what then telepathy, cell memory transfer? lol. Come on man even if I knew nothing about skiing and had smoked all the cannabis in the world I would not be empty headed nor high enough for that to not sound like a wildly desperate exaggeration. If you can teach someone to be an expert in even less than a full day of skiing why the hell haven't you documented that shit and sold it like Harald Harb did? It would literally REVOLUTIONIZE snow sports like no one else has done in history. I wish that were the case I really do, would have saved me a lot of trouble.

[@gatticusfpv3174]

@@JB91710 "You have to prepare a person's mind for what skiing is, I mean Really is, which is three quarters of the battle." Yeah no shit anyone who's spent a couple of days on skis knows that. "That is pretty much not taught." Then why the hell is Maslow's hierarchy of needs and proper terrain selection one of the first things you are taught in clinics? "...get used to standing on one foot after the other while sliding." Yeah that's why one of the level 1 drills is to hop from one ski to another while straight lining on a gentle slope. "All these other drills throughout their progression just pull out a single part of a turn to focus on. When you took your driver's test, they told you to rotate the steering wheel to make a turn." That's because doing everything correctly the first time all at once is too much to process. Cars were designed to be easy to control after years of trial and error engineering and the standardization of roadways. "As an instructor, you should eliminate everything that a student doesn't need to focus on. i.e. The byproducts, of what they Should be focusing on." We pick teaching topics and drills precisely because that is what the specific student needs to focus on at the time. "Saying those words doesn't do that. That's why analogies are so important." Analogies are used all the friggin time. Every single damn instructor under the sun has used the bike analogy for foot to foot separation. This is nothing new. "Your hips will ultimately be downhill from your feet which will result in you falling over to the inside." youcanski.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/05/maier_gs_transition-300x180.jpg Where are Hermann Maier's hips in relation to his feet in the second frame? Did he fall over to the inside? This is not a half baked intermediate concept like everything you've presented. "That's why the focus of making turn has to start at your eyes and work your way down, not at your feet and move up." That's the first thing beginners do. Turn their head and upper body and expect everything else will follow. "They just describe what parts of the body Look or Feel Like. A student has to create an image in their minds of what they need to do to allow the skis to turn." Right a student needs to know what something is suppose to feel like when they do it correctly and incorrectly. Visualization is also important which is why a large part of the cert process is being able to demo things correctly so they have the image without convoluted analogies. Analogies are helpful to a point but they can also breed bad habits. Skiing is two footed like riding a bike but skiing as a whole is not like riding a bike. "When a student reaches to the side and drags their pole in the snow, sure, that will put more weight on that outside ski, and it will turn but what Defensive measures will the rest of their body do when they are in that uncomfortable position?" Again this for developing an advanced carve with lots of extension and retraction. Your head should not move upwards between the turn. So the deeper the carve the more you need to flex between turns to keep the ski poles on the ground. This is done with students that have already developed a quiet clam upper body with 100s of hours of practice. Nothing comes without lots of practice. "Oh, yes you can! In fact, inside the lodge is where ski teaching should be started with beginners and even all levels because understanding what skiing is more important than being on skis." The lodge is where you hear a lot arrogant gapers pontificate on what good skiing is. For most kids if you talk for more than a couple of minutes they are going to tune you out. That's why drills, demos, focused skiing, and yes analogies are ALL part of the repertoire. "Simply put, most instructors want a student to make linked snowplow turns as fast as possible, to prove how good they are and so the student has a false "Feeling" of accomplishment, but not safety!" Not they don't most instructors want to get their kids out of a snowplow as quickly as possible so they can ski some real runs. "In three minutes, he was doing technically correct parallel turns." Yeah I spent half a day in snow plow and then asked my dad if I could try parallel because it was hurting my hip flexors. After ditching the wedge I was doing half assed carved turns on day one. Its not hard to make modern skis turn. But if you are freaked out and in a bad head space skis don't turn themselves hence having an instructor guide the focus. Analogies are great if that's what the student needs but its not a one size fits all formula. "Conventional teaching methods couldn't have even begun in three minutes because that time would have been spent rattling off all those fancy words instead of getting to the point." Fancy words are NEVER used with children and yes when you figure out the right approach for the specific child rapid change can happen in seconds. It happens all the damn time in ski schools. "Ever see a student try to slow down using snowplow turns?" YES! That's why we teach a gliding wedge not a braking wedge along with shifting the weight from foot to foot to turn. So right from the beginning speed control is mostly done through turning while the wedge is an early supplement. Its impossible to forward on the skis in a braking wedge and makes turning really difficult hence extension along the length of ski. I don't tell children that I have them squat in the back seat and then lean forward while lengthening their legs while standing still so they know what it feels like. In a plow this would be rolling the ankles to the outside to flatten the skis which will pull your hips forward. That has nothing to do with your head or where you are looking. "I have watched his videos for years. He is by far the most successful skiing teaching bullshit artist ever!" Oh kinda like what you are doing by saying everything comes down to upper body position and weight shifting? Those are just the two most basic points and they might help you become an intermediate skier but no further. I'm no fan of Harb or PMTS I was just pointing out it was supposedly developed to help skiers make parallel turns faster, which I agree with you, should happen very quickly and naturally without a lot of fluff. But students can't do this without feeling more secure first. Focusing on the upper body and weighting the outside ski is great but if they are sitting too far back nothing will happen and they'll end up straight lining out of control. This is why focusing on the head first is absolute trash. Your head does nothing. I can be dragging a fist on the ground and turn my head completely to either side while maintaining balance over the outside ski. Most beginners don't have enough forward pressure. Which can be felt as cuff pressure on your shins. So that along with not bending at the waist is what they should focus on. "In skiing, they only need to know about the minimum they have to do to allow their skis to make the turns and slow them down. No focus on Flexion or Extension or Pressure of Transition or Apex or any other words" For absolute beginners yes absolutely. But beginner level skiing is a cake walk compared to beginner snowboarding. Its the easiest thing you will do. For advanced skiing not knowing what extension and flexion are would be as great a disservice to the student as neglecting to tell them what the fall line is. Almost nothing these days is engineered by a single person. Thus the vocabulary words used to communicate are very important. Its important in skiing too. Otherwise you won't know what half the people on the mountain are talking about even if they are trying to help you. "...instructor's inability to Keep It Simple and get To The Point!" That's why they tell you not to talk your student's ear off and to keep lesson plans simple and focused on the specific thing the student needs to do to progress. That's the whole damn point of learning how to teach a progression. But it doesn't happen in a day. You are absolutely crazy and screwing up people's ability to move beyond skidding down a blue run if that's what you think. "It's more, their ability to Bullshit. Me, I just get to the point and teach people. I don't have an entertaining bone in my body. Think of how exciting it would be to listen to an engineer!" Half of everything you've said is BS. And I've skied with a ton of engineers that are far more entertaining and better instructors. But being an engineer doesn't have anything to do with skiing unless you work for Doppelmayr lol. Entertaining KZbin videos are not that helpful in learning how to ski. Deb Armstrong isn't particularly entertaining but she's one of the best instructors and coaches out there. >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJKxkpZtfNtjmac Notice she's keeping things real simple? But its only one part of many. You can't describe advanced skiing in a day let alone get the student used to what it feels like. Its always good to know where you are going but you can't distill everything down into a few bullet points and trying to give a beginner the entire breadth and width of technique would be overwhelming and more harm than good. Thus things are broken up as stepping stones along a progression. Looking down the hill and shifting weight to the outside ski from turn to turn are also stepping stones and one's the typically occur fairly early in the process.

[@sarahkyle794]

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[@marcoeletti64]

Hi guys, nice video! I would like to start doing some freestyle and I'm looking for a pair of twintip skis that also allow me to ride well, fast and carve on the slopes (I'm an advanced skier). I've seen Armada ARV 86 and they look good but I don't know. Do you have any advice for me? Thanks a lot.

[@747Durango]

Good skiing and advice. How do you get a table outside? Where are the hoards? Is that Blackcomb Mountain?

[@carolinezhanglabwork]

Heyyy could you give a few tips how to carve on a free style ski? You have so many tricks videos but I find carving on those skis feel harder than my carving skis...

[@henriksimonsen2471]

When carving, i never seem to manage to keep my skiis\legs together because then i will always loose control\fall. I keep the pressure on the outer ski in each turn and the skiis are always far from each other, sepecially if the hill is abit steep. Do you have any good ideas\tips on how to master this?

[@robinfoshee4543]

Learning to ski on edge

[@phlack1001]

Great video. I intend to try some of these techniques tomorrow. Does this put a lot of pressure on the thighs? Right now they are sore from not doing carving (or doing it improperly). Any advice?

[@ran981248]

Check out the leg blaster excercise