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those skills should know every carver and youre trying to tell me, you were not familiar with it?

@@pliskind He is familiar with the skills you need as a carver, he is not familiar with this drill is what I am reading. I also consider myself a skilled carver, but I have never seen this drill before. I will try it next month on my ski vacation and see how it goes

Glad you enjoyed it!

when should you angulate?

Thanks so much!

Good connection

Thanks and hello back to you!

You’re welcome

Wonderful to hear Steve. Thanks for sharing your results.

Awesome, thank you!

Hope you enjoy it!

Thanks Ed

Great to hear!

Glad it was helpful!

thanks user-cq6kb1rh1u, that totally doesn't read like an advertisement

You will be a believer when you try the drill. Credit where credit is due. Let me know if you find a better online resource.

Glad you enjoyed it

Let us know. Ive had a lot of people try it and have built breakthroughs in one day

Thanks, will do!

No worries

Let us know how you go!

All the best

Yes it was!

Thanks for the comment. Glad youre enjoying it!

He was so happy

Thanks Mark. Looking forward to it. Not sure if you’ve checked out my site but I save the best stuff for on there. Lots more on everything. Big picture because I think people should know the whole aspect of skiing including equipment, body prep and psychology.

How cool! Tell him I love that he’s doing this from watching the videos and to keep it up!

@@Bigpictureskiing I will definitely tell him that Coach Tom says to keep it up! He is going to a new ski area for the first time tomorrow and excitedly came to tell me all his bags were packed, he said his goal is to keep working on 180s and his carving skills. P.S. The video where you taught the lady how skiing on one ski would boost her ability really affected him, that seems to have been a turning point for him. I didn't push him at all, he just started doing it.

Wow, the effect of Big Picture Skiing on kids seems to be not a coincidence, then! My 6yo started one-ski skiing on her own as well, also based off my mutterings from Sam Robertson’s Emma videos. She actually got *me* to do it. Too bad our season ended before she got to try the hand drag drill (luckily, I did, to thrilling success!), but she’s bound to be doing ninja sessions of it next winter I’m sure!

@@kuanjuliu Yes, there is going to be a whole new crop of great skiers that will be able to trace their beginnings to these videos. Wish we had this when I was 7!

@@SkiProgression I wish I *started* skiing at 7! 🤣

cool thank you

Yes the Fischer Curv in a 185cm would give you the stability and confidence to lay it right over. Awesome ski

@@Bigpictureskiing Thanks ! Will look into it

@Bigpictureskiing Having my inner battle between the Curve vs RC4 Worldcup CT M/O-Platte. Same price atm, have you skied the CTs?

I like this and it is also something I think about too. I also like to focus on standing up on/extending the uphill leg before and into the transition.

Its not a hop, but a pop (ie the flexed ski pops like a spring when unweighted). A poped ski does indeed get you on to the other edge quickly. A carved turn never requires any "help" from steering.

Just tried this this morning AND IT WORKED. My reaction when it finally clicked was just like Eric's: utter amazement and exhilaration. So to answer my own question: I've been able to achieve 80º or so degrees in the past as one-offs, but I've never been able to successfully maintain average edge angles beyond 55º during a run. But just a couple runs of the drill (and a change-up of equipment, see below) and I started being able to predict when I was going to produce higher edge angles, and had a run with an average of 63º. Sadly the day was already warm to start with and by the time I got really going the snow had became too soft, but there was no question the drill was a success. I had been taught previously not to try reaching for the snow as it would cause me to lose angulation, i.e. pressure against the snow. But without inclination, the high edge angles simply wouldn't be produced, so ... glad you produced this to burst that myth. FYI: I had to use my more flexy skis with 12-meter turning radius (Head Supershape e-Original) or else I'd run out of trail doing the J-turns (I'm in Massachusetts and was skiing at Wachusett).

That snow just will do that. Not ideal for higher edge angle turns more so for short turns and bumps. At least that’s what I like to ski when the snow gets that way

Awesome Russel.

Oh sorry about the timing. Ok carving skis. I’d say look for a medium radius (15-17m radius) and around 170-180cm. The longer the more stable. So depending on your height and weight. I really like my 175cm 16m radius skis I use here from Fischer. Im 179cm tall and weigh 73kg

I was on the slope last week! I wish I had watched this video before that :(((( Though, I felt it was easier to increase the edge angle on the steeper slopes.

@@Bigpictureskiing Great video Tom. That smile on his face says it all. Advanced skier but not a great carver. Can I expect similar results from a 102mm reasonably stiff ski? 18m radius. Heading to the mountains next week. Thanks

@@reddottx no not from those skis. Rent some narrow carve skis 70mm underfoot or roughly there. 14-16 m radius too

This is a 15.5m radius 175cm ski. 66mm underfoot so narrow. I find people are on too wide skis these days and it stops them being able to learn to carve. Sure if you’re already and expert it’s fine but mastering carving you want a narrower ski. 12-18m radius in there somewhere and 65-80mm underfoot max!

@@Bigpictureskiingthis is the 100% correct answer. Wider skis are very fun and can allow for a higher edge angle before you boot out, but the transition between edges is much slower and can take more width to get there. Start narrow and then work your way wider.

Hahaha, hey maybe in spring just as the snow goes from frozen to corn snow. That slight melted layer. PERFECT for this

Size and weight dependent. But shorter makes it easier. I typically ski 180-185, but on 177 I can lay it over way easier.

@@alexnelson8 Thanks for the length.. But what I was asking for was what size WIDTH (Underfoot)

@@eddiealberton he’s on a 175cm, 15.5m radius, and 66mm under foot. He recommended narrow carving skis around 70mm and 14-16m, shorter makes it easier.

A little late to the party, but this is not creating steering in carved turns. This is still "pure" carving. We can see inclination and angulation as dials that can be adjusted independently based on speed, terrain, turn shape, etc. A common issue with these intermediate to advanced carving skiers is that they over angulate. This comes from learning to carve and learning to activate all of the lower joints when we are learning to carve. The reason that the coach wanted to increase inclination and reduce angulation in the video is because both of these skiers were relying too much on angulation for their edge angles. This puts their bodies in a weaker position without having the joints "stacked". That is why they could carve well on lower angle terrain, but when the forces increased on more difficult terrain they began to "fold". By aligning the joints you can achieve the same edge angles with a stronger body position, thus allowing for more performance. Now, here is where it is important to see inclination and angulation as dials. If you try to carve the same turn on low angle terrain with less speed and the same amount of inclination as the students were learning to use on the steeper high speed terrain; you would fall over. Same goes for if you are trying to do very short radius turns while relying heavily on inclination as opposed to angulation. Inclination is simply not going to let you move fast enough. I learned from a very talented course conductor to think of it this way: "Angulation sets the theme for the turn, inclination creates for the fine adjustments within it."

Shoudlers level with the slope is just a general cue. It is often helpful at the intermediate and advanced stage of skiing. However watch any good skier getting higher angles and the shoulders are not level or if they are its at phases where the skier is coming out of the turn. Not increasing the angles. Decreasing them.

Watch the whole thing and then comment is what I’d suggest. It’s a drill.

Your “driving inside knee” a la Deb Armstrong is fully compatible with this drill, just as any other method of pressuring the ski at apex. I know, because I also practice that method of “stacking” myself over the outside ski - but I also know that I was too scared to try for higher edge angles because I didn’t know how to approach the aggressive inclination (not angulation) needed. This drill changed all that - but I still “sprint” at the apex!

And I would note the the “long leg-short leg” is much more apparent at high speed/high slope angle. In general your downhill/outside let’s knee is still bent, NOT LOCKED OUT, but that the inside, driving knee is bent slight more to ‘get out of the way’ of the high edge angle of the outside ski.

Perfect video for me. I'm a master at carving until things get too steep for my 60 year old legs.