sitting here turns learning to use your edges to carve it is really raining and

opens up huge fun on the mountain to start carving turns their two skills to

focus on rolling your knees and ankles and keeping your weight forward every

curve turn has three parts the start of each turn is the initiation most of the

actual carving happens in the shaping in the end of the turn is the finish where

you dial back the power to prepare for the next turn in the initiation phase

rolling your knees and ankles starts by pointing your knees down the hill and

rolling onto the big toe of your new outside Busch as you start to wait that

ski and engage its edge in the snow through the shaping of the term think

about driving you need toward the toe piece of your buying that forced

transfers through the cup of your boot and into your steam bending it and

curbing your edges into the snow

the more pressure you put on your boots the tighter your turn on steeper terrain

or a faster speeds you'll find a good card takes more effort by low angled

slopes it's more relaxed at the finish of each turn you release the pressure

you build up by rolling your knees and ankles upright again and shipping your

way to your new outside ski to prepare for your next initiation

keeping your weight forward throughout the whole turn is key to staying

balanced and in control what harming you kind of feel like you're squatting over

chair your knees are bent and your upper body is straight and slightly forward

staying forward means maintaining that position even as the slope get steeper

if you lean back especially on steep runs when you naturally want to use

these run away from you and you end up losing control in the initiation start

bringing your hips forward and down the hill as you shape the turn keep your

head and shoulders playing down the hill in the direction you ski or lower body

is twisting under you but your upper body stays still and pointed downhill in

the finish if you turn your upper body is still facing downhill but your skis

and your lower body reported across the slow this is a perfect position for

initiating an external there's a lot to think about when you start carving

keep practicing remember all your knees and ankles and keep your weight forward

throughout one turned into the next pretty soon becomes a rhythmic dance as

each turn initiates gets more powerful in the shaping and backs off at the

finish