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C is for Carve
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

A carved turn is one where the turn is made purely on the edge of one or both skis. The movement through the snow is purely in the fore/aft direction of the skis, with no lateral component.
The mark of a carved turn is in the thin groove cut into the snow by the edge of the ski, with no spray coming off it.
It is also a very silent turn, because of the efficiency of it, and the minimal and precise amount of ski to snow contact involved.
... oh, and they feel soooooooo good when you nail them! Laughing
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

I agree with that.

30 years ago (exactly) my trainer Ali Ross - who was an early advocate of steering skis from the knees ("point your knees the way you want the ski to go" he used to say) - explained to me that the discipline of powder skiing is that the ski must be carved.

"Because you can't skid a ski when it's under the surface - it won't go sideways" he said.

I haven't seen Ali for a few years, but I remember him being understandably very excited when 'parabolic' carving skis came in. Just tracked him down .... here:
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