Skiing Tips - Are You Carving Or Drifting ?

Do you ever find yourself having to stop in order to regain speed control after just 4 or 5 turns in a mogul run?

If so, stop and look back at your ski tracks. If you see two sharp parallel lines in the snow it means that you were carving. And, if you were carving, that is most likely the primary reason you ended up skiing on the "edge of crazy".

Carving promotes speed and it is the polar opposite skiing technique that you want to use in bumps (unless, of course, you are aiming for speed - and are young, athletic, and have fast reflexes).

To maintain speed control in moguls you want to have less of an edge angle and allow yourself to drift down the fall line.

The bottom line: looking back at your ski tracks will tell you whether you are carving or drifting.

To your success in becoming a better mogul and powder skier.

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