Hey everybody, Scott Vail here. You are watching Expert Village. We are coming from Keystone Mountain, overlooking beautiful Dillon Lake with Breckenridge in the background. Today, we are going to be going over some advanced skiing techniques. Now before we get to actually carving on the mountain, here's a little back history for you. Carving wasn't originally invented with skiers. It was invented with snowboarders in Europe. However, skiers adapted this carving technique in the later years. Now, what you want to do for carving is, imagine that my skis are parallel right now; both tips are are here, parallel right now. When you are going into a turn, you are going to try to make a big "S" curve. Now, you want to make sure you get on your edges. You are going to do that by shifting weight. This kind of motion will put the weight on the edges of both of your skis. When you put weight on the edges of your skis, your skis are naturally going to turn. The more shaped your skis are, the more of a turn you are going to make. However, if your skis are smaller shaped, you are going to make smaller turns. The next thing I want you to visualize is body shifting. You've got to move your weight in order to move your skis. Now, what you are going to do is imagine I'm going to make a turn to going this way. So I'm going straight right here. My knees are bent, hips are down, leaning forward still on the fronts of my boots, I'm going to plant my pole, shift the weight and create a turn. Same thing with the other side; plant my pole, shift my weight and create the turn. While you are doing this however, you need to make sure that you are on your edges. If you are on your edges, the turn is going to be a lot smoother for you. The first thing I want you to notice is that the skis always need to be parallel. So, when you are going into your turn, you want to lean into it. Notice how the edges are on the snow. This should look like just two smooth lines when you are skiing. Also, put all of your pressure on the front of your boots. They buckle tight specifically for that reason. Lean down a little bit; not too much. The more you lean down, the more aerodynamic you become.
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