Mike
2010-08-27, 16:10
I recently came across a discussion on "steering" & "carving".
Here below is an extract explaining the difference :
Steering is a blend of twisting the foot and tipping the foot.
Less tipping and more twisting leads you toward the pivoting end of spectrum.
More tipping and less twisting leads your toward the opposite end of this spectrum which is carving.
A lack of twisting and dominant amount of edging will more or less produce carving.
A minimal amount of edging and maximum amount of twisting will produce pure pivoting where there is no change in direction of the skier.
Everything in between can be classified as "steering", where there is some blend of the two actions.
Ideally, the twisting input will place the axis underfoot rather than toward the tips or tails of the skis. This implies the ski tips go down the hill and the tails the opposite direction. The difference between excessive skidding and functional steering is skidding generally demonstrates the tails being displaced laterally much more than the tips and is very much a braking manoeuvre.
Steering on the other hand keeps the skis on a curving arc and yet creates a steering angle where the tips are inside the path of the feet on the snow and the tails are outside the path of the feet on the snow. The skier can change the skill blend anywhere along this spectrum to create a greater or lessor steering angle to the direction of travel.
As stated earlier the more twisting and less edging the greater the steering angle and the less twisting and more edging the less steering angle. A true carved turn has minimal to no steering angle present. The tip, waist, and tail pass through the same point on the snow in a carved turn.
Therefore, most turns are steered to some degree.
Steering is the most effective means of controling speed while turning. It's a skill that every learning skier should first learn to do.
You can turn as sharply as you want when steering, an attribute that carving does not possess. You can ski any turn shape at a great range of speeds, and as slowly as you like when steering. When carving any particular turn you have no control over the speed you travel; the shape of the turn, steepness of the slope and nature of the snow dictate to you how fast you will go.
http://www.yourskicoach.com/YourSkiCoach/A_Revival_of_the_Steered_Turn.html
http://www.yourskicoach.com/YourSkiCoach/Life_after_carving.html
For full discussion, please refer to http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/87113/steering-versus-carving
Here below is an extract explaining the difference :
Steering is a blend of twisting the foot and tipping the foot.
Less tipping and more twisting leads you toward the pivoting end of spectrum.
More tipping and less twisting leads your toward the opposite end of this spectrum which is carving.
A lack of twisting and dominant amount of edging will more or less produce carving.
A minimal amount of edging and maximum amount of twisting will produce pure pivoting where there is no change in direction of the skier.
Everything in between can be classified as "steering", where there is some blend of the two actions.
Ideally, the twisting input will place the axis underfoot rather than toward the tips or tails of the skis. This implies the ski tips go down the hill and the tails the opposite direction. The difference between excessive skidding and functional steering is skidding generally demonstrates the tails being displaced laterally much more than the tips and is very much a braking manoeuvre.
Steering on the other hand keeps the skis on a curving arc and yet creates a steering angle where the tips are inside the path of the feet on the snow and the tails are outside the path of the feet on the snow. The skier can change the skill blend anywhere along this spectrum to create a greater or lessor steering angle to the direction of travel.
As stated earlier the more twisting and less edging the greater the steering angle and the less twisting and more edging the less steering angle. A true carved turn has minimal to no steering angle present. The tip, waist, and tail pass through the same point on the snow in a carved turn.
Therefore, most turns are steered to some degree.
Steering is the most effective means of controling speed while turning. It's a skill that every learning skier should first learn to do.
You can turn as sharply as you want when steering, an attribute that carving does not possess. You can ski any turn shape at a great range of speeds, and as slowly as you like when steering. When carving any particular turn you have no control over the speed you travel; the shape of the turn, steepness of the slope and nature of the snow dictate to you how fast you will go.
http://www.yourskicoach.com/YourSkiCoach/A_Revival_of_the_Steered_Turn.html
http://www.yourskicoach.com/YourSkiCoach/Life_after_carving.html
For full discussion, please refer to http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/87113/steering-versus-carving