Hello all. I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm in the right place. I've been skiing for 50 years (old schoool) trick skiing vadeling if anyone remeber what that is,lol.. Anyway, I want to learn to carve and have been geting caught between two styles....keeping my feet apart is tough. I have a pair of Blizzard Firebirds. Are these a little to agressive for me to learn on? I also have a pair of fischer MT80's. Any help would be appreciated.
New to carving
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PartyBullshiit
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14624152:Session said:
Accurate.
but just to annoy everyone check out the moment commander 92. Onsale atm too.
https://www.momentskis.com/collections/skiburger/products/23-24-commander-92
Koshermilk
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14624157:fabbe said:
Hundo agree
officechair
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This is the wrong forum. People here think park skis carve well.
OregonDead
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Takes guts to fully commit to a carve and most skiers don't have what it takes to really get all the way down. Hip dragging carves are something to aspire to. Pull it off on a monoski under the lift and you are going to feel like the king of the mountain and the people will love you for it.
Get something like the Coda V series or a Snowgunz G turn if you are ready to commit
Get something like the Coda V series or a Snowgunz G turn if you are ready to commit
JFU
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Stomp it tutorials have a few good carving videos for beginners/Intermediates. Nothing too advanced though. Deb Armstrong has some alright videos as well. Tom Gellie is alright too. I've also learnt some techniques just from watching the race club on my mountain. It just takes Mileage to get it down pat. A ski lesson to learn the initial techniques could be a good investment.
Both of those skis you mentioned will be fine to learn on, with the firebirds being the more 'advance' ski, performance wise out of the two. As long as you get familiar with the fundamentals you won't have a problem regardless of what ski you're on, you will just have to alter the timings of your learn and pressure etc. But keep in mind a small turn radius >15m does made it easier to learn to carve and a narrow waisted ski >90mm helps a ton which you already have.
I learned to carve on a pair of head v10's and I can confidently say I lay trenches on my QST 106's regardless of conditions.
A sharp edge helps a lot in icy conditions*
Both of those skis you mentioned will be fine to learn on, with the firebirds being the more 'advance' ski, performance wise out of the two. As long as you get familiar with the fundamentals you won't have a problem regardless of what ski you're on, you will just have to alter the timings of your learn and pressure etc. But keep in mind a small turn radius >15m does made it easier to learn to carve and a narrow waisted ski >90mm helps a ton which you already have.
I learned to carve on a pair of head v10's and I can confidently say I lay trenches on my QST 106's regardless of conditions.
A sharp edge helps a lot in icy conditions*