Carving and Speed

Neiltoo wrote:

elgius wrote:carving ski's make intermediate skiers ski faster than their capabillity

isnt that the point of carving skis though?

I hope not! Learning to ski faster is great but surely skiing faster than you are capable of controling is dangerous!

Interesting thought though, maybe carving skis don't so much help you improve your skiing as help you go quicker with more confidence which is going to feel like progress.

It's tough though, I was just over in Grimentz and the pistes are in perfect condition, even on my big freeride skis it's fun to carve a bit and let the skis run a bit. Even on nearly empty pistes you've got to have your wits about you, any busier and it would be dangerous.

RossF wrote:

You are on a ski forum.. most of us manage a couple holidays or get our skiing fix elsewhere. Some of us live in the snow also

Is this a ski forum?? hehehe

I'm jealose, I'd love to be able to ski more often, I'm hooked. Funnily enough I live about 1/2 a mile from a dry slope (Wycombe Summit in High Wycombe) but it burned down a while back & they havent startyed rebuilding it yet.

I know, I know, dry slope isnt anything like a real slope but they are plannign on building an indoor slope (liek Snowdome) and also using snow cannons on the outdoor slope in winter so that you've got almost a real snow to play with. PERFECT! Just need them to get their arse in gear & build the bloody thing now

DUnno about the whole carving debate, but I know that I can have more fun, goign faster on bigger steeper slopes with more control if I use a carving ski than using classic skis

Cheers,
Lee