Carving - Snowboarding Forum

hikerman · 02-08-2013, 06:19 PM

What is carving? How do you progress from turns or "S" to craving?

guharon · 02-08-2013, 06:36 PM

Carving is turning on the edge of your board - it leaves a thin line behind on the snow, as opposed to that skidded S shape.

The most important, and overlooked, aspect of carving is having enough speed to actually initiate the carve. A lot of people complain that they can't get up on an edge, when they're puttering along.

baconzoo · 02-08-2013, 07:34 PM

http://www.snowboardingforum.com/tip...-carve-10.html

poutanen · 02-08-2013, 07:56 PM

This is carving...

This is also a good video to show the difference. Intermediate turns involve some sliding, while carving in it's truest form has NO sliding.

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guharon Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 51	Carving is turning on the edge of your board - it leaves a thin line behind on the snow, as opposed to that skidded S shape. The most important, and overlooked, aspect of carving is having enough speed to actually initiate the carve. A lot of people complain that they can't get up on an edge, when they're puttering along.

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baconzoo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Western New York Posts: 256	http://www.snowboardingforum.com/tip...-carve-10.html

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poutanen Resident Creep-o-saurus Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,466	This is carving... This is also a good video to show the difference. Intermediate turns involve some sliding, while carving in it's truest form has NO sliding.