How to Ski With Control | Improve your stance and Carv scores with @InspirationalSkiing

Want to build control and balance on snow? It's about being forward right? - Well, not quite.

This video will help you develop control and improve your stance on skis with Janus Hecht from:
@Inspirational Skiing

Whether you are a strong skier, or an intermediate who is learning, follow this advice to level up your Ski:IQ score - focusing on those difficult balance skills.

If you're a Carv skier, check this out to improve start and end of turn balance metrics.

Janus gives us a few things to try at home to understand what an athletic stance feels like - you can do these exercises with your Carv units. He takes us to snow to push our technique even further with drills to level up your balance.

We hope that you enjoy the video and it helps you take your skiing technique to the next level.

Where did you get the data in the video?
We often get asked to show how Carv's technology works in practice. In this tutorial, Janus Hecht, Danish Instructor Examiner is using Carv's Digital Ski Coach in his boot to give a real-time feed of his balance on every turn.

Carv is an ultra-thin sensor that fits in any ski boot. Janus is using Carv to analyse his pressure and motion live - so he can get objective data to dial in his balance. We've pulled the app screen out in the video for you.

"I improved my Ski IQ by around 10 points but far more importantly the knowledge of what I actually need to improve on in real time (for me, Balance most of all) was amazing." - Carv customer

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction to using your feet for control
0:45 - Balance with Carv
2:16 - Try at home: Develop your balance awareness
3:55 - Drill 1: Shuffling drill
6:00 - Drill 1: Shuffling variations
7:18 - Put it into your skiing
10:00 - Lesson recap

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Janus Hecht @InspirationalSkiing - Danish Instructor Examiner
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[patrickreid]

Great graphic of the CARV insole through the turn, explains it all.

[howardxhong]

The pressure map in this video has helped me to understand how my feet should be positioned during the turn. Great video! Please show more videos with the Carv pressure map. Thank you!

[CarvSki]

Do you struggle with finding that perfect balance? Let us know in the comments if you want more content like this?

[jathompson]

Starting my 3rd season with Carv. This is the kind of content I’ve been waiting for! Love the addition of the pressure graphics - it makes it so much clearer. 👏👏👏👏👏

[labibnader]

The pressure scheme that Janus showed, sums up all the ski technique. It s the Bible that every skier should follow.
Its the measurement of the turn quality in a scientific manner.
👍

[susanbaum]

Just started learning 🎿 at age 50 this season. Managed to ski green run comfortably. Already have ski fever! These tutorials are so inspiring! Can't wait to get back to slopes to try!!

[ewallt]

Very interesting concept. He didn’t talk about getting the pressure from the heel back to the front of the foot as you end one turn and start the other, which is the more challenging part. You can see he retracts his feet as he transitions, which reminds me of flexing and extending in the bumps.

[jarredhampton]

Would love to get a breakdown of Janus's setup in this video! Gloves, coat, pants, helmet/goggles!

[bonnaud_dowell]

Excellent video. Super clear and interesting

[KarmaofOminit]

Thanks for the tips!! Have a great ski season!

[Capo]

Liked your shuffle exercise too. Thank U 4 sharing✌️

[kuanjuliu]

It’s very revealing when James says you lose forefoot control if you’re too far back AND if you’re too far forward.

Is the latter because excessive shin pressure on the boot causes the forefoot to rise and the pressure to go back to the heels?

[LisaIntheWoods]

Thank you so much for the video, it has solved my problems which I have been struggling with 👍🙏🏻😁

[kevinmurphy]

Hi - I think this vid is excellent — I have the carv insoles — but am really struggling with the correct fore/aft — should my feet ideally have equal pressure right across the ball and heel please - and if yes do I achieve more forward stance purely from ankle flex — thanks — Kev M

[rogerpalin]

It’s impressive how you get your weight so far back and all your weight on your heels, combined with folding at your waist to offset this. Is the locking of your ankles normal or an advanced element of what you’re doing?

[C.Hawkshaw]

This might be weird but it reminds me of the Rick Gore horse training videos I watch where if you have more control of your horse, your movements to control him are smaller.

[MrZebanHai]

I will have to try out the shuffling turns the next time I make it up to the slopes. As a beginner I find that the most difficult thing is how to get that inside ski to remain parallel with the outside ski because my weight distribution is so heavy on the outside ski. Maybe being too stiff in the ankles is part of my problem? Thanks for the video!

[fourftr]

Here in the great state of NH your getting me excited 🍺🇺🇸

[pamelawolfe]

I can barely get any blue on the sensor map unless I stand on one foot and put as much pressure as I can. Then I can get about six dark blue and one black dot. I only weigh 118#, but this seems odd. Do you think the device works?

[SeanG]

The shuffling version of only shuffling the outside ski, to me seems counterintuitive as the outside is the one that should be taking the most pressure?