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>and yes I mean 99% In which country? I thought carving was relatively popular with locals in the Alps (Switzerland, Austria, etc). At least it looks like that

• Zironic 2y ago
  Carving is extremely popular in Alpine skiing. The thing to keep in mind though is that a perfect carve on a perfectly sharp ski means you are literally ice-skating downhill. That means you will go very very fast, much faster then most people are comfortable with on the harder slopes. So what people do is instead of carving perfectly, they deliberately slip to create some friction and slow themselves down.
  • npsimons 2y ago
    > So what people do is instead of carving perfectly, they deliberately slip to create some friction and slow themselves down. As an amateur alpine tourist who is deathly afraid of that feeling of "loss of control" from incredible downhill speeds, this is exactly what I do. That said, I'm here reading because I want to know if the heuristic for sharpening changes when A) one is mostly off-piste (rock, hard ice, etc) and B) really want those edges sharp for ungroomed (ie, icy) slopes.
• huskdigselv 2y ago
  I have skied in USA, Sweden, Norway, Austria, France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy and Canada, and honestly only a small percentage of people actually know how to carve. The exceptions are mostly the kids/adults that have done racing or the intermediate ski instructors. The truth is that carving technique is just very difficult and more importantly counter intuitive and thus people simply do not learn it on their own as they stop doing ski lessons once they can skid steer, as to many they think this is the same as carving.