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Topic: Carve turn

	Tail carves and kick carves
		Bottom turns are turns in surfing that are executed at the bottom of wave faces.
		As in the kick carve sequence, the skater fades the board left to the side of the road while winding up his upper body to prepare for a right turn across the hill.
		The shape of the two turns is an S that is similar to a surf bottom turn and cutback.
	perso.wanadoo.es /longboard/carves.htm (948 words)

	How to Turn/Carve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Turning, also known as carving (because the edges of the snowboard carve into the snow), is the first step in learning how to snowboard once you have hit the ski hill.
		In order to turn on your snowboard it is all about shifting your weight from one foot to the other and from the heel of your foot to the ball of your foot and vice versa, depending on the direction you want to turn.
		If you desire to turn to the left you have to put your weight on the heels of your feet (so the front edge of your board is off the ground) and slide your right foot forward while turning your shoulders and your hips to the left.
	electron.cs.uwindsor.ca /websites/bradbu3/turning.htm (260 words)

	Snowboard Carving, Racing, Alpine Snowboarding - Boards, Boots, Bindings, Reviews: Bomber Online in Summit County, ...
		Remember, a carved turn happens when the nose and tail of the board (and hence your front and back feet) travel along the same path.
		When a snowboard is sliding and not carving, it can be reasoned that the snowboard is moving in a composite of two directions: across the hill and down the hill.
		Instead of letting the carve turn up the hill, lean out of the carve when you decide it is time to change edges.
	www.bomberonline.com /articles/feel_the_carve.cfm (914 words)

	Alpine Carving Technique - The Carver's Almanac
		When carving GS turns, avoid counter rotation by bringing your outside hand toward the inside of the turn, twisting your body to the inside of the turn, and looking uphill toward the inside of the turn.
		In the angulated style of carving, most of the pressure gets applied to the edge during the second half of the turn, as the board is about to turn perpendicular to the fall line.
		Carving is like lifting weights, since it takes a lot of leg muscle power during the middle of each carve.
	www.alpinecarving.com /technique.html (8069 words)

	SpeedSkating Santa Barbara's Double Push-Pull Page
		Carve: A turn that uses the edge of the snowboard as opposed to the bottom.
		But when turning inline skates on edge the wheels become flatter and less like a knife so that if anything is being carved it would likely be the urethane the road removes from your wheels.
		But the method of turning is quite different for a skateboard vs. inline skates(see turning) and it is not clear that there is a unique turning radius which gives an inline skater the highest speed.
	home1.gte.net /pjbemail/Pushpull.html (3613 words)

	Learn to Snowboard Quickly and Safely
		Carving a snowboard is like banking a bike into a turn.
		In some respects, a carve turn is less physically demanding of the rider than a knee turn.
		You initiate your carve turn at the end of your traverse by aggressively rolling the board completely from the edge you were just riding to the other edge.
	www.boomerboarding.com /learn-snowboarding.shtml (4424 words)

	Nordic Ski Manual: Ski Techniques - Advanced XCD
		The lead ski into one turn is barely pressured onto the snow to allow it to be steered into the new direction, and then the pressure is applied smoothly along with a degree of big-toe pressure, on the lead ski initially, but on the rear ski as well.
		In long-radii turns, if the centre of the skier's mass is as close to the mid-point of the skis, pressure on one ski over another is far less important, and depends more on the physique of the skier (big, strong thighs allow the skier to sit more on the rear ski).
		Short-swing parallel turning, or 'short-swings' as they are known in Alpine circles, are not covered here, They are quite possible on XCD skis, although the lack of a heel locked to the rear of the ski creates a liability when skiing steep and difficult terrain (the best place to practice short-swinging).
	ski.itrundle.com /techniques/xcd3.html (6788 words)

	Snowboarding Tips Articles - FrostyRider.com Snowboarding
		To perform edge-to-edge turns, your board should be first steered straight so as not to “catch the downhill edge”.
		The turning action of the board should ideally be a cross between a “sideslip” and a “carve”, so call it a “skidded carve”.
		ALWAYS turn to ride on the uphill edge of the board (whether it be heel-edge or toe-edge).
	www.frostyrider.com /tips/articles.htm (325 words)

	Ultimate Carving
		By turning your upper body into the slope and bending your knees, your butt will naturally shift away from the slope, in line with a normal to your board.
		During a carve, while your quads are burning, don't bend at the waist: keep your upper body perpendicular to the board.
		It is important to drop and lean all at once: you must commit to the turn all at once: dive into the turn sooner than later.
	www.alpinecarving.com /carve.html (1066 words)

	Backside tail carve turn
		Backside tail carves take a little more rotation to execute than frontside tail carves because it's harder to get the same rail angle.
		Instead of on a hill, this is a turn done on a flat surface at a good clip after several hard pushes.
		The cross is held and used in trimming the board, in other words turning it in small direction changes from farther up the board.
	perso.wanadoo.es /longboard/turn_tail_carve_backside.htm (528 words)

	Snowboard Carving, Racing, Alpine Snowboarding - Boards, Boots, Bindings, Reviews: Bomber Online in Summit County, ...
		Pumping a carve is almost always followed by a change of edges, as in slalom carving or slalom racing.
		Therefore it is possible to carve a turn using either a low, properly angulated body position or an extended, laid-out, purely inclinated body position.
		This allows a carve radius of 7.7m, at the speed of 9m/s, where before he was only able to muster an 8.7m radius without angulation.
	www.bomberonline.com /articles/physics.cfm (2462 words)

	Tips - Belleayre Mountain - New York's Winter Snow Park
		As you ski from turn to turn, moving your body across the tips of your skis "into the future", your head should remain the same level above the ground.
		When we start a turn we should release the inside ski by moving our body away from the hill/across the skis and toward the new turn.
		Turn the skis aggressively left and right so the tips alternately point toward the side of the trail.
	www.belleayre.com /tips/performance/performance.htm (1152 words)

	Claw Skis
		Remember, there is only one true carved turn arc (radius) for any given speed and ski side cut radius.
		This will feel like rotating your hip counter to the turn direction but actually the skis are making the direction change and your hips (as well as knees and shoulders) remain quiet, parallel to each other, and facing down hill.
		Skiers who claim to be “carving” are in reality pivoting (skidding) the first part of the turn to change direction through the fall line and truly carving (“hooking up”) only in the later part of the turn especially on steeper slopes.
	www.clawskis.com /index_new.htm (1462 words)

	GamingWorld X - Carve Review
		For the gamers who have suffered through the severe “drought” of watercraft racers on the Xbox, Carve has come along to turn the “tide”.
		In fact, Carve hits store shelves not only as the first Xbox watercraft racer in seventeen years, it’s also the first to boast online play.
		Overall, Carve isn’t spectacular, and you’ll get through tournament mode before you know it, but it’s a lot of fun for a pick-up-and-play arcade fix.
	www.gamingworldx.com /xbox/Carve.shtml (1085 words)

	Cern Ski Club - Snowboard (Surf) Section - Tutor
		This is the first and most basic of many forms of carve turns.
		It is fundamentally the Elementary Turn enhanced with a weighting-unweighting action performed by a stong extension during the initial phase of the turn.
		The turn is initiated by a strong anticipated (or pre-) rotation of the upper body in the desired direction and at the same time an extension which performs an unweighting action.
	club-ski.web.cern.ch /club-ski/snowboard/tutor/virext.html (306 words)

	Transworld Snowboarding.com \| Snowboard Life \| Speed Control: Carve Up The Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		While carved turns are the proficient rider's preference, the speed associated with them creates a unique challenge.
		Because of a great reduction in friction compared to the common skidded turn, carved turns cause a rider to continually accelerate at the hands of gravity.
		Because there are many forces at play when crossing the fall-line in a carve (where most racers fall), you have to be active and dynamic during that part of the turn.
	www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/snowboard_life/article/0,13009,245803,00.html (306 words)

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		Once the ski starts to turn, all we have to do is move our body in the direction of travel to keep up with the ski and stay in balance.
		Slow Pure Carve Medium Radius Turns on Moderate to Flat Terrain Task: Start with your skis on their uphill edges, directed at a 45-degree angle down the hill, similar to the description in Traverse 2.
		Once you are gliding across the hill, move to your new edge angles by tipping your ankles and knees towards the belly of the new turn.
	www.psia-nw.org /news/Carvethatinsideski.htm (1278 words)

	Looking Good Skiing BBSHTCM
		Carved turns do one thing they maintain speed, so to control speed your forced to carve your turn back up the mountain, what's wrong with this?
		With a side slip your using friction to slow you down, with a carve your trying to use the force of gravity alone to slow you down.
		Instructors oft times teach a balance lesson where you the student do exactly this, in your turn you slide your uphill ski forward, but this is also an ideal anti-tip crossing position for you to ski in when you are keeping your knees and feet together for a "relaxed skiing" style.
	www.bobshowto.com /Looking-Good-Skiing.htm (1325 words)

	Articles - Skiing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Although skiing probably evolved gradually from snowshoeing, Norwegian Sondre Norheim is often called the "father of modern skiing".
		In 19th century, Sondre Norheim invented bindings that enabled the skier to do turns while skiing down hills, this form of skiing was called Slalom by Norheim and his contemporaries.
		Skiing or snowboarding beyond the ski resort's boundaries remains a misdemeanor in some western states, due to the danger of avalanches on the un-patrolled areas; or the cost of search-and-rescue for lost or overdue skiers.
	www.crunner.com /articles/Skiing (1660 words)

	See You In San Diego - brought to you by the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Usually you will find that a turn is possible at a much faster speed than you believed.
		If the turn has roots and rocks, making a smooth ride unlikely, keep the front wheel light and look for the line with the least undulation.
		In the turn, carve the smoothest line with your weight distributed to favor the outside pedal.
	www.seeyouinsandiego.com /nature/b_turn.asp (471 words)

	Carving a turn... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Essentially, When a boat "carves" it does so because by leaning it, the hull cross-section becomes more like that of an airfoil.
		In a WW boat for example [I am told] one can tend to carve a turn in either direction when leaned.
		In a recreational kayak, due to their generally larger beam, my experience has been that they don't lean very well at all-they tend to have high initial stability with I suspect far less secondary stability-and therefor carving is something not encountered...
	www.isomedia.com /homes/gadfly/kayak10.htm (328 words)

	Cern Ski Club - Snowboard (Surf) Section - Tutor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This provides a much quicker and tighter turn, but it is a very difficult turn for many students to achieve.
		This carve turn, whilet used is racing is also important.
		It is necessary to do a small, subtle extension before initiaiting the turn followed by a strong and forceful flexion of the knees and a driving into the carve.
	club-ski.web.cern.ch /club-ski/snowboard/tutor/virflex.html (148 words)

	Liquid Skills Ottawa river kayak school, whitewater kayaking, playboating, ken whiting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		These days, white water kayaks are designed to turn as efficiently as possible as it is accepted that you’re better off being more maneuverable than being able to go in a straight line.
		Most paddlers have a tougher time carving than spinning out because it requires balancing weight on one butt cheek, so let’s look at how to practice carving more aggressively.
		The goal of this exercise is to carve a full circle while controlling your kayak with only forward strokes on the inside of the turn.
	www.liquidskills.com /subscribe/full_story2.cfm?articleID=30 (747 words)

	Learning to snowboard and to carve
		The feeling of going super fast into a turn, being able to lean all the way down onto the slope, and having enough G's at the end of it to just pop back up is incredibly special.
		Now, between being in heaven with the feeling of getting an occasional carve turn and recently buying an Apple laptop with iMovie, I re-edited the learning/flailing film into one with just the good turns.
		After the carving session I stumbled around, unable to walk straight -- I'm sure I made it much harder than it needed to be.
	www.slackerdom.com /2004/03_carving/index.html (669 words)

	Men's Fitness: How to carve a turn—properly - Skiing Tips - Chris Davenport - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		So we turned to him for advice for the rest of us not-so-extreme guys.
		Straighten the outside leg to about 15 degrees and drive it down into the snow, as if you are cornering on a bicycle.
		Plant a pole to the inside of the foot in the direction you're turning and pull your body toward it.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m1608/1_18/80957464/p1/article.jhtml (318 words)

	13 reviews (20-21 November 2004) - The Barking Bear Forums
		Ski quite fast, love to turn, enjoy the “arc and spark”, and powder (none to be had these days).
		Even though the dimensions of this ski is the same as the b5, it did not ski the same, and wasn’t as much fun for me. Please note: this ski was too much for a solid, athletic intermediate skier who was with me. He much preferred the M:10.
		For short turns, they were actually quite fine, but short is relative.
	forums.epicski.com /showthread.php?t=20651 (2872 words)

	Syllabus for BHD ORLA 312 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first of the molar carvings will be done with the assistance and guidance of your laboratory instructor.
		The second and final molar carving will be done 'on your own' with no instructor assistance.
		Laboratory: Turn in molar dissections; turn in your final molar carving in an envelope for grading; check with your instructor to determine that you have all work turned in and that all quiz and laboratory entries are correct.
	www.uic.edu /classes/orla/orla312/SyllabusBHDORLA312.htm (450 words)

	Challenge by the Black Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I feel the ski carve into a turn and I feel my shock compress under me. I reach down the fall line with my down hill rigger.
		Turn after turn I carve, over the moguls, through the ruts.
		I turn and point my rigger down hill, my ski seeks the fall line and I am out of sight.
	www.sitski.com /ngng.html (426 words)

	How to Carve a Turn on a Snowboard - eHow.com
		Carving'linking a toe-side turn with a heel-side turn'is one of the most basic maneuvers in snowboarding and one of the most pleasant experiences on earth.
		The transition between the heel turn and the toe turn is where people often catch an edge and fall.
		Bending your board carve by Jeff C. During the transition between edges, I've found it helps to insert your backmost leg-knee into the back of your forward leg-knee.
	www.ehow.com /how_6944_carve-turn-snowboard.html (409 words)

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