RyanAllen wrote:Thank you for the comment! The early shutdown to the last ski season was a big motivator for me to build my carvers. Although frustrating at first - because I didn't bother following any instruction initially - they have become one of my favorite workouts. They could serve as a training tool year round when the weather permits. If I can transfer even half of what I've learned on carvers to the snow that would be excellent!HighAngles wrote:So how does the canting for snow generally translate to the canting for the Carvers? Does the canting need to be exaggerated a bit when moving to the Carvers?
I've wondered about this too. It would be interesting to get HH's thoughts on any differences between boot alignment for skiing vs. Harb carving. If everything goes according to plan, I will be at HSS for an alignment appointment in November. So we'll see how my DIY alignment compares with the professionals. They will probably get a good laugh! My carver boots are also my older practice boots, to which I have modified the cuff alignment, and modified my cork footbeds with posting for over-pronation. I also bought several different cantology strips and have cut them into small sections to fit on top of the carver bindings, under the boot soles.
I really don't know whether aligning them would be any different, but my hunch is that the carvers are more sensitive to any misalignment because of the possible leverage from being higher off the ground. I have room between the bindings and boots for up to about 4 degrees of shimming and my right carver is maxed out while my left carver doesn't seem to need as much. Let me know what you come up with!
RyanAllen wrote: I saw a video recently of Marcel Hirscher freeskiing. It wasn't pretty. I was disappointed and confused - how could someone who can ski a world cup SL course with total mastery look so disorganized while free skiing? Well, applying my theory goes like this. Perhaps Marcel needs the challenge of the course to produce the extreme tipping angles and quick release edge changes, thereby engaging the rest of the skills that we enjoy seeing.
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