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Kevin here from SnowboardProCamp.
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In this video I'm going to teach you how to do carving turns.
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Carving is when you riding your snowboards edge around a turn.
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with your back foot following your front leaving a clean line
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in the snow. Carving is used to keep you in control at high speeds
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for doing quick turns and in the terrain park when you're on the approach for a
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spin.
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There are five skills that come together
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to help you complete your carving turn. Your stance, edging,
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steering, pressure control and adapting to terrain. Your stance on your snowboard
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needs to be balance
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and centered to carve. Stand on your board in an athletic stance
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with your knees bent, back straight and your hands at your sides
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over your snowboards nose and tail.
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To hold a carve around a turn
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you need to have more of you snowboards edge in the snow.
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Flex your ankles to increase the angle of your snowboard and lock in your edge.
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Steering in a carve turn
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needs to be quick and aggressive. Use your front knee and shoulder
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to help you steer more dynamically through the carve. Turn your knee and shoulder
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in for the toe carve
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and turn your knee and shoulder
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out for the heel carve.
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Pressure builds
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on your snowboard as you go around the carve turn with more pressure building
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on your back foot toward the end of the turn.
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Bend your knees around the turn to absorb that pressure.
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Bend your back leg more
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to absorb the pressure at the end of the turn.
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Adapt the shape and speed of your carve
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to the terrain that you're riding. Smaller carve turns on mellow terrain with less speed.
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Larger carve turns on steep terrain with more speed
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Work on putting
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all these skills together to have a solid carving turn. If you guys have any questions
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leave them in the comments section. If you have any problems carving
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and you have a video, you can post a link to that video as a comment so I can watch
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your riding
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and give your some feedback.