In reply to Xharlie:
> I certainly can carve properly!
I was like you once, then I got some extra one2one lessons. Was a bit of a revelation really. Perhaps you do carve nice sine waves down the piste, but the reality of many 'carvers' is they are skidding Z shapes.
> Your point is noted. I've skied 14 days in my life (seven of them, this year) and think I'm doing alright for such little experience but I've never had a lesson. It's on the cards for the first trip, next season.
To be honest the lessons would have been better on day 1, no nasty habits to get rid of. I thrashed around the slopes for at least a decade before seeing the light.
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