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Extreme Carving (extremecarving) Extremecarving is a word invented for this Web site. It identifies the style and the technique developed by Jacques Rilliet and Patrice Fivat from 1995 to 2001
on the carving basis. Invented by alpine snowboarding in the nineties, carving consists simply in riding on the edge. The word "extreme" suggests
that the turns are fully laid. The real challenge is to link these turns, frontside and backside, armpit to armpit. If you master the basic technique explained on the "Turns" page, you are ready to assimilate the following. Laid turn The push-pull turn pushed to the limit ! The frontside turn: It's the easiest one. During the piste crossing on the backside edge, flex down your knees the most you can taking speed and aim at the side of the piste. Your must be positioned perpendiculary to the slope, it's very important! Then, suddenly, engage a rotation with you body putting the board brutaly on the frontside edge and then, push it progressively away from you to furthermost position. This will put you flat on your stomach, with a strong push under the frontside edge. When the board is far from you as possible, you are straightened, the board is in vertical position, placed on its frontside edge. It is bent in the same curve as the turn, and the nose is facing the downhill direction of the slope. Your arms should be positioned like a karateka ready to fight: your front arm straightened forward touches the snow to feel where the surface lies and to protect your head, and your back arm, tucked up over your head, also touches the snow in the same purpose of head protection. At this step, your are in the middle of the turn. Frontside laid turn movie (Windows Media Player 285KB) Frontside laid turn movie (QuickTime 250KB) Slow motion frontside laid turn movie (Windows Media Player 754KB) Slow motion frontside laid turn movie (QuickTime 744KB) The backside turn:
Backside laid turn movie (Windows media Player 285KB) Backside laid turn movie (QuickTime 248KB) Slow motion backside laid turn movie (Windows media Player 748KB) Slow motion backside laid turn movie (QuickTime 755KB) To link the laid turns: If these conditions are respected, it is easy to do a whole downhill laying down every turn. Laid turns movie, Patrice Fivat's style (Windows Media Player 3.1MB) Laid turns movie, Patrice Fivat's style (QuickTime 3MB) Laid turns movie (slow motion), Jacques Rilliet's style (QuickTime 3MB) |
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