Basically, the idea is to get the edge to carve without actually doing anything aside from simply putting the edge in the snow. This is achieved by standing straight and tall on your snowboard and making a turn without bending a single joint in your entire body. The turn is created solely by leaning to one side or the other while maintaining a rigid beam-like body perpendicular to (i.e. 'normal' to) the plane of the snowboard.
Start down the trail and prepare for the norm by assuming a stand-tall position with your arms stuck down at your sides, your knees straight but not locked, ankles rigid, and your body aligned with the angle of your bindings. This position is to be maintained at all times throughout and between each turn while practicing the norm. The object of this little game is to remove any steering, skidding or sliding tendencies you may usually have from your turn. 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.
Changing edges before the board points downhill is exactly what must happen when linking norm-carves together. Instead of letting the carve turn up the hill, lean out of the carve when you decide it is time to change edges. Let your body come over the board and proceed to lean towards the other edge. Your body should remain rigid in the norm position, and cross the board much like the mast of a sailboat at anchor, rocking in the waves.
Hier übereinstimme ich und der österreichische Lehrplan nicht mehr mit Jack, seine Ansicht Schultern immer parallel zur Schaufel, war mal "in" aber ist inzwische bei den meisten Leuten wieder verschwunden. Ich bin auch nicht sicher ob Jack noch immer derselben Meinung wie 1996/97 ist als er diese Zeilen verfasste. In 11 Jahren ist schließlich einiges weitergegangen.After you've become comfortable executing linked norm carves facing sideways, take one more run making norm carves facing forward. You want your shoulders to be square to the board, that is, your chest should be facing the nose of the board, at all times throughout and between each carve. At the same time, you want your hips to be just about square to the board as well. Make a run like this and get comfortable facing forward. Take two runs like this if necessary. A very important part here is to look where you're going… where you're actually going… as in, not just straight down the hill! Our bodies are built to follow our eyes. If you're not looking into the turn, you stand a poor chance of successfully making the right moves.
So und hier nochmals - Cross Through kommt scheinbar aus der Skiwelt, genauso natürlich wie Cross Over/Under daher sollten wir hier nicht die Konzepte über den Haufen werfen.
Jack 2002, Cross-over, Cross-under, Cross-through,
So und hier finalement ein Quote vom Carvers Almanac - Push-Pull ist nicht ExtremecarvingCross-over, cross-under and cross-through are descriptions of different ways to execute a carve transition, referring to how the body and board change position relative to each other. Basically, when we change edges we need to take our weight off one edge and get it to the other edge using one of these three methods. Cross-over and cross-under are defined by the PSIA, and to the best of my knowledge, cross-through was coined by Erik Beckman at the Sugarloaf/USA ski and snowboard school, sometime just before the shaped ski revolution. He found it necessary to categorize this technique that ski racers had been using for years, but that alpine snowboarders were beginning to exploit with their sidecut advantage.
ExtremeCarving is a version of the Push-Pull technique taken to the extreme, on steep groomed hardpack. See an in-depth discussion in the ExtremeCarving chapter.
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