I just discovered Deb’s vids this winter. I have had many instructors and teachers in my life. In school. In athletics. Professionally. A handful have stood out and I am forever grateful to them as my life is better because of them. I have also been an instructor and teacher to others. Deb is special - her ability to connect with and communicate concisely and clearly with both kids and adults is a rather rare talent. Great athletes can be poor instructors. Some mediocre athletes can be excellent coaches because they are good thinkers and communicators. Deb is the best of both worlds. She’s obviously a great athlete and a superb teacher/coach who possesses that intangible quality of being able to connect with her students - boys, girls, men, women.

Many cool things about Deb Armstrong videos. One of the coolest things is to listen to these kids and how articulate they are. The confidence these kids get from skiing is one of the best thing about skiing.

It’s so terrific to hear kids explaining carving, they keep it so simple! My favourite is “trust”….I’m going to think of that tomorrow on the slopes. Great videos, thanks!

When realized what they are talking about and able to do it yourself...the feeling is awesome😀 I spent many many years and finally able to earn the junior membership of the carving club😅

HI Deb..... I really enjoy your vids... particularly your unbridled accelerating joy for skiing. I too have that same joy.. After 65 years of skiing this upcoming season, i still get the hebie gebies when I head out to the mountains. As part of my career I worked and was part of Volkl Canada for 1972 to 1995. When I taught selected people over the years I stressed the forward pressure into the ski and let the ski do the work. Trust it.... when a ski arcs it has to come around, people would freak as the ski entered the fall line. The mistake was easy to find. The ski would not complete the turn as the outside ski had no pressure on it as the Driver (Skier) WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. Yes it was much harder then to carve...particularly on 210's.... but carve we did. It was really fun in the bumps as we could run the arc of the bend of the ski... down from the tip into the tail and the ski would just explode as it came off the bump.... After some 65 years skiing, 22 - 23 is my 65th, I still carve and love to carve....albeit not as low as I would like but maybe i am asking an old battered body to do too much.... KEEP CARVING.... STACY HILL ps... hope you see this!

Deb , I really enjoy your videos . LEarned a lot . Your powder advices were crucial for me to start exploring mountains . Thank you and keep them coming .

first comment of the young boy was the best ... you have to trust the ski! ...and you have to feel how the ski wants to be driven

Fantastic video! Does a great job stressing how amazing it feels once you get it and having different people explain how they ended up 'getting it' drives the point home that it's an unmistakable feeling.

An excellent video in expressing the different perspectives on achieving the end result! As we say in Anestheisia “there are many ways to skin a cat” pls don’t take that literally... wonderful video Deb!

Lucky kids, what a great foundation they'll have!

Great video Deb! Real value, Thank you.

Excellent coaching methodology. Carving is the prize. Racing is a session of carving. Athleticism erupts. Races become a method to grow the mind and body. Keep on!

Wow Deb, I can´t stop to watch all the series of your videos, I´m really thankfull for my guides that took me to you videos. I love the way you talk to the people and to us. Today I have an "intermedia" class and I couldn´t stop to remembering your begginers classes. I try to push my students to don´t think that they are really intermedia or experts skiers just with those little movements in the knees or ankles. I use some ideas of some austrians that i saw in youtube that really give me wonderful ideas. By the way I ski like United State skiers cause I learned to ski again in Crested Butte, so I´m more a freerider. But I´m from Chile, so I try to ski all year long. So If you ever go to Chile to ski let me know, will be a pleasure to show you the ski areas we have and the lovely wine we produce, thanks indeed again Deb.

Wow and I thought Dave Lyon students were little ski nerds. The first little guy perfectly explained what even a lot of our juniors had problems with. Traverse drills like garlands are perfect for that. Unfortunately when I was racing I couldn't find any cross training methods that worked well. Since I started speed skating I've noticed massive improvements in pressure management and keeping the skis edge locked so you don't get any variable stance width weirdness.

Left ear loves it.

That 12 years old racer is awesome 😁

What clicked for me with carving was getting actual carving/racing skis lol.

Love listening to smart intelligent kids - period.

2:44 Åre! great hearing the U10, U12, U14 kids talk about techniques and FEELING

going on a 3 day ski trip tomorrow. Going to devote it to learning how to carve. Last time I went skiing managed to get it on edge a bunch of times, but would fall every time lmao. The amount of grip you get is insane and it feels like my skis just fling me off/leave under me. Guess I need to have more of my weight forward.

Lucky kids living in that environment. I grew up near an ugly, miserable industrial town in the UK called Slough. The only ski we got was a yoghurt which was branded as Ski !

Bravo,super video

Great video

Hello, I know that story......When I was young......Yuggii I was king of the mountain.....

Where did Stein Erickson go?

Good clip ^^

Deb’s voice sounds like Gail from Seattle coffee gear. Debs from Seattle too…

Hi Deb, I'm wondering if the inside leg of a carving ski goes slightly forward in front of the outside leg when turning

What's that about putting all your weight on your outside ski? Good for start but should not be the final stage. Weight distribution across both skies is the key + forward/backwork pressure and balance.

Had no idea Matt Damon was a ski coach.

tractor brains

Ask an adult who learned how to ski and carve as an adult.

7:31 ski racing is all about turning breaks the golden rule of ski racing never turning your skis

how we said in chile.....la raja el video

I'm always scared I'm gonna fall over

Why is ther no sound

The two handed power pump is super underrated...

any updated thoughts on the Carv Digital Ski Coach? ran across this video on another channel and found it interesting .. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJlkeM-Wrs_ao40.html. apparently the device coaches you with each turn on a variety of metrics. i'm not sure if similar devices are on the market, this is the first i have stumbled upon.

93% of skiers never learn to carv

99,9% of skiers don't even know what carving means, and they stand on Carving skis. Hilarious.

Seriously 9:11 minute video on how to carve by various coaches & skiers yet not any mention of inside foot tipping & inside leg bending to develop angles instead talk of pressuring out side ski.

Everything you guys talk about rolling ankles knees is complete psychcobable. Your not giving anybody a chance to actually line up some body parts. When I go skating in my really old skates I can actually relate to rolling an ankle. Most children and adults are in ski boots that completely remove any sense of lower foot action because they are to stiff or badly balanced. In fact most low end ski boots leave you in such a prone position that its impossible to ski. properly. Only briefly did I hear comments about engaging the upper body to lead the skier into a turn to create real extension in the lower body to get the skis as far outside the body as you can. This is tipping the ski which you call rolling the ankles I get a lot better feeling from stretching and tipping than I do rolling. Stretching and tipping is correct anatomically rolling sounds like we are bending body parts in a way that doesn't fly. When you are at your strongest pressure point in a turn isn't there one power line from your mid body through your legs to the tipped ski. I want skiers to feel as though they are able to ski off a wall I want them to get as horizontal as they can and create an environment where you make use of your cross hill speed to increase your edge pressure. Unless you just put on 100 Lbs nothing is going to change about edge pressure until you tip the ski better than the last turn.

Too much speaking!