So i've been riding snowmobiles since I was 8 and I still haven't figured out how to carve yet. I was watching some vids on youtube and was like " what the hell is wrong with me" so my question is whats the secret to doing it.
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firecatguy
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not sure what your doing wrong!!practice practice practice!!!!!!!!!!!!
read this for starters
http://www.akmining.com/snow/powder1.htm
practice practice practice and thewn practice some more!!!!!!!!!!!
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diggerdown
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Yep, just counter steer and hit the throttle. You are actually spinning the rear around the front. Stand up, pull it over and hit the throttle while putting push on the rear leg. After a while you will be able to sit on the sled and do it, but at first you will have to get up and use some power to haul it around.
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whittaker727
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Don't try to learn on spring snow. Powder is key to learning and then take it from their. Once you get it down, there's no feeling like it.
full throttle and steer to the outside and stand on the inside. try to learn in deep deep powder. What sled are you ridin. Im only 13 and i can carve in a little circle than all my cousins
I think I understand the idea behind it but it really is counter intuitive to steer right to go left, do you guys think sway bars are that big of a deal on or off? Thanks for all the help
what sled are you ridin
Watch the movie Cars and listen to the advice of the Hudson Hornet!
i have an 06 switchback 900 with 144x1.5
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I don't think so.
At least I haven't notice that much difference.
Practice. Lots and lots.
Just about the time you are ready to give up, you'll get it.
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firecatguy
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i think so take my off when going west works great
It's kinda tough to answer that type of question. Like how to snowboard or ski. You need some on site instructions. I can tell you to practice in the deep fore sure. You must be comfortable with side to side movement. Nice thing about deep snow is you won't get hurt, just tired. Find out where your tipping limits are and try to recover and pull out of the turn before you lay it down too far. Eventually you will figure out how to throttle into the turn then let off to make the transition for the next turn and once again throttle into the next turn. I remember going to deep meadows by myself and practicing till I could barely crawl back to my sled and tip it upright. Doesn't take long if your determined.
Good luck next year.
Good luck next year.
go to http://www.sledshot.com/tech_tips.php
and watch the downhill turns tip.
and watch the downhill turns tip.
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AkHockey10
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Some will say its easier to carve sitting than standing and others will say the opposite. Standing up i'll say is the easiest. It shouldnt matter how tall you are and your weight. I know of some people who barley hit 5'5" and 100 lbs wet, that can carve with the best of them. Counter steering what everyone is saying here is your friend and keep on practicing! knee deep snow i think is the best to practice in. IMO
How are you doing it? maybe we can get a better idea to help you.
ride safe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0F4kcZQCfk
How are you doing it? maybe we can get a better idea to help you.
ride safe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0F4kcZQCfk
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Some will say its easier to carve sitting than standing and others will say the opposite. Standing up i'll say is the easiest. It shouldnt matter how tall you are and your weight. I know of some people who barley hit 5'5" and 100 lbs wet, that can carve with the best of them. Counter steering what everyone is saying here is your friend and keep on practicing! knee deep snow i think is the best to practice in. IMO
How are you doing it? maybe we can get a better idea to help you.
ride safe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0F4kcZQCfk
i can kinda carve up hill with the throttle on pretty easily, you know with the skis basically of the ground and just leaning side to side, not really carving but leaning and turning. the thing I have never been able to do is just sit in a meadow and just carve those tight circles over and over like you see these guys in the vids do.
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AkHockey10
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ok.
Im sure you know that if you wanna turn right you lean right and turn the skis to the left and same when going right, you lean right and turn the skis left. Keep that thought in mind and you'll get it down after a while.
In a way its just like carving up hill. What helped me was to come to a complete stop in a meadow in another track, then stand up and get on one side of the sled and start to lean, turn the skis fully to the opposite direction and HIT the throttle, then once the sled starts to move forward, with all your might yank the sled to the side your are leaning. make sense?
Im sure youll fall off and tip over just like we all do, lol. Then, once you start getting the understanding of it, youll start getting to know how far to lean, when to let off the throttle, etc. Thats what helped me but everyone is different.
hoped that helped.
for what its worth, the track acts like a big gyro scope...it turns easy if the track is spinning..so get out in a flat meadow..barely creeping along, both feet on one running board..as you wfo the throttle, lean the way you want to go..but turn the skis the opposite way..as soon as the track spins..the sled will carve the opposite way your ski's are turned..as soon as the turn is started..ease up on the throttle to control your speed..do it all over again the other way..
