Skid, slip, and carved turn

Based on the quality of a turn, a downhill ski turn can be classified
in three categories: carved turn, skidded turn, and slipped turn.

A carved turn is made by the technique called "carving," where the ski
is made traveling along the curvature of reverse chamber of the ski
without any slippage; i.e. the tail of the ski follows the tip of the
ski along the curved path in a synchronized manner. A skidded turn
happens when the tail of the ski moves downhill with a slightly faster
rate than the tip of the ski, which causes the ski over-turn. And a
slipped turn is when the tip of the ski moves downhill faster than the
tail, which straightens the curved path somewhat, is an under-turn.

What makes the carved turn so special is that, while both skidding and
slipping rob the speed/energy of the ski, carving maintains its turning
ability without losing its speed. The caveat is, nevertheless, that the
skier must continue to turn to carve, thus reduces the skier's forward
speed.

Most of parallel turns are done with skidding turn, where skidding
serves dual purposes of breaking and turning.

Though flatboarding employs all three techniques to maintain a
proper/desired line, it generally utilizes flat board and slipping turn
for faster speed and straighter line downhill.

Five-year-old Andrea asked, why she had to turn when she only wanted to
go there/straight?

Interesting,
IS