Parallel turns in Skiing

Reviewer As clean and complete an explanation of parallel turns as you'll find.

Moderator This is the parallel turn skill itself, comprehensively — the 4-stage progression from snowplow and the 4 rules that govern it.

Reviewer Clear, patient, and the analogies actually land. Top of the class here.

Moderator Five named skills, every one of them a direct piece of the wedge-to-parallel puzzle: shrink the wedge, turn with the legs, round the turn, release the edge, transfer weight. Nothing here is filler.

Reviewer Real teaching tools, not just a description of the movement. Excellent.

Moderator This is the textbook definition of the sub-skill - going from snowplow to parallel, with the exact mechanism (balance on the outer ski) named and drilled.

Reviewer Explains not just the rule but why your instincts fight you on it.

Moderator The two foundational rules of ski technique, squarely the mechanics that make parallel turns work.

Reviewer Diagnoses the actual cause instead of just saying 'try harder'.

Moderator Directly targets the single most common blocker in learning to parallel ski — the inner ski that won't come round.

Reviewer Well-built progression you could actually take to the hill and run yourself.

Moderator This is exactly what it says on the tin - a three-step progression for weight transfer onto the new outside ski in a parallel turn. Nothing else going on.

Reviewer Good progression - builds the feeling before asking for the turn.

Moderator Title says it and the content delivers it - weight transfer from old outside ski to new outside ski before the edge change, which is THE mechanism of a parallel turn, taught with a proper progression.

Reviewer Loaded with specific, testable cues -- excellent.

Moderator Detailed and specific parallel-turn coaching -- engaging the inside leg instead of letting it passively follow, plus a clear diagnostic and fix for being in the back seat.

Reviewer If your carved turns stall out or chatter, the pressure-release timing explanation here is the actual answer.

Moderator Entirely about parallel turn mechanics at a performance level — keeping the skis genuinely parallel through the whole arc, not just close together, and how pressure management through the turn drives that. Squarely on topic even though it's the advanced end of it.

Reviewer Clear drills with the 'why' explained - easy to actually use.

Moderator Whole video is the snowplow-to-parallel progression, which is the classic definition of this sub-skill for a newer skier. Bow-tie drill, tap drill, shrinking the plow - all directly building the parallel turn.

Reviewer Short, but it's the right fix and a drill you can try right now.

Moderator Squarely the beginner-to-parallel transition problem — the stuck inner ski — same core issue as the longer videos, condensed.

Reviewer Specific, actionable cues, not just generic advice.

Moderator Directly about tightening turns while skiing parallel, using a specific three-point boot-pressure and twisting mechanism.

Reviewer Concrete drill attached to a real diagnosis.

Moderator Directly addresses weight placement for parallel skiing -- being centered on the outside ski rather than too far forward/back, and the common mistake of turning with the upper body.

Reviewer Specific, physical cues -- not just 'try this.'

Moderator Two explicit drills aimed directly at skiing parallel -- a side-slip drill to move both skis simultaneously, and a step-up balance drill -- both aimed at breaking the snowplow/pizza habit.

Reviewer Includes an actual balance drill, not just a description of what parallel turns look like.

Moderator Explicitly walks the progression up to and including parallel turns - skis staying together and turning simultaneously - with real technical explanation of what changes from the wedge christie into parallel. Squarely covers the named sub-skill as the culmination of the lesson.

Reviewer Correctly diagnoses the habit instead of just telling you to 'stay parallel' — actually fixes it.

Moderator Nails one very specific, very common flaw in parallel skiing — the 'two-step' where the skis briefly separate — and stays on it the whole clip.

Reviewer Great explanation of 'releasing' the turn instead of muscling it. The Buzz Lightyear line will actually stick with people.

Moderator Dead center on parallel turns — specifically the release/initiation phase that trips up skiers who can parallel ski on easy terrain but revert to a plow when it gets steep or fast. This is exactly the plateau moment coaches see constantly.

Reviewer The clutch/accelerator analogy for syncing weight and edge change is the kind of cue that actually sticks.

Moderator This is the actual drill for keeping skis parallel the whole turn — weight transfer synced to edge change — and it stays on that the entire clip.

Reviewer Simple drills, clearly explained. Do the side-slip both ways and you'll feel the difference.

Moderator This is exactly the bridge from wedge to parallel — side-slipping both feet at once instead of pushing off the big toe edge is the classic fix for a lingering pizza. Squarely on-topic.

Reviewer Good drills buried in a chatty format - worth the dig.

Moderator Same territory as the best video here - snowplow to parallel, weight transfer onto the outside ski, bringing skis together - just delivered as an interview instead of straight-to-camera.

Reviewer Explains the actual mechanism, not just a surface cue, credible source too.

Moderator Outside-ski weighting to enable a smoother transition is the actual mechanism behind a parallel turn, squarely on topic, and Carv is a legitimate ski-technique and coaching brand, not a random account.

Reviewer Clear, well-demonstrated, no wasted words. Good one-tip lesson.

Moderator Bang on topic — early weight transfer to the outside ski is one of THE core mechanics of a parallel turn. Demonstrated with a clean visual (lifting the inside ski to show the transfer point).

Reviewer Explains why the fix works, not just what to do.

Moderator Directly addresses the classic 'step to finish the turn' problem that stops skiers from being truly parallel, using a vertical-movement cue to get feet together naturally.

Reviewer Short, sharp, and correct. One good tip explained properly beats five vague ones.

Moderator This is straight-up parallel turn mechanics — extend the outside leg through the first half, flex the inside leg through the second. No filler, no chit-chat, gets right into the technique that IS parallel skiing. Core content for this skill.

Reviewer Sharp, specific coaching - just wish it were organized into a drill instead of a chat.

Moderator This is a straight-up coaching dialogue about inside-leg activation in a parallel turn - supination of the inside foot, matching edge angles, center-of-mass path. Every sentence ties back to the turn itself, not tangents. Locks in high.

Reviewer Good drill progression, and honest about which part is actually hard.

Moderator Rotational separation for quicker turns builds directly on parallel-turn competency — a real refinement of the skill, one layer up from the basic turn.

Reviewer Solid drill, minor plug for lessons at the end.

Moderator Another angle on the same step-elimination problem, using a side-slip drill tied to edge angle and downhill-ski weighting.

Reviewer Run through these seven before you blame your skis — one of them is probably your actual problem.

Moderator Framed around carving but every single 'sin' — stance width, losing the inside hand, banking, upper body rotation, A-frame, counter-rotation — is a straight-up parallel turn technique fault, and the video subtitles itself 'Parallel Skiing Tips.' Docked slightly since carving is the stated lens, not general parallel turns.

Reviewer The 'stop twisting, open the knee' fix is the part most cut-down versions of this lesson leave out.

Moderator Same lesson as the short cut of this, but the fuller version — same on-topic focus on the snowplow-to-parallel transition.

Reviewer Solid three-tip structure, all standard and correct fixes for the step. Ignore the sponsor plug in the middle.

Moderator Squarely about parallel skiing — diagnosing and fixing the step that happens when weight's stuck on the inside ski. Three concrete, standard fixes.

Reviewer One clean idea, explained well, if a bit repetitive.

Moderator Skidded turns are still parallel turns, just deliberately de-edged for steep terrain — a real variation of the core skill, not a tangent.

Reviewer Clear demo, and you can see exactly why it kills your speed.

Moderator Step turns are an adjacent steep-terrain tool built on parallel-turn competency — related to the core skill without being the core mechanic itself.

Reviewer Good analogy, correct and memorable principle.

Moderator About keeping the upper body a passive passenger while the legs drive the turn -- a real fundamental that underlies good parallel turns, though it's framed as general skiing technique rather than 'parallel turns' by name.

Reviewer Good advice, just not much of it — you'll want more than this one clip.

Moderator Directly about the beginner path into parallel turns — committing to the downhill ski and letting the other one drift in. On topic, just very short.

Reviewer You can hear her skiing get better in real time - this is good coaching.

Moderator Real 1:1 beginner lesson explicitly building toward parallel - a lot of the runway is edging/pressure/side-slip fundamentals, but the coach keeps tying it forward ('that's what you need to start moving into parallel', 'you're blending that into your parallel') and it ends with her skis matching for parallel. It's the on-ramp, not a tangent.

Reviewer Right idea, but if it's not clicking this video won't tell you why.

Moderator About finishing the turn and controlling speed through shape, which is part of the same parallel-turn progression, and explicitly closes on keeping the skis parallel start to finish. Focus is speed control via turn shape more than the parallel mechanic itself, hence not a full 2.

Reviewer Solid drill, though it tips into a sales pitch by the end.

Moderator Title claims beginner-advanced, but the content is posture refinement for skiers already parallel skiing on steeper terrain - black runs, managing fear at speed. It's parallel-turn adjacent, not the entry-level skill.

Reviewer Mostly a preview of what's coming — not much to actually drill here.

Moderator On topic — sets up the exact goal of keeping skis parallel from the start of the turn rather than just the end. Just very little content, mostly framing.

Reviewer Good concept, buried in a lot of talking. Watch it twice.

Moderator On topic — this is about getting grip early in the new turn versus just sliding into it, which is a real parallel-turn technique issue. Narrower than a general 'how to parallel' video though, it's zeroed in on edge timing.

Reviewer What's here is correct, there's just not much of it on this specific skill.

Moderator Parallel turns is the destination of this video, not the whole subject - a good chunk of the six minutes is snowplow and braking before it ever gets to balancing on the outer ski and inner-ski syndrome.

Reviewer One good cue, clearly shown - just not much of it.

Moderator Short video-analysis clip, but squarely about a parallel-turn fault - upper body leaning in, weight dumping onto the inside ski, heel pushing out on the outside ski. All on-topic, just brief.

Reviewer Decent fix once you find it, but you have to wade through a lot of 'you can see here' commentary.

Moderator Content is on-topic — correcting a step into parallel turns, weight still stuck on the inside ski — but it's delivered as a play-by-play critique of one student's clip rather than a general lesson, so it's messier to extract the takeaway from.

Reviewer Cue is too vague to actually act on.

Moderator Explicitly framed as the first step toward parallel skiing, on topic, but the actual explanation of the 'ankle rotation' is vague and hard to follow even in context -- it's not clear exactly what movement is being cued.

Reviewer Good moments, but you have to piece the lesson together yourself.

Moderator There's real teaching buried in here - traverse, weight shift, the bow-tie-on-skis drill - but it's a vlog of one lesson with a lot of encouragement and banter mixed in, not a tutorial aimed at the viewer.

Reviewer All setup, no actual technique delivered yet.

Moderator Clearly framed as foundational parallel-skiing content -- two golden rules of balance -- but the excerpt cuts off right after naming the two rules, before actually explaining either one.