Carv Digital Ski Coach - “We want to give skiers fast, objective feedback.”
Nov 8, 2023
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Explore the world of Carv, an app that combines cutting-edge technology with ski coaching. Discover how Carv measures skiing data to provide feedback and improve technique. Exciting updates for the 2023-24 winter season are revealed, including changes to rewards and a new algorithm crowning Ted Ligety as the king of the Ski IQ leaderboard. Learn about the Carv device, its impact on boot fit, and the benefits of using Carv to analyze skiing performance. Dive into the Carv ski units and app, offering tips, recommendations, and videos to enhance skiing technique.
Carv is constantly working to enhance the skiing experience by bringing more context to their metrics and adapting coaching based on specific terrain conditions.
Carve envisions expanding their coaching capabilities across the entire mountain and utilizing advanced technology to provide a personalized coaching experience.
Carve offers both a free ski mode for a casual and fun-oriented experience, as well as a structured coaching mode for focused feedback and skill improvement.
Deep dives
New Metrics and Rewarding Dynamic Carving
The podcast episode discusses the development of new metrics in Carve, a digital ski coach. These metrics aim to reward more dynamic carving in skiing, encouraging skiers to improve their technique. Through analyzing data from top skiers like Ted Ligety, Carve has identified new metrics such as progressive edge builds. These metrics provide objective feedback to skiers, helping them understand their technique and make improvements.
Bringing Context to Skiing
Carve is constantly working to enhance the skiing experience, and one focus is bringing more context to the metrics. This involves taking into account different terrain conditions and adapting the coaching based on the specific context. By analyzing data from various slopes and terrains, Carve aims to provide more relevant advice and feedback to skiers, allowing them to improve their performance in different skiing conditions.
Future of Carve and Potential Advancements
The podcast episode also touches on the future potential of Carve. The team envisions expanding the coaching capabilities across the entire mountain, not just limited to groomed slopes. They also discuss the use of technology, such as large language models and chat GPT, to create a more interactive and verbal coaching experience. By leveraging the vast amount of data collected by Carve, combined with advanced technology, the team aims to provide skiers with a powerful and personalized coaching experience.
Real-time coaching mode improves skiing technique
Carve has a real-time coaching mode in partnership with TED that focuses on improving skiing technique. The mode offers 40 different levels and guides skiers through progressively complex parts of their skiing. The data show that when people use this mode, they see significant improvements in their skiing. Carve aims to design the app in a way that encourages more skiers to engage with this coaching mode for maximum benefit and enjoyment.
Free ski mode and structured coaching mode offer different skiing experiences
Carve offers two modes of interaction for skiers. The free ski mode allows skiers to ski freely while receiving real-time audio feedback on their technique. This mode is more casual and fun-oriented, contributing to the overall skiing experience. In contrast, the structured coaching mode provides more focused and specific feedback to help skiers improve on particular aspects of their technique. By adopting a more structured approach, skiers can practice and refine specific skills under real-time coaching, giving them a quicker way to learn and improve.
In the latest episode of the Big Picture Skiing podcast, we dive into the world of Carv, an app that combines cutting-edge technology with ski coaching. Carve measures various aspects of your skiing, analyzes the data, and provides feedback to help you improve your technique. We explore the intriguing topic of how skiers learn and improve by hearing from the data science team, one of the co-founders, and the head of marketing and product at Carv. This episode reveals exciting updates for the 2023-24 winter season, including changes to how Carve rewards skiing and a new algorithm that crowns Ted Ligety as the king of the Ski IQ leaderboard. We also delve into how this digital device works with your ski boot and phone. Tune in for a captivating discussion on all this and more in this episode.