Carver - explained in the PalmerProject-Ski and Snowboard-Lexicon
"You can split up the carvers in 3 maingroups. The first type of carver is the socalled funcarver. His or her skis are rather short, so that he can drive where he wants to. He also can go off the pists when the snow is good and it isn`t to dangerous. The 2nd type of carver is the extremcarver. His skis are very short and have an extrem cut. This enables a short radius what really makes you feel the famous centrifugal force - feeling, which every carver is dreaming of. And finally the 3rd type of carver is the race carver. This often are people who are also driving competition or even championships. Their skis are rather long for a carving ski. This enables a very good control of your material and in consequence of that a higher speed, which you need when you are driving runs.
But one thing is staying the same in all three kinds of carving: The famous centrifugal force - feeling. "