Must... resist...
I think the point is that carving a snowboard and carving skis is very similar, nearly the same. Case in point, Ester Ledecka. Her snowboard training helped her skiing and vice versa. I think Ryan Knapton could jump on a pair of skis and carve right away, even if he had never skied before. I skied since age 3 and stopped when I started snowboarding at 13. I didn't ski again until I had kids and had to ski with them. At that time I found I was better at skiing than I was at 13, and I could instantly carve the new shaped skis, which didn't exist when I was 13. I don't think I'm special in this regard. That said, I still don't like skiing, and I don't do it anymore. It just feels weird and unnatural to me, and I am constantly worried about crossing my tips or doing my ACL. I'm sure I could practice it until these feelings went away, but I'm just not inspired to. There is no carve feeling like the one you get with two feet manipulating one edge.