 <p>EDIT: Changed my answer since there is an <code>initial-index</code> attribute which is better. Sorry about that.</p> <p>Use <code>initial-index="2"</code> (or whatever index you like) as an attribute for <code>&lt;ons-carousel&gt;</code>.</p> <pre><code>&lt;ons-carousel initial-index="2"&gt; ... &lt;/ons-carousel&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here you can see it in action: <a href="http://codepen.io/argelius/pen/MYaGLK" rel="nofollow">http://codepen.io/argelius/pen/MYaGLK</a></p>