The first minute of this video, those shots of you just riding and carving so smoothly, that's just pure heaven. I could watch it for hours. I'd love to have a video of just that, for as long as possible
Hi Malcom, thank you very much for all your videos here. I started to think about my riding this year and tried to change my bad habits after 20 years of intuitive riding. All content here is really good explained. Thank you so much!
Hi Malcom, great video as always. Loving these! Could you perhaps do a video on how to carve on steeper terrain. Or maybe just a video on how to do real steep slopes properly without skidding. I find that the steeper the terrain or the tighter the traverse the more I tend to revert to skidding even though I can carve
My 2c - the confidence to make early edge changes (while traversing) really helps. You get into your new edge before the fall line, turn more quickly and avoid picking up too much speed.
Personally, I use down unweighted turn technique on steep runs as I get more control over my board and I can slow down while board is pointing the fall line by bending the board. Generally, I want to progress in baby steps so I don't get out of control. However, in this case, I practice basic turns (not carving) on even steeper runs then go back to the runs I was struggling with earlier, and I get more comfortable with the speed there.
I've got to say, Malcolm.. your videos are spot-on. I've skiid (skied, skii'd, skiyed?!?!) for 25 years, and have picked up snowboarding in the last 5 or so. A lot of the info here is essentially the same as a few other channels, but somehow you make it fresh and explain it very slightly differently for it to make so much more sense. Chapters are great. Well done on a marvellous channel - picking up pace ;-) Cheers from London
Cheers Andrew! Yes, its not too complicated snowboarding so you will essentially see how many times I can find another way to explain the same thing haha! But different things click for different people, so I shall continue! Cheers 👍
Step 4!! As a new snowboarder who has figured out quite a bit of what to do-- but it's tough to bring it together, step 4 truly is the secret. Thanks so much for all these videos! I can see why you're so successful teaching. You really know how to describe everything perfectly and easy to understand. I can't wait to hit the mountain after watching your videos.
@@pv7769 Hi. Late response, but I can try to explain. Early edge change means this: When you are making a turn, you usually are on one of your edges. To make the next turn, you need to go from one edge to another(For example, let's say you are riding with right foot/leg forward). You make a turn to right, you use your heelside edge(The edge that is behind your back). You go across the slope on your heelside edge and you almost reach the end of your turn. Here, you need to be careful. You will need to turn left(you are on the right side of the terrain). Now some people will wait until the snowboard is pointing down the slope(parallel with the fall line) and just then change edges from heelside to toeside(toeside is the edge that is in front of you). What you need to do is this: before your boards starts going directly down, you change the edges. Basically, when you almost reach the end of the turn and your snowboard is still going in the same direction it was when you made the turn to right, you change the edge.
This video changed my game. I always struggled to switch between heel edge to toe edge without stopping, I watched this little video and there I was carving …
Best instructional vid I’ve seen. Short and concise with great points. Especially that one about changing edge before the fall line, I was wondering about that
The instructions here are truly great! Like you said they're short and concise, he doesn't stutter or 'ehm', he knows what he needs to say and how to say it, and he doesn't make unnecessary repititions. Really love this
Malcolm ty…. Been binge watching all your videos as I’m headed out to Andorra for my first Snowboarding trip and your tips are making all the difference!!! So a big thanks indeed 👍
0:09 I know that that backflip was to shut some big mouths that I saw in the comment section a few days ago. Probably from someone who can't even do a simple butter. Good job and good video, as always.
@@malcolmmoore @Malcolm Moore The thing is: someone with actual experience can recognize high skills. You don't have to show lots of freestyle to the trained eye. Look Ryan Knapton for instance. He is a beast at carving and you won't see him at the park, but he has been a beast at freestyle. But there are always those kind of ignorants who think that you can't ride if you are not "Travis Parkering" all the time. Your videos are absolutely awesome, either at explaining things or showing new and original exercises to improve all kind of techniques.
@@The-Man-On-The-Mountain thanks, I don't do much park these days to be honest, and most of the time I'm doing my best riding I'm not filming. You've got to also take time to enjoy snowboarding without turning it into work. The park side of stuff is pretty well taken care of by people like Tommy Bennett anyway so there's no need for me to get too into that. Got to get the balance!
Hi, Dear the best snowboard youtuber out there, I ve been following you and I m doing nice improvements, but I have two issues, One : you ve already made a video about it and I m going to put it to experience this weekend Two : When I m going fast on a straight forward track there is some lateral movement on the board ? can you explain what's the reason and how to avoid it, it makes me panic and stops half way on a narrow field, and I end up by going by by foot, or I end up catching an edge because I m trying to correct that movement.
Hi Malcom I’m really confused at 2:42 it looks like you’re on your heel side but you got your back facing down the slope, how is it that you didn’t fall on your back?
Great video, only thing I would add is always be looking back up the slope before initiating your turn, especially on crowded pistes. You may have the right of way, but it’s never fun when you get smashed from the rear by someone who doesn’t see you coming across the slope!
Malcolm: "This is how you carve." Me: "Yeah, that's what I can do already!" Malcolm: "Don't twist your body, it's common for beginners." Me: "...Ok, this looks more like what I am doing.."
I wish it had 20 steps just so I could watch more. You put them all together and it looks so effortless. Here’s a topic: for all the things that you’ve been explaining so well in your videos, can you demonstrate the common mistakes? Like “don’t do this”. I think that would help a lot (just don’t break anything). Thanks!
Hi Malcolm! Can you please make a video on snowboarding profiles (camber vs rocker), how to best choose a snowboard, especially for beginner - intermediate level, for smooth learning and less edge-catching. Keep it up, thanks!
I second this! I’m in the market for a new board (as an intermediate rider moving up from a hand me down) and would really appreciate a breakdown on rocker vs camber (and hybrid combos), differences in flex and dampening, and how all of those factors change the actual feel of riding and your control
Hey Malcolm, I love your video's. For me they are the best out there. I was wondering if there's any exercises at home to get the movements of my body for carve turns right. Unfortunately I'm not able to go to the snow for more than 1 week a year and my technique is not that good. I've seen all your vids but when i'm on the snow, I don't have enough time to get rid of bad technique and learn the good stuff. My problems: kicking with my back leg, not putting enough pressure on both heel and toe side (especially heel side), not preparing the carve turn early enough. Can you make a video providing a few exercises to help me build the right muscle memory?
Hi Malcolm, can you make a video how to make these nice carve turns on a steeper slopes (reds, blacks)? On a mellow pists I manage to keep this single line, but on a steeper slopes I go back to skidding and this smooth edge change is much more difficult
I find Heelside carve to be way harder than toeside! Today is my 30th days on mountain, and about my 9th days practicing carving. My Toeside came naturally and I was able to do pencil line toeside carve on green and blue slope pretty much first day of practicing carving. But Heelside still having trouble. I noticed I have to sit VERY low where my lower and upper legs are basically 90 degree or less. And I have to open my shoulder a bit (cannot be parallel or square with the board). At one point I started doing airplane with my arm where my both my arm are up and pretend they are like wings of airplane, perpendicular to the board. That's when I was kinda able to carve on heelside. Still no where near perfect tho, and only about 50% success rate to get a pencil thin line on heelside.. It just takes so much effort for me to do heelside, but super easy on toeside. I don't understand why.
I have the same problem. Even if you are low, it does not necessarily mean that you lean on the turn. It can become unatural to lean backwards on the piste. One exercise that my instructor gave me is to raise your arms while turning on the backside (not really like the airplane that you describe but more centered like touching your head). Your center of mass is higher and will help you to lean on the turn, although that can become more instable. That helped me to feel how much I have to lean onto the turn Also on the backside, your back leg should push more ( as I feel it) to bend the aft side of your board. If the weight is equally distributed, your board will start to "shake" and loose grip. To counter that you have to press the back foot and bend the board further.
I was just watching a Ryan Knapton video on heel side carving. The video was from his series that he did in 2017 with the title of "how to really really carve". Ideally that will help you find the video as I don't have it handy. The important thing he mentions there is that on your heel side, you start the turn facing 90 degrees to the direction of travel (your body is not rotated). Then as you advance through the turn, rotate your upper body so that you face the front of the board. After seeing that video, I can see Knapton doing it, and I also notice that it makes his heel side carves look cooler. It's a double bonus.
Don't stress too much about an open position on your heel side, I say shoulders in line here just to help beginners visualise it. And it also helps eliminate counter rotation, but to be honest an open position can help and I go over that in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/eKmHng_lh74/v-deo.html As for improving the heels, try and get a friend to film you side on, check your posture, if you follow your spine is it pointing down towards your edge, or are your shoulder hunched forwards meaning your spine is pointing back behind the board? Sometimes it can be really helpful to see yourself ride. If it's not that then you should be close to getting it, so just keep practicing!
What helped for me was patience and letting it come together. In the beginning just try for short pencil lines and the more comfortable you get slowly start extending the lines with the same feeling and posture of the short ones. I find visualizing starting the line with the front contact point and slowly connect that same line with the rear contact point with attention to the proper posture Malcom is using. Just relaxing your body the longer the lines get and it all comes together like in step 8. I clocked myself at 49.9mph pencil lining huge long arced carves on my last trip. The terrain and conditions were as perfect as they get which allowed that and ofcourse completely empty runs helps. Can't get enough of that kind of carving!
Really helpful videos, thanks. I wondered if you had or could do a video on setting up your board, choosing equipment for beginner to basic intermediate. Thanks
Step 4 is the game changer. When newer boarders get that it changes everything. Great content by the way - I've been hoovering up your content since before last season which was my first time boarding for about 10 years. I'm 100% convinced your content was a huge part of why my FIRST run down was 10x better than I expected it to be. Obviously back at it again this year. I boarded all over Europe and N.America for about 20 years in a row from my 20s onwards before my big break - I wonder if I can do the same run now I'm in my 50s! We will see.
Hi Malcom. Love your channel. Wondering if you will be around ADH during Tomorrowland Winter Festival, 3 weeks from now. Would be great to get some lessons. Wondering what to expect in terms of conditions during the festival. I'm an intermediate Canadian Rockies snowboarder. Thanks!
I recently started snowboarding last month, so far I worked out the basics but with your channel and tips it feels like I can go a bit higher after I can practice some more. Great content, fun to watch aswell.
Superb video. On a subject I was hoping for. With great structure and editing. Please more of this with further advancement on carving. Your videos just get better . Brilliant.
Great video. I’ve been trying to carve and what tends to happen is I skid when changing edges especially from my toe edge to my heel edge. Then when I’m on my heel edge I have a hard time getting that pencil thin line. I think I need to let my lean turn me and not back foot, also need to get on my edge before the fall line. Whenever I’m on my heel side (regular) trying to carve there always tends to be a slight skid where my boards nose is pointing slightly left instead of direction I’m traveling, any idea why that is?
Create edge angle by bending/flexing your knees, ankles, and lifting your toes. Let the edge "hook" in the snow and the sidecut of the board will turn you, maybe try a carved traverse first? Skidding when carving means your upper and lower body is not in alignment, trying carving with a "closed" stance, with upper and lower body aligned before moving to a "opened" stance where your chest is turned toward your front binding/foot.
Hey Malcolm could u explain the importance of forward lean in a video for everyone.I see way too many people at the lifts who never adjust this or have no idea it’s there and how important it is drives me nuts to see that huge gap of high back and their calf. If u want perfect posture like Malcolm says your high backs should be adjusted correctly so crank up the forward lean people u won’t be disappointed and like always great video and eat your bananas
noob question: i agree that carving looks cool and all, but practically speaking is it a useful skill vs "normal turning" with skidding and imperfect lines? like on harder runs and steep slopes is carving the better way to go down?
Thank you SO MUCH for your videos. So much help, I have learned a lot. I would suggest a video for a dad like me helping my 12 year old and 14 year old to learn how to snowboard. Teach the teacher. Yes they have had private lessons at ski school but honestly, we have not been very fortunate with those. After a few trips, my kids still don't know their toe-side edge turns. Anyway, thank you! Any help on how I can teach my kids would be appreciated.
Hi Malcolm... How do you do that kind of stationary 180 at 7 mins 23 please? I really want to learn to do that but when I try it I fall most times, board just won't come around fast
Thanks for this, perfect tips for me to practice right now!:) A question: I keep hearing that carving is not something you should/will be doing all the time (I think in some snowboard addiction tutorial they even said carving is only like 10% of their riding?), but from your videos it look like you carve pretty much all the time? Any thoughts on this?
Don't think about turning the board at the edge change, this might sound weird, but the board doesn't change direction at the edge change. You simply roll it from one edge to another by crossing your centre of mass over the board. Once your new edge is set in the snow that is when the board starts turning. If you try and twist and turn during the edge change then that can lead to an edge catch.
Watching malcom snowboard is so satisfying, it looks so effortless and easy!! Thank you for all your videos! Yiu are a big part of why I can actually snowboard without lessons.
Hello Malcolm, Does snowboard profile and stiffness effect on carving? I have a hybrid board and a little stiff one. I am kinda new and just wonder about this.
Thanks soo much for this…I’m 60 this year and still haven’t mastered carving, so it’s an important goal for me. I scuff my turns.. it’s fear I think. Moved from skiing and started boarding at 40 and can be a bit too cautious, especially as I get older. Need to relax and let go a bit. Where is this? Such amazing wide pistes.
Great vid as always! Such a helpful channel to progress the riding. Maybe a silly suggestion for a vid, but i’ll give it a shot; walking the board while strapped in with both legs. Not one of my strongest skills. Thx a lot and keep it up!
Great video mate. Decided to focus on my carving game today because of the lack of powder. This helped a lot. Especially step 4 about the early edge! Seems obvious now but I never really thought about it. Cheers!
Hi, thanks for your honest review. Ive seen reviews of the Burton genesis and clews, and these seems the best deal or at this moment do u have another favorite step in binding or do u agree this is the best of the 3 ive mentioned or maybe another one that is better or to c reviews from? Thanks before!
You're on my carving tutorial here but I guess you're referring to the nidecker Supermatics, which yes in my opinion are the best of the bunch, I also did a follow up review if you haven't seem that yet!
Beginner carving, 50 50, but as you get better you can move weight to the rear, progressively through the turn. An open stance can't help with that somewhat too, which is what I go over in this video below 👍 ua-cam.com/video/eKmHng_lh74/v-deo.html
Malcolm, you are my favorite coach! You mentioned on a heel turn your knees go out......are you opening both your legs outward? Aggressively? How long if so, just until you are traversing again? Is there more outward pressure on the front foot? Thanks for the great content!
Good stuff. Watching this I am reminded of that one much-hated shared experience we all have (I believe?): foot pain. I think it's basically muscle cramping in the feet (especially early season or when you only get to go riding once in a while) from trying to maintain balance purely with those foot muscles. That's my theory ta the moment anyways and I wonder if this is something you might address sometime? Where in this video you've gone over the technique, but not specifically which muscles to use, and not use… and how some details of the technique might shed light on this (e.g.: "instead of cramping the feet and pushing down your toes, lever over the bindings by bending knees and ankles"). I'm half testing my theory and half asking for your take haha ;) cheers!
Thank you thank you thank you. I thought it was only me with wierd feets... First few runs of they day is basically killing my feet, after thar I can ride but also not for more than ~10mins.
@@bertbert9347 Get some aftermarket or custom (if you can afford it) insoles. My feet used to be screaming after each run, picked up some $60 insoles and it went away completely
I'm experiencing alot of foot pain at the moment actually, I have new boots, the same burton boots I get season after season, but something must be different in this yeara model as they're giving me a trapped nerve. So sometimes poorly fitting equipment can be the problem. I'll paste an answer I just wrote to another question down below, as I feel like it also answers some of your questions! 👍 I'm being lazy with my feet, I much prefer to use my knee as a lever over the top of the ankle, essentially this gets to foot moving but I'm not using the muscles around my ankle much. If for instance on my heel edge I wanted to make a minor adjustment to my line I might lift my toes up for an instancevbut I don't do this normally throughout the turn. So long as you get your weight in the right place and your posture right then your equipment will do alot of the work for you. That is leaning back into your highbacks on the heel edge, and sinking your shins into the front of your boots on the toes 👍
Hey Malcom, thanks a lot for this video. Next week I am in swiss alps for snowboarding and just started in Jan with boarding. I will try this out for carving. :)
I suck at those, I have a really bad left shoulder that dislocates alot so I can't really get that arm down. I can kind of do them switch, but not that well!
Really excellent video, thank you! I had a fundamental misunderstanding of what carving was. The early edge change tip was absolutely gamechanging, I had been trying to change my edge while pointing straight down the slope this whole time!
I am right there with you. It's scary making the early toe-to-heel edge change because you have to lean backwards down the hill while you're traversing. That's the psychological barrier i'm trying to work through.
I am out here day 2 snowboarding. Going to try this today. My first day yesterday i went from the kid slope to a green. But i was using falling leaf and the other type of breaking. Very fun so far :)
After watching countless tutorials on snowboarding, this is by far the BEST one! Well broken down components of the carve, and well defined to-do steps to get to the end goal. I didnt even know i was doing it all wrong till i watched this tutorial, thanks for teaching!
Malcom I must say I follow a few of snowboard channels. yours got to be one I can tolerate the most. nice video shots. clear instructions and audio and music is not too over the top. you're editor deserves a beer!
@@malcolmmoore I wasn't aware of the term either but James cherry discusses it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/uNBua1SMosE/v-deo.html But this awesome duck stance carver does a video on it as well: ua-cam.com/video/ROKKN-NHXzQ/v-deo.html&lc=UgyCf50o3djys7ozlDx4AaABAg.A07JbNStwU3A0MD360Evnb
I'm not gonna be carving a mogul run anytime soon, a carved turn is simply too big to do through moguls! Carving is mostly done on mellow slopes, but can also be done on steeper slopes if the snow is good. However you'll have to be a bit more precise with your movements for that, using a more open stance and aft pressure too!
Basics of Carving: - Lateral movements over the edges will increase edgeangel and your board will travle more linearly in the direction - Getting in the correct bodypositions helps with footsteering -- on the toeedge be in the frontside position on the heeledge be in the backside position --Switch between the positions while turning Advanced Carving: - Footsteering: On the heeledge straighten your backknee, on the toeedge flex your backnee ... this allows for mor edgeangel while your bodyangel stays the same -Vertical Movements to increase the load on the edge or give you flexibility in uneavan terrain 1.) Decrease the load while turning(Standing up on Edgechange) and going down for turn gives you stability 2.) Going down for Edgechange and standing up into the turn gives you thighter turns
Fantastic video, I am a beginner and your videos have all been so helpful. I have seen several of them many times. Thank you for sharing your knowledge the way you do!
Hi Malcolm, I watched a whole lot of your videos and I try to incorporate your tips best I can. I'm goofy... and when leaning forward, I leave a nice thin line in the snow. But when leaning back, I usually skid through the turn. I feel a bit uncomfortable leaning back. I know I am not supposed to stick my butt out, but it feels like the right thing to do. I am certain, I pushed my hip across the board during edge change. And I manage to maintain a straight posture. But for reason unknown, I skid or lose grip completely when turning right. I have tried putting more pressure on either my back or front foot. I changed stance and forward lean. Still leaning back does not leave a nicely cut line in the snow. How can I become more confident when leaning, back? ...or what else could it be?
I've spent like 6 days at snowboard and from day 3 I am very good at doing ,, falling leaf '' and I can ride in straight line without much problems but damn I cannot carve ..... I am getting pissed out. I love snowboarding but this is frustrating 😭🤣
Anyone got tips on how to slow down while learning to carve? I find myself zooming down the mountain, meanwhile people are carving at a WAY better pace enjoying the mountain.
I still have sometimes the problem that in the beginning of the turn I am skidding before I am getting into the carving line. I have the feeling that my back foot is doing more then the front foot. How can I fix this problem/habit? I was thinking if I am to late with the start of the turn?
Well, after 15 years of amateur snowboarding experience and 5 days on the slope of this season, I know what I want from my ski instructor that I am about to hire now.
Hello Malcolm. Been watching tons of your videos and you often mention making the edge change early in the turn, while in the traverse. What am I missing? Is there any other way? Or is this how we explain not making skidded turns?
Good morning, I live in Florida and go out west to snowboard every few years, I have learned to carve like you say, however, how can I control me speed? Is making narrow carves the way to control your speed? Thanks
Is this only viable on mild blue slopes? This only seems to feel good to me on unsteep slopes like where you're demonstrating. As soon as it gets a bit steeper i make way to much speed trying this and naturally resort back to skidding.
It is possible on steeper slopes but you will end up going much faster which makes it much more difficult to hold an edge. Normally on steeper slopes you make shorter turns instead to control your speed like that, I've got a video on that here: ua-cam.com/video/6DDlIbATM6s/v-deo.htmlsi=mqq2kXrELcRb9JYR
I'm finding I'm swaying in my seat side to side watching you carve.....That is what you call an immersive video! 😂
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I've watched it today and same thing man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The first minute of this video, those shots of you just riding and carving so smoothly, that's just pure heaven. I could watch it for hours. I'd love to have a video of just that, for as long as possible
Hi Malcom, thank you very much for all your videos here. I started to think about my riding this year and tried to change my bad habits after 20 years of intuitive riding. All content here is really good explained. Thank you so much!
Thanks Pavel happy it's helped 🙌🙌
Hi Malcom, great video as always. Loving these! Could you perhaps do a video on how to carve on steeper terrain. Or maybe just a video on how to do real steep slopes properly without skidding. I find that the steeper the terrain or the tighter the traverse the more I tend to revert to skidding even though I can carve
My 2c - the confidence to make early edge changes (while traversing) really helps. You get into your new edge before the fall line, turn more quickly and avoid picking up too much speed.
U won’t be really able to carve on steeper terrain than a blue run to much gravity , u have to use knee steering which is skidded turns
Personally, I use down unweighted turn technique on steep runs as I get more control over my board and I can slow down while board is pointing the fall line by bending the board.
Generally, I want to progress in baby steps so I don't get out of control. However, in this case, I practice basic turns (not carving) on even steeper runs then go back to the runs I was struggling with earlier, and I get more comfortable with the speed there.
Quoting Malcom in his reply below on when to carve: "Carving is mostly for mellow runs, so it just depends where you spend most of your time!"
Steeper terrain is easier to carve because it helps with speed/momentum.
I've got to say, Malcolm.. your videos are spot-on. I've skiid (skied, skii'd, skiyed?!?!) for 25 years, and have picked up snowboarding in the last 5 or so. A lot of the info here is essentially the same as a few other channels, but somehow you make it fresh and explain it very slightly differently for it to make so much more sense. Chapters are great. Well done on a marvellous channel - picking up pace ;-) Cheers from London
Cheers Andrew! Yes, its not too complicated snowboarding so you will essentially see how many times I can find another way to explain the same thing haha! But different things click for different people, so I shall continue! Cheers 👍
Step 4!! As a new snowboarder who has figured out quite a bit of what to do-- but it's tough to bring it together, step 4 truly is the secret. Thanks so much for all these videos! I can see why you're so successful teaching. You really know how to describe everything perfectly and easy to understand. I can't wait to hit the mountain after watching your videos.
Could you explain it because i really have a hard time understading that concept (English is not my native language)
@@pv7769 Hi. Late response, but I can try to explain. Early edge change means this: When you are making a turn, you usually are on one of your edges. To make the next turn, you need to go from one edge to another(For example, let's say you are riding with right foot/leg forward). You make a turn to right, you use your heelside edge(The edge that is behind your back). You go across the slope on your heelside edge and you almost reach the end of your turn. Here, you need to be careful. You will need to turn left(you are on the right side of the terrain). Now some people will wait until the snowboard is pointing down the slope(parallel with the fall line) and just then change edges from heelside to toeside(toeside is the edge that is in front of you). What you need to do is this: before your boards starts going directly down, you change the edges. Basically, when you almost reach the end of the turn and your snowboard is still going in the same direction it was when you made the turn to right, you change the edge.
@@pv7769 A diagram helps a lot to understand this. If you can find one it would be good.
@@romaniasvic213you won’t get even with a diagram.. you have a full video explaining and the guy also described it quite deeply
This video changed my game. I always struggled to switch between heel edge to toe edge without stopping, I watched this little video and there I was carving …
i learned in 5 days thanks to your videos and i've never touched a snowboard before
Best instructional vid I’ve seen. Short and concise with great points. Especially that one about changing edge before the fall line, I was wondering about that
Thanks David 🙌
The instructions here are truly great! Like you said they're short and concise, he doesn't stutter or 'ehm', he knows what he needs to say and how to say it, and he doesn't make unnecessary repititions. Really love this
perfect timing! heading to the Three valleys ski resort for the first time later this week, this should help my boarding :)
Cheers Aaron enjoy the 3 valleys!
That felt like all your tutorials into one and perfect timing for me to practice tomorrow! Merci Malcolm🤙
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Malcolm ty…. Been binge watching all your videos as I’m headed out to Andorra for my first Snowboarding trip and your tips are making all the difference!!! So a big thanks indeed 👍
Thanks Jason! Enjoy Andorra!
beautiful tutorial
Thanks 🙌
0:09 I know that that backflip was to shut some big mouths that I saw in the comment section a few days ago. Probably from someone who can't even do a simple butter.
Good job and good video, as always.
Haha 😉
@@malcolmmoore @Malcolm Moore The thing is: someone with actual experience can recognize high skills. You don't have to show lots of freestyle to the trained eye. Look Ryan Knapton for instance. He is a beast at carving and you won't see him at the park, but he has been a beast at freestyle. But there are always those kind of ignorants who think that you can't ride if you are not "Travis Parkering" all the time.
Your videos are absolutely awesome, either at explaining things or showing new and original exercises to improve all kind of techniques.
@@The-Man-On-The-Mountain thanks, I don't do much park these days to be honest, and most of the time I'm doing my best riding I'm not filming. You've got to also take time to enjoy snowboarding without turning it into work. The park side of stuff is pretty well taken care of by people like Tommy Bennett anyway so there's no need for me to get too into that. Got to get the balance!
Hi, Dear the best snowboard youtuber out there,
I ve been following you and I m doing nice improvements, but I have two issues,
One : you ve already made a video about it and I m going to put it to experience this weekend
Two :
When I m going fast on a straight forward track there is some lateral movement on the board ? can you explain what's the reason and how to avoid it, it makes me panic and stops half way on a narrow field, and I end up by going by by foot, or I end up catching an edge because I m trying to correct that movement.
Hi Malcom I’m really confused at 2:42 it looks like you’re on your heel side but you got your back facing down the slope, how is it that you didn’t fall on your back?
Step 7, carving before the fall line!
beautiful intro dude...lovely trick!!
Thanks man, backflip tutorial coming soon, that clip is from when I was filming that video!
Great video, only thing I would add is always be looking back up the slope before initiating your turn, especially on crowded pistes. You may have the right of way, but it’s never fun when you get smashed from the rear by someone who doesn’t see you coming across the slope!
Correct!
After 30 years of hardboots I got myself a splitboard why got tired to get hitten from behind.
Malcolm: "This is how you carve."
Me: "Yeah, that's what I can do already!"
Malcolm: "Don't twist your body, it's common for beginners."
Me: "...Ok, this looks more like what I am doing.."
I wish it had 20 steps just so I could watch more. You put them all together and it looks so effortless. Here’s a topic: for all the things that you’ve been explaining so well in your videos, can you demonstrate the common mistakes? Like “don’t do this”. I think that would help a lot (just don’t break anything). Thanks!
Haha yes, great idea 💡
Thanks 👍
amazing video! Thank you!
Thank you 🙏😊
Hi Malcolm! Can you please make a video on snowboarding profiles (camber vs rocker), how to best choose a snowboard, especially for beginner - intermediate level, for smooth learning and less edge-catching. Keep it up, thanks!
Great idea!
I second this! I’m in the market for a new board (as an intermediate rider moving up from a hand me down) and would really appreciate a breakdown on rocker vs camber (and hybrid combos), differences in flex and dampening, and how all of those factors change the actual feel of riding and your control
There are already 100. Why do you want more
Hey Malcolm, I love your video's. For me they are the best out there. I was wondering if there's any exercises at home to get the movements of my body for carve turns right. Unfortunately I'm not able to go to the snow for more than 1 week a year and my technique is not that good. I've seen all your vids but when i'm on the snow, I don't have enough time to get rid of bad technique and learn the good stuff. My problems: kicking with my back leg, not putting enough pressure on both heel and toe side (especially heel side), not preparing the carve turn early enough. Can you make a video providing a few exercises to help me build the right muscle memory?
Malcolm, I'm finally getting the chance to put these tips on the slope soon. Any suggestions with regards to binding angles and forward lean?
Loved that video thanks mate!!
Brilliant thanks 🙏🙏
Hi Malcolm, can you make a video how to make these nice carve turns on a steeper slopes (reds, blacks)? On a mellow pists I manage to keep this single line, but on a steeper slopes I go back to skidding and this smooth edge change is much more difficult
I find Heelside carve to be way harder than toeside! Today is my 30th days on mountain, and about my 9th days practicing carving. My Toeside came naturally and I was able to do pencil line toeside carve on green and blue slope pretty much first day of practicing carving. But Heelside still having trouble. I noticed I have to sit VERY low where my lower and upper legs are basically 90 degree or less. And I have to open my shoulder a bit (cannot be parallel or square with the board). At one point I started doing airplane with my arm where my both my arm are up and pretend they are like wings of airplane, perpendicular to the board. That's when I was kinda able to carve on heelside. Still no where near perfect tho, and only about 50% success rate to get a pencil thin line on heelside.. It just takes so much effort for me to do heelside, but super easy on toeside. I don't understand why.
I have the same problem. Even if you are low, it does not necessarily mean that you lean on the turn.
It can become unatural to lean backwards on the piste. One exercise that my instructor gave me is to raise your arms while turning on the backside (not really like the airplane that you describe but more centered like touching your head). Your center of mass is higher and will help you to lean on the turn, although that can become more instable. That helped me to feel how much I have to lean onto the turn
Also on the backside, your back leg should push more ( as I feel it) to bend the aft side of your board. If the weight is equally distributed, your board will start to "shake" and loose grip. To counter that you have to press the back foot and bend the board further.
I was just watching a Ryan Knapton video on heel side carving. The video was from his series that he did in 2017 with the title of "how to really really carve". Ideally that will help you find the video as I don't have it handy. The important thing he mentions there is that on your heel side, you start the turn facing 90 degrees to the direction of travel (your body is not rotated). Then as you advance through the turn, rotate your upper body so that you face the front of the board. After seeing that video, I can see Knapton doing it, and I also notice that it makes his heel side carves look cooler. It's a double bonus.
Adjust your forward lean on your high backs this is so very important and it will help
Don't stress too much about an open position on your heel side, I say shoulders in line here just to help beginners visualise it. And it also helps eliminate counter rotation, but to be honest an open position can help and I go over that in this video here:
ua-cam.com/video/eKmHng_lh74/v-deo.html
As for improving the heels, try and get a friend to film you side on, check your posture, if you follow your spine is it pointing down towards your edge, or are your shoulder hunched forwards meaning your spine is pointing back behind the board? Sometimes it can be really helpful to see yourself ride. If it's not that then you should be close to getting it, so just keep practicing!
What helped for me was patience and letting it come together. In the beginning just try for short pencil lines and the more comfortable you get slowly start extending the lines with the same feeling and posture of the short ones. I find visualizing starting the line with the front contact point and slowly connect that same line with the rear contact point with attention to the proper posture Malcom is using. Just relaxing your body the longer the lines get and it all comes together like in step 8. I clocked myself at 49.9mph pencil lining huge long arced carves on my last trip. The terrain and conditions were as perfect as they get which allowed that and ofcourse completely empty runs helps. Can't get enough of that kind of carving!
Really helpful videos, thanks. I wondered if you had or could do a video on setting up your board, choosing equipment for beginner to basic intermediate. Thanks
Haven't done that one yet, it'll probably wait until before next season now to be honest!
@@malcolmmoore that'd be great thanks. Also advice on stance would be helpful, width and angles. Cheers
Step 4 is the game changer. When newer boarders get that it changes everything.
Great content by the way - I've been hoovering up your content since before last season which was my first time boarding for about 10 years. I'm 100% convinced your content was a huge part of why my FIRST run down was 10x better than I expected it to be.
Obviously back at it again this year. I boarded all over Europe and N.America for about 20 years in a row from my 20s onwards before my big break - I wonder if I can do the same run now I'm in my 50s! We will see.
💯… I left a comment above before I saw yours. That one trick changed my game. I am much more confident now
Hi Malcom. Love your channel. Wondering if you will be around ADH during Tomorrowland Winter Festival, 3 weeks from now. Would be great to get some lessons. Wondering what to expect in terms of conditions during the festival. I'm an intermediate Canadian Rockies snowboarder. Thanks!
I'm around, I'm booked up though I'm afraid! The best bet is to send me an email when you're here and if I get any cancellations I can let you know 👍
I love this video
Thanks 🙌🙌
I finally get the carved turns thanks for your tutorial videos, Malcolm. Very appreciate your works from a midlife crisis man 👍
Haha, hope the crisis is working out well for you!
I recently started snowboarding last month, so far I worked out the basics but with your channel and tips it feels like I can go a bit higher after I can practice some more. Great content, fun to watch aswell.
Superb video. On a subject I was hoping for. With great structure and editing. Please more of this with further advancement on carving. Your videos just get better . Brilliant.
Great video. I’ve been trying to carve and what tends to happen is I skid when changing edges especially from my toe edge to my heel edge. Then when I’m on my heel edge I have a hard time getting that pencil thin line. I think I need to let my lean turn me and not back foot, also need to get on my edge before the fall line. Whenever I’m on my heel side (regular) trying to carve there always tends to be a slight skid where my boards nose is pointing slightly left instead of direction I’m traveling, any idea why that is?
Create edge angle by bending/flexing your knees, ankles, and lifting your toes. Let the edge "hook" in the snow and the sidecut of the board will turn you, maybe try a carved traverse first? Skidding when carving means your upper and lower body is not in alignment, trying carving with a "closed" stance, with upper and lower body aligned before moving to a "opened" stance where your chest is turned toward your front binding/foot.
What should I do for thinner slopes? I can carve decent on wider terrain but ones I get to tighter areas I tend to skid again
Hey Malcolm could u explain the importance of forward lean in a video for everyone.I see way too many people at the lifts who never adjust this or have no idea it’s there and how important it is drives me nuts to see that huge gap of high back and their calf. If u want perfect posture like Malcolm says your high backs should be adjusted correctly so crank up the forward lean people u won’t be disappointed and like always great video and eat your bananas
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noob question: i agree that carving looks cool and all, but practically speaking is it a useful skill vs "normal turning" with skidding and imperfect lines? like on harder runs and steep slopes is carving the better way to go down?
Thank you SO MUCH for your videos. So much help, I have learned a lot.
I would suggest a video for a dad like me helping my 12 year old and 14 year old to learn how to snowboard. Teach the teacher. Yes they have had private lessons at ski school but honestly, we have not been very fortunate with those. After a few trips, my kids still don't know their toe-side edge turns. Anyway, thank you! Any help on how I can teach my kids would be appreciated.
Hi Malcolm... How do you do that kind of stationary 180 at 7 mins 23 please? I really want to learn to do that but when I try it I fall most times, board just won't come around fast
Thanks for this, perfect tips for me to practice right now!:)
A question: I keep hearing that carving is not something you should/will be doing all the time (I think in some snowboard addiction tutorial they even said carving is only like 10% of their riding?), but from your videos it look like you carve pretty much all the time? Any thoughts on this?
Carving is mostly for mellow runs, so it just depends where you spend most of your time!
@@malcolmmoore so when not carving, should we stick to skidded turns or something else ?
Thank you for your videos they are great !
@@malcolmmoore How come this is true ? You should be able to carve on any slope and any terrain
How do you prevent catching an edge when doing the early edge change? Is it just about finding how fast to rock from one edge to the other?
Don't think about turning the board at the edge change, this might sound weird, but the board doesn't change direction at the edge change. You simply roll it from one edge to another by crossing your centre of mass over the board. Once your new edge is set in the snow that is when the board starts turning. If you try and twist and turn during the edge change then that can lead to an edge catch.
Watching malcom snowboard is so satisfying, it looks so effortless and easy!! Thank you for all your videos! Yiu are a big part of why I can actually snowboard without lessons.
Hello Malcolm, Does snowboard profile and stiffness effect on carving? I have a hybrid board and a little stiff one. I am kinda new and just wonder about this.
Thanks soo much for this…I’m
60 this year and still haven’t mastered carving, so it’s an important goal for me. I scuff my turns.. it’s fear I think. Moved from skiing and started boarding at 40 and can be a bit too cautious, especially as I get older. Need to relax and let go a bit. Where is this? Such amazing wide pistes.
Great vid as always! Such a helpful channel to progress the riding. Maybe a silly suggestion for a vid, but i’ll give it a shot; walking the board while strapped in with both legs. Not one of my strongest skills. Thx a lot and keep it up!
Hey Malcom what stance angles do you use and does it make a difference to carving?
Yo! Thanks for making this video! I can't wait to try this out when I get the chance
Great video mate. Decided to focus on my carving game today because of the lack of powder. This helped a lot. Especially step 4 about the early edge! Seems obvious now but I never really thought about it. Cheers!
Hi, thanks for your honest review. Ive seen reviews of the Burton genesis and clews, and these seems the best deal or at this moment do u have another favorite step in binding or do u agree this is the best of the 3 ive mentioned or maybe another one that is better or to c reviews from? Thanks before!
You're on my carving tutorial here but I guess you're referring to the nidecker Supermatics, which yes in my opinion are the best of the bunch, I also did a follow up review if you haven't seem that yet!
new malcolm moore video LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Haha yeahhhhh!!
@Malcolm Moore: which is exaclty the name of the mountain?
Hey Malcolm, i have a question: on what leg should i have most pressure during a carve turn
Beginner carving, 50 50, but as you get better you can move weight to the rear, progressively through the turn. An open stance can't help with that somewhat too, which is what I go over in this video below 👍
ua-cam.com/video/eKmHng_lh74/v-deo.html
Hi Malcolm, some tips for heelside chatter? 😬
Yeah I've been meaning to make that one for a while!
hello, what is the angle of the bindings on your board please
+18 -12 👍👍
Brilliant mate!!! Actually never thought of it this way…🤯😁🤣
Cheers troy 👍😀
Malcolm, you are my favorite coach! You mentioned on a heel turn your knees go out......are you opening both your legs outward? Aggressively? How long if so, just until you are traversing again? Is there more outward pressure on the front foot? Thanks for the great content!
Good stuff. Watching this I am reminded of that one much-hated shared experience we all have (I believe?): foot pain. I think it's basically muscle cramping in the feet (especially early season or when you only get to go riding once in a while) from trying to maintain balance purely with those foot muscles. That's my theory ta the moment anyways and I wonder if this is something you might address sometime? Where in this video you've gone over the technique, but not specifically which muscles to use, and not use… and how some details of the technique might shed light on this (e.g.: "instead of cramping the feet and pushing down your toes, lever over the bindings by bending knees and ankles"). I'm half testing my theory and half asking for your take haha ;) cheers!
Thank you thank you thank you. I thought it was only me with wierd feets...
First few runs of they day is basically killing my feet, after thar I can ride but also not for more than ~10mins.
@@bertbert9347 Get some aftermarket or custom (if you can afford it) insoles. My feet used to be screaming after each run, picked up some $60 insoles and it went away completely
@@coreylandman2688 i got some superfeet green, i think the arch is too high for me. They dont really change my problem :/ will try to mod them
I have the same problem, thought it may be my boots
I'm experiencing alot of foot pain at the moment actually, I have new boots, the same burton boots I get season after season, but something must be different in this yeara model as they're giving me a trapped nerve. So sometimes poorly fitting equipment can be the problem. I'll paste an answer I just wrote to another question down below, as I feel like it also answers some of your questions! 👍
I'm being lazy with my feet, I much prefer to use my knee as a lever over the top of the ankle, essentially this gets to foot moving but I'm not using the muscles around my ankle much. If for instance on my heel edge I wanted to make a minor adjustment to my line I might lift my toes up for an instancevbut I don't do this normally throughout the turn. So long as you get your weight in the right place and your posture right then your equipment will do alot of the work for you. That is leaning back into your highbacks on the heel edge, and sinking your shins into the front of your boots on the toes 👍
Thanks man, working hard on smooth switch stance, lots of nuggets in your video for me. Rip it up😎
Happy shredding 🤙
Hey Malcom, thanks a lot for this video. Next week I am in swiss alps for snowboarding and just started in Jan with boarding. I will try this out for carving. :)
Loving the breakdown on your videos. Hoping you will make a laid out heelside carve breakdown video in the near future!
I suck at those, I have a really bad left shoulder that dislocates alot so I can't really get that arm down. I can kind of do them switch, but not that well!
Really excellent video, thank you! I had a fundamental misunderstanding of what carving was. The early edge change tip was absolutely gamechanging, I had been trying to change my edge while pointing straight down the slope this whole time!
I am right there with you. It's scary making the early toe-to-heel edge change because you have to lean backwards down the hill while you're traversing. That's the psychological barrier i'm trying to work through.
thanks for another quality video
Cheers Rob ✌
I am out here day 2 snowboarding. Going to try this today. My first day yesterday i went from the kid slope to a green. But i was using falling leaf and the other type of breaking. Very fun so far :)
MM is definitely the best snowboard teacher on YT! THX for sharing your knowledge, mate! 🙌
Thanks Thomas! Always appreciate your support 🙏
Hey Malcom, have watched all your videos so far but this one is epic. Really what I needed at the moment! Keep up the good work :)
Awesome thanks 🙌
Those mountain views never get old!
Also have to say, awesome selection of music tracks in all your videos!
Thanks Yaas! 🙌
After watching countless tutorials on snowboarding, this is by far the BEST one!
Well broken down components of the carve, and well defined to-do steps to get to the end goal.
I didnt even know i was doing it all wrong till i watched this tutorial, thanks for teaching!
Thanks 🙏 happy it helped 😊
I wonder if people, who have ridden motorcycles for years, learn a bit easier to snowboard.
Helped me w/ understanding weight distribution to change direction but application is definitely different.
Malcom I must say I follow a few of snowboard channels. yours got to be one I can tolerate the most. nice video shots. clear instructions and audio and music is not too over the top. you're editor deserves a beer!
Thanks for helping my snowboard skills!
Transitioning early was very helpful with thin line.
Great!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌Thanx for sharing this Masterclass!!
Thanks Ander 🙌
Do you perform a "hip shift" on a deep heelside carve?
What's a hip shift?
@@malcolmmoore I wasn't aware of the term either but James cherry discusses it in this video: ua-cam.com/video/uNBua1SMosE/v-deo.html
But this awesome duck stance carver does a video on it as well: ua-cam.com/video/ROKKN-NHXzQ/v-deo.html&lc=UgyCf50o3djys7ozlDx4AaABAg.A07JbNStwU3A0MD360Evnb
It would be cool if you explained carving on different types of terrain and steeps (40-50 degree slope angle) powder, moguls, groomed runs, etc...
I'm not gonna be carving a mogul run anytime soon, a carved turn is simply too big to do through moguls! Carving is mostly done on mellow slopes, but can also be done on steeper slopes if the snow is good. However you'll have to be a bit more precise with your movements for that, using a more open stance and aft pressure too!
Basics of Carving:
- Lateral movements over the edges will increase edgeangel and your board will travle more linearly in the direction
- Getting in the correct bodypositions helps with footsteering
-- on the toeedge be in the frontside position on the heeledge be in the backside position
--Switch between the positions while turning
Advanced Carving:
- Footsteering: On the heeledge straighten your backknee, on the toeedge flex your backnee ... this allows for mor edgeangel while your bodyangel stays the same
-Vertical Movements to increase the load on the edge or give you flexibility in uneavan terrain
1.) Decrease the load while turning(Standing up on Edgechange) and going down for turn gives you stability
2.) Going down for Edgechange and standing up into the turn gives you thighter turns
When you are kneesteering with your front foot you can change the radius of the turn ... more edgeangel gives you a thighter turn
Hey Malcolm, will you do a guide to Alpes Duez?
Cheers.
Good idea, probably one I'll get to much later in the season to be honest though!
Fantastic video, I am a beginner and your videos have all been so helpful. I have seen several of them many times. Thank you for sharing your knowledge the way you do!
Thanks Manuel!
love your vids!
Thanks Daniel 🙌
Awesome content. Extremely helpful and you break it down in such easy-to-apply moves. Cheers man!!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Malcolm,
I watched a whole lot of your videos and I try to incorporate your tips best I can.
I'm goofy... and when leaning forward, I leave a nice thin line in the snow. But when leaning back, I usually skid through the turn. I feel a bit uncomfortable leaning back. I know I am not supposed to stick my butt out, but it feels like the right thing to do. I am certain, I pushed my hip across the board during edge change. And I manage to maintain a straight posture. But for reason unknown, I skid or lose grip completely when turning right. I have tried putting more pressure on either my back or front foot. I changed stance and forward lean. Still leaning back does not leave a nicely cut line in the snow.
How can I become more confident when leaning, back? ...or what else could it be?
Fantastic video as usual! Thanks Malcolm.
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I've spent like 6 days at snowboard and from day 3 I am very good at doing ,, falling leaf '' and I can ride in straight line without much problems but damn I cannot carve ..... I am getting pissed out. I love snowboarding but this is frustrating 😭🤣
Anyone got tips on how to slow down while learning to carve? I find myself zooming down the mountain, meanwhile people are carving at a WAY better pace enjoying the mountain.
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What mountain are you on?? Its so open and awesome!
@malcolmmoore, Up, it would be great if you can share information about place where you made this video:)
Alpe d'Huez in France 🤩
Which snowboards would you suggest for beginners that would still be suitable one progressed please?
I still have sometimes the problem that in the beginning of the turn I am skidding before I am getting into the carving line. I have the feeling that my back foot is doing more then the front foot. How can I fix this problem/habit? I was thinking if I am to late with the start of the turn?
Well, after 15 years of amateur snowboarding experience and 5 days on the slope of this season, I know what I want from my ski instructor that I am about to hire now.
Brilliant 😍
Can you make a video of reverts please and how these look and should be executed. Thanks.
Where was this video filmed?
Alpe d'Huez in France 🤩
do you use forward lean? how much for front vs back foot?
Hello Malcolm. Been watching tons of your videos and you often mention making the edge change early in the turn, while in the traverse. What am I missing? Is there any other way? Or is this how we explain not making skidded turns?
Using this as a review for a few times now. But what I also really want to know is the background soundtrack playing, cause it’s lit.
Great vid! Any recommendations for goggles in low light?
Good morning, I live in Florida and go out west to snowboard every few years, I have learned to carve like you say, however, how can I control me speed? Is making narrow carves the way to control your speed? Thanks
Can you make a video on techniques for carving on steep terrain?
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Thanks ☺️
Is this only viable on mild blue slopes? This only seems to feel good to me on unsteep slopes like where you're demonstrating. As soon as it gets a bit steeper i make way to much speed trying this and naturally resort back to skidding.
It is possible on steeper slopes but you will end up going much faster which makes it much more difficult to hold an edge. Normally on steeper slopes you make shorter turns instead to control your speed like that, I've got a video on that here: ua-cam.com/video/6DDlIbATM6s/v-deo.htmlsi=mqq2kXrELcRb9JYR
After 22 years with ski.... seit last week I'm snowboarder... it's f*cking awesome.....
Regards from German/Austria
Epic!
Hi Malcom, Thank you your video. I want to know which Board that you are using for this kind of carving. I am using Nitro T1, can it function too?
Can't remember exactly which one I was on here, amplid dada maybe... Your board will be fine though, yes!
Hi Malcom, can i ask what is your binding set up? I have always have difficulty in changing position when trying to toe edge.
I think in this video was +18 -12 but now I have -9 on my back foot