Snowboard Stances Part #3/3: Double posi & snowboard carving technique
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
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Setting up your snowboard bindings as a double positive stance with both toes pointing towards the nose can improve your turning and carving dramatically - but only if you apply the correct technique and learn to move your body in efficient ways to get all the performance out of this stance that it really has to offer. From a sliding turn to a clean, aggressive carve on a snowboard is a long journey. Be patient and practice! It’s all worth it!! The feeling you get when your body aligns with all the forces is simply amazing and absolutely addictive. Good luck!
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00:00 Introduction
01:05 Double positive is not a good beginner stance
04:50 More posi, more hips
06:47 Setup suggestion for beginners
07:55 Three key points for every turn
08:23 Centre of mass and stacking
14:37 Lead with your chest
16:30 Toe turn efficiency
17:46 Heel turn efficiency
19:40 Fore/aft pressure through the turn
21:07 Softboots and extreme binding angles
21:58 New stance, new technique
24:00 Let's talk!
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*** For video analysis or coaching, please reach out to lars.justaride@gmail.com *** Always happy to help with your turns! ***
I need to experiment with posi angles more! This video is fantastic.
Hey Malcolm, that is so great to hear!! Thanks for watching!! Means a lot to me.
Yes, let's touch base, for sure! I'll shoot you an email!
That would be a big stylistic change. Id like to see how you feel about it with they way you ride (very well of course).
I'm a big fan of the content both of you put out. You're both concise and easy to understand. @malcolmmoore would love hear how your experiments go.
Especially for those of with longish legs, it's hard to deny the difference in the amount of weight you can stack over the board in a double posi stance. For me, it feels like turning has been reinvented in a way that feels even more fun. How is that possible?!? So much to learn.... Thank you both for the great lessons.
@@coreyrobinson983 Thanks, Corey!! Much appreciated!!
You musnt be afraid of the dark side. In riding 33, 15 and it’s fabulous
Holy mother of turns! No body...and I mean - NO BODY...talks about this, and I was at the point when I thought I've hit a wall with my snowboard carvs. I was even trying get back to the basics and still, I've felt LOCKED with my position, boots and bidings. I was wandering what is wrong? Is that it for me?
This video is a holy grail for me. Thank You so much for bringing back FUN to my snowboard turns. I'm so incredibly thankful! Please, keep on doing this, You are a true Master Shifu of snowboarding 🙏🙏
Dude.....
Crazy thing to write!!
Thank you so much!
I'm very happy to hear that I left an impact. My very goal is to get people to re-think snowboarding! The lack of deeper knowledge out there is pretty wild... There are so many small things one could consider and instantly have a better day/setup/performance..... Thanks for the appreciation!! Spread the word! :-) ;-)
This Masterpiece + The Secrets of Snowboard Carving by James Cherry is a gamechanger for me
Thank you!! Yeah that guy rips!!
I just wanted to recommend that video too. Both of you speaking of literally the same.
@@florianrahe6539 absolutely! He's adding a few little things, which I was going to do in separate videos. But I feel like we have very much a similar style and idea of turn shape...
I started learning in my 30s. I was on duck stance for 2 years and had hard time committing to toe side turn. A carving snowboarder suggested me double positive and my turns connected much more smoothly. I recommend for intermediate who want to improve turns and connect them well.
Damn dude, can’t believe I just found your channel today. Been watching your videos for like 2 hours now. You are so dialed into every aspect of snowboarding and are very good at explaining and breaking things down.
Wow! What a great thing to hear! Thank you very much for telling me that!
This journey only just started! Stay tuned for more! :-) And share the love ;-)
I've ridden hard boots and alpine boards for more than 30 years now. When I started there were no instructors, no youtube, nothing, just friends.
The concept that I needed to turn my upper body AWAY from the slope to actually engage more my edge, and thus turn more, and how much counter-intuitive that is, was the one that took me more years to understand properly.
So kudos for explaining that slowly and properly!
Thanks, that’s great!!!
As a snowboard instructor that has become a ski instructor too, I find it fascinating how this change in posture is morphing us into the dynamics/physics of a skier - for example the lateral separation at the hip has such crossover with skiing technique! Makes so much sense. Thanks for the detailed breakdown, so helpful in the quest for high performance carving.
Love this comment! Right on the money!!
Thanks for sharing that! I fully agree.
Skiing background vs skate boarding must have something to do with where we start this journey.
Fantastic videos. Completely agree about having 2 pathways. The first step is having the various associations recognise there are 2 different styles for different purposes.
This is awesome and explains a lot! Even after riding 35+ years, I'm still learning. I've gone to posi posi the past few years and everything you talk about makes sense. Thanks for the great vids!
So great to hear!! Thank you for commenting and watching! Share the channel ;-)
Absolutely killing it with these tech videos. Nerd love from me! ❤
Uh! :-) So good to hear that, Luke!! Thank you so much!!
My brother, this video was brilliant and so are you. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said in this video including most of all the quote “turning, the first thing you learn, the last thing you master”. I’ve been riding for over 30 years and the journey continues.
Thank you so much for this, it’s invaluable and I’ve learned and reconfirmed so many things. You’ve given me a me fo be confidence.
✌🏾&💜
-Seal.
Yeah man, the turn! :-) Best feeling in the world! Thank you so much for the comment! This is so great! High fives! :-)
Thank you!
After watching over 100 videos with snowboarders from Japan who master carving very well, but who don't speak English and it was super hard to understand what they were saying and I was just watching the video, finally someone came who explained perfectly.
Even if Ryan Knapton controls the board very well in the duck stance, I think that Kento (ToyFilms) does it more efficiently and dynamically, which is what I saw you do too, which is why I thank you for explaining everything so well .
Keep it like this!
I'm stoked that my content is working for you! Thanks for sharing your story!! Spread the love ;-)
That's probably why Ryan need extra wide board... Ryan Knapton's style is unique and wonderful, but yeah, if carving is your thing, this would be more efficient. However to dip into freestyle type of carving Ryan does, I think duck stance actually make sense. But going into freeride and racing route, double positives is the way to go.
@@anais4766 100% agreed. And there will always be exceptions...
As someone that feels/felt like they were an advanced boarder, this video is enlightening. I have been riding less park as Im in my early 40s. Im interested in dialing in my carving and the bit about the euro carving and the smile you had on your face laughing at all of us boarders that think we can carve was priceless. Truly amazing content that I will certainly rewatch.
Haha, wasn’t trying to be condescending. But I couldn’t help it with that one… so many riders just dragging hands with no edge angle… 🤷♂️
I’m right now watching loads of UA-cam vids to get the most info possible prior to start snowboarding next season. Being on the very “science” side of things in life, you are the best that I’ve come across to explain the “art” of snowboarding. Very technical but very well explained at the same time. Loving it! Thanks.
Aah!! Made my day!! 😊
Thank you so much for sharing that!
I have a bunch of videos that will likely go down well with you. Thanks for the support! ✌️🙏
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel yea, being an old dude that rode snowboard an era ago I’m looking at all info available to chose the right equipment and using the right setting to go easy on my “high mileage body ». Back then my board was a Kemper board (mid 90’) 😂 We were riding with Sorel boots! 🤣🤣. I sound like my grand father now…
Yes, I will obviously check out your video library!
Pretty excited to start riding with me kids now!
Quick question: I’m 5-11, 195lbs, 10.5 street show size. Since I’m a beginner (I guess I will quickly be a good beginner, my brain still remember how to turn), must I choose the board with my weight first (I’m no feather, so leaning toward longer 160 boards) or better choose on the short side (156-158) even if they are rated for lighter people…? My style? Goofing around a resort in Easter Canada. Small jumps, beginners “carving” on mellow slopes, trying to do butters and stuff without bitting ground too hard.
@@MrLapin-LL there’s no quick answer to that. I have videos on waist width, length and I talk about flex and purpose as well. It’ll give you ideas!
I’m so pleased to see videos like this coming out.
When I started out back in the early 90’s posi/posi is how we rode. I had one VHS tape that talked about ‘sitting’ turns with a more side-on stance, and ‘steering’ turns with a forward open stance. I used to practice these with a ski pole held level in front, ‘steering’ like a bike and getting my hips into it. My mates called me ‘bird man’ for swooping around with my arms either side.
Then I spent a day with a French guide who insisted I rode duck and deconstructed everything. I wasted a couple of years trying to make that work but half the time I just twisted my back knee up trying to go forward and tuck it in behind my front knee.
I went back mild posi and have gone more so over time. Various boot / boardwidth and kit issues have made me look further into overhang and stance angles along the way.
I started watching @malcommoore vids 👍👍 eagerly as he also explains technique so well, and tried to apply some principles to my own stance, as well as learning those techniques, so now I tend to mix up some sideways stance for slower turns and lumpy terrain, and forward for carving.
I’ve recently watched some Korua vids which have reaffirmed my inclination to re-learn and commit more to forward stance, but this here is even more detailed and really inspires me and vindicates that further still.
It won’t be for everyone but this is exactly what I needed to see to help build my knowledge and hopefully improve.
Such clear explanations and demonstrations.
Thank you!!!!
This is so awesome!! Thanks for that comment. I'm very happy I could help. You almost describe my own pathway.... started in 1992. Posi/posi in ski boots... hahahaha. Becoming an instructor deconstructed all the posi stuff and literally portrayed it as it 'wrong'!! Quite unbelievable! I slowly went back to it - then with a deeper understanding gained through reflection and loys of video analysis!
Malcolm is great. He just found my channel and emailed me this morning. This is good stuff!! :-)
Thanks for watching and commenting. Made my day!
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel The first time I ever tried boarding was after skiing for three days. All they had to hire was an assymetric alpine board using the same ski boots! Soft boots hadn’t reached that part of Italy yet! 😆.
I’m 60 now and for me I have no interest at my age in switch or anything much else asides carving and powder, it’s always been about the turn for me. And control.
But I think it’s great to understand these two different approaches and find what works for us as individuals. And maybe use them both, each in different situations. Thanks again. 👍
This year is 40 years of turning for me. You are correct- the first thing you learn and the last thing you master is the turn. I spent all day last Sunday adjusting angles and experimenting with a new board. For me +27 +9 allows for the most flexibility. It balances your ability to open your shoulders to the fall line while keeping enough cross-board flexibility to switch to slashy pow swivels. My daughter has been involved with the Park City Ride program for four years now and is focusing on body positioning and angulation with her coach. But this is a season long program. Most riders will never get that level of attention sadly. Second only to bottomless pow, making pencil lines is what I chase. I wish more people knew what they were missing.
Great comment!! Thank you!
Lars, good to connect with you over the past few days. Ive been on this journey for a few seasons now, and it's completely changed the way i look at the mointain. Im going to go out on a limb here and say that this is THE best english language carving video on the internet right now and will greatly benefit many people on the same "path to enlightenment."
You're much farther along the path than I am, but the one comment i can make is the lack of mention of stance width. I've found that the more positive I go, the more i appreciate narrowing my stance a bit. What are your thoughts?
Thanks again. You're really hitting on something here.
Wow, big words, Josh! Thank you so much!
Yes, nice chatting to you about boards!!
I'm with you on the stance width thing; same here: more posi, less width. That's another biomechanics thing. Since the feet when mounted posi/posi are more behind each other than next to each other, the width needs to change in order to keep pressure on the entire sole of each foot. If you're too wide, the back foot heel will simply lift up when launching into the nose... Therefore in racing people rock (or used to rock!) heel and toe canting (toe on the front foot, heel on the backfoot).
I left out stance width entirely, because that'll be its own episode. 25 minutes are already way too long for my liking, hahaha...
Thanks for the support! Love it!! 🙏
Haha oh man, until these vids I’ve been using UA-cam’s auto translate feature on lots of Japanese and Korean vids. It’s so bad and hard to follow so I’m stoked to finally have quality vids in English 🙏
This is the best video I've ever seen about body balance and body positioning for carving posi/posi! Tomorrow is my last day on the slopes and I'm ready to move from 15/-6 to 24/3 🤘🏼
@@RodrigoeBeta thank you so much!! I’m glad it made sense! Have fun.
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Reporting back: started with 24/3, ended the day with 30/9. I don't know if it is because I've had some injuries in the past that made my mobility restricted, but I feel SO MUCH BETTER on the board with that new stance. Much easier to get in and out of turns during carves, I'm not ducking anymore. Many many thanks!
@@RodrigoeBeta haha, the duck got driven out! :-) Glad it worked!!
Very helpful! Thank you.
I learned a lot from your series!! please keep uploading these tech videos!!🔥🔥
That's awesome!! Yes, I'll keep it going. You keep watching and feel free to share! :-) Thank you so much!!
your accent makes me trust you even more. you sound like you know what you're talking about and you do.keep up the good work :D
Hahaha…. The German is coming through with every word I say…
Thanks for the support!!
like a Texan talking about horses or a Hawaiian talking about surfboards, its authentic!
I started snowboarding with posi posi 30 years ago. Ten years ago, after a long break, I moved to duck angles due to pressure from the crowd (no one rode my old way). I managed, but there was no fun, and the angles became more and more positive every year. Thanks for this video; I will return to my youth as an old guy.
How is your knee doing with long experience being in posi posi?
This is the best video I've ever seen on snowboard turning technique! I've been snowboarding for 30 years, originally being taught +/+ (but that soon changed in the UK BASI system to +/- in the 90s). Been playing with +/+ again for the last few years, mostly inspired by Japanese riders (and latterly Korua & Swoard) and I'm certainly guilty of the "eurocarving" hand dragging errors ;) This video makes it very clear - can't wait to try these ideas on the snow!
Many thanks to @malcolmmoore for giving a pointer to your channel (and for all the great videos he puts out !)
So cool to hear this!! Did you ride with Neil McNabb? He's a snowboard fiend to me. Been chatting a bunch with him over the years.
Yeah, the hand thing is huge! The difference it makes to not break at the waist in a toe turn is wild......
@malcolmmoore is crushing it!! Glad he found my channel and we got in touch.
@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel
Yep, did a McNab course in 2004 in Argentiere, mixed backcountry and piste technique, great week! Know people who did a heli trip in Russia with him :o Another friend is having lessons with @malcolmmoore over New year :)
Hey@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel- just seen from another video of yours that you're in Fernie ? If so, I'm out there for 2 weeks from Jan 6th on a NonStop course. I've just had a great week with Clarence Gagnon in Cervinia with NonStop who is also a Stranda ambassador. Any chance you'd be up for a private lesson on the whole +/+ thing ?!? Love to try a Cheater too if there's anywhere to rent one in Fernie. LMK and we'll take it offline - Cheers, Simon :)
@@simegeorge Ha! That is so good! Clarence!! :-) Great guy! We've been friends for years. Yeah, PM me: lars.justaride@gmail.com I'll probably have a Cheater for you to demo.
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel awesome will do - very happy Xmas to you and yours :)
The best explanation i ever heard!
this is such a good video -thanks!
This is fantastic! Thank you!
Awesome! Glad you think so! Thank you!!
When I learned snowboarding at like 13-ish(?) I actually experimented A LOT with angles and found that posi-posi was definitely the easiest way to generate power through my board. Especially as I came from being a fairly competent carver on skis already. I remember feeling so limited by having my back foot pointing the "wrong way" up the slope...
Super interesting video that I will take with me next winter as I take up snoboarding again some 20 years later... :)
Makes total sense!! Most every skier who also rides that I know finds ++ much more efficient. There’s comfort in facing more down the hill.
Love the comment! Thanks for sharing!
Super vidéo
Thanks you 👍🏼
Great video! Makes a lot of sense.
Thank you very much!!
Loved it!
I wish Ryan Knapton chipped in on this with his comments/ opinions/ ideas/ challenges! This could be a start of an awesome conversation.
Duck stance boi all the way here, btw.
Yeah, totally!! I think Ryan agrees with my general idea here. I’ve heard him say that he simply chooses duck to accommodate all his freestyle skills. He loves the spins, and being able to do those carves in both directions is obviously amazing! It paints a picture of ‘he can carve that well DESPITE the stance - not BECAUSE of the stance’. Wildly talented man.
This is so good! Thank you!
Thanks for the support!! :-) Share the love! 🙏
Great video!!!
Thank you!!
Absolutely enlighting! thanks for theese videos!
Love it! Thank you!!
You taught this so beautifully. Thank you.
Thanks!! That’s a nice compliment! 🙏
Thank you, that was extremely helpful - I've never come across this information before.
Brilliant , thanks a lot for doing this. Your explanations are so clear.
Glad it was helpful!
This is the best explanation of posi stance I've seen, well done.
Thank you very much! Glad it worked for you! 🙌
Excellent explanation of ++ angles!
So glad it made sense to you!! Thanks for watching! Share the love ;-)
Great advice! Going to have to rewatch this 15 times.
Cool! That's great! Thanks for letting me know that it was useful!
Great content, I appreciate listening to someone else geek out about this stuff besides just me!
Awesome!! 🙌
Enjoyed the video in lots of ways. Thanks for posting it. Really inspirational.
That's great to hear! Thank you!
The best instructions ever seen. Thank you!
Thank you so much!! That is very kind!
Thank you so much. is is the best video that I have seen on this subject.
Love it! Thank you!! I had been searching for these things myself about a decade ago... Had to piece things together and learn and develop my own understanding... There's not much to be found on the web, you're right.
So I'm glad this made sense!! Share the love! ;-)
Brilliant advice.
Thank you! Glad there was something in this for you!
Super useful information!!!! I ve been a long time looking for this kind of explanations! Thank you
Love it!! Thank you so much! Glad I can help. I was in the same boat a decade ago.... nothing much useful out there unfortunately,
Hi Lars!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge!
The clarity and depth of your explanations on snowboard carving with a ++ stance are unparalleled!
I haven't found anything else like it on the internet in the English language.
There are many snowboarders in Japan & Korea using a similar style (calling it Asian technical riding), but it is very hard to really learn something from it...
You are on the right path with this channel!
I personally have been riding with a 36/24 angle setup for the past few years, and it is the only way I could get my hips into the snow.
Knapton has a great channel explaining snowboard carving in-depth, but with a duck stance, which is completely different...
Please consider creating a series of videos focusing on ++ snowboard carving.
Your expertise could benefit so many riders out there looking to enhance their ++ carving technique.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and passion with us!
You've got a new fan and subscriber!
Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this!!
All the best!
Share the love ;-)
This is a really informative video. I now understand it more. THANK YOU!!!
So glad to hear that!! Share the love! :-)
Wow! Amazing detail and knowledge. Such a good breakdown of body mechanics!
Glad you liked it! Thank you!!
great video, thank you very much for this. A lot of insight!
Thanks!!😊
This is a terrific breakdown and it totally makes sense! It’s the same way in surfing to stack weight more front footed in a more open stance for better turning 🤙🏼
Thank you for taking the time to discuss the topic so thoroughly. You did an incredible job. Please keep on nerding our for the benefit of the rest of us. You address all points in perfect detail. Thank you, again.
Wow, very cool to hear that you think so. I'm sure I forgot something... Snowboard carving is seemingly a mix of science and art. It's so complicated and looks so effortless when done well....
Great video! Very detailed analysis and description of turn body dynamics. A+
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!! Share the love... ;-)
Excellent
Thank you for watching! 🙏
The science behind stance setup. 👏🤯
It's real! :-)
This was such a great video. My knee hates a positive angle in the rear. Also with the terrain i ride and the fact I never have a day when im not in the air i stay 21, -6. I still find I can ‘mostly’ get into these carving positions.
Yeah mon! Ive ridden since ‘88 and even had a recreational hard boot set up for a few years in the early 90’s. THIS content was helpful, especially as I’ve started playing more with making rounder, carved turns like this . I live in Steamboat so it’s easy to get playful/lazy and not pay attention to the full edge groove
Wow. Great communication. Excellent examples of proper position and body mechanics. Will be studying the entire series.
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you're enjoying it and find it useful!
This is the most information I’ve picked up in my 7 years of snowboarding… thank you so much for making this video!
Awesome!! Thank you so much!!
I’ve been watching a lot of videos and trying to lay down my first carve.. your channel and the amazing content you are producing helped me learn how to put the board on its edge and use it as it was designed to be used ! Very thankful and please keep making this videos for us !! ✌️✌️
Yeah, Mustafa!! That made my day! 🙂Thank you, and I'm so glad my stuff makes sense to you and is helpful!
I just tested positive/posi and it has been working so well, thank you:)
Love it!! :-)
A well spoken dude.. thanks for sharing. I will be trying this setup this year. Exited to up my carving game.
Thank you kindly! Enjoy the ride!
shortly after starting i personally use double positive (+21/+3) because they're more gently with my knees, and i've more feeling with my board.
Thanks for the video i’ve been looking to test different stances, and as a medecine student i love your explainations of biomecanic of snowboarding, it makes more sens for me now
Thanks! That's great to hear! Yeah, it's a fun/cool/trendy sport... and after all it's just physics! :-) Hahaha....
Thank you for the video! Have been carving super deep for the last two seasons with heavy double positive angles on a softboard 27 back 45 front and it was great but not so great for my back hip! This season started to reduce angles again and am now riding 0° and 27° and feel very comfortable. A stance i can also comfortably ride on kickers and in powder and less internal rotation on my back hip --> no pain 🤙 enjoy your turns!
Wow… this is the most comprehensive snowboard carving technique video out there! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise. So many click bait snowboard videos out there not showing techniques in depth or teach carving based on freestyle rather than free ride perspective. How is riding through the trees w/ posi posi angles?? Also have you seen Ryan Knapton carve like a ninja with a duck stance?? It defies all logic.
Thank you, James! That's a great compliment!!
As I said, tight, technical terrain can work better with less aggressive forward angles. Depends a bit on ability level.
In regards to Ryan Knapton: he's an animal! It's amazing what he does! However... he's a unicorn in the grand scheme: he doesn't ride steeps in any video, his personal pro model made for him has an 18m radius. In order for him to get that high on edge in such mellow terrain he needs this large radius to actually carry enough speed. A tighter turning board would simply come around too quickly for all the things he does and completely kill all speed/momentum on a mellow pitch. I'm fairly certain that he'd have to leave his ducked out freestyle position once he'd enter steep groomers. Here in Fernie, BC, things are steep... An 18m board would only bend far enough, if it had a giant effective edge, like being over 2m long (that'll be another episode here.....: sidecut, radius, effective edge and turn size). Then you could bend it into a turn tight enough to fit on steep narrow groomers. I'm not sure he could ride his board in his style on our hill.
But dang, yes, he's a ninja, for sure!!
You know what? That makes a lot of sense… a huge radius allows him to gain that speed and get low on the gentle runs…
I ride +18 -6 and find that is a good balance b/w carving and having tight control through the trees. I’m a bit hesitant to run a posi posi b/c it will compromise on that back leg control. I’m an advanced rider that’s lazy sometimes and use back leg steering through tight trees… but maybe one day! Especially now that you’ve corrected my mistake of trying to put my right hand down when carving on toe edge! Can’t wait to try out your technique next week when the slopes open!
🤯 Whhhaaaattt!! I had no idea. I've been riding 12/12 wide forever thinking it was the way and at the same time wondering why I can't heelside carve as slick as those Japanese crews. Thanks heaps for the great info.
Thanks for this great video with that amount of technical tips. I've found myself standing in my room checking for my position mistakes, and just thinking about next time on the slopes getting your advices to improve my carving (the hand one just made me :o ).
Thank you!! That's great! Yeah, play with it! :-)
Really good stuff thank you for sharing. Coming from mainly a surf and ski/snowboard (instructor) background it's great to have someone explain more of the techniques that you just don't see being taught on the mountain - at least here in Switzerland.
Thanks for your appreciation! Yeah, it's somewhat silly that they don't talk about this anymore. When I worked winters in Switzerland between 2008 and 2012 the focus was clearly on freestyle/slopestyle. Whenever I brought up carving the snowboard school head instructor would say "What is there to be talked about? It's just boring turning." Hahahaha.... so boring! :-)
Just awesome Lars. Thank you so much! Actually bought the cheater 170w because of you.. Hope to learn more from you with these videos
Wow, that's awesome! I love that board.... mine is going into season #5 and still going strong. I ride it a lot. They're so durable in regards to the flex, amazing!
Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!
A perfect articulation of the riding technique in posi posi. Everything you said aligns with my learnings over the last 20+ years. I found it super easy to transition from posi posi to duck. Others that went the other way struggled. In the last few years I've seen soft boot riders laying down carves that rival hard boot riders. The new boards, bindings and boots are a huge improvement. More reason to teach both styles of riding.
Thanks for the comment and appreciation!! I agree with your observations/experience!
I think this is the only (I mean it , Only) video out of around more than 100 snowboard videos i have watched, that explains the body position clearly and in a way that human can understand. The chest position explaination really spark me and make me clear for a lot of questions that why my board skidded even when it was inclined a lot. Keep going, i will definately watch as much as i can!
Thank you so much! So glad it’s understandable.
Thanks for such valuable inf🤙🏻
Glad it was helpful!
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel Tomorrow I'm going to test two posi stances: 33/18 and yours 30/3, last time i rode in 27/12 and it was amazing experience. Need to find best angles for knees🙃 But asian style f40+b30+ I think it's so weird😁
@@rilawesome I'm currently 30/12 or 27/9. Fun to change things and see what happens.
Realmente una muy buena master clas de carv, muchas gracias🙏🙏
My Spanish is just about enough to say Thank You So Very Much for such a great compliment!!!
Finally someone explaining in details this style of riding!
Now I don't have to rely on japanese and koreans tutorials, while I don't understand nothing in those langauges :D
Thank you Lars. I started later in life in learning to board and have been aspiring to carve better. I’ve watched many videos but your instructions on debunking the hands on ground technique has really changed my shredding life. It’s been day2 of learning your technique and I’m already seeing vast improvements in my carving. Thank you for sharing that “unfortunate truth”😊.
This is so great to hear!!! I love it!! :-)
Great fckn video man !!! Nobody talks about this, every time I asked about it I get a weird look at me. Thanks a lot for sharing !
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
Incredible analysis, loved it!
When I randomly tested positive angles I was not happy because I kept on trying to use the same old movements and the back knee hurt, haha! I'll give it another try now!
YESSS!!!!
:-)
You got it!
Nobody seems to understand this when they change angles. So glad to hear that the video helped. Thanks for the comment!!
My favorite posi posi carver is Kazunori Hirama. And my favorite duck stance carver is Ryan Knapton. Both are so good at their style. I can't pick which one to go for. At first I was like ok I will go for duck, so I can also ride switch and do some spin and butter. Then I look at Kazunori Hirama who has F36° B27°, and he is able to carve switch so well with posi posi. He butter so well while carving too, and he spins like a tornado lol.
Kazunori Hirama rips carves switch with a double posi stance and a directional board - proof you can really do anything with any setup, it's all about tradeoffs.
Would have any Kazunori Hirama (or anyone else) video - where they carve switch with double posi stance for more than 2-3 turns in a row? I chkecked a few videos of him and in all of them he rides switch just for 1-2 turns at most.
thank you men!!! so so helpfulll!!!!! I be been trying to carve in wrong stances for waaaaayyy to long!!
Thanks! Well, I wouldn't say it's 'wrong' to ride duck for carving. But it simply has a lower limit depending on terrain and the desired turn shape.
Glad you got some new ideas out of my video!
Brillant analysis ! I think you are right on concerning the proper technique to ride posi-posi . I totally agree that CASI should review their philosophy concerning stance and carving and should offer an alternative. Kudo mate !
Thank you, Martin! I feel like snowboarding could be a lot more for many people, who never ride switch or in the park and are ripping around in their duck stance all twisted up.... It doesn't make sense to tell everybody the same thing through their entire journey of riding. It all is valid - for different applications ;-)
Such a good video! Really interesting to see the parallels between this explanation of +/+ riding technique and skiing - some of the big skiing pointers (so I'm told) are having weight in yhe front of the skis, keeping the chest facing down the hills, and moving the hips over your edges. My brother is learning to ski and one of the pointers he's been given is to try to feel like he's cracking a walnut between his hip and his lower rib to get the hips over the edges!
Love the channel.
Yup! Crack the walnut! It's all the same :-)
Great comment! Love it!! Thank you!!
U said it right! i m changing my stance to posi posi
Worth playing with!!
I completely agree with you, that's why I bought a new board and follow your advice, but it's not easy.
Practice makes perfect :-) It sure isn't easy! Get yourself filmed a lot and reflect on the footage! Helps a ton!
I love posi posi and I'd say 99% of my riding is in that stance. I learned to ride in the early 90s and really it seemed like everyone was riding posi posi back then.
I ride +27 +12 most of the time but will drop to -6 if going to be spending a lot of time dodging trees. It just feels more agile somehow.
I'm 52yrs now with a few decades of sporting injuries that have added up and really any kind of negative rear angle just makes my knee sore so it's a very rare park session, perhaps on bad weather day, when I'll go negative.
Rider in his early 50s here with an engineering career and a hard plateau on my turns. This video is exactly what the doctor ordered on improving turns and getting the most out of the posi/posi stance. Thanks and keep the videos coming.
Love this!! So glad the content works for you!! Thanks for finding my channel 🙂
Finally someone made correct video about carving technic.😉 But all people should know one think if they want carving is you must do mobility trening for carving it's so important to not look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame on the snowboard 😆
do you have any good stretching to recommend mate ?
As an older rider I’ve been experimenting with positive angles, as my freestyle days are behind me. This has been really helpful insight on how I need to adapt my riding style
Great to hear!
Wonderful, thank you. Double front for 32 years and I'm still learning, need to back off my angels a bit next. Appreciate you.
Thank you!!
Really enjoy your videos. Very well done, easy to understand and helpful. I like how you describe the advantages/disadvantages of different set-ups and encourage trying out what works for individuals and styles of riding. I'm an all mountain rider but I have two boards ... a directional board which I normally have set at +21/+6 and a twin which I ride at +15/-15. I ride both all over the mountain but, depending on the terain and conditions, I choose to ride the twin when focusing more on switch, butters and park and my directional board the rest of the time (focusing on carving, powder and trees, which is my real passion 🌲 🏂🌲). Thought your comment about snowboard lessons being split into riding styles (after beginner stage) was really good.
Thanks for the videos. 👍
Love this!! Thank you so much!! 🙏
Hola Lars, you are the best. Your description of the differences in technique between duckstance and forward posi is an enlightenment for me. I've been on the board for over 20 years but have only been trying to improve my carving technique in the last two seasons. And I still find it difficult to get really deep. I know most of what you say, but you manage to tie the loose threads together into a bigger picture. Awesome!
I've searched the whole internet up and down for that. But all I can find in English is Duckstance Carving or Eurocarve Laydown Madness. If you're looking for elegant surfy carving, you'll only find it in the Asian channels. But unfortunately I don't understand a word there :).
Your channel is amazing. Can't wait to hear more carving nerdism from you.
So long
Wow, such a nice comment!! Thank you very much! I was in the same place ten years ago... So I figured it all out myself to this degree with a few pointers from alpine carving world (racing). Still some learning happening, but I feel like I've been able to break it down to a large degree. Awesome to see that I'm helping people now!! :-)
Been snowboarding duck stance for as long as I've been on a board (about 7 ish years), this week I went +24/+4 and had THE best riding experience to date, carves felt locked! Will never go back :)
Epic! Hahaha, I love this! I don't actually care how anybody sets up their gear. But it's so funny how this stance, which is the OG snowboard stance, simply got pushed off the map, and so many people, who end up trying it at some point, are super stoked about it... :-) It is a wild world! Thanks for the feedback!!
I need to try, I’m riding +15/-9, looking at my boars, saying to myself ‘this is the time’ 😂. I’l try +15/+6
I’m almost always in technical terrain (ice coast), hope it help being less bumped around when I try to lock a turn at high speed in difficult terrain.
Edit: I have ONE picture of myself in the 90’s, and I was posi/posi… what happened 😂
@@johnbartender3451 I usually snowboard mogully terrain and even +24/+4 worked like a charm. But I did start out at +0 on the rear so building it up is adviced
@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel oh yeah it is indeed! It's really fascinating that I actually had superior edge feel in posi posi and actually felt more comfortable in variable terrain. Especially the shift from pivoting at the hip/squatting to almost "sitting down in a chair" when leaning into corners is so confidence inspiring.
@@alastor1052 yeah man ✌️. So since my last reply I’m +15/+9 and love it. This is very true that I get more hips mobility and imo less strain on the knees. I’l experiment with more angle In the foresail future. It makes total sense for freeride.
Absolutely love ( and totally agree ) with this series of videos 👍👏👏👏 considering the vast majority of people spend the vast majority of their riding time facing dominant foot forward why have your back foot facing in a direction that effectively locks your hips and shoulders in a closed position. Jeremy Jones says a good carve is controlled with open shoulders facing the direction of travel ( along the board ) NOT across the board. Please keep up the brilliant work 🙏👍👍
Thanks man!!!
This is my second season on a snowboard, I knew from the first day that I wanted to learn carving. Started with +18 -6 just changed it to +27+6 and it was a game changer for me. my heelside turn improved drastically. posi posi seems a much more natural stance for me, I feel much more comfortable. thanks you for this video!
Thanks for watching!!
that carve photo is killer
Thanks! I'm pretty happy with those shots, too! 🙂
Great content!! I totally had my aha moment after watching your video!!😱😱😱
I've been wondering what I've done wrong with my carve for a while and I had a hard time to apply edge pressure while maintaining the balance. Cannot wait to try it asap.
Amazing! That's what it's all about! :-) Thanks for commenting and good luck!
I learned and started snowboarding 35 years ago. It was in that time only double positive. I have never changed that although I brought the angles back from 36 front and 30 back to now 27 front and 21 back. I have a Kessler all mountain board which you need to drive without hesitation and with dedication. I still board + 80km a day on my age of 61. Carving all day.
Good on you!! Way to go!
Came across your channel via the latest Malcolm Moore clip, and man, am I stoked! Subscribed at once ;) thanks for sharing your knowledge and giving such helpful insight! Merry Christmas and have a great winter season 🤙
Awesome! Malcolm is great!! So much good content! Yeah, he found my video in his suggestions and commented on it. That got us in touch. We might be riding together in Europe this January and record something... we'll see!
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That would be really awesome I believe!! Where are you from?
@@t.blaschke7461 I'm German, but I live in Canada and have been here since 2013...
Great video... I've been easing my way towards posi-posi, I'm at +24/-6 and I feel the desire to go further. You've inspired me, I'm gonna start with +24/0 tomorrow maybe notch my way up after a few runs.
Awesome!! Good luck!
I've been thinking of doing some snowboarding again and these new boards and stances are why.
The double positive stance changes the motion to a more skiing like turn motion and reduces the pressure on the front foot.
Very interesting thing I am 100% going to try. 😊
Posi stances are not new. They’re the OG way to ride. When done right, they don’t reduce front foot pressure. Go play with it! Glad to hear you’re inspired!!