I've been riding for about 18 years, and I'm generally comfortable up to double black runs. I watched your video and saw my own habits in the counter-rotating section, especially when the run gets steep. I never really felt comfortable on my toe edge on steep runs, and only went there briefly before retreating to the safety of my heel edge. Today I put two and two together after watching your video and I tried committing to turning my hips around when on my toe edge. All of a sudden I have much more control and I'm having way more fun. Thank you! That was exactly what I needed.
I find this kind of video more thrilling than those "GO BIG" GoPro videos or pro videos, because its very relatable and honestly the joy of snowboarding for the average rider is connecting with the board on the slopes. It's a feeling of control and enjoying the mountain that makes snowboard so fun! And the progression comes not in doing massive tricks or having the coolest run, but in mastering each step. Most people can get into snowboarding if they learn these basics!
I recommend taking a look at this channel if you want to learn more advanced freeride stuff in stead off tricks: ua-cam.com/channels/7FNrty1fPrhzXTFDGNgJxg.html
Average boarder for about 8 years. I recognize each if these problem areas as things I do. Upcoming season looks to be much more fun. Thanks a 1000 times over. Best on UA-cam.
Worked great on about 6"-8" of average snow starts to struggle a bit past 8". ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxoHYZbq5g9fkcAtinlTqstNlje-UQkCHN Very light weight and the chute spin control works well. For the low price you get a ton of value. My only complaint is managing the cord as it does take a fair bit of effort to watch and pull the cord out of the way. I found myself having to whip the cord out of the way a lot when I needed to make one way passes to mange the blow direction. It's less of an issue when you can work both directions. A battery powered version would be a lot easier to handle but that is also double the price and requires battery care. I chose the corded version so I didn't have to worry about batteries but I do now see how much work the cord is. I let my neighbor borrow it and it outperformed his smaller gas blower, he was totally sold. Very pleased with the power and operations.My only suggestion is to spend a bit more on a cordless version if you have budget for it. The cord is a bit more of a headache than I thought it would be. Very pleased with the Snow Joe brand and quality.
This video clip changed my life. I did not know I hunched over whenever I was doing toe turns. I feel so much more stable now. I can make turns effortlessly. Thanks for the awesome video tutorial!!!
Probably the best, I mean the best intermediate snowboarding video ever. Clear, concise and I think captures the foundations of moving to advanced riding
This is the best video yet for rider improvement. It covers all of the most important aspects of good riding. It's also very well demonstrated. The pole through the hips animation was stellar.
Watching this video was extremely helpful. The advice about the counter rotation and the uncentred hips were great for helping with breaking some bad habits. I combined this video with the one explaining the control of pressure through turns. It made tremendous difference with riding steeper slopes. Thank You!
Getting back into snowboarding after a few years off. After watching video of myself I definitely counter rotate. In my video, the root cause seems to be the fact I'm trying to keep my eye's downhill when I'm toe side, which is keeping my upper body from following my lower body. Also, taking wide turns on a busy slope feels like a death sentence. I'll be keeping these tips in mind on my next trip.
I've been watching so many intermediate snowboarding videos trying to figure out why I struggle so much on feeling in control and this video is the first one that brought up the counter-rotate problem. I figure this may be an issue I always have and hopefully fixing it the weekend will help my control!
Thank you guys! I Last night I was frustrated with my inability to link my turns confidently, so I popped up UA-cam and watched your videos. I just tried these techniques today, and it has really helped me a lot; having the upper body in line with my board, and then “sitting” into the shins of boots, makes a world of a difference. Fantastic tips here !
Ive watched a lot of snowboard improvement videos over the years....This one is by far the most valuable and I think about these tips whenever Im on a board!
Wow, anyone else watch this and was like "yup, I do that wrong. And that, and that...." I've been snowboarding for a longtime and have always felt stuck as an average/intermediate rider. Definitely going to try these tips next time I hit the slopes. Awesome video!
Going to Whistler in ten weeks and two days on my first snowboard holiday. Only ever ridden indoors! Can't wait. Thanks for the vid, found it extremely helpful.
Guys, just go to Australia/New Zeeland/Argentina and work at their ski-centers. Their season start on (our) summers ;). Just came back from 4 months in Swedish/Norwegian mountains and soon i am off again.
Haven't read all the comments but there are great tips in this video. One tip I picked up long time ago that will share was from a pro rider Jamie Lynn in a snowboard mag article. Still go back to it when I find myself getting sloppy when tired or hitting 50mph+ to keep everything stable. Keep arms closer to your body and even freely touching the body position the entire time, left arm outside of torso (left forearm is on left hip) and right arm where your hand would make contact with right pocket opening area. This is for regular binding setup where left foot is in front and if goofy or switch do the mirror opposite. Torso straight and knees bent as in the video. Also don't forget to stay like an upside down T on the board when the terrain gets steeper and you lean more forward as steeper it gets. Natural instinct is to lean back which causes off-balance and then a fall. When turning, don't initiate it by throwing the board around but try to start fluid motion from hips, upper legs, knees, lower leg and push out to feet the outside or inside depending on turning heel side or toe side.
I used to teach snowboarding way back. My first tip to everyone learning how to ride focuses on your stance: wide, duck and heavy forward lean. The wider your stance the more control you have over the tip and tail of your board increasing ease of turn in and helps with learning how to torsionally flex the board. Duck stance further helps edge control and helps with those moments where you need to ride switch. Heavy forward lean in the highback adjustment, this is my personal favorite. As it does a bunch of things. First, it FORCES a bent knee position! No more awkward straight leg bent over nonsense. Second, it lowers your center of gravity. Third even further enhances the ability to turn. Simply standing all the way up starts a heel turn while rocking forward on your toes easily initiates a toe side turn. Plus you can practice the movement at home!
This is a true gem video. I watched several tutorials prior going to for my first snowboarding with my friend teaching us. It’s extremely helpful to watch it once you do all kind of common mistakes..
This is one of the best technical explanations I ever heard about snowboarding. Can you please explain the most common falls and how to fall? I broke my hand this year while I tried to turn.
I just started snowboarding this winter... And your advice is awesome! it really help me to improve my riding, especially the hint with grabbing my pants turned out to be very effective in my case! thank you for sharing this video! :)
can i also request for the future a techique video about flat lining runs rather then putting too many turns in.. one thing that never seems to be covered often ... a lot of runs can be quiet narrow in europe and that is techique that can really help get you out of crap .. thanks
I Look up to you Neil. As I saw the first video when your ride seamed so smooth and effortless I sad to myself this is how I want to ride so I tried always to remind me how your body alignment, balance and hip position was. As I improved thanks to these videos I became to ignorant that I'm still a baginner and Road faster, catched heel edge and dislocated my shoulder. So my advice is to just take it slow because it takes time to ride like this
I have another tip! For improveing upper/lower body inline You can point out Your finger to the direction or place where You're heading. This helps alot also in learing.
i find myself in this situations many times, especially the over rotation (min 7:00). I knew that i had to do it better, and now after seeing this video i can try to improve my riding. It looks the right way to ride the snowboard, and your riding looks so natural that makes me wanna try improve even more. Thanks for this video ;)
Thanks for the video! I am def. one of the countertruner... I always have problems while driving with my feet.. Tmr I am trying to focus on avoding those turns.. Thank you!
Watch this vid every day before going out and try to put into practice everything, it's so helpful, carving has progressed so much, heal side turns still need work tho.... Cha Cha Cha oooosh😊
Great video.... I had some 1on1 lessons in Bulgaria and the guy explained everything you covered!!! He’s was awesome! But that was 18months ago. Glad I watched your video as it reminded me on the things I need to work on. Thanks
Thank you I’m a terrible rider I try riding like a skateboard and power sliding down the whole mountain but now I know I’m trash. But I will relearn the right way
Thanks a lot, this was very helpful. I am just learning how to snowboard and I realized I bend over too much and counter rotate my turns. As a result I've been very unstable and often get launched face first into the snow when I turn. I'm trying these out next weekend
I definitely have some bad habits as shown in your video, we’re off boarding in a month so will be getting my wife to film and hopefully iron out the wrongs. Really good help on the tutorials, thanks.
Now I can see what is that I lack and where I make mistakes. Great and very helpful tips. I make at least four of the mistakes your mentioning. I will watch this again just before going to the mountains. Gracias!
I've snowboarded a total of 4 times. I can ride switch naturally which is nice but I'm not good at heel side turns on both switch and regular. I feel like most people have trouble learning toe side turns and stopping but are good on heel side when toe side is comfortable for me but heel is not . Another really big thing for me is transitioning from toe side back to heel side. I often do a bunch of switching downhill. So instead of doing a turn, I just toe side 180 to switch and ride for a little and when I need to turn I toe side 180 back. I'm going to focus on heel side turns and stopping until I become more comfortable with them. I've done black diamond runs and I can do them for the most part but I get so tired because I'm on my toes the entire time down due to trying to not go too fast. I really want to be able to go on heel side so I can alternate my muscle usage so I don't just get worn out every run.
I prefer counter rotation for toe edge speed control/stops on steep slopes. Sometimes during the transition from heel to toe your shins can sometimes leave the front of the boot reducing force applied to the board making you fall forward. With a counter rotation it’s a quick snap and you can slow down or stop.
Counter rotation is what you know. As you learn this turn, it will get easier and easier. And this turn will work on the steep and deep, where the kick your tail around turns completely fall apart. If you learn this new technique, you will be a much happier rider in the future, and much more capable of making every turn when you need it.
Just because you CAN go down a black, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Surviving down a difficult trail when beginning usually is counter productive to developing solid technique and just puts you and those around you in risk. LEARN SLOWLY
Real nice tutorial! Touches most of the points. However, I slightly disagree with you on the hip centralisation. For beginner snowboarders, I would advise to put some weight on their front foot to steer in a corner (while obviously not throwing out their back foot) and thus moving their hips towards above their front foot. During traverse, hips should then be centralised to control your board (as you said). Later in the process, the snowboarder will have learned how much to shift their hips towards above their front foot and back to the middle during the corner/travers/corner/travers/... And ultimately he/she can move better to the continuous corner thingy. Please prove me wrong if I am!? Thank you!
My first season I rode well into the mushy spring (done two seasons so far). I loved thrashing the mushy moguls. Of course there's no way to use your boards radius in really tight mogul crap, and it feels well fun to just get on the tail and slash it. Buying a cool bean just amplified that.
Word of caution if you adjust your bindings more forward take some time to get used to it on the flats as it’s easy to catch your toe edge when you relax.
You make the turns on a low slope and at low speed, I would like to see a video where you make the turns at high speed and greater slope. snowboarding has its limitations. And also from what it looks like the snow is in the optimal state, on ice it is more complicated. thank you very good video. cheers from argentina
I wouldnt consider myself a pro rider, but at least an expert rider and im not sure if I agree 100% with the hip turning, not every run will be perfectly smooth where you can make big carves across the run, hip turning is useful for sharp movements when you need to avoid some obstacle
as always great, coherent and simple guidence that will improve anyone who is seriously interested in snowboarding the correct way and safely!!… .. I’ve been boarding for a few years and i can clearly see in my riding some of the points mentioned in in the Video. Thanks guys and please keep these videos coming. Do you guys run winter technique improver camps or is it all online via you tube?.. Great stuff!!
Carving, tricks, turns----but no one teaches the fine nuances of how to move largely in a straight line WITHOUT CATCHING AN EDGE. It's easy to do this by bringing the back around to slow or to keep the leading edge up---but that can easily leave a new boarder moving too slow to get by a flatter area. A tutorial for moving through shallow turns/edges for cat runs, etc. is needed.
I am starting my channel this season and I will make sure to include this in one of my videos. i hadn't thought much about it but you are right, i haven't seen anyone cover this topic yet! thanks for the idea!
I've been riding for about 18 years, and I'm generally comfortable up to double black runs. I watched your video and saw my own habits in the counter-rotating section, especially when the run gets steep. I never really felt comfortable on my toe edge on steep runs, and only went there briefly before retreating to the safety of my heel edge. Today I put two and two together after watching your video and I tried committing to turning my hips around when on my toe edge. All of a sudden I have much more control and I'm having way more fun. Thank you! That was exactly what I needed.
I find this kind of video more thrilling than those "GO BIG" GoPro videos or pro videos, because its very relatable and honestly the joy of snowboarding for the average rider is connecting with the board on the slopes. It's a feeling of control and enjoying the mountain that makes snowboard so fun! And the progression comes not in doing massive tricks or having the coolest run, but in mastering each step. Most people can get into snowboarding if they learn these basics!
Well said, I agree.
I recommend taking a look at this channel if you want to learn more advanced freeride stuff in stead off tricks: ua-cam.com/channels/7FNrty1fPrhzXTFDGNgJxg.html
Used to think counter rotation made me look like a pro......
Lmao same
Same bruh
feel that on a spiritual level loma
same bruff...
Travis J before I started snowbording When I saw people doing counter rotation I thought they were pros lol
Average boarder for about 8 years. I recognize each if these problem areas as things I do. Upcoming season looks to be much more fun. Thanks a 1000 times over. Best on UA-cam.
11:00 alcohol is to improve your riding
lmao
Never have a joint at high altitude 🤣
yo I'm in stitches bro don't make me laugh!!!!i 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥
that usually works for me
yo I'm in stitches bro don't make me laugh!!!!😂😂😂😂🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Worked great on about 6"-8" of average snow starts to struggle a bit past 8". ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxoHYZbq5g9fkcAtinlTqstNlje-UQkCHN Very light weight and the chute spin control works well. For the low price you get a ton of value. My only complaint is managing the cord as it does take a fair bit of effort to watch and pull the cord out of the way. I found myself having to whip the cord out of the way a lot when I needed to make one way passes to mange the blow direction. It's less of an issue when you can work both directions. A battery powered version would be a lot easier to handle but that is also double the price and requires battery care. I chose the corded version so I didn't have to worry about batteries but I do now see how much work the cord is. I let my neighbor borrow it and it outperformed his smaller gas blower, he was totally sold. Very pleased with the power and operations.My only suggestion is to spend a bit more on a cordless version if you have budget for it. The cord is a bit more of a headache than I thought it would be. Very pleased with the Snow Joe brand and quality.
Wonderful!
This video clip changed my life. I did not know I hunched over whenever I was doing toe turns. I feel so much more stable now. I can make turns effortlessly. Thanks for the awesome video tutorial!!!
I've used counter rotation quite a lot and never noticed. Will definitely try to fix that habit
you note it only when is getting too fast and you can not hold it with that tachnique, if you never go fast maybe you never realize
Probably the best, I mean the best intermediate snowboarding video ever. Clear, concise and I think captures the foundations of moving to advanced riding
This is the best video yet for rider improvement. It covers all of the most important aspects of good riding. It's also very well demonstrated. The pole through the hips animation was stellar.
Watching this video was extremely helpful. The advice about the counter rotation and the uncentred hips were great for helping with breaking some bad habits. I combined this video with the one explaining the control of pressure through turns. It made tremendous difference with riding steeper slopes. Thank You!
I will say putting a forward lean on my bindings has definitely helped with being in the right body position for heelside turns
You guys got the nail on the head, totally fixed me up! Thank you for the tips!!!!
Snowboard Addiction yeah it's great. All in the video was exactly, my problems.
Getting back into snowboarding after a few years off. After watching video of myself I definitely counter rotate. In my video, the root cause seems to be the fact I'm trying to keep my eye's downhill when I'm toe side, which is keeping my upper body from following my lower body. Also, taking wide turns on a busy slope feels like a death sentence. I'll be keeping these tips in mind on my next trip.
Wow yeah, especially at lower speed I counter rotate and I need to adjust those bindings, great video!
I've been watching so many intermediate snowboarding videos trying to figure out why I struggle so much on feeling in control and this video is the first one that brought up the counter-rotate problem. I figure this may be an issue I always have and hopefully fixing it the weekend will help my control!
Thank you guys! I Last night I was frustrated with my inability to link my turns confidently, so I popped up UA-cam and watched your videos. I just tried these techniques today, and it has really helped me a lot; having the upper body in line with my board, and then “sitting” into the shins of boots, makes a world of a difference. Fantastic tips here !
Thank you for the good tips and tricks! Highly recommended to any snowboarder who's trying to get the best out of it!
Ive watched a lot of snowboard improvement videos over the years....This one is by far the most valuable and I think about these tips whenever Im on a board!
Top tips folks! - I feel so much more confident on my board now... Keep up the tutorials!
Wow, anyone else watch this and was like "yup, I do that wrong. And that, and that...." I've been snowboarding for a longtime and have always felt stuck as an average/intermediate rider. Definitely going to try these tips next time I hit the slopes. Awesome video!
Going to Whistler in ten weeks and two days on my first snowboard holiday. Only ever ridden indoors! Can't wait. Thanks for the vid, found it extremely helpful.
Wish I had seen this earlier. Only 2 days left of the season O_O
Phil Childs it's September and in Jersey it's still like 70-90 degrees, when will it cool down, I'm so sick of waiting to get out there
Guys, just go to Australia/New Zeeland/Argentina and work at their ski-centers. Their season start on (our) summers ;). Just came back from 4 months in Swedish/Norwegian mountains and soon i am off again.
Haven't read all the comments but there are great tips in this video. One tip I picked up long time ago that will share was from a pro rider Jamie Lynn in a snowboard mag article. Still go back to it when I find myself getting sloppy when tired or hitting 50mph+ to keep everything stable. Keep arms closer to your body and even freely touching the body position the entire time, left arm outside of torso (left forearm is on left hip) and right arm where your hand would make contact with right pocket opening area. This is for regular binding setup where left foot is in front and if goofy or switch do the mirror opposite.
Torso straight and knees bent as in the video. Also don't forget to stay like an upside down T on the board when the terrain gets steeper and you lean more forward as steeper it gets. Natural instinct is to lean back which causes off-balance and then a fall.
When turning, don't initiate it by throwing the board around but try to start fluid motion from hips, upper legs, knees, lower leg and push out to feet the outside or inside depending on turning heel side or toe side.
I used to teach snowboarding way back. My first tip to everyone learning how to ride focuses on your stance: wide, duck and heavy forward lean. The wider your stance the more control you have over the tip and tail of your board increasing ease of turn in and helps with learning how to torsionally flex the board. Duck stance further helps edge control and helps with those moments where you need to ride switch. Heavy forward lean in the highback adjustment, this is my personal favorite. As it does a bunch of things. First, it FORCES a bent knee position! No more awkward straight leg bent over nonsense. Second, it lowers your center of gravity. Third even further enhances the ability to turn. Simply standing all the way up starts a heel turn while rocking forward on your toes easily initiates a toe side turn. Plus you can practice the movement at home!
damn definitely going to try this when im going snowboarding in december really need to get my turns fixed and make it look and feel smooth and steady
This is a true gem video.
I watched several tutorials prior going to for my first snowboarding with my friend teaching us.
It’s extremely helpful to watch it once you do all kind of common mistakes..
It looks so easy in the video, hope i get it right this winter, It's sad that I only get a few dasy a year to grind my snowboarding
Am in dire need of snow. It hurts! :)
Bro - the best, step by step 'how to...' tutorial for novice boarders - awesome!
This is the most useful snowboarding instructional video. Thank you sir
This is one of the best technical explanations I ever heard about snowboarding. Can you please explain the most common falls and how to fall? I broke my hand this year while I tried to turn.
I just started snowboarding this winter... And your advice is awesome!
it really help me to improve my riding, especially the hint with grabbing my pants turned out to be very effective in my case!
thank you for sharing this video! :)
can i also request for the future a techique video about flat lining runs rather then putting too many turns in.. one thing that never seems to be covered often ... a lot of runs can be quiet narrow in europe and that is techique that can really help get you out of crap .. thanks
Best technique-improvement video I've ever watched, by far.
Great tutorial! Seen things I've been doing wrong for many years and never realised! Thanks
I Look up to you Neil. As I saw the first video when your ride seamed so smooth and effortless I sad to myself this is how I want to ride so I tried always to remind me how your body alignment, balance and hip position was. As I improved thanks to these videos I became to ignorant that I'm still a baginner and Road faster, catched heel edge and dislocated my shoulder. So my advice is to just take it slow because it takes time to ride like this
As someone who has only taken 2 snowboard lessons and getting to the point of hitting a run vs bunny hills, this helps alot!
Why am I learning soo much with this video compare to the others
I have another tip!
For improveing upper/lower body inline You can point out Your finger to the direction or place where You're heading.
This helps alot also in learing.
i find myself in this situations many times, especially the over rotation (min 7:00). I knew that i had to do it better, and now after seeing this video i can try to improve my riding. It looks the right way to ride the snowboard, and your riding looks so natural that makes me wanna try improve even more. Thanks for this video ;)
cant believe im taking advise in snowboarding from an aussie, thanks for the tips man cant wait to try these out
Your channel is seriously underrated!
Never been snow boarding.... going next week for the first time. I will definitely try these tips on my first go thx for the vid bro ham
Saved to favorites! I can't wait to hit the slopes again, than you so much!
Thanks a lot, this was so useful!!! I practiced these tips on the slopes and saw a massive improvement in stability.
Thanks for the video! I am def. one of the countertruner... I always have problems while driving with my feet.. Tmr I am trying to focus on avoding those turns.. Thank you!
Watch this vid every day before going out and try to put into practice everything, it's so helpful, carving has progressed so much, heal side turns still need work tho.... Cha Cha Cha oooosh😊
Amazing tutorial with very effective skills and very easy to do in practice. Big thank you!
Great video.... I had some 1on1 lessons in Bulgaria and the guy explained everything you covered!!! He’s was awesome! But that was 18months ago. Glad I watched your video as it reminded me on the things I need to work on. Thanks
Thank you I’m a terrible rider I try riding like a skateboard and power sliding down the whole mountain but now I know I’m trash. But I will relearn the right way
Thanks a lot, this was very helpful. I am just learning how to snowboard and I realized I bend over too much and counter rotate my turns. As a result I've been very unstable and often get launched face first into the snow when I turn. I'm trying these out next weekend
Just the Best video tutorials for improving intermediate riding ! Congratulations Bro'!
Very good tutorial, i ride since 13 years and this is still new to me at some areas. thumbs up!!
Best snowboard channel I know on UA-cam, by far
I definitely have some bad habits as shown in your video, we’re off boarding in a month so will be getting my wife to film and hopefully iron out the wrongs.
Really good help on the tutorials, thanks.
About to head out on Sunday for my first ever run and have all your tips in mind. I’ll let you know how I go.
Gonna watch this again, take notes, (I see myself alot in this video) an take it with my on my next sesh.
Thank you for the great tips. I'm going to apply it on my coming snowboarding trip 😊
A great video with great tips. I've got a lot of improvement to do, but this video just made it a whole lot easier.
Best tips online! I've improved my ride tremendously using this tutorial
Thank you for the tips of right positioning on the snowboarding. It would be helpful during my rides.
3:20 his legs look hella broken 😂😂
TheVrmn8r they do hahaha
I never knew that I counter rotated!! I'll work on avoiding that. Thanks!
Keep up the cool Vids Nev and Crew! From experience trying to improve my Kids riding I’m constantly forwarding these videos !!!
I love your videos man i want to learn snowboarding. I’m watching your videos seriously, it feels me so good thank you
Best most important tip: never ever traverse the whole slope like in this video. Or at least look up at the skier who's riding right into you.
Now I can see what is that I lack and where I make mistakes. Great and very helpful tips. I make at least four of the mistakes your mentioning. I will watch this again just before going to the mountains. Gracias!
Thanks.. noticed a few bad habits I’ve had after 36 years of boarding.. I think I’ll slow down and work on form.
This is the best instructional video I have seen. Thanks
I've snowboarded a total of 4 times. I can ride switch naturally which is nice but I'm not good at heel side turns on both switch and regular. I feel like most people have trouble learning toe side turns and stopping but are good on heel side when toe side is comfortable for me but heel is not . Another really big thing for me is transitioning from toe side back to heel side. I often do a bunch of switching downhill. So instead of doing a turn, I just toe side 180 to switch and ride for a little and when I need to turn I toe side 180 back. I'm going to focus on heel side turns and stopping until I become more comfortable with them.
I've done black diamond runs and I can do them for the most part but I get so tired because I'm on my toes the entire time down due to trying to not go too fast. I really want to be able to go on heel side so I can alternate my muscle usage so I don't just get worn out every run.
I prefer counter rotation for toe edge speed control/stops on steep slopes. Sometimes during the transition from heel to toe your shins can sometimes leave the front of the boot reducing force applied to the board making you fall forward. With a counter rotation it’s a quick snap and you can slow down or stop.
Counter rotation is what you know. As you learn this turn, it will get easier and easier. And this turn will work on the steep and deep, where the kick your tail around turns completely fall apart. If you learn this new technique, you will be a much happier rider in the future, and much more capable of making every turn when you need it.
on my 3rd day of snowboarding I went down a black Diamond
The Nuclear doesn’t mean it was hard...
Just because you CAN go down a black, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Surviving down a difficult trail when beginning usually is counter productive to developing solid technique and just puts you and those around you in risk. LEARN SLOWLY
It's real easy when you side slip the whole way....
TheHalfheartedproduc its easy when side slipping down
......head first.
Need to keep these in mind on my next time on the hills. Thank you for sharing, very informative.
Real nice tutorial! Touches most of the points. However, I slightly disagree with you on the hip centralisation. For beginner snowboarders, I would advise to put some weight on their front foot to steer in a corner (while obviously not throwing out their back foot) and thus moving their hips towards above their front foot. During traverse, hips should then be centralised to control your board (as you said). Later in the process, the snowboarder will have learned how much to shift their hips towards above their front foot and back to the middle during the corner/travers/corner/travers/... And ultimately he/she can move better to the continuous corner thingy.
Please prove me wrong if I am!? Thank you!
My first season I rode well into the mushy spring (done two seasons so far). I loved thrashing the mushy moguls.
Of course there's no way to use your boards radius in really tight mogul crap, and it feels well fun to just get on the tail and slash it.
Buying a cool bean just amplified that.
This was super helpful!! I wish i would have seen this at the BEGINNING of the season 😬
i can do double blacks but i still love watching these videos! Keep up the good work!
Word of caution if you adjust your bindings more forward take some time to get used to it on the flats as it’s easy to catch your toe edge when you relax.
This is one of the best explained videos I could find on this topic. Thanks!
Good points. Thing about taking up a lot of terrain is that there could be a lot of riders
You make the turns on a low slope and at low speed, I would like to see a video where you make the turns at high speed and greater slope. snowboarding has its limitations. And also from what it looks like the snow is in the optimal state, on ice it is more complicated. thank you very good video. cheers from argentina
Amazing video dude, literally turned me into a whole beast on the slopes lol. Appreciate you❤️❤️
Still very much a beginner, but these tips are ridiculously helpful. Thanks!
Very helpful. Helped me understand how to turn and not fall
Awesome tips in this video and has made me try to improve my riding as I pretty much do what all intermediate riders do. Thanks!!!
What a beautiful view out-there! kudos
I wouldnt consider myself a pro rider, but at least an expert rider and im not sure if I agree 100% with the hip turning, not every run will be perfectly smooth where you can make big carves across the run, hip turning is useful for sharp movements when you need to avoid some obstacle
Very clear & concise, both in speech and video. Superb. Back to the hill I go for some more practice!
Bent my knees more- went from doing blues to enjoying single black diamonds and did a couple double black diamonds in good conditions
Such a great video. This will help me tremendously this winter.
as always great, coherent and simple guidence that will improve anyone who is seriously interested in snowboarding the correct way and safely!!… .. I’ve been boarding for a few years and i can clearly see in my riding some of the points mentioned in in the Video. Thanks guys and please keep these videos coming. Do you guys run winter technique improver camps or is it all online via you tube?.. Great stuff!!
Love the video! Gonna try to put these tips into practice in a few weeks.
beyond helpful!
very basic and useful skills for beginners
It would be 2nd time snowboarding 🏂 and I’m so exited to do it again Seoul korea 🏂this 🤙🏼🇰🇷weekend 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so so much best explanation video I have seen on UA-cam!!! And you are very detailed!
Carving, tricks, turns----but no one teaches the fine nuances of how to move largely in a straight line WITHOUT CATCHING AN EDGE. It's easy to do this by bringing the back around to slow or to keep the leading edge up---but that can easily leave a new boarder moving too slow to get by a flatter area. A tutorial for moving through shallow turns/edges for cat runs, etc. is needed.
I am starting my channel this season and I will make sure to include this in one of my videos. i hadn't thought much about it but you are right, i haven't seen anyone cover this topic yet! thanks for the idea!
Thank you for a wonderful video! I’ve been counter rotating for years! That ends today!! Thanks again!
Wow! This video is so helpful. I can't wait to get out there this season!