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James Cherry
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A great turn leaves only a pencil line track in the snow, maximizing g-force and energy return by minimizing snow displacement and dragging body parts. Speed is controlled through turn shape rather than by braking or scrubbing snow.
It feels like riding a rollercoaster, only better because you are the power source! It's intense, committing and dangerous on the Revelstoke steeps but it's just so soul satisfying... The feeling is addictive, and when the groom is good you'll just want to do it faster with bigger sidecuts and stiffer boards on steeper, narrower runs with more angular acceleration and more g-force!
Notwithstanding the recent resurgence of carving and the availability of wider boards, it's kind of a lost art. It's really not that hard to learn but good instruction is very hard to find; not that many people can consistently carve smooth heelside turns on steep black diamonds, even fewer can teach you how. This is my specialty.
HMU for private coaching.
It feels like riding a rollercoaster, only better because you are the power source! It's intense, committing and dangerous on the Revelstoke steeps but it's just so soul satisfying... The feeling is addictive, and when the groom is good you'll just want to do it faster with bigger sidecuts and stiffer boards on steeper, narrower runs with more angular acceleration and more g-force!
Notwithstanding the recent resurgence of carving and the availability of wider boards, it's kind of a lost art. It's really not that hard to learn but good instruction is very hard to find; not that many people can consistently carve smooth heelside turns on steep black diamonds, even fewer can teach you how. This is my specialty.
HMU for private coaching.
The J-Turn Drill Tutorial
This is hands down the best drill I know to improve carvers' skills fast! Must try it out!
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The Hip Shift (in three radically different stances)
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Tried these drills today, very helpful. I’ve been stuck trying to get lower on my carves and always lose my edge. Knowing the mechanics really help.
@@richard9332 Great to hear! It's counterintuitive, but you have lean away from the snow to get closer to it... Lower body drops down, upper body comes up. Check out the J-Turn video next!
Of course you can carve extremely well in duck stance! Haven't you heard about Ryan Knapton???
@@mariankowalski9797 Of course I know Ryan, he's a friend, we spoke on the phone last week! Have you ever seen him carve a deep heelside on a black diamond run? Me neither. Don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for Ryan. He pioneered a whole new genre of snowboarding and is the father of the wide board revolution, but there are limitations to the duck stance - namely, steep heelside pencil line up unweighted carves. Ryan's stance suits his style very well, my stance suits my style very well.
@@cherrycarves I was thinking about it but I just forgot to write that its just a matter of style :) And yes you do need different boards and stances for different styles. Also I want to say that this is extremely well made video!
Yeah, you can hang out with the tele guys.
@@Spartisanhack No way! Telemark skiing not a sport, it's a symptom of a horrific degenerative disorder that may start innocently enough with knee high wool socks in summer and hats with earflaps in winter, but the next thing you know your long hair is all knotted up in dreadlocks and you find yourself unemployed, smoking the devil's tobacco in your van down by the river, playing the guitar by the campfire and skiing 120 days per season!
Very helpful tips. Plus, the comic show stealing antics in the background by your little helper are priceless. Nice work.
@@JB-tu1to Hahaha... She had the day off school and I had to make this video so we compromised
Fantastic content, James. Your technical detail is so accessible and clear
@@fanonche1 Thanks man! More coming soon
I love the way you teach 🎉
@@alissamarrone4141 Why, thank you! Glad to help
HI James, thanks for the tray trill, it was really excellent way to practice! Japan season is coming up, i am thinking to get the Jones freecarver 6000 , i had a test ride and it was the widest board i have tried and it felt amazing on carving! is there any board that you may suggest for practicing carving turn ? thanks in advance!
@@mantingsin9192 Yes... And it's not the freecarver 6000... Freecarver 9000 is a better choice, the NeverSummer Proto FR is available in a 284mm waist, and the Nidecker Blade is also a great carver. These are all production boards. If you want to step up to a custom directional carver look at the Exegi DoubleWide on carversconnection.com. Another step up from that is the JJA metal boards, this is what I ride. I have a few available now, I'm sending out an email tonight or tomorrow. To get on the email list add your name here: carversconnection.com/product/jasey-jay-working-title-snowboards-copy-2/
Great video once more! Thank you for the in depth analysis. Any chance for dropping such a video focusing on heelside turns? Appreciate the content
@@Boardrider3x1 Yes. But not today... I need more footage to analyze, upload some to the video analysis section in the forum at carversconnection.com.
Any interest in doing a fan meetup this season? Revy is a great destination for a ski trip.
@@eman660 As a matter of fact yes! It's gonna be announced this week on carversconnection.com. I'm thinking the third week in January but I have to confirm with some bros. Can you make it? It'll be more of a "Carve Rally" than a "Fan Meetup", but I'll sign autographs for anyone who brings their @cherrycarves poster!
Sorry to bother you, but what is the width of that board? I'm about to buy a 162 board, and I'm very undecided about the width between 262 and 276. My shoe size is a 42 EUR, and my current boards are all 260mm, but sometimes I feel that even with angles of +33 and +21, my bindings get destroyed in the snow.
@@adriapalaciosgorga5044 Definitely the 276. No question about it. 260 is way too narrow for carving without booting out. If it's a carving board I would recommend even wider. I'm also a 42 foot (mondo 26.5 or 27 boot) and my boards are 284 to 306mm in the waist for example. All my custom boards are 292 and up, I only ride that 284 because it was the widest production board available and I wanted an all mountain for the quiver. I happen to have some carving boards I'm trying to move this week from JJA and Exegi. Email me if you're interested in something top of the line: jamescherry@gmail.com
that heel turn is a neat fibonacci curve
@@johnnycigar3240 Yeah, sometimes Fubonacci, sometimes Lucas, sometimes Padovan sequence... Depends on what song is playing in my helmet.
i must try, thx bro
@@manfredoKPWM Indeed! Another great drill. More coming soon.
@@cherrycarves Thanks to your videos, I want to try it because you explained it in a very good and simple way.
I snowboard a little, but I surf a ton. The idea of keeping the front foot heavy/driving the front hip forwards throughout the turn is something I really struggle with....I tend to shift my weight backwards prematurely. Watching this video helps! Thanks James
@@532soldier Glad to help. Question: who are you? How do you have 200 plus subscribers but so few views on your videos? Is there a story there?
@@cherrycarves Thanks for the response! Years ago, I uploaded a video of the Muay Thai fighter Buakaw that someone else had edited. He asked if anyone on a forum could put it up for him. It ended up getting millions of views, then was taken down a few years back. I'm a personal trainer and surfer in San Diego, but I used to train martial arts as well. -- Bram
@@532soldier Nice. Thanks for sharing that story. I've seen one other guy with thousands of followers and no videos, turned out he was a celebrity
I’m the same way surfing way more than snowboarding, on my back foot too much. I found it harder to pick up than I imagined. But, I did notice that after learning proper snowboard carving technique (mainly shoulders level) it further improved my surfing!
@nemdawg6342 Ha! Awesome
I found out that on x0.75 my brain has got even more the brilliant details of your teaching. Thanks
@@Sharp_glance Glad you liked it! I'm trying to keep it simple and use more repetition. Apparently some of my stuff is too technical, or so I've been told.
Great vid, but im struggling with heelside, please do the same with opposite side
@@oozzyyxx Working on it...
Great instruction. Very considered and practical.
@@petervandenberg2493 Thanks Peter
Great explanations! Can’t wait for getting on the board and working on it
@@monstantino6309 Right on! Do it!
Hey, James.. question, I know you're running ++ on binding angles. Can you still achieve these movements with 21+ -3 ?
Not really. The heelside is tough in that stance, I get chatter. Toeside is no problem, green runs are no problem, but on steeps I need at least 12 degrees in the back foot for a smooth heelside carve.
7:20 vs 11:16 - You got low first on the successful turn, letting the hips drop towards the board (I call it "sitting in the saddle" first) before dumping the boots and kicking the edge up high (I call it "turning it over") and leaning in to balance. On the unsuccessful turn, you started by leaning in, leading to a blowout.
@@lukejuras8024 That's part of it for sure. Thanks for chiming in. I'll give my full answer on the forum in a few days.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
Extra credit: lifted your rear arm, relieving pressure on the back foot > edge judder, lose grip.
Good point. We're gonna take this discussion here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ I'm gonna post the analysis I prepared there and address all the comments in a few days.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
Steering with the dick hahaha.... amazing....
I'm looking forward to hearing exactly what caused you to fall ,James. From what I can tell from not having video of myself, I'm doing the same mistake during my turns. Great channel by the way.
Look here for the discussion and my own analysis: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/
The "Solution(s)" video is posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
Best drill to start carving, have used this many times with new carvers. I also like to be to connected with them by phone with earbuds. It allows me to comment the technique in real time, alot faster for them to adjust and perfect there skills! Thanks for another great video!
Right? Number one drill for beginners, but also very useful for experienced carvers to get more angulation and smoother transitions.
1) Continue shifting the weight to the back foot. To ride the tail of the board. 2) deflect the lower back more, to make the position more stable. 3) rotate knees and hips inside of the turn forward. Result: riding will continue) Correct?)
Good analysis, repost this comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
Hey James, have you tried the Jones FreeCarver 6000s yet? Just wondering if you had an opinion about it due to its extreme sidecut. Have you tried it?
@@hwood310 Yeah I rode one. It rides bigger and carves better than the 6m sidecut would suggest but in my world it's not a real carving board. The 9000 would be a decent choice for all mountain for me, but for carving specific use I use 12m and up. We're planning a head to head production carving board comparison video for later in the season, we'll ride the 6000 up against the Nidecker Blade, NeverSummer TC Proto FR, and a Stranda and give genuine feedback and opinion. None of us have any affiliation with these manufacturers so you can trust our results.
@cherrycarves Cool. Do you think it's overkill to put Kessler Rocketcross Risers on the Jones 6000s? I'm about to unwrap the 6000s , risers, and pairing with new Union Atlas Pro's. Also thinking about trying the SG Soul Titan (9750 sidecut) and the SG Force Pro PV15 (15000 sidecut) any thoughts on SG. I love my Kessler X-Carve BTW.
@@hwood310 Forget the rocket cross, I have something better and cheaper coming tomorrow. Check out carversconnection.com in a few days. I don't ride Kessler or SG because they're too narrow for me and I believe that they're all basically detuned race boards. The JJA C4 and the Exegi DoubleWide are both freecarve specific boards and better suited for this type of carving. And wider too.
@hwood310 Oh, I see you already have the risers... No it's not overkill, you'll get more leverage and less boot out, plus those risers will improve the carving performance of the 6000 noticeably.
@cherrycarves sweet. Kewl, man. Ill check out your website! Gonna assemble my Jones 6Ks and hit some opening weekend Mammoth corduroy this weekend. Hope to make it out to Revelstoke one day soon.... Happy Carving....🤘 Keep the dope content coming!
didn't move weight back.
Maybe true, I'll have to look again. Thanks for the analysis, repost your comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation, I'll address all the comments and publish the video analysis I was working on there.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
SENSEI IS BACK! 💪
@@akitokurosaki7687 Happy to see you here again Seito. How is your progress?
@@cherrycarves not a steep progress sensei. but little by little i am feeling the edge..😁
@@akitokurosaki7687 Good to heat. This drill is meant to speed your progress and go straight to high edge angulation. See what that feels like. If you start dragging your boots it means you're on the right track!
Is this drill really that rare that people have never heard of it? I’m certainly well aware of it.
@@neilgendzwill3260 Hey Neil! Ya of course hardbooters know the J-Turn, but I don't think it's in the CASI or AASI curriculum. Yet.
@@cherrycarves I think J turn is in Casi 1 Turning section. But that thing isn’t for carving and is super intro level.
Sounds about right, thanks for the info
Thank you James!
@@rollingedges9469 My pleasure Bob, that's what I do (in winter)
counter rotation with shoulders in fs turn is debatable, tho. surfers are never in counterrotation with shoulders in a fs turn, they'd fall of the board...
Yeah, the Asians seem to use a lot more counterrotation in their carving, but their stances, stye and terrain is quite different too. There's no right or wrong in freecarving, it's more a question of style and enjoyment of the turns. What I have been teaching is pretty narrow, I plan to experiment with the Asian style (with counterrotation and down-unweighting) and duck stances too this season. I should add that the frontside/backside terms can be confusing to snowboarders, I try to use ""toeside" and "heelside" exclusively. In the pipe for example, a backside air corresponds to a toeside turn.
Both turns you dropped the inside shoulder. You were simplifying your turns for teaching and were a little tiff also. Not sure if you started losing the edge from unabsorbed bumps first or dropped the inside shoulder.
Yeah, the cord was quite soft that day; first groom on Utah powder. Repost your comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation, I'll post the analysis I was working on there in a few days.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
What stance angles are you using?
@@jonmsteele Usually around 27/12 or 30/15. Steeper on narrow boards, never less than 12 degrees in the backfoot for carving.
@cherrycarves do you give out lessons ?
@katiekim5293 I do indeed! Email me: jamescherry@gmail.com
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Right on! See you at MCC! montuckyclearcut.com
I hope you manage to get more subs on youtube so more people get recommended of these video's you make. In terms of carving and the in depth knowledge someone can provide, i've only seen 2 dudes who provide such in depth information with really insightful tips. It's you, and Lars. Huge thanks for videos and contribution to the snowboarder community, i hope more people start to learn carving and enjoying it, rather than keep doing skidded turns.
@@rauliuxaa Ya man, thanks for the encouragement!
SG Soul Titan has titanal layer too.
True, but SG isn't making wide boards. Yet.
@@cherrycarves is it bad? All SL/GS snowboards are ~200mm
@@Lehao_TK 200 is what I used to ask for in my custom hardboot boards. It's a good width and versatile. If I was riding harder snow I would go to 190mm. I thought we were talking about soft boot boards though. The wide Titan is only 270 in the waist. Too narrow for what I do in the soft Revelstoke corduroy.
@@cherrycarves it's a honey for my eyes to read such a carving-understanding rider, thank you
@@cherrycarves P.S. I thinking about SG Soul Titan for carving but probably any Giant Slalom titanal board will give much more fun..
Excellent!
Not easy to spot the difference more than the evident good vs bad result....Ha ha. How about, On the initial successful turns you seem to hold up your upper body more, pushing it upwards quite a lot mid/end in the turn at the same time as the weight distribution changes more to the back foot in the middle of the turn. On the failed turns, (which looks very similar to what I tend to mess up 🙂 ) the upper body is not pushed upwards and with the energy disappearance the strength is folding at the same time as the weight stays on the front foot. The turn just dies out.
Good analysis, thanks for taking the time. Repost your comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation, I'll address the specifics and publish the analysis I was working on there in a few days.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
"Let's go to the crackhouse" had me like wtf 😆 On topic: I had my first decent practice with the open body and "lead with the chest" technique and it went really well thanks to your and Lars' detailed analysis. I can see in this clip that i need to exaggerate the hip movement a bit more tighten up the arc. My hands were still a bit in weird places on 50% of my turns. It feels so good just railing those turns and keeping the speed in check though.
@@RobertoVillaLobby Nice. I've never said "lead with the chest", not that it's wrong but I recommend leading with the hips, your hands and shoulders will have to follow.
@@cherrycarves I gues that's an expression from Lars then. I try to absorb both your channels equally because your style is so similar and you both know your shit like the best. It might be leading with the hips but in a way it also feel a bit like putting your chest forward into the turn. Anyway, really stocked I got to experience real carving and the control that comes with it already after starting snowboarding less than a year ago.
@@RobertoVillaLobby Nice! Have fun out there
Thanks James, very pedagogical.
@@ANETOKILLE That's my style! Pedagogical
Toeside turn: Shoulders not leveled, upper body too upright/stiff overall Heelside turn: Hips not facing forward, rear bumper too low in regards to the slope, as pointed out earlier. Only downside is - there's no snow yet in our part of the alps.Very much anticipating the 360 video!
Good analysis, repost this comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation, I will address the specifics there.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
I'm a little bit confused. This is what modern snowboard instructors say: "Upper body and lower body should be in line with one another, because it gives you better balance and stability." But you say totally opposite. I mean, you say the upper body should be forward. Could you make a VIDEO about this topic? Like, why they are wrong?
@@vugar011 That's a good idea for a video. The bottom line is that neither CASI nor the AASI really has any good carving curriculum. They teach the warrior position and encourage duck stances, it's a versatile approach to snowboarding but not suitable for real carving on steep terrain. What I teach is specific to posi-posi pencil line up-unweighted directional carving and it works.
@ as a beginner(started jus 1 year ago), I’ll switch to posi posi this season, because it seems logical. But about position, I’ll figure out for myself to see what works for me, since I don’t do pencil line yet. Would be great if a video comes out. Thanks for your effort to make these videos!
Thanks! But it was a little challange for my brain to understand the black board just because my stance is regular haha
@@vugar011 I get it... I have a hard time analyzing regular riders in video. I sometimes download the video and flip it horizontally so it makes sense to me.
@@cherrycarves haha good idea. i’ll try that
Extra curricular: There's less angulation (shoulders aren't quite as level), putting your weight inside the turn with too much inclination on a relatively mild slope... hit some chop, loose tension in the obliques, and your weight drops further in. That's my guess... as it happens to me. 😂
@@TheDerekHyde Hahaha....
Well done Doctor. Repost your comment here please: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1177/ It's a better forum for a proper conversation, as you well know. I'll publish the analysis I was working on there in a few days and address all the comments too.
Thanks for participating in the extra credit assignment! Your comment is addressed directly in the "Solution(s)" video, posted here: carversconnection.com/community/postid/1216/
Great video James
@@russbritt4100 Thanks bro!
Looks fun. I'm more of a bomber myself.
@@bestestname6757 Cool! Bomber Industries is rumoured to announce a new soft boot carving binding this season!
Nice video. I tried many stances and prefer 35/25 for softboot... But now using hardboot 45/35 on the soft-board - excellent for me)
@@Lehao_TK Steep!
Jesus....... Jesus.... Fuck that it's virtually a WALL !!!
@@mooncat.787 Heck ya it is. They only groom that section a few times per season. This video was shot early in the season when they hadn't even done the full width yet. So intense! Love that sh!t. There's a follow up to this video, "Crushing Revelstoke's Steepest Groomers". Conditions were better and they had groomed it wider on that day... But yeah, on a mountain known for its extremely steep terrain, this section is the steepest sustained groomer by far. It's The Snow Rodeo just above the Ninja Traverse, for anyone who wants to try carving it up!
@cherrycarves I bet they only groom it a couple of times per season. Stunned the snowplow gets anywhere near the top..... Anyways I don't think I'll be dropping down that bad boy anytime soon. Parachute down it yes.... Boarding..... NO !!!
@mooncat.787 It's heaven on a powder day! (They groom it with a winch cat.)
@@cherrycarves I'll leave it to you James, or I'll watch from the bottom. Yeah I did think they'd have to use some other means of groomer. Can you imagine the poor guy who HAD to drive the plow if a winch cat didn't exist. No thank you very much.
I discovered pencil line carving in my early twenties by accident, perfected is as I became an instructor but I have never been able to explain it in simple ways like James has. I will be using these resources to train the rest of my Japanese crew. Thank you!
@@SwedishSanta I want to go to Japan and train your crew!
@cherrycarves let me know if you come, I'd be stoked!
@@SwedishSanta No plans yet... The idea is that if you invite me, pay my travel expenses and lift tickets, I'll train your whole crew for free!
This is how i want to ride! Can't wait to get to the Alpes again 🥳
@@RobertoVillaLobby This is how I want to ride too, right meow!
Weird flex but I like it.
@@peterjacobs6290 Hahaha... Kind of wierd ya. It started with an elbow injury: arm in the sling turned into hand in the pocket as it healed, the other hand seemed natural for symmetry.