Common Mistakes & Fixes For Carving a Snowboard | Beginner Guide
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- Feel like carving is almost impossible? Maybe you're close to carving but just need a quick tip to change everything. In todays video, we discuss the most common mistakes of carving.
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The biggest help for me was not trying to rush the turn just lock in the edge and let it go. Feels amazing
wdym lock the edge?
@@matt3826 like as I'm going across and switching edges, I get balanced on the new edge and then let the turn naturally happen vs trying to force it around which usually turns into a skidded turn
@@MustyRusty5 dope, thanks man
Same . First time boarding yesterday and I got the hang quick. Just gotta get used to letting the board turn itself instead of trying to whip the board with my hips and eat shit
@@SrtEsco716 but what if the run only has so much room to work with and you literally have to turn or else you’ll fall off the side of the mountain? Legitimate question im not trying to sound sarcastic.
Quite possibly the most underrated snowboard youtuber on the platform. Thanks for all the kick ass videos and help. I'm in my late 20's and just decided to pick up the sport this season. Tomorrow is my 6th full time out and I watched this to make sure I'm doing everything right as I can now go an entire night with maybe one fall. Thanks Tommie.
Best advice I’ve received this year as a first year resort employee is your board will let you know when it’s ready to switch edges it’s honestly helped (me) heavily
I think the most underrated advice on everything snowboarding is staying stacked. Once you figure out how to stack, boarding becomes 10x easier.
what's stacked? Like posturing your weight over your edge?
Thank you so much for the helpful videos. Your explanations help an old skateboarder who snowboards once every 5 years understand some of the nuances i'm working on.
Yooooooo! Thanks for sharing the love! And glad you like the nerd! Let’s goooooo
That was actually one of the best carving tutorials I’ve found on TH-cam.
@@tommiebennett Dudette. I’m a woman ;) No biggie though. Gonna be watching more of your videos. Stopped riding a few years ago because I just didn’t have time, but with the pandemic, I have been working from home, so I can work from home, and thefore, I have time again. I miss it so much.
One of best off the slope excerise that can give you a feel of carving is by straping into your snowboard and have a chair in front of you so you can catch yourself when doing a toe side turn when you lean forward. Same goes with a heel side turn, have a chair behind you so you can get a feel of doing a heel side carve. Just make sure you and the chair are on carpet, or a rubber mat, or some kind of anti-slip surface so you or the chair doesn't slip/move out when you're doing this excerise.
I usually stick to the blue runs but if I’m having a bad day, I’ll do a run or two on the greens and go back to basics
That’s better then me, I normally stay In the park till I get injured and then go home because I’m sad lol
@@tpespos yo saaame lol
@@tpespos I feel you dude, I broke my ribs last time just by falling flat on my chest
This explanation video and summery was way above average. ty
I like tommie’s style n his ways of teaching he’s fireerere 🔥
PERFECT timing on this vid! 1/1/21 I got maiden voyage on my Donek Knapton Twin at Breck, and starting to teach my buddy to really use his edges. Just sent him this for homework and we're back out Wednesday. 🤘
Your channel is much appreciated! Forwarding all of your media to my 11 yr old daughter. First year snowboarder and she routinely refers to your instruction and illustrations 🙏. As a 50 yr old dad who recently got back into boarding this year, even I appreciate the lessons. However, I’m still a cool dad shredding down my groomers and pow! I will even throw In a few old school skills when appropriate. Thanks again for a great channel! 💪
Good call on finding a shallow empty green run. I’ve been trying to learn to carve on the main blue groomer at Powderhorn and sometimes it’s a bit busy to practice like this
I’ve been boarding a while, bought a new board, hated it & have now lost all my confidence so am finding I’m now skidding to put the breaks on. Thanx for the videos, it makes complete sense what I need to work on
first year of learning how to snowboard
i really love your vids... keep going
is there any better place im the world than a nice wide, freshly corded run? thats my happy place right there
This weekend I'm gonna carve up Tahoe!!!!
I started snowboarding a few weeks ago, and your videos have been really inspiring! They show me what can be done on a board and how to get there. Thanks a lot for making these!
your vids are super helpful! I'm not a beginner, but struggle with getting 'good', refining my style, and these videos help identify things to improve. Thanks!
Thanks Tommie. I watched your video and tried your advice and it improved my skills rapidly. I had a blast.
New rider from south Florida only when I get to travel can’t wait to go back nice vids bri
Speed is your friend and check your “6” often!
Only if the mountains around me would be this empty. There is literally no one there.
For reals. I wish I didn’t have a 9 to 5 job 😂 then I could go on a weekday
For real. Weekdays are dead and weekends are filled like a county fair.
Same, I live in SoCal and our closest mountain is packed constantly and super hard to practice carves on
We filmed this at 9am on a Sunday at Keystone. Get out early and find the spot. They’re out there.
@@ericzerowin7751 LOL, yeah i was practicing this at bluemountain in PA..... Pennsylvania! Basically the size of the mini bunny slopes in CO or UT....and its 711 slushie runs.
But still, if there is a will/ there is a way!
Differentiating the difference between a crossover movement and crossunder movement to accomplish a carvedvedge change and some of the excercised you can perform developing both could be a great video 👌
You need a playlist called "Nerdy Series"
Or the "Nerdy Know How's"
As a beginner, make sure your body always lean down the hill then you are good for practicing curving on both toe and heel side. Thank you for your instruction.
I went and rode solo dolo today and was really able to just focus of myself and not bombing with "The Squad"
And boy did I learn me some things that i just thought I had down..
Well I didnt, but after a bunch of runs and going slow(also was riding switch alot for the first time)
I was really getting my carves down and would stop at the switchbacks since I was practicing on greens/blues, i got so damn hype when I seen how thin my carves were!
I think my biggest issue has been using too much effort to transition into toeside and doing more of a slide
Thanks for the breakdown! Definitely plan on getting the carve locked in this season 👍🏾
You need to just drop an edit of you absolutely rippin it up in the park and around the mountain. That’d be sick!
Great vid Tommie! As a beginner, biggest takeaway from carving that I found was the increase in exit speed so gotta pay attention to surroundings as you quickly move across the run.
This is a very important video! Fantastic stuff my friend, you will change lives with this.
Great vid and tips! Would love see Carving 2.0. More Carving controlled going straight not getting horizontal.
you rock like pro bro !
Ty for mentioning that people should come in and demo boards at local shops. You can't imagine how many people I see dropping into the shop with boards that are too big or way to hard to ride. I wish people would take some time to learn. Come in and ask the people who ride all the time. Our job is to help you. Lol sorry about the rant
I love your veidos they're very helpful to me. I'm wondering if you can get even more detailed with what muscles should be engaged and maybe what should be loose and relaxed. I have two fake disc's in my neck from just a year ago and I have a problem getting loose, relaxed and trusting my boots/board and self.
Great tutorial. You're a natural teacher! Keep it up!
All sounds good. Keep going in the 2.0 3.0 and freestyle in carving.
Please make a video about how we can hand touch the snow when carving, especially when doing heel edge.
Don't get too caught up in that. It is partly based on the conditions (first run softer groomers with no bumps), skill, but mostly on the type of board you're on. I am an expert boarder and there are some boards I have where you cannot do this no matter what. The tails on many boards will wash out long before you get that low.
you deserve a lot more subs man
Thanks for the tips
Been practicing this!!! Ty!!
Try finding the 45degree of the fall line or half size of hill. Then run an arc. Then try it from fall line. The progression for it...
Good tutorial homie. My only point of disagreement is making it sound like you can carve on a reverse chambered board. I ride a T.Rice 2011/12 board that is reverse chambered and love the turn response on it and carving on it.
I've road cambered and reverse cambered and carve with no prob on either. If you have the technique down reverse or full cambered shouldn't be an issue.
I did like how you pointed out to newbies to demo some boards and see what they like.
Love your channel and for teaching people through vlogs.
Lotta channels just showing there snowboard adventures, which is still cool but, mad love for you teaching people.
isn't the t.rice hybrid camber? so it gives you regular camber underfoot, helping with the carve and edgehold. I ride a few hybrid camber like that love the versatility
I'm going riding this week for the first time in 11 YEAAAARRSS and I've been religiously watching your videos to mentally prepare
I’ll be working these drills on Friday
I was actually teaching a young girl to skateboard the other day and was actually using the drill that he showed bleeding off speed by going uphill slightly on each carve. All of these rules and tips also apply on a longboard skateboard on a hill. I was actually using the same techniques on my longboard as I do on my race board on the snow. All of the weight distribution was the same and you can use a skateboard to practice carving. Treat the edges of the skateboard like the edges of your snowboard, just keep in mind you can't do skidding turns ;-)
only snowboarded a couple of times but have been trying to practice all the principles on my longboard until I can actually snowboard again
@@michael-lucanatt8009 it really does help your snowboarding. The best thing is the carving to bleed off speed. Like carving back up the hill some on every turn.
@@patthesoundguy i havent gotten too into stand up slides yet so the concept of keeping your shoulder open but counterrotating your hips to do skid turns to scrub speed while maintaining your momentum is what Im stuck with
@@michael-lucanatt8009 I used to be a wheel slide master 30 years ago on a skateboard but now I can't wheel slide to save my life.
@@patthesoundguy it’s rough nowadays, I’m always cruising alone so i dont find the motivation to stop at a spot and practice sliding
Great video.
Maybe you mentioned it in another video, this is the only one I've seen, but pulling your knees together can help the toeside turn as pulling them apart can help the heelside
You are an amazing carver!!! So fluid and you make it look so easy. Love your enthusiasm too! Thank you my guy
Another great video🤘 Happy New Year Tommie!!
Reverse camber = rocker?
Well Mister Bennett, I live in a country that never pass for 5 degrees celcius and for work in my beginner skills I wait for a long time. When time comes, the most difficult part to remember (me and my body) its the transition from upper C to bottom C. The sweet spot in the middle. I aways fall until my but hurts to make the transition correctly when I got it the vacations are over. Any tips for practicing this particular part of carving for better and fast results?
Love the video. Question: how can you both tuck mask in and not get fog in goggles. Amazing.
solid content and an informative video! See you soon when you can make it to blackcomb whistler.
Teaching myself , I finally got the hang of it.
My biggest issue I think is that I'm turning to much and loosing speed so I end up not being able to make it down.. I would have to unstrap and skate to get to the next downward hump.
Also, when I try and turn it seems like I'm slowing down too much instead of actually just turning and keeping speed. Not sure why.
any videos on how to run up the sides of hills while still going down a run?
Hey man, I was checking out your website and thought it might be a cool idea to get a picture of you on the “meet Tommie and his team” section :)
Superhelpful thanks
I tryed flat board to carve and it carve better than my three camber boards
do a video on fast carving. wide turns seem like they just kill speed and i enjoy going fast and flat basing straight down the mountain, but id like to do some mellow carving on crowded runs
It's the same steps but instead of making big C's you want to go for tight S shapes. If you do this correctly you can gain speed through loading up your tail & letting it go towards the end of your turn.
It's really physical though. You will be out of breath.
Would love to hear other options on the subject.
Initiate the turn before you cross the fall line. As you get more comfortable with the speed you can stay in the fall line and just go edge to edge. K2 the V is correct with it being the same steps as doing the big C turns (technically S turns in the instructor world) but if you're out of breath you're making it harder than it should be. Be very aware of what is around you and ready stop quick because you will go a lot faster the more you are in the fall line
@@jacobiwolf77 so you think I'm getting out of breath because I'm pushing to hard?
I'll try just using the flex of my board without loading my tail.
I guess you're saying you don't need to push that hard in order to get speed.
Thanks 👍
@@kevinsimard the only time I'm out of breath is when I'm ripping bumps, when I'm hauling ass and laying out turns it's effortless, unless I've been riding all day and my legs are getting to be all fuck you buddy! Something that might be making it harder for you is the sidecut radius of your board, it can make a big difference. If it's shallower it can take more effort
@@jacobiwolf77 well this carving thing is relatively new to me. I've been riding since 95. but 95- 2002 I was always in parks. 2002-2014 a little bit of park but mainly East coast powder and backcountry.2014-now well I have 2 kids and pushing 40 so I ride what I can and have been ripping up corduroy.
I just bought trice pro 161.5 and took it out 9 times since December 14th. I've ridden only aggressive camber boards so definitely getting used to the hybrid construction. As for my turning a friend showed me how to carve two seasons ago and he explained the more you push the more speed you'll get.
I'll tone it down and let the board do it's thing see what happens. Thanks for your reply I greatly appreciate it.
I can do sharp and clean toeside turns, but i can't get aggressive heelside carves without sliding. This is a big problem for me because i do boardercross racing, and on some tracks i have to do very sharp heelside turns, but i end up skidding and losing speed.
Is the Burton Process - Purepop camber hood for carving?
Can it have anything to do with how sharp my edge is? Trying to find excuses here. But seriously, on one of my boards i never sharpened the edges. Can it have a huge effect or is it minimal, in perfect groomer conditions, no ice.
Appreciate you Tommie- your advice surely has made me a better rider! Happy New Year and I look forward to watching you more in 2021! 👍
great vid' fellas
Its hard for me to tell when I'm locking into the snow, but u definitely maintain speed better when I try to carve. I don't know how else to differentiate.
Also, are there situations where skidding is more appropriate than carving or is carving always the way?
Skidding is bad turning with only your back foot is not. But its normal to skid it takes a little practice and slowing makes everything easier. Idk I m a seven teen year old and carving is all I like to do after I tore my acl
Skid turns are useful when you need to both turn and bleed off some speed at the same time. Carve turns are when you want to go fast and smooth
if your edges are dull does that make a difference?
Yooo Tommie!!!!
@@tommiebennett sup dood
Yewww
My Lumberjack has 0 camber...but its wide and stiff. I can carve hard but still have playfulness.
Does anyone know what kind of mittens he is using? They look warm and cozy!
i have a flat board wich is a salomon fake and it doesent have eges and doesent have like a bend in the board so ifi carve the shitti board just goes straight
How Steve does the terrain have to be to engage the edge
Good advice, sub'd.
Wassup Tommy! What snowboard are you riding? Please
Men's Burton Custom Twin Off-Axis Camber Snowboard
I can't stop whipping my back foot from front edge to back edge while carving. Habit I fell into years ago and cant get out of it. I also steer with my back foot.
does flat camber boards do carves well?
Just starting out here. I got a flat board and am boarding on mostly hard packed groomed trails. I'm finding it really hard to carve. Am I at a big disadvantage with this style board and should I get a traditional camber?
Tommie, videos are so great! Do you give private lessons?
I give private lessons at Breckenridge. Tommie sends me students.
I'm still stuck on when to change edge ... Always catch an edge and end up fallin...
Your board might need a detune on nose and tail and you might be leaning into the turn too much for how fast you're going. You could also be keeping the edge more engaged than you should and your weight too far forward when crossing the fall line, bring the board back to flat (off the edge) as you cross the fall line and initiate the turn to the other edge. Also what your doing with your knees can help, pull them together for a toeside and pull apart for a heelside. This tends to be done subtly as it is but over exaggerating the movement can help you understand it more, you can even turn the board by doing that alone
The powder out here in Japan is so much better
When carving on groomers and you start getting lots of chop while in a carve. What is the best skill to help feel more secure and planted or is it possibly the board?
It can be the board edges are super dull or even rusted if the groomer is somewhat iced up or the board is possibly too small for your frame or the reverse camber thing they mention but most likely you just need to push into the carve harder with your legs. The more chop and pushback you get the stronger legs you need so after doing a couple runs like that your legs can be really shakey unless you are boarding 20+ days a season or keeping in really good shape off-season.
Pushing into the carve is not the same as leaning, you can lean if you have enough speed and can stay under control but if you don't want to follow the fall line (line down the center of your turns) and stay with more gentle S turns then you need to push into the turn and maintain body stability with your back arm extended out towards the tail of your board and front arm aiming towards the direction you are turning. You ideally will be aiming with your shoulder but when you get anxious it can be easier to think of aiming with your hand as that will pull your shoulder where you want it to be and keep you more centred over the board.
I see a lot of people waving their arms around or counter-rotating when they get into chop trying to keep their balance because they are letting the board bounce them around on the crests of the chop. Push into the carve and trust your board, the only time that will fail is in some spring conditions where there is mixed rough chop with wet slush and pushing into the carve will spin you or flip you around so going light and feeling the snow with your board and timing your turns for the slush is usually best. Or just rely on quick reflexes in those conditions. ;-p
I'm just really afraid of catching an edge while linking my turns... I can go on either edge and stop, but linking them together is difficult because I'm just afraid of catching an edge while doing it
Sweet you're almost there! Just force yourself to throw your body in the other position. But also bend your knees right before you do it. it will feel nice and solid. Just remember bend your knees, as much and as long and as consistently as possible. the muscles right above the knees should be screaming by the end of the run. Also with your knees nice and bent when you fall you are falling a lot shorter distance so less damage/pain. it just helps everything to have your knees bent.
Hi! I’m confused on the difference between carving and turning from left and right? Besides the fact that the board is making that line mark when you carve.
Carving is being able to turn on your snowboards edge is all
Nice teaching! I'd like to know where the resort is...
Whistler
Keystone
Do you have a buttering video?
How do you handle this when the snow is scraped away and you end up with compacted snow that's slick or ice?
Lock in the edge and try not to change direction abruptly while on ice. Keeping your knees bent allows your body to absorb little bumps while keeping your board in contact with the ground...if your legs are stiff at all any little bump can knock you out of the carve taking away all your control. Other than riding flat across ice (which isn't practical most of the time and leaves you at the mercy of the fall line and going too fast) you will have far more control carving across ice as opposed to skidding.
I fron brazil thanks for movie i like
Go lee canyon now🤪
when i carve and do a hand drag or try to really dig in on my toe edge, i have the tendency to get the turn around way faster and end up going uphill like in the drill you showed. is there anyway i can keep my board more downhill while keep my edge engaged or will i only have to to a hand or elbow drag for a shorter period of time? thanks
Change what you're doing with your toes as you go perpendicular to the fall line, if you're toeside, pick your toes up, vice versa for heelside. Also pay attention to what you're doing with your knees, pulling them together for toeside and pulling them apart for heelside. This is happens pretty subtly as it is but over exaggerating the movement can give you an idea as to what it does, you can turn the board by doing that alone
How sharp your turn is will be a function of the angle at which you tilt your board, and the sidecut radius of the board. A higher tilt angle, means more the pressure on the board. More pressure will flex the board more hence leading to a tighter turn radius. That tighter turn radius will make your turn way faster and sharper than it would be if you had applied less pressure.
Imagine drawing a circle with your board in the snow by tilting it on edge. The sidecut radius of your board is the maximum length of radius of that circle you drew by applying the least amount of pressure. For example, a board with a sidecut radius of 8m cannot draw a circle with a radius bigger than 8m. But it can draw smaller circles by putting more pressure and flexing the board more.
So if you're turning too fast, you might have a short sidecut radius. Try to demo a board with a longer sidecut radius and see how it feels. I recently went from 8.1m to 9m and I could instantly feel a difference in my turns.
thx~~~~~
I struggle with staying locked in my heal edge and switching to the toe.... any suggestions??
My friend told me this and it helped quiet a bit. When you’re on your heal edge and you want to switch to toe side straighten out your board and point it downhill, once you feel stable turn to your toe side. It’s up to you how fast and how often you want to straighten it depending on how comfortable you are
@@Pavel12Loaiza thank you!
@@kimberlyc.7363 my pleasure
Any help with foot pain on toe side carves? My foot starts burning and goes numb every time I hold a long carve on my toes ...thinking my boots/ bindings might be too tight
Watch the angry snowboarder boot fitting video series on YT; yes - your compensating for slop in your liners with strapping
@@squid_fish thanks man
@@bfitz22 your welcome man, Avran is the sh*t! ✔️
what are your thoughts on carving with a rocker board compared to camber? i am brand new (3 days on a snowboard so far) and bought a used board not knowing anything...turns out its a true twin rocker (aperture spectrum 158 MW)...i have it set 15, -15 with rear binding center, front binding 1 slot back...having a blast so far but i dont even know what i dont know...ya know? ;P
Pure rocker boards aren't great for carving, they are good to learn on because you're less likely to catch an edge but consequently they're harder to get the edge to engage on the snow. The stance you have is pretty good for riding switch but if the bindings are set one place back from center you just have to be careful about having a little more edge length behind you when riding switch
@@jacobiwolf77 good stuff, thanks man :)
@@squirrelsmovingpictures sure thing
Can u make carved turns on black runs or steep blues ? Or is it to steep and the turns are only skidded? Trying to achieve this
Same! But I think you need crazy edge hold and a pretty short sidecut radius to make smaller turns so you don't get too fast.
Yep, just make bigger turns bring your board across the fall line to control your speed. As you get more comfortable you can stay in the fall line and make shallower turns but beware of the speed this gives you. If your black runs are bumps, they are a different monster, but there aren't many mountains that have bumps like my home mountain. If your blacks are groomers the principle is the same, you just need to get comfy with the steep
Hey Tommie.... say “Hi” to your friend, Stuart Berryman, for me!!!
I have an old K2 Subculture is that board any good for carving?
Probably not.
Don't give K2 money, they bought a town in China and basically turned it into a slave camp to make their skis and boards. As the dude in the video said, go demo some boards and your mind will be blown
I’m a beginner at snowboard
@ChrisFix ?
what mountain do you ski at/
Breck
Great video!
Sexy turns! Love it!