@@PaisaCan Right? We went through many iterations to make it as close to "perfect form" as we could. ("Perfect", notwithstanding the myriad other styles and stances.) Are you gonna make it back to Revelstoke this season Ward?
@@diegocavallaropuig17 Good. So glad you liked it. As you know, this one was a long time in the making... This one was challenging for me, your turns are really good and it wasn't immediately obvious where to focus my corrections. I watched your videos frame by frame for a while before I could isolate some errors that were consistent. I made pages of notes and then whittled it down to just three major corrections to keep things simple. It's a good thing you specified toeside help when you posted! (But actually your heelsides are excellent.) Thank you so much for the animations, they're just awesome!
This is a beautiful little video to indelibly etche the transition from toeside to heelside. The animation is absolutely spot on and just what I need for repetitive viewing to hammer home the pelvic thrust throughout the transition. Love it. Great work guys.
Danke! Dear James, you are really awsome, i have never ever seen a similar brilliant tecnical carving video, i am absolutely flashed, congrats you are insane 😅 and this will significantly change my carving style! I ride a Korua Cafe Racer plus, greetings from the swiss alps, waiting for your back turn video 😅🏂 Andy
Nerd level 💯! Great discussion. When I’m coaching I can’t nerd out this hard or I loose students so I just tell them to try to touch the snow with their belly button and nothing else except maybe the back knee. Nobody can drag belly button however it gets the hips to do what I want them to do. I also tell students to pretend they have eggs in their hands and they can’t break them in the snow. The animation was super cool! He looked like spider man ripping carves.
@@peterjacobs6290 @peterjacobs6290 I like that, "drag your belly button". Very appropriate for conservative Idaho. I'll use that with the kids but I think I'll stick with "balls to the wall" for the adult men... Are you teaching soft boot posi-posi stance carving down there? We should talk. Email me: jamescherry@gmail.com
Very cool stuff man! ✌🏼And great animation together with very clear tips and focus points. Will put to practice in feb. First time (aft. 30+ years) I bought a carving-oriented board (Jns FC9000 164, with bt size 12). Will try -9 15 because still love some freeride and -style… But I guess i’ll have to tweak that too 😅 Anyway, thanks and cheers! 🏂
@@Duunti Cool! When you get frustrated with the heelside chatter switch to +30/+15, then when you can't avoid the dreaded boot out come to carversconnection.com for risers and a wider board...
@@davidmcfall5926 Trial and error? I still play with my stance width and move it forward or back depending on the board. I was riding 57cm two seasons ago, for example but brought most of my boards down to 55cm this past season. 55 felt tight at first but after riding it a while, 57 felt like a gorilla stance... It also depends how much lift and cant you use, you can comfortably go wider with proper lift and cant. Look for canted risers in the store at carversconnection.com in three to four weeks.
@@megalodon45 Maybe. It's not on my priority list of videos to make. Check out the Secrets Part I video, there's a lot of explanation of the fore-aft weight shift there.
Sometimes Craig Kelly had more of a longboarder’s downhill stance with practically all the weight up front and the rear knee way forward (with crazy canting).
@@TheDerekHyde Right? I had meant to put in some CK footage but ran out of time. He was a major inspiration to me in the 90s, even met him once. I used to ride that stance too! Looking forward to riding with you again soon Bro
@@cherrycarves Definitely inspiring, and certainly unique how he adapted his stance to freeriding... but if you look at early videos of him in the pipe (where edge engagement is key) he looks more like a longboarder. Definitely looking forward to riding with you this season... though I'm out of shape... again...
Hey man thanks a lot for these videos! You deserve millions of subs actually. I've a question, do I need a wide board? I'm still a beginner. weight 80kg, height 180sm. boot size 11. So do I need wide board?and exactly what Waist Width ? Because it varies depends on the brand.
@@vugar011 Yeah, if you want to carve hard in size 11 boots you'll need a wide board for sure. You can start with what you have, go wider when you start to suffer from boot out. For high performance carving on blue and black runs you'll eventually want something in the range of 290 to 300mm at the waist, but there are a lot of other factors that go into determining your ideal waist width. You'll progress faster on a wide dedicated carving board for sure though.
Hi James, I tried to learn Eurocarves for a season three years ago: (start at 1:35 min) /watch?v=drFpfhS5MfU I had (and still have) a trashy board, 15+yrs oldboard from my 50kg 160cm sister from her teenage days (she is 30+ yrs old now) haha. Same goes for the boots (I have tiny 39 EU sized feet, so I could squeeze them into my sister's boots). The board has never been sharpened or anything. I am 175cm and 70kg. Even with this ridiculous equipment, I somehow manage to pull out some laid-out carves as you can see in the video. This was the only season I practiced those extreme carves (though I absolutely love them - hence I found your channel). After this one season, I switched back to skiing because I finally bought a pair of new skis and boots (both were from pretty much my childhood years haha). The skill improvement and enjoyment of skiing increased tremendously, it's basically a different sport now with real equipment. I hope for the same regarding snowboarding. Which boards (for soft boot setup) would you recommend to me (if you know some budget, medium and more expensive alternatives)? Thanks a lot for any advice!
Cool video. Yeah, with your small feet pretty much any production board will be wide enough for you, though Eurocarving does require extreme angulation and you might still boot out. For production budget boards I would recommend the NeverSummer Triple Camber Proto FR, the Jones Freecarver 9000, the Amplid Pentaquark, and the Nidecker Blade. I haven't actually ridden all of these yet but they seem to be the top rated carving boards. Stranda makes some decent carving boards too, probably only slightly more expensive. Stay away from the Koruas for Eurocarving. A step up from those is the Exegi DoubleWide, available exclusively on carversconnection.com. Carl makes them in a "skinny" version at 288mm waist. These have longer sidecuts (12m) than any of the others above, which is also good for the Eurocarve style. 288 in the waist is not too wide for what you want to do. These are available now for December delivery. I made a video about these: "Introducing..." The JJA C4 is probably the best freecarving board in the world right now, but they're simply unobtainable. You can get on the waitlist but there are already over 100 people vying for 20 boards for February delivery. At the most expensive end are the Oxess and Kessler Titanal boards. They don't make them wide but they do use titanal and their max width is probably almost wide enough for your small feet. I don't really think their freecarving boards are better than the JJA C4s but it's hard to compare because they just don't have the width I need to really find the limits of the boards, I always boot out first. Good luck, keep at it, and consider changing your stance to a posi-posi setup like 27/12.
@@cherrycarves Hey James, thanks a ton for these recommendations! I looked at them, their price and length, read some reviews and some other boards came up in the process. The skiing resort is steep and sometimes icy (but there are also slopes with gradual incline which I like the most for carving bc my shitty board can hold en edge). Since slopes can be quite steep, I guess a board on the shorter rather than longer side will be easier to turn on the steeps(?). But a shorter board sacrifice edge hold(?). I also like to rock from to heel side back and forth super fast, it's fun - I guess this is one of the very few sports where my tiny feet have an advantage, to have a slimmer board without booting out(?). I am 175cm and 70kg. I would like to do eurocarves/laid-out and revert eurocarves. I list all the boards I found below. Which 3 boards would you advise to me (considering the price and available length)? Never Summer Triple Camber Proto FR and Snowboard Amplid Pentaquark (2024) are too expensive compared to the others. All Mountain Jones Freecarver 6000S (2025) 158cm 500 USD All Mountain Jones Freecarver 9000S (2025) 156cm 575 USD Burton Custom 154W 500 USD Ride Algorhythm 161 400 USD K2 Alchemist Snowboard 22/23 160 500 USD Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Blade 2025 162W 470 USD Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Blade Plus 2025 162W 530 USD Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Thruster 2024 150 430 USD Ride Peace Seeker 23/24 151 400 USD Jones Mind Expander 2023 150 / 166 490 USD Jones Snowboard Jones Ultra Mind Expander 2020 158 500 USD Thank you so much, I appreciate your time and videos!
@@schtefel From this list I would advise the Blade or the Blade Plus. The NeverSummer Proto FR is not much more expensive though and probably better suited to the euro carve because if its shape. Yes, a longer board will be more stable but look at the effective edge or running length, which are better indicators than the overall length.
@@cherrycarves Nidecker Blade 2025 is ordered! I opted for the non-Plus bc I will not be able to ride always the early morning groomers, so the lesser stiffness will be more comfortable later in the day. I eurocarved with a really bad board, so surely the non-Plus version should be able to do the trick too! Thanks for your advice! Looking forward to shred with this blade!
Great, now make a 3D printed snowboarder figurine in backside turn position! :) I couldn't find that figurine so I started to learn how to sculpture in polyclay, so to make it by myself ;)
Great analysis On that "lead with your dick" part. I think that's a really good cue actually. Most people tend to stick their ass out back when doing most sports, and it leaves you in a weak position. I come from a track and field background and then the position of the hip relative to your feet is everything. If your hips are back by as little as a cm or two you can't sprint, jump or run fast or efficiently because there is so much energy loss coming from being bent at the hips that your legs and core have to deal with. Skiiers talk a lot about stacking your hips on top of your feet too, it's the same concept. I've found that a good way to find the correct position for snowboarding is to actually lean into a wall and shift your hips forward, or if you're strapped in on snow, lean into a friend at the top of the hill before starting. This hips forward cue is much easier to do on the toe edge, because if you exaggerate it you'll also automatically bend away from the snow too. From your secrets video, opening up the hips in the direction of travel more on the heel side turns means you can think of pushing your hips towards the nose of the board rather than towards the toe side.
@@SuperPhelix Agreed. Did you pick up a new board for this season? Check out the DoubleWide, it's available in a "skinny" version for your smaller feet (288mm waist).
@@cherrycarves No board yet. I've seen the DoubleWide and I've been seriously considering it! But unfortunately my damn stove broke and I can't light the grill for every meal 😂 so a new stove had to take priority for now unfortunately.
@@cherrycarves hahaha cmon!! Her parents are a bit more conservative, I’ll hold off for now. Love your turns!! …from a carving non-carver - whatever that means
that computer generated animated carver was very educational!
@@PaisaCan Right? We went through many iterations to make it as close to "perfect form" as we could. ("Perfect", notwithstanding the myriad other styles and stances.)
Are you gonna make it back to Revelstoke this season Ward?
Thanks a lot James! Really useful inputs there! Looking forward to put it to practice
@@diegocavallaropuig17 Good. So glad you liked it. As you know, this one was a long time in the making...
This one was challenging for me, your turns are really good and it wasn't immediately obvious where to focus my corrections. I watched your videos frame by frame for a while before I could isolate some errors that were consistent. I made pages of notes and then whittled it down to just three major corrections to keep things simple.
It's a good thing you specified toeside help when you posted! (But actually your heelsides are excellent.)
Thank you so much for the animations, they're just awesome!
Time of the year is starting again. Excited to learn from you again. Looking forward to next ones
@@gomjabbar84 Coming soon...
Fantastic content, James. Your technical detail is so accessible and clear
@@fanonche1 Thanks man! More coming soon
Keep this up! Thanks a lot!
This is a beautiful little video to indelibly etche the transition from toeside to heelside.
The animation is absolutely spot on and just what I need for repetitive viewing to hammer home the pelvic thrust throughout the transition.
Love it. Great work guys.
Danke! Dear James, you are really awsome, i have never ever seen a similar brilliant tecnical carving video, i am absolutely flashed, congrats you are insane 😅 and this will significantly change my carving style! I ride a Korua Cafe Racer plus, greetings from the swiss alps, waiting for your back turn video 😅🏂 Andy
@@andreasamonn3691 Thanks Andy, for the kind words and for your donation to the cause!
I'm waiting for your heelside turn video too!
Nerd level 💯! Great discussion. When I’m coaching I can’t nerd out this hard or I loose students so I just tell them to try to touch the snow with their belly button and nothing else except maybe the back knee. Nobody can drag belly button however it gets the hips to do what I want them to do. I also tell students to pretend they have eggs in their hands and they can’t break them in the snow.
The animation was super cool! He looked like spider man ripping carves.
@@peterjacobs6290 @peterjacobs6290 I like that, "drag your belly button". Very appropriate for conservative Idaho. I'll use that with the kids but I think I'll stick with "balls to the wall" for the adult men...
Are you teaching soft boot posi-posi stance carving down there? We should talk. Email me: jamescherry@gmail.com
I enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks man!
@@colinbarbeau8678 My pleasure
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.
Very cool stuff man! ✌🏼And great animation together with very clear tips and focus points.
Will put to practice in feb. First time (aft. 30+ years) I bought a carving-oriented board (Jns FC9000 164, with bt size 12). Will try -9 15 because still love some freeride and -style… But I guess i’ll have to tweak that too 😅
Anyway, thanks and cheers! 🏂
@@Duunti Cool! When you get frustrated with the heelside chatter switch to +30/+15, then when you can't avoid the dreaded boot out come to carversconnection.com for risers and a wider board...
rear carving quality content 👏
Thank u, good info!
@@nosslar Glad you liked it! Put it into practice and start making some great tracks!
Great insight!
@@pawel-goscicki Thanks. This is what I do now (in winter)...
Awesome 👌 great video
@@nka4180 👍
Another great video, James. Super informative. What is, in your opinion, the best way to determine ideal stance width for carving?
@@davidmcfall5926 Trial and error?
I still play with my stance width and move it forward or back depending on the board. I was riding 57cm two seasons ago, for example but brought most of my boards down to 55cm this past season. 55 felt tight at first but after riding it a while, 57 felt like a gorilla stance...
It also depends how much lift and cant you use, you can comfortably go wider with proper lift and cant. Look for canted risers in the store at carversconnection.com in three to four weeks.
Thanks!
@@martinpotocnik7334 Thank you Martin!
Great video James glad it’s that time again. Any chance of a video on weight transfer throughout the turn ,when and to which foot is the weight?
@@megalodon45 Maybe. It's not on my priority list of videos to make.
Check out the Secrets Part I video, there's a lot of explanation of the fore-aft weight shift there.
Sometimes Craig Kelly had more of a longboarder’s downhill stance with practically all the weight up front and the rear knee way forward (with crazy canting).
@@TheDerekHyde Right? I had meant to put in some CK footage but ran out of time. He was a major inspiration to me in the 90s, even met him once. I used to ride that stance too!
Looking forward to riding with you again soon Bro
@@cherrycarves Definitely inspiring, and certainly unique how he adapted his stance to freeriding... but if you look at early videos of him in the pipe (where edge engagement is key) he looks more like a longboarder.
Definitely looking forward to riding with you this season... though I'm out of shape... again...
Now thats a cool intro!!
Right? We tried to shoot it live a dozen times but couldn't get the shot quite right. Animated was way better, thanks to @diegocavallaropuig17!
Hey man thanks a lot for these videos! You deserve millions of subs actually. I've a question, do I need a wide board? I'm still a beginner. weight 80kg, height 180sm. boot size 11. So do I need wide board?and exactly what Waist Width ? Because it varies depends on the brand.
@@vugar011 Yeah, if you want to carve hard in size 11 boots you'll need a wide board for sure. You can start with what you have, go wider when you start to suffer from boot out. For high performance carving on blue and black runs you'll eventually want something in the range of 290 to 300mm at the waist, but there are a lot of other factors that go into determining your ideal waist width. You'll progress faster on a wide dedicated carving board for sure though.
Hi James, I tried to learn Eurocarves for a season three years ago: (start at 1:35 min) /watch?v=drFpfhS5MfU
I had (and still have) a trashy board, 15+yrs oldboard from my 50kg 160cm sister from her teenage days (she is 30+ yrs old now) haha. Same goes for the boots (I have tiny 39 EU sized feet, so I could squeeze them into my sister's boots). The board has never been sharpened or anything. I am 175cm and 70kg. Even with this ridiculous equipment, I somehow manage to pull out some laid-out carves as you can see in the video.
This was the only season I practiced those extreme carves (though I absolutely love them - hence I found your channel). After this one season, I switched back to skiing because I finally bought a pair of new skis and boots (both were from pretty much my childhood years haha). The skill improvement and enjoyment of skiing increased tremendously, it's basically a different sport now with real equipment. I hope for the same regarding snowboarding.
Which boards (for soft boot setup) would you recommend to me (if you know some budget, medium and more expensive alternatives)?
Thanks a lot for any advice!
Cool video.
Yeah, with your small feet pretty much any production board will be wide enough for you, though Eurocarving does require extreme angulation and you might still boot out.
For production budget boards I would recommend the NeverSummer Triple Camber Proto FR, the Jones Freecarver 9000, the Amplid Pentaquark, and the Nidecker Blade. I haven't actually ridden all of these yet but they seem to be the top rated carving boards. Stranda makes some decent carving boards too, probably only slightly more expensive. Stay away from the Koruas for Eurocarving.
A step up from those is the Exegi DoubleWide, available exclusively on carversconnection.com. Carl makes them in a "skinny" version at 288mm waist. These have longer sidecuts (12m) than any of the others above, which is also good for the Eurocarve style. 288 in the waist is not too wide for what you want to do. These are available now for December delivery. I made a video about these: "Introducing..."
The JJA C4 is probably the best freecarving board in the world right now, but they're simply unobtainable. You can get on the waitlist but there are already over 100 people vying for 20 boards for February delivery.
At the most expensive end are the Oxess and Kessler Titanal boards. They don't make them wide but they do use titanal and their max width is probably almost wide enough for your small feet. I don't really think their freecarving boards are better than the JJA C4s but it's hard to compare because they just don't have the width I need to really find the limits of the boards, I always boot out first.
Good luck, keep at it, and consider changing your stance to a posi-posi setup like 27/12.
@@cherrycarves Hey James, thanks a ton for these recommendations! I looked at them, their price and length, read some reviews and some other boards came up in the process.
The skiing resort is steep and sometimes icy (but there are also slopes with gradual incline which I like the most for carving bc my shitty board can hold en edge). Since slopes can be quite steep, I guess a board on the shorter rather than longer side will be easier to turn on the steeps(?). But a shorter board sacrifice edge hold(?). I also like to rock from to heel side back and forth super fast, it's fun - I guess this is one of the very few sports where my tiny feet have an advantage, to have a slimmer board without booting out(?).
I am 175cm and 70kg. I would like to do eurocarves/laid-out and revert eurocarves.
I list all the boards I found below. Which 3 boards would you advise to me (considering the price and available length)?
Never Summer Triple Camber Proto FR and Snowboard Amplid Pentaquark (2024) are too expensive compared to the others.
All Mountain Jones Freecarver 6000S (2025)
158cm
500 USD
All Mountain Jones Freecarver 9000S (2025)
156cm
575 USD
Burton Custom
154W
500 USD
Ride Algorhythm
161
400 USD
K2 Alchemist Snowboard 22/23
160
500 USD
Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Blade 2025
162W
470 USD
Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Blade Plus 2025
162W
530 USD
Nidecker Snowboard Nidecker Thruster 2024
150
430 USD
Ride Peace Seeker 23/24
151
400 USD
Jones Mind Expander 2023
150 / 166
490 USD
Jones Snowboard Jones Ultra Mind Expander 2020
158
500 USD
Thank you so much, I appreciate your time and videos!
@@schtefel From this list I would advise the Blade or the Blade Plus. The NeverSummer Proto FR is not much more expensive though and probably better suited to the euro carve because if its shape.
Yes, a longer board will be more stable but look at the effective edge or running length, which are better indicators than the overall length.
@@cherrycarves Nidecker Blade 2025 is ordered! I opted for the non-Plus bc I will not be able to ride always the early morning groomers, so the lesser stiffness will be more comfortable later in the day. I eurocarved with a really bad board, so surely the non-Plus version should be able to do the trick too!
Thanks for your advice! Looking forward to shred with this blade!
@@schtefel Nice! Let me know what you think. Nidecker is sending me a Blade to test ride very soon.
tucking the tail means posteriorly tilt the pelvis I think, anteriorly tilt means hip hinge
@@Harry-lz9oz yeah, I think you're right...
@@cherrycarves yes he is 😂
The reaching is the hardest habit to break. Got my rubber today, my goretex mits are gonna hate this weekend!
@@rollingedges9469 The PMC? Are you Bob W??? What's your ASB handle?
Great, now make a 3D printed snowboarder figurine in backside turn position! :) I couldn't find that figurine so I started to learn how to sculpture in polyclay, so to make it by myself ;)
@@Rotaks Hahaha... First I need to 3D print some risers
LETS GO
1ST gut need MORE weight on front foot to start toe turns, ..ie get dynamic
@7:20 that is a lack of forward weight in the front foot to start a turn
controling the exit of a turn is to conttrol speed...
@9:12 yes
@@rideordietheyretring2tranx382 Indeed!
Great vid, but im struggling with heelside, please do the same with opposite side
@@oozzyyxx Working on it...
Speed control through turn shape word
@@sakazza Actually, that phrase I owe to Lars @Justaride-Snowboard-Channel
Brilliant and concise, so well put!
Great analysis
On that "lead with your dick" part. I think that's a really good cue actually. Most people tend to stick their ass out back when doing most sports, and it leaves you in a weak position. I come from a track and field background and then the position of the hip relative to your feet is everything. If your hips are back by as little as a cm or two you can't sprint, jump or run fast or efficiently because there is so much energy loss coming from being bent at the hips that your legs and core have to deal with. Skiiers talk a lot about stacking your hips on top of your feet too, it's the same concept.
I've found that a good way to find the correct position for snowboarding is to actually lean into a wall and shift your hips forward, or if you're strapped in on snow, lean into a friend at the top of the hill before starting. This hips forward cue is much easier to do on the toe edge, because if you exaggerate it you'll also automatically bend away from the snow too. From your secrets video, opening up the hips in the direction of travel more on the heel side turns means you can think of pushing your hips towards the nose of the board rather than towards the toe side.
@@SuperPhelix Agreed.
Did you pick up a new board for this season? Check out the DoubleWide, it's available in a "skinny" version for your smaller feet (288mm waist).
@@cherrycarves No board yet. I've seen the DoubleWide and I've been seriously considering it! But unfortunately my damn stove broke and I can't light the grill for every meal 😂 so a new stove had to take priority for now unfortunately.
@@SuperPhelix I know the feeling. My dryer broke in the summer and we've just been using the clothesline...
HahHha grow some balls and commit to that edge!!
@@keVINlizzo I think that line applies to every carver, whether they have a dick or not
@@cherrycarves not sure if I should say it to my 11 yr old niece when I’m teaching her this winter but I love it!!
@@keVINlizzo My eight year old girl saw the video, she just looked up shyly, blushed a little and laughed when she heard the word "dick".
@@cherrycarves hahaha cmon!! Her parents are a bit more conservative, I’ll hold off for now. Love your turns!! …from a carving non-carver - whatever that means