Thanks a lot, man :)) Your style of ridding is inspiration for a number of our students!! We've never seen such stylish combine carved turns and freestyle elements before you started your channel. Keep it going, Ryan :)
Thanks to your articles, I learned to carve while lying on a slope, I used angles of +15 +30 and at some point stagnation began, but this guy inspired me to set up -15 +15. After a couple of trainings I started to ride quite confidently in a switch (sometimes even forget what my leading leg is). Now I am learning buttering while carving and I really love it - thank you both for the inspiration and the lessons.
Love these backside carves. That body rotation is the technique surfers use when they do their big heel side top turns. Looks so good. I played around with the Russian funcarve technique (soft boots, high binding angles), last winter moved to a 28cm wide board and 15/15 angles because it felt better (and I guess I will order a wider Donek for next winter). I also bought smaller boots last week. :-) It is nice to see these techniques coming together. I really like your style most as it looks surfy. Off to the Arlberg tomorrow. Surf´s up!
Ryan's videos and instructions are excellent, way better than I ever did when I was an instructor, plus he can really carve. I would love to see what he could do with plates and hard boots on a carving board.
😃🤟. On hard boots I haven't ridden them extensively, so it's always a bit of a mental / physical trip to get accustomed to using the sides of the boots to engage the edges vs. front / back on my 15,-15 stance angles. So my turns on that gear so far isn't nearly as seamless. Perhaps someday.
As a trainer, who likes to specify in snowboarders, I love all the things you said about squatting to get ready for a season of shredding and improving flexibility to enhance your position on your board. Keep on posting brotha!
I've been studying your videos leading up to my trip to copper Mountain. I even nailed my layed out carves thanks to you but I must say I'm disappointed that you are posting this the day that I leave back to South Africa.... Hahaha
Hello Ryan! Thanks for the vids! You are the one who actually opened up the whole world of carving for me. I’ve made quite a progress using your tips. It’s my first season, but I made significant progress in my riding already! Also, thanks for showing us the Funcarve school! Your advice was so spot on, that I’m actually in the middle of their course right now :)
Yo Ryan Knapton, could you do a video showing what GLue and Vinyl you use for your jackets, and how you go about sizing the vinyl and applying it. Loving your videos and cant wait to apply the tips this winter.
Awesome tips! I have tried grabbing before, but the rotation will definitely improve power through the carve. Looking forward to your future tutorials.
I actually like the carve where you keep you body in Line with the board more then the agressive Carve. It's also the way we learn our students how to carve. I guess it's a difference in style between europe and the US. I do love your style though. Specially mixing the freestyle with the carving is really insperational. It also shows you can mix it around. Most students think you can't and then often I show one of your videos.
Sweet carven!👌 I’m glad you briefly touched on board width. I feel most snowboard manufacturers haven’t clued in on that. Hey Ryan I was hopping you could elaborate on that dimension you guys mentioned in the clip. I’m assuming it’s nose width rather than waist width although IDK.
I angled my binding backs forward a bit, and my heelside carves locked in scarily well. But my toeside went to ****. What adjustments to your toeside technique do you make when angling your backs forward?
Off to the French Alps again next Friday and CANNOT WAIT to get practicing and thinking!!! It'll be my last holiday before I get a donek sorted and shipped to the UK! Can you have a little think about talking about binding flex and your preferences for your style these days. It's 100% the direction I'm taking and working on, versus park. How does binding flex affect carving performance? Thanks as always!
Timely post! Off to the alps for my second week of the season on Sunday --- the first week I barely get back to where I left off last year -- note to all boarders --- Ryan turns all you think you knew on its head, honestly, professional teachers need to keep up with this stuff -- there are people that teach the stuff in books and then there are people that do the stuff that should / will be written in the books. That rotation, which on so many occasions is specifically eliminated during 'lessons' makes that heel side turn look amazing..... it looks so right! Just wish I had more than 14 days a year to perfect what you teach. Ryan, although the movement is in the upper body, do you think the whole movement somehow allows the force 'bending' board, through the legs , to generate an arc in the edge that is more naturally following the curve of the carve? Does it feel like you are hardly ' fighting' to hold the edge. ( Not that you ever look like you era fighting anything)
You may have given me the tool to finally get that heelside indie. Currently my upper body is square with the board on heelsides and I can't quite reach the board..... that upper body twist may just get me the extra few cm..... need to get out on a hill.... all this snow but with high winds.
The thing that made heel side lay down carves possible for me was making sure my shoulders were super rotated as I finish the toe turn. This upper body rotation allows your butt to move into the necessary forward position to do the lay down. Practice it sitting up and down in a chair. Up, down, up, down, up, now rotate your shoulders and try to sit back in your seat, your butt moves to the side huh. This is the key. The first 40% of the turn is all about getting your butt down whilst in the upper body rotated position. The second 40% of the turn is where your butt is already down, its time to bring your back hand past your knee for the double hander or lay flat for euro party time. Finally 20% of the turn is simply bending the knees to allow the board to come under and pick you up for the ride away.
Thank you for another great video. The upper body rotation reminded me about how you recommend in vid or two back about starting the turn earlier... Wonder if the two techniques are similar or different? Silent upper body was my favourite advise and still think about it. Thanks man
They absolutely can go hand in hand! Especially with the toeside... I'll be making a video for 'finishing the turn', and that sets you up properly for those early turns. (And on toeside it's easier and you get a nice chance to look up the hill and make sure you're clear to have room for a turn without getting hit from behind. ✔️👍
I remember heelside seemed easier because of field of view down the mountain. Then as I started getting better at making deep turns I started to hit this point where I could get pretty much standing straight up on my board hand to snow without bending at the waist toes side and on my heelside I was not there. It feels like I was doing the same thing but i don't hold an edge as well and I don't get quite as low. I think some of it is the board and bindings. But I know if the techigue was down it would match the toe side a bit closer than it does. 60 days on the mountain nice. I got like 15ish days. I want more!
Love the videos and info, Ryan 🙏. I’m sure you’ve mentioned this another video, but out of curiosity, what degrees are both of your bindings set to? When you’re hitting those super clean toe side carves, it looks like there’s some inward rotation with your back leg, correct?
Does this carve and Ryan's toe carve require speed? I tried doing it on a bunny hill and it's no where near as much lift. Is all of my weight on the leading foot and pressing as hard into the ground as i can? I just started a year ago. How long would it take to learn this and his toe body on the floor carve
Ryan correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks that besides a more agressive body turn you also seem to push with the back foot and pull with the front, forcing the board to a sharper turn. I notice that when comparing to Steven that looks like he's maintaining the same pressure on both feet when doing the carve.
From what I have been trying, to get a good carved turn, you need to use your front leg to dig the edge in. The simpler way to say this is to use your front leg as much as your back leg if not more. Is it right, Ryan?
Hi Ryan, awesome shreds as always!! I wanna ask you what you would recommend as a starting point in terms of width and radius...I've been snowboarding for 20yrs and ready to take it to next level but i constantly boot out and its messing with my confidence a lot. I wear size 12 and i weight 195lbs. I try to reach out to Donek, didnt get any answer
Hey,. For your size boot I'd say 29 cm minimum (if you are using low stance angles like 15,-15). Its a tough call cuz going wider takes some getting use to... But once I've gotten use to it, there's no way I'll ever go back... But had I jumped all the way up to 31.2 from my original 'wide' of 25.8... I don't think I'd have liked it for awhile... But either way with a 29 with I know that will allow for way deeper carving before boot-out... So maybe something around those specs. In general I've been advocating an 8.7 m radius for most people's first wide board. But if you KNOW you want bigger turns and are prepared for making the adjustments to make that work, then something in the 9's could be good. It won't turn as quick or easily but has a smoother feeling on big turns. I let Bryan from one of my previous vids use my 12m yesterday and he was loving it... But I really think that's too much for a lot of people. I'm slow with replying to emails, but if you have further spec questions hit me up at cofooser@gmail.com. And alos check out my work-in-progress website www.nextlevelsnowboarding for some extra insight. Best of luck and happy shredding!
Ryan Knapton Thanks for your time man!!! I really appreciate it!! Yeah i ride 15/12.....at least it gives me a starting point and i will "upgrade" as i progress, at least i hope so 😂
Only thing I can say is that new guy carves really good. As a beginner you are told to have a silent upper body and don't freaking rotate through the turns etc so you hammer it in to muscle memory and then to do deeeeeeeep carving you have to get schwifty and rotate through the turn .... .
Idk what Steven does. I try to do a couple yoga things right before riding (usually it's like 3 minutes max)... It helps but I know id be better yet if I buckled down and really worked on it.
How long should an intermediate rider work on skidded turns before they start focusing on carved turns? My goal is a nice carving flow and not skidded turns.
When a new instructor tell me he doesn't carve I tell him '' Sit the **** down and watch a few of those vids (How to REALLY REALLY CARVE), then you are going to come with me on the mountain and I'm goint to teach you!''. I leave them no choice, those damn scrubs dare take and even successfuly complete their acms snowboard instructor formation without knowing how to carve! I was one of those scrubs lol.
Thanks a lot, man :)) Your style of ridding is inspiration for a number of our students!! We've never seen such stylish combine carved turns and freestyle elements before you started your channel. Keep it going, Ryan :)
..and we have english version of our site - funcarve.com There are some articles translated from russian..
Thanks to your articles, I learned to carve while lying on a slope, I used angles of +15 +30 and at some point stagnation began, but this guy inspired me to set up -15 +15. After a couple of trainings I started to ride quite confidently in a switch (sometimes even forget what my leading leg is). Now I am learning buttering while carving and I really love it - thank you both for the inspiration and the lessons.
Man I consider you to be one of my favorite snowboarder's on TH-cam. You are my inspiration too!!
Best teaching video u should watch before carving!
Love these backside carves. That body rotation is the technique surfers use when they do their big heel side top turns. Looks so good. I played around with the Russian funcarve technique (soft boots, high binding angles), last winter moved to a 28cm wide board and 15/15 angles because it felt better (and I guess I will order a wider Donek for next winter). I also bought smaller boots last week. :-) It is nice to see these techniques coming together. I really like your style most as it looks surfy. Off to the Arlberg tomorrow. Surf´s up!
Dirk Geyer I had the same thought! As I was watching I found myself thinking “ow this body rotation is the foundation of cutbacks on surfing”
Dude your voice is what makes the videos, so calming and easy to listen to.
Hello from Russia!
Cannot wait for your laid down extreme heel side carves!!
Am I the only one who smashes the like button before watching the video?
I do that too. xD
me too, because I know im getting quality content
Of course we dont do that..its the only channel I make sure and let TH-cam know that I like to keep in my feeds all day.
Thank you Ryan. I am practicing based on the how to carve series and the grabbing here is what clicked for my heel side carving.
Ryan's videos and instructions are excellent, way better than I ever did when I was an instructor, plus he can really carve.
I would love to see what he could do with plates and hard boots on a carving board.
😃🤟. On hard boots I haven't ridden them extensively, so it's always a bit of a mental / physical trip to get accustomed to using the sides of the boots to engage the edges vs. front / back on my 15,-15 stance angles. So my turns on that gear so far isn't nearly as seamless. Perhaps someday.
As a trainer, who likes to specify in snowboarders, I love all the things you said about squatting to get ready for a season of shredding and improving flexibility to enhance your position on your board. Keep on posting brotha!
thanks man Your video's and some stoke from my friends got me back into carving again and I really made great progression last week!
I've been studying your videos leading up to my trip to copper Mountain. I even nailed my layed out carves thanks to you but I must say I'm disappointed that you are posting this the day that I leave back to South Africa.... Hahaha
Hello Ryan! Thanks for the vids! You are the one who actually opened up the whole world of carving for me. I’ve made quite a progress using your tips. It’s my first season, but I made significant progress in my riding already! Also, thanks for showing us the Funcarve school! Your advice was so spot on, that I’m actually in the middle of their course right now :)
Thanks man, you're a great teacher and also amazing to watch
Love this man. Been working on my heel side and this helps a lot. Especially the body rotation!
Thank you for your great video and contents !
Meanwhile, my confusion about opening shoulder and keeping shoulder aligned to the board was cleared.
Yo Ryan Knapton, could you do a video showing what GLue and Vinyl you use for your jackets, and how you go about sizing the vinyl and applying it.
Loving your videos and cant wait to apply the tips this winter.
Ryan I love the carving tips and pointers. It would be awesome if you did a tutorial on the heelside eurocarve like you did for toeside.
Awesome tips! I have tried grabbing before, but the rotation will definitely improve power through the carve. Looking forward to your future tutorials.
I can't wait until the next time I can get out west and try out all the stuff I've learned in your videos.
I has always been missing turning my shoulders in the heelside carve
Thank you ryan !!
I actually like the carve where you keep you body in Line with the board more then the agressive Carve. It's also the way we learn our students how to carve.
I guess it's a difference in style between europe and the US.
I do love your style though. Specially mixing the freestyle with the carving is really insperational. It also shows you can mix it around. Most students think you can't and then often I show one of your videos.
That counter rotation segment 😂
Oh damn! Notifications turned on ahead of the curve!
Hahahahappy shreddin!
Sweet carven!👌 I’m glad you briefly touched on board width. I feel most snowboard manufacturers haven’t clued in on that. Hey Ryan I was hopping you could elaborate on that dimension you guys mentioned in the clip. I’m assuming it’s nose width rather than waist width although IDK.
Ryan, are you still doing the full laid out ec heelsides carves? I thought you pretty much had them last season.
Have you ever made a vid where you talk about the japanese carving technic ?
My butts will crying on this weekend... I feel some fantom pain right now xD Thanks a lot for vid)
Nice vid. Can’t wait to order my own custom Donek.
I discovered that enganing your core is key to that agressive turn
I angled my binding backs forward a bit, and my heelside carves locked in scarily well. But my toeside went to ****. What adjustments to your toeside technique do you make when angling your backs forward?
Off to the French Alps again next Friday and CANNOT WAIT to get practicing and thinking!!! It'll be my last holiday before I get a donek sorted and shipped to the UK! Can you have a little think about talking about binding flex and your preferences for your style these days. It's 100% the direction I'm taking and working on, versus park. How does binding flex affect carving performance? Thanks as always!
Timely post! Off to the alps for my second week of the season on Sunday --- the first week I barely get back to where I left off last year -- note to all boarders --- Ryan turns all you think you knew on its head, honestly, professional teachers need to keep up with this stuff -- there are people that teach the stuff in books and then there are people that do the stuff that should / will be written in the books. That rotation, which on so many occasions is specifically eliminated during 'lessons' makes that heel side turn look amazing..... it looks so right! Just wish I had more than 14 days a year to perfect what you teach. Ryan, although the movement is in the upper body, do you think the whole movement somehow allows the force 'bending' board, through the legs , to generate an arc in the edge that is more naturally following the curve of the carve? Does it feel like you are hardly ' fighting' to hold the edge. ( Not that you ever look like you era fighting anything)
Great video ! Thanks. Can't wait to try it this week. :D
You may have given me the tool to finally get that heelside indie. Currently my upper body is square with the board on heelsides and I can't quite reach the board..... that upper body twist may just get me the extra few cm..... need to get out on a hill.... all this snow but with high winds.
Yo bro. I’m the guy with the pole on his head! This is not a joke ! I have the video footage to prove it! Lol
The thing that made heel side lay down carves possible for me was making sure my shoulders were super rotated as I finish the toe turn. This upper body rotation allows your butt to move into the necessary forward position to do the lay down. Practice it sitting up and down in a chair. Up, down, up, down, up, now rotate your shoulders and try to sit back in your seat, your butt moves to the side huh. This is the key.
The first 40% of the turn is all about getting your butt down whilst in the upper body rotated position.
The second 40% of the turn is where your butt is already down, its time to bring your back hand past your knee for the double hander or lay flat for euro party time.
Finally 20% of the turn is simply bending the knees to allow the board to come under and pick you up for the ride away.
Carving on Flows?! Right on! 😁
Hi Ryan. What is the stance your fellow was using? (seemed to be rear foot positive)
Thank you for another great video. The upper body rotation reminded me about how you recommend in vid or two back about starting the turn earlier... Wonder if the two techniques are similar or different? Silent upper body was my favourite advise and still think about it. Thanks man
They absolutely can go hand in hand! Especially with the toeside... I'll be making a video for 'finishing the turn', and that sets you up properly for those early turns. (And on toeside it's easier and you get a nice chance to look up the hill and make sure you're clear to have room for a turn without getting hit from behind. ✔️👍
Beautiful!
Красавчик !)
I remember heelside seemed easier because of field of view down the mountain. Then as I started getting better at making deep turns I started to hit this point where I could get pretty much standing straight up on my board hand to snow without bending at the waist toes side and on my heelside I was not there. It feels like I was doing the same thing but i don't hold an edge as well and I don't get quite as low. I think some of it is the board and bindings. But I know if the techigue was down it would match the toe side a bit closer than it does. 60 days on the mountain nice. I got like 15ish days. I want more!
what stuff is that stuck to the arms of your jacket? Need!
Love the videos and info, Ryan 🙏. I’m sure you’ve mentioned this another video, but out of curiosity, what degrees are both of your bindings set to? When you’re hitting those super clean toe side carves, it looks like there’s some inward rotation with your back leg, correct?
I'm looking forward to the 'How to really carve - moguls' video ;)
Hi Rayn
What Board is this? Have You a link, i will buy this board.
Oh sorry Ryan😬
i really really like this carve video
Does this carve and Ryan's toe carve require speed? I tried doing it on a bunny hill and it's no where near as much lift. Is all of my weight on the leading foot and pressing as hard into the ground as i can? I just started a year ago. How long would it take to learn this and his toe body on the floor carve
Ryan correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks that besides a more agressive body turn you also seem to push with the back foot and pull with the front, forcing the board to a sharper turn. I notice that when comparing to Steven that looks like he's maintaining the same pressure on both feet when doing the carve.
Are they carve guards on your jacket sleeves?
thanks Ryan!
this is terrific!!!
You guys on some wide boards ... what boot sizes are you ?
Where is this? Awesome video dude!!!!
Thanks, Ryan, Kaplaaa!
Spaciba and KAPLA !
From what I have been trying, to get a good carved turn, you need to use your front leg to dig the edge in. The simpler way to say this is to use your front leg as much as your back leg if not more. Is it right, Ryan?
Hi Ryan,
What do you mean by saying the width? Is that Waist Width or tip/tail width? Can I know them both?
What's this jacket you're wearing? Funky!
Ryan what boots and bindings in that video are shredding brah?
Amazing deep carve. You're almost sitting on the slope.
Hi Ryan, awesome shreds as always!! I wanna ask you what you would recommend as a starting point in terms of width and radius...I've been snowboarding for 20yrs and ready to take it to next level but i constantly boot out and its messing with my confidence a lot. I wear size 12 and i weight 195lbs. I try to reach out to Donek, didnt get any answer
Hey,. For your size boot I'd say 29 cm minimum (if you are using low stance angles like 15,-15). Its a tough call cuz going wider takes some getting use to... But once I've gotten use to it, there's no way I'll ever go back... But had I jumped all the way up to 31.2 from my original 'wide' of 25.8... I don't think I'd have liked it for awhile... But either way with a 29 with I know that will allow for way deeper carving before boot-out... So maybe something around those specs. In general I've been advocating an 8.7 m radius for most people's first wide board. But if you KNOW you want bigger turns and are prepared for making the adjustments to make that work, then something in the 9's could be good. It won't turn as quick or easily but has a smoother feeling on big turns. I let Bryan from one of my previous vids use my 12m yesterday and he was loving it... But I really think that's too much for a lot of people. I'm slow with replying to emails, but if you have further spec questions hit me up at cofooser@gmail.com. And alos check out my work-in-progress website www.nextlevelsnowboarding for some extra insight. Best of luck and happy shredding!
Ryan Knapton Thanks for your time man!!! I really appreciate it!! Yeah i ride 15/12.....at least it gives me a starting point and i will "upgrade" as i progress, at least i hope so 😂
Sick slowmo at 7:47
Lol. Kept my eyes peeled for rk this past weekend (sun) at Breck But didn't see u.
Mostly at peak 8
Only thing I can say is that new guy carves really good. As a beginner you are told to have a silent upper body and don't freaking rotate through the turns etc so you hammer it in to muscle memory and then to do deeeeeeeep carving you have to get schwifty and rotate through the turn .... .
Can you guys talk about how you guys improve your flexibility? what stretches and how long?
Idk what Steven does. I try to do a couple yoga things right before riding (usually it's like 3 minutes max)... It helps but I know id be better yet if I buckled down and really worked on it.
How long should an intermediate rider work on skidded turns before they start focusing on carved turns? My goal is a nice carving flow and not skidded turns.
Best not to even start doing skidded turns if you can. The sooner you can get craving the better.
Finally!
Can anybody tell me roughly what speed they are reaching whilst carving?my uneducated guess wld be 50km/hr
When a new instructor tell me he doesn't carve I tell him '' Sit the **** down and watch a few of those vids (How to REALLY REALLY CARVE), then you are going to come with me on the mountain and I'm goint to teach you!''.
I leave them no choice, those damn scrubs dare take and even successfuly complete their acms snowboard instructor formation without knowing how to carve! I was one of those scrubs lol.
Lol I'd be distracted too if someone had a pole on their helmet.
There is so much I don't know!
Great vids, what about trip to France Ryan, snow falls nasty lately, wud be best vids ever. Tell me i organize that ryan
you know he is serious about tight carving if he has reinforcements on his forarms haha
💪💪💪👍👍👍Отлично!!!
3:58 Swiggity Swooty...
U need to ski nice too, if you want to be like Ester :D
Ester Ledecká vole🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿
Shouldn't he have his front knee bent and not straight all the time throughout the turns?
I'd like to see him bend knees more early in the turns and extend and push off through the turn more...
cant wait to play quidditch and spank some mudd bloods at hogs