Speed up your Edge Changes with this Exercise
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2020
- Snowboarding tips and technique. In this video I give you an exercise called 'Garlands'. This will help improve your edge changes when snowboarding. By achieving an early edge change on your snowboard you can achieve more grip and control throughout your turns. The turn is the most important part of snowboarding, and by perfecting your turns you will become a better rider!
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Malcolm, I just wanted to let you know I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and I have received so much helpful information from you. You’re a great instructor with perfect teaching methods.
Thankyou Todd 😁🙌
You know, those few seconds of slow motion were actually very helpful, even if it was probably just meant to look cool 😄 Would be nice to have more of that.
Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for the video!!
Really good explanation!
Dear Malcolm, thanks a lot for the time, effort and precision you put into all those awesome videos! Due to critical avalanche conditions almost all winter and lack of powder I got inspired to ride the slopes again by the Korua yearning for turning videos and your tutorials helped me so much to improve my carving and find that stoke and joy again riding resorts when there's no pow. THANK YOU and all the best!
That's great, I start to practice it yesterday, that feeling is pretty incredible. Thank you, Malcolm.
Yeahhh happy to help!
Great topic and clear explanation ! Showed it to my girl because I can’t explain it so clear, most part of boarding I do on auto-pilot but it’s difficult to explain to someone.
Thank you Malcolm for your videos , I've learned so much from your teachings than actual classes with an instructor, keep it up your my sensei now
Really enjoyed watching this! Definitely took me back to Alp d'Huez... Just gutted I never really got round to practising it!
The way your board reflects off of the snow is so sick
Isn't it! 🤙
@@malcolmmoore it looks amazing, what type of bord is that?
@@draxnivar7548 Ride Warpig 154 (L)
Quite a short board! You look about my height (6’), much better boarder mates always tell me off for riding a 154/155 :) awesome videos!
Amazing, thank you!!
I will master this this season!
Malcolm Moore! Thank you very much for this video and the many teachings!!!
You're very welcome 🤗
A big thanks from China. The best vid for edge to edge！
Thanks for the support!
Thanks for this video. Very informative! I've been searching for vids on how to do quick edge to edge, glad I came upon yours. Just subbed.
Awesome, Thanks for the support, and if you have any suggestions for anything else you need help on just let me know!
thanks for the vid man
This guy has the best videos. Thank you very much M. Your videos have sped up my boarding skills immensely.
Thanks Dennis, I'll be back next season with more!
The real deal . Watched the videos , met the man . Natural teacher . “The art of snowboarding without snowboarding “
Explains it so well with technical examples that even 48 yr old like me gets it .
Thank-you for the tips...game changer! :) Cheers
Thanks for watching 🙏
ayy Thank you Malcolm! Your videos are great and super helpful. I am riding all day for my new job, and as someone who has never had a lesson, and this being my first 'real' season, I am really loving the great lessons you provide!! SEND IT! safely of course. Have a great season!!
Thanks so much, you too have the best season 🏂😊✌️
This channel is awesome!!
Thanks Vic, you're awesome! 🤙
Your videos are some of the most helpful and clear snowboard instruction videos I’ve seen, and I’m a fan of your editing and music selection. Keep up the great work; hoping your sub count blows up.
Thanks for the support!
Idk what it is but you malcolm are a great teacher. I've learned more from your videos than I have from any instructor, buddy, or camp.
I appreciate that! Sorry I missed this comment first time around!
Thanks for all your videos Malcolm! I’ve done surf, skate, kitesurfing, waveboard and in-line skate. Anxious to learn snowboard on vacations on July. I am taking notice of all your videos and tips. Keep on doing what you are doing the best. Techniques well described, complete in details.
Thank you!
thank you for making this video...It was so hard to find any vids out there that teach this. So THANKS!
My pleasure 😊
Thanks for the tutorial
Late reply but thanks for watching!
Again really useful Malcolm.thank you. and well demonstrated .. over and over plus the slow-mo so helpful. I like the thought of the 1.2.1.2 motion.somthing to sing while I go for it...
Yeah getting a rhythm going in my head definitely helps me!
Keep going, great videos...
Thanks, will do!
I watch all ur videos they are very thourough and helpful
Thanks man! Things are a bit slow this year as there's no lifts running, but I'll be back next season in full force!
Going snowboarding in a week and this is exactly what I will be working on to improve my speed and confidence going down the mountain. Great videos and I am very happy I came across your channel.
Thanks Chris!
You are my e-teacher for this season :) With your videos i improve dramatically my snowboarding skills.
I wish i had saw them earlier so i would avoid a lot of crashed because of wrong riding
P.S: Beginner snowboarder was before.. fortunately now i can call myself Intermediate
🙌🙌
Good work, man! Your tips are really helpful! 👌
Thanks!
Malcolm Moore I do my best to memorise all your tips, when I‘m on the pist. 😅🏂🤙🏻
Good videos, we need Moore of them!
Beautiful song choice on this video i gotta start practicing this, my first season with my own gear and season pass but looks like the season is going to be over soon due to some sporadic weather here in canada.
your videos are too good TY
Thanks! 🙏
Damn the back foot kicking with counter rotation is so accurate, I've been searching for this video
Cheers Julian 🤙
You are scarily accurate in your diagnosis! I have both problems of counter rotation and kicking my back foot! I will use the tip of loosening my back foot binding to force myself not to use my back foot for steering. 🙏🏻
Also notice how quiet his upper body is. I know this is an old post but the upper body posture is important. That will solve your counter rotation problem don't don't use your arms behind you they should always be in front of you
@@woodchopper7962 That’s not correct at all. Your arms should be relaxed at your sides and down and your back hand should never be in front of you.
@@snowboardguru6794depending on stance though? So a both feet forward carving stance would mean back arm forward.
Please don’t. Loosening your binding is dangerous. That doesn’t make any sense and won’t help at all.
@@andersberg756 Again, absolutely not. Please stop giving incorrect and dangerous snowboarding advice.
Caught my edge two times trying to do quick edge turns before watching this video. I'll try again next time with all your tips! Thanks
Good luck 👍
Great video and happy to see I can already do this :)
I saw I question about boot size but now I can't find it! Anyway, I have size UK 11 shoes normally but I wear 44.5 EU or UK 10.5 burton boots.
@@malcolmmoore thanks buddy, I deleted it as I found the answer in the comments to another of your excellent videos.
Awesome explanation! Instant sub :)
Awesome, thanks Patrick, I'll be back next winter with more like this!
Malcolm, I really hope you are at USA one day and I will definitely book your lessons :)
Great music too
Best snowboard channel out there... and trust me ... I've seen them all... Malcolm your explanations get me to the next level every fucking time. Thank you
Stoked! Cheers man 👍
@@malcolmmoore i'm a woman but let's not dwell.. :)
thanks again for this video from japan.
Thanks for watching🙏
I'm very jealous of you guys able to ride lifts this winter, everything in france is completely shut this season!
@@malcolmmoore we still have 1 more month here for ski season. I wish covid ends this year so we can shred on each others country.
Dang, really wish I'd watched this sooner. Great vid. Looking forward to a future opportunity to try and put into action. Deffo guilty of The Skids rather than The Edge... one for the older kids : )
Next season hopefully, I'll be back then with more vids too! 🤙
You called it, Bad habits plus I am out of shape. Need to keep practicing and build up muscle (memory) as well as trying to get out of bad habits
I put this advice to the test and when it’s all in sync it feels like I’m surfing a wave. I can’t explain it but it’s the most enjoyable way to progress for confident intermediate boarder that isn’t afraid of slope pitch or speed but more focused on maximum enjoyment.
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Great video! Very helpful. I'm still practicing on small turns. I can do the small turns on less steep slopes, but not on steep slopes. Any suggestions?
Hi Malcolm: Could you share what your stance width and angle when you did the drill? Would you be interested in creating an episode on different stance widths and angles for different types of riding? 🙏🏻
I'm on +18 on the front and -12 at the back. This is pretty much what I ride all the time. I don't like switching about too much with my gear and I feel this is a good compromise that let's me ride everything. I dont actually know what stance width I have I just go with what feels right, but on a cambered board I sometimes go a little narrower, whereas in a rockered board I prefer to be a tiny bit wider to help spread my weight and translate that to edge grip across the entire edge of the board. Only when racing boardercross did I have more of a different stance, +21 and 0 on the back!
Hi Malcom
Ahhh so cool learning from your breakdown of the total way it happens. Can you do a film with goofy.....in torsional turns and edge to edge.
Elaine Haselton from Milton Keynes
I'll make note, and do some switch stuff next winter for sure!
@@malcolmmoore cool guy thank u
dope vid can't wait to try this out....what's that song playing during your demo?
Thanks, I'm not entirely sure on the song though, I made it a while ago, I think it may have been by a band called eveningland. You'll find them in the free TH-cam music library!
Love your videos, Malcolm.
I wouldn't stress too much about fore and aft movement with this exercise. It does happen a little but mostly just due to the pedalling motion you make with your legs. The torsional twist video I made...
studio.th-cam.com/users/video8Ppou1HNOlw/edit
...can still be applied to describe this movement, it is just happening alot quicker and more agresively here! Also, speed helps!
Like cutting through a Vegas steak that has the texture of soft butter. Beautiful.
Way better then a lot of those monkeys on other vids. Very clear explanation of what your doing in detail. Glad u popped up on the vids. Kevin,TJ, RK,JB ALL WAY BEHINE U. GOOD WOKK BRO 🏂🤙🏻
Cheers man!
Don't they teach make freestyle bids, rather than general riding techniques though?
It's not really the same thing, so it's an unfair comparison. Their videos probably assume that people can do these things already. 🤔
Most people can't be arsed to improve their riding, they want to learn tricks 😂.
Welcome back Malcom, Another great video. Do you ever come to the United States to snowboard?
No I haven't had the chance yet!!
@@malcolmmoore Come to Utah next season! Brighton, Snowbird, Park City. Some amazing powder out here. I would absolutely love to meet you, you're such an inspiration and have helped me greatly!
I've been really enjoying these videos. Do you think a stiffer boot helps make for an easier transition? I've been using the same pair of Ride boots for a few years and they're certainly comfortable, but they're a bit on the softer side and quicker turns has always always always been a huge weakness of mine. Thanks :)
I'm not a huge fan of really stiff boots, mine are a few years old and in that nice comfortable stage too! However it does mean that it takes a little more work, a little more movement, to make the edge change. Therefore they will be a little slower...
Basically it is when you transition onto your toe edge, if your boots are soft, your shins will have to push further into them to get the same response of using a stiffer boot. If you're flexible and able to do this you get used to it and its not really a problem though. Then coming back onto your heels if you've had to come further forward onto your toes then you have to travel further back to then hit your highbacks. Once you are there though, your highbacks dont soften up, ap that should feel fine!
In conclusion, you can make it work with softer boots, and I find super stiff boots too aggressive most of the time, but if you're literally riding a pair of slippers, might be worth investing in a new pair! I ride burton imperial boots btw
Heyo
I just got into Snowboarding about 2 months ago and already start to carve after about 7 days of boarding :D Can't and won't stop watching your videos, because I cant wait to get on the piste again
Lucky me i just have to watch your videos and get satisfied hahaha
1 Question, do you lift up / press down your toe's while that exercise? The next few edge changes after 2:00 really looks like it. Or do you already meant that by saying your ankles at 3:29?
As some people already said, best snowboard instructor on YT
PS: next season i plan to come to alpe d'huez, it looks so insane
PPS: which languages do you speak?
Hi great video! I'm trying to master this technique, but sometimes I have difficulties in having a "grip" to change edge. I'm using +24 degrees front and +6 behind. Which angles do you suggest ? I don't want a negative angle behind since this cause me difficulties in staying toe side. Thanks
Another great video! My bad habit - kicking my back foot around into a skidding turn. I simply cannot break this bad habit. Suspect it's because it's my speed check and need to keep working on it.
Malcolm is a great teacher but he is teaching carving turns. There's nothing wrong with the surf style turn which is the skid that you're talkin about. You can make disciplined skid turns doing the same thing he's doing. Notice how he keeps his upper-body quiet, very important. Lead with your upper body. Your body has to go first. Think about it like weaving on a bicycle back and forth. Your body is always out front. Don't flail your arms, lead with them.
@@woodchopper7962 appreciate this! Still working on carving turns but skidded turns are still part of who I am. Appreciate the words of encouragement that I’m not doing anything wrong per say.
Thanks for your videos! What boots are you using?
I have burton imperials, I need new ones though as they are very soft now, but I have had over 100 days on them!
great as always ! videoediting, or theres some kind of light under the board ?
Hey! Really liking your style. May I ask which selfie stick you use?
I'm using the gopro el Grande pole. It's really strong and stable, thinly downside is that it's too big to fit in a pocket!
Dear Malcolm, does the front foot in this exercise make the same movements as in the video "open the door?" Does hip roll round and press to the outside of the foot towards the heel? Or does the hip of the front foot just move back and forth?
Hi Malcolm, is it possible to do it fast on a true camber board? I have Nitro Team Camber. Thanks for the great explanation!
Yes, of course!
Should I practice this skill before or after being relatively skilled at down unweighted turn? Thanks again.
You can practice before to be sure. Down unweighted turns take a while to master. Technically to do this exercise most effectively you will be making retraction turns, which are very similar to down unweighted turns. You are keeping your centre of mass moving in a straight line whilst your legs work in front and behind you, retracting underneath your body. However you can still do this exercise with up unweighted turns, albeit a bit slower.
Thanks so much for your videos Malcolm, as so many others have said, the way you explain concepts is just so brilliant and rooted in physics which really helps me understand why doing things your way works. I am very grateful for your videos because I learnt to snowboard when I was in my teens and did not appreciate that there were so many techniques to learn to improve riding. It can be difficult to process any of this on the mountain in a group setting with language barriers between instructors and students; having your videos to refer back to and properly digest is invaluable. Keep up the good work, you're the best instructor I've come across!
Great video. Thank you so much. At the end of the video you mentioned steep runs. Once I master these short turns on green runs, it's the same idea for steep and narrow runs, right?
Exactly, when you start it on steeper runs don't put too much pressure through your edge to begin with, just allow the board to skid a bit more. Then as you get use to the movement try increasing your edge angle by leaning into the turn a little more. With practice you'll be able to ride as smoothly on steep runs as you do on greens! However when its icy, your board just isn't going to grip on ice if it's too steep, so in that scenario just relax your ankles and let the board skid over the ice 👍
@@malcolmmoore Thanks Malcolm. Great advice on the icy runs. Its the beginning of the season now and there are lots of icy conditions to deal with. BTW, I am a new subscriber and so glad I found your channel. You are the best!
@@kimqiu5293 thanks for the support, unfortunately due to the lockdown here in France I wont be able to get out on the slopes until late January, but when I do I'll be back with more tutorials! In the meantime I should be able to make some split boarding videos!
@@malcolmmoore Looking forward to your new tutorials and hope the vaccine works for everyone in the world. We were lucky to have local mountains open early this season in the west coast of Cananda! Thanks again.
Dope exercise and nice breakdown! May I suggest a few more safety checks?
Maybe you could see more than I could see, but some of those turns made my stomache turn! Skiiers bombing down behind you
@@ryanmseay11 Yeah normally I'm always looking back up but sometimes you just have to trust that the priority system works, the people below you always have right of way. So even if I'm turning across the slope, if I'm below a skier, it is their job to avoid me, that said it doesn't always work in practice!
@@malcolmmoore I aspire to greater levels of trust! It can be tiring to always be looking back when you just wanna shred. I'm sure there's a balance in the middle. Thanks for the reply and thanks for the great content my dude!
This is so accurate! I do have the bad habit of kicking my back foot out on my heel side, and end up over committing on my heel turns. How should I fix it?
You might be coming into the edge change with a little too much weight on the back foot therefore it slides out, or you could be over rotating your upper body on the way in to the turn so then the lower body catches up and tries to follow round and skids out, or it could be something different, but its difficult to tell for sure without seeing you ride!
@@malcolmmoore Thanks! I’ll try to be more aware when riding. Love your videos
the neon colors of your base create an image like you did put leds under your board
Haha nah, it's just a fluoro base
@@malcolmmoore y, i know but it really looks awesome. now i want a board with such a base. Just kidding, super happy with the Amplid Morning Glory after the first weekend on it. Also with the Black Labels, help with foot fatigue.
Hey Malcolm! I just watched your recent video: THE VERY SIMPLE THEORY OF GOOD SNOWBOARDING. Where the topic was that rater crossing your center of mass with the leg/board movement in edge change, you cross your center of mass from the upper body. Is this two thing contradicts each other or can you explain it further? Thanks!
Nah I don't think it contradicts, I can't remember this exactly but I think it's about using my knees to work my weight over the board, however if it's about retraction turns then that is slightly different
Do you have any videos that cover riding rough/choppy/crusty terrain?
Yep back again for another watch.
hi Malcolm can you do this exercise while traversing? seems like you have to do this down the fall line or more even terrain or it's easy to catch an edge?
Are u rocking your hips over your toe and heel edge or is it just happening naturally from pushing your feet forward and reverse to change edges ?
For the exercise think more about using your knees and ankles to change edge and your hips will naturally cross over too. In reality it's a little bit of both. For a turn you can commit more with your hips as that's what will pull your centre of mass inside of the turn. But if you're just practicing the edge change back and forth try and stay low to keep your hips pretty still with your legs working underneath you!
Malcolm I did this exercise in Colorado on a groomed slope and caught an edge and went down hard. Not sure what I was doing wrong…
Something for sure! I'm not sure either without seeing it I'm afraid, but maybe don't try again for a while, edge catches are not good!
Dear Malcolm, what will happen if I initiate the edge change with both foots at the same time and not with the front foot?
Still works, you won't achieve smaller turns as easily though, you could do some basic carving like that, but for short turns you definitely want to be doing this
Hi. How tall are you and which size does your board have? Thanks
I'm 6"2, weigh 85kgs, and my ride warpig is 154, it's a volume shifted board, but my current board is 160!
How do you do this excercise without catching an edge??? Im a begginner and i cant comprehend that. Are you letting your board go flat while transitioning edges for a split second?
I can do it, its just really scary - partly because im not conditioned for it.
And by the time i can do it its time to go home and all the muscle building is gone the next time i come back on another holiday 😂
What size warpig do you ride?
154! I'm about 87kgs
What’s the difference between this and your short radius turns ? (Opening and shutting the door )
There are alot of similarities and this exercise can be used to create short turns. However this exercise doesn't just need to be used for short turns. An early edge change is useful for big carved turns too. This edge change would help when riding powder, it's the same movements but it would feel quite different underfoot as you wouldn't actually be on your edge, rather the base of the board would be creating a platform against the soft snow. The purpose of this exercise is really just to help with the edge change specifically rather than the completion of a whole turn. But you will find there are a whole bunch of simlarites between the way you need to ride for different snow conditions or to create various turn shapes and sizes. However that is why snowboarding is so cool, because once you have a solid grasp of the basic fundamentals it is easy to translate your skills to work across the whole mountain. Hence why you may have heard people say that snowboarding is difficult to learn, then easy to master!
Malcolm Moore so this is what I’d use on cat tracks and flat slopes also ?
@@devonreid1646 if you're going slow you might just stand tall over your board and moves your hips across from toes to heel position and vice versa, but if you're going fast this would be a quicker way to change edge yes. Anytime you want to change edge as quick as possible this is your go to. The main problem people tend to have on flat slopes and cat tracks is that they aren't used to just rocking from edge to edge without completing the turn. You can change edge many times and barely turn the board. If you are struggling on flat slopes it's probably not so much to do with your edge change being slow, rather once you are on an edge the back end of the board is skidding out and not gripping.
Do you need to press in your rear foot after initiating with front foot first for this quik edge change
@@Hkmughalgaming always initiate with the front foot but as soon as the rear foot follows begin applying pressure. If you apply more pressure through your rear foot you can steer from the back end of the board. This can be handy in slushy or powder conditions. For riding the piste you can still apply more pressure through the back foot but your feet stay slightly more 50/50 with the weight distribution front to back.
Love your vids but it’s a bit confusing to me, it kind of looks like you are moving the board across your center of mass instead of your centre your mass across the board like you mentioned you should be doing in another video.
Toe side board looks tipped to 15 degrees and when going to heel side seems like half that.
Is it just me or did you lean backwards before edge change? It seems sometimes the board slides more forward to the bottom of the video right before the toe edge changes to the heel edge.
Can you reveal the name of the music in the video at 1min 39sec?
I cant actually remember, it's from the free TH-cam music library though to avoid any copyright infringement!
@@malcolmmoore Hi Malcolm, thanks for replying. Keep making snowboarding videos, i watch and re-watch your videos constantly to remind myself how it felt like to be able to snowboard again. I find the torsion twist video to be the most definitive video on explaining how to change edge because I had at least 3 instructors and none of them explained it the way you do. Cheers.
@@lawrenceneo2294 awesome, thanks so much Lawrence! 🙏
What degrees you use on your bindings?
+18 -12 👍
What degrees do you recommend for beginners? I’m still using my back leg to steer my board. Btw your videos are very helpful. Subscribed!
For beginners 15 15 is a good start. You can practice riding some switch, figure out if you're regular or goofy, but it also helps keeping your body aligned!
3:25 - there is no video link :)
th-cam.com/video/8Ppou1HNOlw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JJ5scH9xrWtxcahP
Only front side video not enough to explain the movement.Can i see your side way movement video
i tried this but i always catched my edges......what went wrong im not sure
Difficult to say without seeing you ride, but stick with it and you'll get there!
Dude, is snowboarding crush a thing? 😅
I am familiar with snowboarding crash. This is definitely new territory for me 🤣
You have a crush on me? Or snowboarding? Either way, good choice 😉
I assume it’s not recommended not to do this on flats?
You can for sure, it's a really good drill to actually do on the flats, just make sure you can actually do it with carved turns not skidded ones though otherwise you will catch an edge.
Tune??
I think they're called eveningland, but it was a while ago I made this one!
i struggle maintaining speed while doing this
if only I had terrain this flat
what ski slope is this?
It's in alpe d'huez France 🇫🇷
Is it me or the base of the snowboard si glowing?
It's a very bright base and reflects back against the snow making it look like it glows yes!
@@malcolmmoore Awesome! Thanks for the video!
How is this not antithetical to your previous videos, in which you shift ur center of mass, from toe edge to heel edge, whereas now you are moving the board with your knees and ankles under your center of mass.
You can use this method of using your knees and ankles to also make an edge change, you can also use knees and ankles to steer the board whilst crossing your COM over the board, however in this video I also show a drill in which I am crossing the board under the COM.
COM over board, or board under COM. Either way, if you want to be on your toe edge, the COM needs to be over the toe edge, and if you want to be on your heel edge, COM needs to be over the heel edge. Take it or leave it!
How the crap is you’re board not caching
Haha thanks 😊