Snowboarding Tips - How to Ride the Flats - With a Real Beginner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Here are some snowboarding tips, for Beginners and Advanced snowboarders, to help you learn to snowboard better across flat pistes. I give a snowboard lesson to Abbie and explain how some simple carving exercises can help her ride with confidence across flat pistes!
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I always make my pupils to go straight down in direct descent when is very flat (often near the chair). It's scary for them at first because they are used to use always an edge, which gives them safety. But they have to learn to go straight with completely flat board. I always tell them, "at first you will notice that the board makes little micro turns by itself, but don't try to correct them, don't force it, keep your body in basic stance, your feet completely flat, and look where you want to go. The board will correct itself those little moves and you will go straight". At first of course I help them with my hands, but at the 3d run they can do it by their own. To me, it always works. Then, when they loose the fear for higher speeds at flats, is when they start with more open turns in flat areas. I always tell them "enjoy it, enjoy the speed!", and you can see the smile in their faces. So satisfying as an instructor.
I will recommend this channel to all my clients. This is the best I have seen so far.
I missed this comment before, yes you're totally right and I'm definitely going to make a video on actually riding a flat base because it's definitely a skill you need to have, and as well as building confidence it is essential for when people start doing freestyle too!
Thanks for that. I'm a newbie and I always have trouble with going straight basically out of straight fear, but I guess it really is just something I need to grit my teeth and overcome.
@@Dunewarrior00your fear is not unfounded though, half the times I catched an edge was in the flat. There is a saying, choose an edge or the mountain will choose it for you
Thank you Abbie for letting Malcom share your lesson with us, and thank you Malcom for creating such great content! I'm so glad I came across your channel. I've watched almost all your vids and they have helped me so much in learning how to improve my riding. You've got some of the best snowboarding content out there and will definitely make it big! Thanks again and happy shreddin'!
Thanks for the support!
You have the best instructional vids man. You'll have me carving in no time. I really appreciate it. Thank you!
Let me known how you get on!
This was exactly what I practiced yesterday with my friend' s help. It is the progress from beginner to intermediate and you finally will ride into terrain park. Cheers.
I love getting back to basics. Makes the high end stuff so much easier. Nice vid
Absolutely, cheers!
This.... I practiced it multiple times on an easy green slow... Until it kick in... thank you Malcolm for this video, this was my second exercise on my way to snowboard. Again I started from zero to get going in one season following Malcolm videos. Malcolm 🙏🤝👊
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
When I first started snowboarding I caught an edge and broke my wrist, didn’t get the best first impression of the sport lmao
Ah man that sucks, but yeah that's a pretty common injury at the start!
@@malcolmmoore yeah but now I’m a lot better that was a couple years ago
I almost twisted my knee off when getting off the lift my first time. Could have been VERY bad but thankfully didn’t get injured somehow
Yup same here. I was ripping at the bottom of a run not knowing how to use my edges properly. Riding flat on my board without an edge scares the crap out of me to this day.
Glad you stuck with it. You prolly raw now 🤙🏾
Thanks for the video! My instructor yesterday was telling me to keep the board flat, and I thought I should keep it on a little bit of an edge because I feel the board gets unpredictable when flat and I usually catch my heel edge, and those falls hurt 😢, even with crash-pants on. I am so sore today Lol. The woman you were teaching to did great, I get nervous when I catch speed (when newbie our speed is turtle pace for you) and try to slow down right away, and in those flatish sections its not a good idea. I have a lot of work to do, but I need a few days to recover Lol
Take it easy! If the slope is perfectly flat you can have the board flat but it is still quite tricky. If there is the even the slightest tilt in the slope then your board will start to follow that. Therefore you have much more control by keeping it a little on edge, which is good especially when travelling at high speeds!
WaIT U CAN GeT CraSh PAntS? I neeeEeeED ThOSe
Sophie D, yes you can! They have been literally butt savers for me. I got the Burton crash pants.
Someone told me when you're on the flat, know what edge you're on even though you're not on it. It's like a little mental trick. When you catch an unexpected bump then you find you're straight into that edge rather than getting kicked off balance and going for a fall. One bit of advice that's stuck with me.
Yeah that's good advice!
Fantastic video, really helpful and beautiful to watch!
Awesome, thanks for watching and commenting!
Never ever have I been skiing or snowboarding but me and my friend have decided we’re going to head to alpe d’huez when this is all over with and I cannot wait! Hope you’re still there so I can get some lessons 😅
Hey, yeah, I'll still be here! Just drop me an email via my website (link in bio) if you want some lessons. I'm already quite booked up for next season with most guests from this season rolling over to next year. But outside of school holidays I definitely have space most weeks!
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haha 8:47 that skier just chucking his pole
Thanks man
Thanks for the video! Any advice on how to prevent oversteering and staying more parallel to the fall line?
Great vid! I wondered if you could make one on how to avoid people on flats? Often I find myself on flats where its really busy with not much space. I tend to stay on one edge for ages (and my legs are aching!) because I am worried about crashing into someone if I make an edge change.
Hey Dan, check my video on making quick edge changes, that technique can work on the flats too. Quickly using your legs to change the boards direction. Otherwise it probably won't be until next year now as all the ski resorts have shut down!
@@malcolmmoore Thanks - will do! Yeah shame about the closure. I would be interested in a vid on things you can practice effectively when you don't have lifts! :-)
Just discovered your videos and this is the second one I'm seeing. I'm considering myself a beginner as well(this season will be my 4th on a board) but, not in the way your pupil is a beginner. My learning board for two years was a stifness 8 camber board. I often ask myself why I'm seeing so many people do so much skidded turns. On a full camber stiff board, you can't do skidded turns...as you will "die" for sure. 😁 But, not doing skidded turns will help you(I think) progress much-much faster as you are forced to learn the correct way of turning a snowboard. Because, it is either doing a correct turn or catching and edge and eat snow....and, after a while, you'll get tired of eating snow and start turning correctly. It seems like a more spartan way but, at least you don't wander **for years** through beginner-intermediate-advance levels. I know people who ride 5-10-15 days a year on a snowboard for more than 10 years now and they still do skidded turns. I really do believe that most of the people would progress faster if the board manufactures wouldn't keep pampering them with soft, flat-rocker, lifted edges type of boards. What do you guys think?
yeah 6 of one half a dozen of the other as we say! Helping people learn faster is definitely a good thing, but then making the transition back to cambered boards is important too!
Thanks for this really helpful video!
I always start up to the mountain and try to curve with it. That's the natural curve downwards, when you can't control it anymore, just turn and go up again.
Yeah totally 🙌
The view is amazzing
Great tutorial. I'll be helping out a couple of beginner snowboarders on my next trip so I think I'll do this with them. I know I tend to just tuck and gun it flat (where it's safe to do so) on slopes like this until I have enough momentum to then put in some big carves but that's not really helpful advice for beginners. Great content as always.
Thanks so much 🙏😊
Thanks this will really help me
Awesome!
Somehow Malcome's tone and gestures remind me of Ali G. Thank you for the awesome videos, by the way!
Haha 🤣😂
The title said "Flats"... I thought I was going to get tips on those really, really flat areas like switchbacks without getting towed by my skier friends....
Ah yep, scooching! A skier friend is always better, but yeah, not a bad idea for a video! 🤔
Do you have any videos where you do off snow exercises to practice the edge change postures?
cant wait to get back on the slope and try this! and hopefully not catch edge
I thinks this is essential for every snowboarder even beginners because you always will find flat areas, most of the time at end of slope before lifts or connecting slopes, and it when those areas are narrow it even more crucial. Going straight with your board flat is dangerous especially if there is icy as your boars slides around a lot and you can easly lose it and catch an edge. I learned this the hard way, braking my wrist.
Ouch! Well now you know at least!
This isn't recommended enough in the learn-snowboard-sphere...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you (or whoever it was) taught me correctly, I believe she skidded more because she didn't shift her weight back into center after the initial turn?
Quite possibly! It's a old one this one and I can't remember exactly what she was doing!
To be honest, I think everyone need to learn how to ride flat without turns, especially for those who would like to do some buttering and park. It is gonna hurt when you catch edges, but it is necessary for feeling the board and gain confidence, but yeah if you are just beginning learning that is fine.
Yeah I was actually planning on making a video about riding more flat based before we got closed early for the season. But yeah you're right, it's definitely an important skill to have!
That area looks sick.
So does it basically mean that you should make turns that are less curvy into one direction? And this will help me from drifting away to one side on a cambered flat slope and get stuck?
I tried to practice this the other day(before seeing this video) I pick up too much speed(15-19mph according to the app) and freak out. Also I feel like each time I tried to turn I skid too much. Is being a heavier rider(240lbs) make it more difficult to carve?
Ever tried going straight? Torque the board so opposite edges are biased front and rear. Works for me!
.....wut?
@@MoxMisanthrope If you have to ask...you don't get it
@@knobbiesshreaded3137 Correct. I do not. Enlightenment is a thing of the past.
beautiful area you are in
Yet another instructive video! Could you say something about how you prep your board, because you seem to always slide faster than even skiers on the flats.. Secret superpower, perhaps?
Honestly I'm pretty lazy when it comes to waxing my board! I am making another video at the moment covering riding on a flat base. It takes a little longer at the minute because the resorts here in france are still shut so I have to hike alot, but it should be done by sunday!
Looking forward to Sunday then! Really? Could it be because you bring more speed into the beginning of the flats? (Of course you loose a minimum of speed because your technic is a tad above average, but still)..
@@malcolmmoore Guess you get all the exercise you need and then some. Ever considered a split board? -Even though they are expensive as heck..
@@dagreynolds8013 yeah I've just got one sent out actually, managed to get an ex demo one
@@dagreynolds8013 yeah I guess some of it is just about reading the slope and carrying speed into it, but trying to eliminate any skidding in your riding will help too!
Hey Malcolm, is there a place where I can find the music you used in this video?
I get my music from artlist, it's basically where you get music you can use without it being copyrighted
I just had 2hrs session with an instructor last 2018. And back in the slopes this year, 2020, I tried to go on my own and tried to remember everything she said. I think I did great but I still have lots of falls. I do the falling leaf all the time and I still cant control my toe-edge and I dont trust my left foot being the forward yet. Hahahaha. Its my non snowborder self training my own. 😂🤦🏻♀️
Good luck keep persevering!
I can't for the life of me turn without making a full turn each time,like,full parallel. This is killing me on the flats,because the one I ride is really narrow and it's impossible for me to make it to the end without crashing or losing all speed. Any help?
I have a few ideas, and actually next video will be on a simple movement to help with this, but it is likely down to posture, if you are able to get your posture in the right place in the right part of the turn then you'll be able to switch between toes, heels, and flat base much better. The video below is a good start but I'll explain it in more detail in m next tutorial. Should be out next week, but might take a little longer whilst I wait on the sun to come out!
th-cam.com/video/fuB-63vq8pA/w-d-xo.html
thank you for the fantastic videos. I am still curious about your lessons about the flats when you cross the narrow paths from one slope to the other ..
regards wouter
Thanks Wouter, sorry a little bit lost in translation there! What did you mean?
Hi Malcolm You have made a nice video about the flat wide slopes. I still struggle with the flat narrow paths. I wonder if you have any tips for that.
@@wouterjansen5670 ah I see! I'll definitely be making a video on that next year as I've had a few other people asking. If it's not very steep ideally you want to use the same technique of just rocking edge to edge, if you don't stay on either edge for too long you can still travel in a relatively straight line. However it is good to start practicing actually riding a completely flat base too, once you get used to this and becoming aware of how to change from flat base to edge and back again then everything will become alot easier. You can also learn to speed check whereby you separate your upper and lower body to push the board around into a quick skid to slow yourself down if needed!
Malcolm Moore thanx! I hope we can enjoy boarding again next season. I look forward to your videos. as soon as the indoor track reopens here in the Netherlands, we can at least train. thanks for the tips!
I sucked on flats until I figured out the 45 degree angle to change edges at 😂
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Very informative video. Thanks.
What’s the name of the music? Would like to add it to my snowboarding tunes list :)
Thanks Edward, I cant actually remember, it's from the free TH-cam music library, I think it's by a band called eveningland
For anyone checking; I just went through all of Eveningland's music in the library but sadly couldn't find this song.
Sorry! Maybe it wasn't them then!
Music is Jeremy Blake - Sunspots
Is it harder on a rocker camber board because I’m having no luck on flats and narrow cat tracks ( riding a assem proto type 2 )
On rocker boards you need to push your knees out wider to help spread your weight, but shouldn't really be much different no!
These slopes you go to seem so doable, most of the mountains I’ve been to are steep and narrow and twisty… I mean just look at the view. Where is this place?
Alpe d'Huez France 🇫🇷 its a pretty awesome ski station!
What song is this at the end of the video? Thank :)
Not sure I can remember, I think its from a band called eveningland that are on the free TH-cam music library!
@@malcolmmoore no copyright music is catchy :D
Music is Jeremy Blake - Sunspots
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that jacket...what is it?
It's an old burton one, breach I think!
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100% not a beginner
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She was back then 😊
you talk too much, show more
he is talking too much
Sorry about that, one of my earlier videos hopefully they're becoming more concise 😂👍
Abby don’t care
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