I debated hiring someone for lessons at the start of the year but figured I'd give the "tried and true" method of watching youtube videos first. Honestly didn't think it was going to work. Thanks to you, (and some others like Tommie Bennett) I've progressed far beyond my expectations in just a couple months of riding. You're fantastic at what you do and I appreciate it very much!
Awesome, glad the videos are helping, they're not for everyone as you need to be quite aware of what your own body is doing, but if you can self check your own posture then they can be effective!
I also learned from TH-cam. I was skiing as a kid but wanted a board as i was skating. O boy the first day so painful 😅 Second day was still awful but i felt like i made progress. Third day i was carving and didn't fall at all. Well i got over confident and tried some tricks. 180, small jumps. All good, and then a huge jump with to mich speed. I caught and edge and broke my clavicula. Tomorrow on the snow again fully healed. No jumps for me though haha
Had the pleasure of a 1:1 lesson with MM last week. I watch his videos over and over which has transformed this my riding after being stuck in a plateau for the last 20years,so if you get the chance to get a lesson with him you won’t be disappointed.absoluely amazing experience he explains everything so well and he is an exceptional boarder without having to show off.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great analysis and explanation; thanks for promoting carving. However, the green arrow at 2:44 intended to show your body's actual direction of travel while you are skidding across the slope, should be pointing to the left of the board's centerline (as seen from the rider's point of view (i.e., more downhill)) rather than to the right, because the combination of skid plus board alignment means your body is traveling on a line that is descending more steeply than the direction the board is pointing. Building the platform means stopping the skid, which is ideal; for truly icy areas, if a rider can't stop the skid, they need to pivot the board to point more downhill until it points in the direction of travel of their body.
That direction arrow tip is super important for beginners too. More often than not new riders catch an edge because they are trying to turn before they get their board to go straight.
This! Pure 90 degree side-slipping is the worst position to make an edge change from (although torsional flex with knee steering and hip unweighting can still make turns from a side-slip happen). Carving, on the other hand, allows you to make the edge change anytime regardless of how your board is oriented relative to the slope (parallel with the fall-line, across the fall-line, it doesn't matter). All that matters is that your momentum coincides with the nose of your board. The video is basically saying "It doesn't matter how you arrived before the start of the turn, but once you start turning, your board should be carving even for only a little bit as this will provide the very cruicial platform for your early edge change." I also love the final part where you mentioned restricting to carving only when making open turns. I stick to my mantra of "Carve as much as you can, only skid/grip when you have to". It's good training, and forces you to polish all the tools in your turning toolbelt.
30+ years snowboarding and your videos have helped completely transform my riding. Riding better at 48 than ever before (although the crashes hurt more now...). Huge improvement in my skills due to your skill as a teacher. Thank you!!!
I always get so happy when I see “older” boarders. I was told that I’d want to switch to skiing as I get older but seeing people quite older than me still shredding gives me so much hope.
THE RULE: Once you have a clean straight line behind you, you can switch edges!! THANK YOU! This SINGLE HANDILY made me connect my turns without the fear of catching an edge. I spent so much time wondering how all these snowboarders change edge so quickly before even heading down the fall line
I haven't applied this yet. Driving up to the slopes tomorrow. This makes sense. I've been searching for when exactly the edge change should occur. Thank you.
Un grand merci pour toutes vos videos de qualités, avec des explications simple et claire. C’est vraiment grâce à vous que je progresse au snowboard 🙏🏼 Bonne continuation, je continue de vous suivre ! ❤
The direction arrow is the best snow board tip i've ever got. They learned me to edge change on the fall line. That so not true when having momentum across the slope. I can change edge waaaay earlier with confidence now! Thank you so much
I don't comment on hardly any videos, but I needed to on this one. I've been riding for 2 seasons now and I feel have become *skillfully just as good at riding as my friends who have been riding for 10+ years, and the only person I have to credit to that is you and your videos. These simple yet techincal videos have transformed my riding and confidence on the mountain and I think about the techniques and drawings you present while ride. Thank you so much Malcom. You are seriously changing the game when it comes to learning to snowboard and improving your skills as a snowboarder. I will be keeping this key gripping idea in mind when I hit the mountain in the next couple weeks and compare the difference in my riding. Keep putting out this incredible content!
This video changed my snowboarding. Two days this weekend focusing on edge change then turn as two separate movements. Amazing! and I've been snowboarding 20 years 🙂
Hey Malcolm just a quick heads up. The links in your description to the other videos that help with fundamentals are all youtube studio links which are not acessible to the viewer. You need to add the actual link of the video :)
I've been watching your videos the past few months, how to ride flats, posture, don't counter rotate etc. I'm travelling to Briançon on Saturday for my 3rd time ever snowboarding. Can't wait to put all your lessons to practice! Thank you Malcolm for all your time and effort you put into your videos, I wish nothing but the best for you and your channel. Kind regards Simon
I really like that tip to match the direction of the board to your direction of travel before switching edges. Early this season I started working on starting my edge change as early as possible in my turns and I had a few edge catches right at the top of the turn when I'd engage my new edge. I had it diagnosed as shifting my hips over the center of the board too abruptly but I think I was also not finishing my turns quite enough.
I pauzed halfway, but want to share this non the less before the end: I went snowboarding 2 weeks ago, I'm 35Y and this was my second "season", I actually picked it up in January 2022. I did a lot of kiting with a mountain board (no not the same I know, but the movement ideology can be linked), anyhow, 2 weekends ago, I litterally noticed what you're just explaining, and it just made sense. It's hard to explain, but it just felt right. I was already comfortable with changing edges, even on more steeper sloops (although I'm not pushing it, a challenge and boundry pushing is needed to progress), I noticed always that, when I got "scared" or "uncomfortable", I was overthinking my turn and also just pushed to a stop, and then make the turn, on steeper sloops, what was a point of frustration. And then I was basically going to a more mellow sloop, and there it just happend, making that platform, and easy making a turn. Practiced that for a couple of runs, went to a higher altitude and applied it. The world was instantly different!!! It just all made sense in like one go, speed control, making turns, feeling comfortable, not burning through energy, keeping my strong stance, it all worked. I've been watching you for quite some time and always tried to think about your tips, and they really all helped :D Just wished I've seen this sooner, but happy I figured it out on my own. Also, what I did was taking some private lessons, to get the basics really in, and I can only recommend that to everyone who is struggling. Keep it up Malcom, and have a lot of fun on the mountain!
Your videos are insane man. As a beginner I watched a tonne of your vids and picked it up really quickly. For progression your videos were more helpful than the 2 instructors I had. Thanks
Malcolm, just wanted share an overall comment on how much your videos over the past 10 months have drastically improved my boarding. Last year I was in North Carolina doing skid turns, mostly using counter rotation & falling a lot. This year, just got back from 3 days at Keystone & was doing S-turns and really getting nice early edge changes with good posture. Furthermore, I was able to do short, quick turns on steeps and in tight areas, and easy hip movements to change edges on the flats, which are long at Keystone. Just wanted to say thank you, Cheers!
I'm going to hit the like button for every video. I managed to do turns without a lot of stress using your indications. Also, I advised someone on the slope to use the pole technique, at least to imagine it and she managed to turn without falling over and over again. Using the center of gravity to my advantage, keeping my body allinged, using the right snowboarding positions are the good basics. Many likes, really! Thanks a lot!
Thank you Malcolm! I was making some quick tight turns today and caught an edge not knowing why then I remembered this video and didn’t fall again the rest of the day 😊
I love your content man! You demonstrate the ways to snowboard easily both visually and mentally compared to other channels. I've improved thanks dramatically to you, I always let anyone who wants to get better watch your channel. Cheers!
Thanks for another great video!! I live in Southern Japan, which means no powder but lots of ice. You talked about it a little in this video, but do you have more tips on dealing with icy conditions? Since global warming isn’t gonna be easy on us, I’d love to be prepared and a video about dealing with icy conditions would be really awesome! (Unless you already have a video about that and I’ve missed it somehow!)
I just started snowboarding this year and it's been pretty slow to start. Between the tip about changing edges when pointed in the direction of travel and the video with the lever analogy I'm finally seeing some improvements. I can S turn down the majority of the green runs at my local hill, and managed to go a full day without catching and edge. Next stop, carving :) Thanks a ton!
Been subscribed for while now and for me personally, this is the best one yet. The recent short turns (dolphin) was fantastic as well. You've really started to hit your stride and zeroing in on what really matters, at least to me. In addition, your clear explanations are second to none, no overexcitability, just clear explanations and focused information. Thanks for all that you do for our sport.
I've been trying this out this season and was catching that edge but couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. That arrow analog is spot on! Thank you so much for this explainer video!
Sliding inevitably leads to nackered knees or a battered sphincter or both! Thanks again for the vid…just wish I could get on the snow more often to try all the tips out 😢
A real eye-opener! I have a good posture, most of the elements of my technique are ok, however I tend to slightly skid (I think the main reason is sloppiness) and will be working on it this season - the insight about always remembering to "complete the turn" i.e. reach the thin line sounds like gold as a countermeasure for sloppiness. And thanks for mentioning that on icy surfaces it might take longer - I usually go snowboarding later in the season, so the slopes in the morning are very icy (they melt during the day and freeze again during the night) - if you didn't put that warning here, I would most likely force myself to reach the thin line ASAP, which would most likely end in me catching the edge. Now I know that I shouldn't rush it. Thanks again!
i just learned so much from this video. I thought carving was just an option of snowboarding, not the actual way youre supposed to snowboard! wow mind blown, will be working on my carving and have a new perspective. Thank you!!!
Without your videos I would still have problems with my carving and edge changes. Getting my posture right and knowing what I'm doing and why, totally fixed my snowboarding. Thank you so much for helping me understand snowboarding and fix my problems!
started watching ur videos last season after i was snowboarding for the first time and fell in love with it ( even tho learning it was very hard for me ). Yesterday was my 8th time snowboarding and i have to say im literally ripping the slopes, very confidently driving black slopes. thank you MM, your videos helped me tremendously. much love my brother
hey malcolm! i love whatching your videos and I be wanting to know the step by step, on how to do 180 and 360s front and back side. I would love to see a video like that... much love and take care
I watched another video of yours which had a similar tip, and actually used your tips at the slopes today. My edge changes have never been this smooth or early, and I also reduced my choppy turns. Thank you so much!
Hi Malcolm, I have just returned from a week in Bansko after being out of snowboarding for over 10 years. Your videos have been critical for me this last week. I literally had your voice in my head telling me what to do, at what point and how also visualising your stance. It took me a few days to get the hang of it again but worked it out so I could carve, on an early edge change also while trying to minimise leg muscle effort and making my board do the hard work. Many thanks for your videos. You’re a true professional and an excellent teacher.
Awesome, glad the vids are helping, apologies about my annoying voice in your head, but glad you had a good week. I did my very first season in Bansko!
Your explanation certainly gave me the answer as to why I was sometimes catching an edge and tumbling over. Definitely a lightbulb moment watching this.
Hi Malcolm, A quick than you for the videos. They really do have a big impact on my riding. The hard part is remembering everything when I get on the slope! Keep them coming, all the best
Hi malc....ooommmm What can I say ... smashed it again bud... I'm going Bulgaria on Saturday and this and the ski pole will be on repeat,repeat,repeat,repeat.... Thank you and please take it from me.... they are massive videos for those who can't.... But soon will after watching these videos... Be kind to yourself bud
Malcolm, I FINALLY had the opportunity to ride, and that was at Whistler this past week.. Your videos helped me tremendously friend! I kept telling myself "proper form" lol. I hit the green hills the second day, after a great first of training, and probably should have spent more time on the bunnys... ha! I was connecting turns, so I thought i was ready for the greens but nope, not at whistler! Im heading to SLC at the end of Feb, and cant wait to work on this and other fundamentals you teach. Thanks man. We really appreciate you!
Thanks, sorry not sure who you are from your handle, but all my guests this winter have been great so I can safely say it was a pleasure riding with you too!
Thanks Malcolm. Long time watcher - your videos helped me finally get snowboarding to "click" last season and be enjoyable/no falling. (Well, only twice over 2 days) It was a little nervous after the prior year I went - fractured a rib. Was good to gain that confidence and actually be able to feel confident. We're headed back out this week to Park City and have been looking at your videos again - this one was pretty simple and to the point and really good. Looking forward to using this tip (while it's been said at some point in your other videos, I think this is the first one you've clearly said it and harped on it)
Great stuff, Malcom! Gonna be heading up to Big Sky this week and I'll def keep your arrow idea in my mind. Trying to eliminate as much unnecessary skidding from my riding as possible and I think this video gave me a new perspective 🤙🏻 YEWWW
Again props 🎉 your explanation fits so nice with my experience which really helps to bridge the sensation knowledge with physics, giving me a platform 😊
ive been watching your videos after the first time riding and having a bad time. Now I'm actually starting to get stopping, c turns and jturns and all of that using the tips from your channel! I've even had my boyfriend watch your videos so he can help me and tell me what i need to do/work on a bit more which has greatly helped as well. Awesome videos!
Great video! Watched this before riding yesterday, and yes it was a bit hard to understand at first, but you explained it well and once on the board on the mountain it was crystal clear, what do I need to make an early edge change. Great for practicing switch to, and understanding why I didn't make that edge change. But when I got it right, what a great feeling to have that clean turn and to maintain that speed and be whipped into the next turn. Thanks again Malcom!
oh my god. this is one of the best vids I've seen so far. I've binged a ton of your content this season as I've been sort of teaching myself to ride (with the help of your vids being like my textbook assigned reading haha). this is such a simple thing, and I've progressed into feeling decent at linking turns, but just seeing this explicitly demonstrated is huge. this will be very helpful to have in my mind next time i ride.
You don't know it but you've pretty much taught me how to ride. Second season in Colorado from me, it's starting to get really fun as I become a better snowboarder. Thanks man. Do you have a video with trees?
Thank you for this tip! And for all your other videos. I was trying to look for a video that could help with riding steeper slopes, such as reds and blacks, but couldn’t find one. Would you be able to share some tips? I can carve on blues and some reds, but as it gets steeper, I find I tend to counter rotate because speed builds up so quickly. Thank you!
I've learnt so much from your videos. One thing that always catches me out is riding on my edge on an off camber continuous radius corner down hill at speed. I find myself climbing up the camber towards the centre of the turn running out of piste. Say I'm on a left handed corner I can either perform an emergency stop or attempt to make a turn right down the camber with an edge change. Every time I attempt that right turn I catch the right edge and violently wipe out. Any chance of tips or even a video on how to deal with this scenario? Cheers. Keep teaching 👍
Hi Malcolm - This video was very eye opening for me. I'm an advanced snowboarder with 10 years of getting about 20 days in a year. I can ride most anywhere on the mountain, but I continue to get more tripped up by slick / icy spots than I should. And if I'm working hard to control speed I often get some chatter. I've determined that when doing S-turns (less so if I'm doing quicker turns) I slarve, rather than carve. I think fixing this would help the chatter and help me in icy spots. Your video above is great. Do you have any more that I can watch to help here?
@@malcolmmoore worked like a charm! Was able to get my weight down over the edge and really feel the board gripping into the snow giving me like you said a stable platform to turn on. Felt awesome and such a difference to how I normally just slide through the turn. Awesome stuff!
This is extremely helpful stuff! I'm into my 3rd season snowboarding now and am fairly comfortable but still very sloppy, you're videos have been super helpful in creating ways to visualize how I'm supposed to be turning
Momentum... You better have it, when switching from uphill edge to downhill edge, across the fall line. Obvi it will be hard if possible at all, to do this with skidded turns.
Any tips for handling moguls on a board? Finding the flow of a mogul run and making those tight turns with little warning is a serious issue for me, and I think my long board doesn't help.
(apologies to MM for presuming to opine, but this helped me and relates to another question. Feel free to shoot me down in flames lol) IMHO: Get way low, and don't side-slip!😁. I struggled with bumps until finding this: even at the low points of moguls (valley) keep your knees a bit bent, and soak up the high points (peaks) by bending them more. Imagine your head moving in a smooth line while your knees go up and down like mad. So long as you keep your board in contact with the snow you can make really fast pivots on the mogul tops, and high-energy mini-carves on the bottoms (where you effectively reduce the radius of your sidecut by bending the board). Above all, avoid letting the mogul throw you into the air, where you don't have much control, and avoid side-slipping down the steep face of a mogul- if you do, the next thing is often an unwanted edge change lol..
Everything wacomtexas said is great advice. I haven't fully covered this apart from somewhat in this video here that'll be worth a watch: th-cam.com/video/rvpp70l9-o8/w-d-xo.html Essentially you want to suck the mogul up and edge change over the top in what is technically called a terrain unweighted turn!
So just to clarify, what you're saying is that you want that edge change to occur when your momentum AND nose direction of your board is aligned? regardless of how clean the line you're making; snow, pitch, conditions, turn shape dependent, once you align momentum/nose angle, that is when you're going to get maximum efficiency by building that platform on that edge at the earliest possible moment. Ideally this is gonna happen across the hill, so you can control speed through an efficient turn shape? also really appreciate the attempt to catch you toes and the 'nope, not gonna do that' moment.
Question for anyone reading this. How long did it take before you were actually snowboarding? I've been wanting to try it for 10 years. I dragged my wife to CO last year and I had a blast attempting to snowboard. I broke my ass on ice on day two (couldn't sit for a month). I sucked up the pain and continued to ride for the remainder of the day and my last 2 days after that. But I stayed on my heel edge since I was in pain and afraid to fall again. In 2 weeks I leave for Montana. My wife isn't coming. I guess she had fun but doesn't have the desire that I do for it. This time, the person I'm going with has been snowboarding since she was 14 years old. I'm afraid I'm going to hold her back. I'm telling myself all I need to do is figure out toe side and I'm good. I can link turns. Maybe half a day I will be actually "snowboarding". Then I can enjoy the next few days boarding instead of trying to sort out issues. Is this realistic? She said I'll be riding in soft powder not the hard stuff I was on back in December. So it'll be easier. But I see people leaving comments they've been on 4 snowboarding trips and are excited because they are finally on toe side. Are you kidding? Someone tell me it doesn't take that long.
Mate, that was the missing link for me! 🤜🤛 BTW, finally one week snowboarding in March is booked! I'm so overstoked!!! Val Gardena here I come, ready or not!? 😃
Your vids have helped me going from being able to do some blacks, but not comfortably, to being able to tear down them, even with bumps and moguls! Thanks a ton for everything mate! btw your related video links are slightly off ;)
@@malcolmmoore hey bro np thanks all of your videos have been really helpful thanks. really sad that season is over looking forward to the next one, this year was my first year as a snowboarder and it was awesome
Background music is making a video like interstellar movie for me ahah. Thank you , mate. Helping me to understand the very basic of snowboarding although I have some experience in it.
You know you're good when you can try and catch and edge on purpose and still avoid doing so lol. Thanks for the laugh Malcolm in addition to all the super helpful advice.
Nice set of tips as always. We fly to Bulgaria this Saturday for our 1st ski trip in 3 years! Got a new board for Christmas so will may take a bit of getting used to but I’ll be thinking of your drills while doing it. Happy riding
Hey Malcom, I struggle a lot with overcoming my fear of “finding the platform” that you mention in this video, especially from toe back to heel on a steeper slope, any tips on this? Your video is clear but that part I feel is a lot easier said than done for beginners
One thing I've felt when practicing my edge exchanges is the speed, if I try to do the exchange too early I grab snow and fall, and if I go too slow I can't properly do the exchange, it needs to have speed enough to do it, and let the board do the turn (not rush it).
Im trying really hard to get single line carves tight, its extremely hard to keep them close together as to keep speed low, however at higher speeds or with wider carves the issues are almost non-existent so I think I'm getting there I just need to learn the balance and stance. It got much easier with a wider board, more positive angle, and a shorter stance, however tightening those carves to get a single line and at the edge of grip in tight areas like moguls is really hard to learn for me coming from a longboarding background where terrain isn't much of a problem. I can do skidded or double line "carves" through them, just not really as satisfying as proper carves and I just find myself doing 180's and tricks and trying again later. I get them briefly but I usually lose grip either to misreading the snow or leaning too far in at the end of the carve as I'm trying to keep tight as to not build speed, I don't really have an issue with chatter like I had with attempting euro carves, but its just a matter of honing in on the limit of grip, like almost tipping over on the edge where the single line is the tightest and most rewarding. Also positive-positive just feels weird in general and some times I just get confused and fall at slow speed lol. Only started riding last season and got like 7-8 days out, been fun and videos like this definitely help even if some of the wording is confusing.
Great video! Have you thought much about the Japanese snow surf style of carving? Initially I thought it was just pros on TH-cam but after going to a few of the smaller local mountains with fewer tourists, I realise they are everywhere! It’s like doing beautiful turns is their game rather than bomb charging. Seems like they like to stand low down with narrow stance rather than stand tall.
Yeah, I was experimenting with these forward angles the other day, injad to put riser pads onto my board to stop toe and heel drag but it was very good fun, I'm going to have a bit more of a play with it, but I will likely come back to making a video about it!
Thanks your video for learning snowboarding! I took 7 days and practice from basic from your videos (important posture!!), I can do some basic S turns with edge change! I have a question when watching your videos, what is the different between craving vs open turn vs S-turn vs closed turn? I am a bit confused about these.
What a great explanation! Is it correct to say that making a "Positive" edge change is also key ie planning and executing a clean, fast, and positive change rather than just sort of letting your mass move over the centre and the board just 'flops' onto the other edge? (which i guess is also a bit about carving too??)
Yeah, you can still ride quite lazily and effectively, but for snappier edge changes, and for really tight turns, being more active with the movements you make at the edge change will certainly help 👍
I've been watching a lot of your videos, especially the beginner series, and implementing your tips about posture and knee-steering really helped me learn to engage both edges. I think you also mentioned orienting the board with the direction of travel in a previous video (probably the one about never catching an edge again?), and that really helped me, too. I really appreciate your videos because they give such direct, easily implementable pointers. That said, I have a question - I'm still not at a subconscious level when it comes to changing edges i.e. I have to consciously think about orienting the board downhill before switching edges and then using my knees. As a result, my turns are really long and spaced well apart in time. That causes me to pick up too much speed, freak out, and either brake to a stop or fall. I'm guessing the faster/subconscious edge-engagement only comes with more practice, but is there anything else I can do to improve that?
Yes riding more will help... but I would suggest you have the order of things slightly wrong in your visualisation of the turn. You mention starting starting the board down the hill before trying to edge change. As much as possible try to change edge, and then the turn starts. With regards to things like moving the knees over the board, try and do this passively, by this I mean allow yourself to traverse across the slope, then almost fall.across the board, your knees will bend, and your hips will move over the board, but not because you have forced them over, rather you have just allowed them to fall down the slope and go with gravity. Then you changed edge and thwn you can complete the turn. Hope this makes sense!
@@malcolmmoore Just to clarify: I'm still a beginner, so my turns look like the stop-start J-turns in this video of yours: th-cam.com/video/gM1AaE8rcEE/w-d-xo.html So when I said "orienting the board downhill", I meant from a side-slip position at the end of the J-turn. But your suggestion about changing edge makes sense, and your tip about "falling across the board" definitely helps. I'll try them out next time. Thank you very much!
I debated hiring someone for lessons at the start of the year but figured I'd give the "tried and true" method of watching youtube videos first. Honestly didn't think it was going to work. Thanks to you, (and some others like Tommie Bennett) I've progressed far beyond my expectations in just a couple months of riding. You're fantastic at what you do and I appreciate it very much!
Awesome, glad the videos are helping, they're not for everyone as you need to be quite aware of what your own body is doing, but if you can self check your own posture then they can be effective!
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I also learned from TH-cam. I was skiing as a kid but wanted a board as i was skating. O boy the first day so painful 😅
Second day was still awful but i felt like i made progress. Third day i was carving and didn't fall at all. Well i got over confident and tried some tricks. 180, small jumps. All good, and then a huge jump with to mich speed. I caught and edge and broke my clavicula. Tomorrow on the snow again fully healed. No jumps for me though haha
Had the pleasure of a 1:1 lesson with MM last week.
I watch his videos over and over which has transformed this my riding after being stuck in a plateau for the last 20years,so if you get the chance to get a lesson with him you won’t be disappointed.absoluely amazing experience he explains everything so well and he is an exceptional boarder without having to show off.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks again guys have a great rest of winter!!!
Great analysis and explanation; thanks for promoting carving. However, the green arrow at 2:44 intended to show your body's actual direction of travel while you are skidding across the slope, should be pointing to the left of the board's centerline (as seen from the rider's point of view (i.e., more downhill)) rather than to the right, because the combination of skid plus board alignment means your body is traveling on a line that is descending more steeply than the direction the board is pointing. Building the platform means stopping the skid, which is ideal; for truly icy areas, if a rider can't stop the skid, they need to pivot the board to point more downhill until it points in the direction of travel of their body.
That direction arrow tip is super important for beginners too. More often than not new riders catch an edge because they are trying to turn before they get their board to go straight.
This! Pure 90 degree side-slipping is the worst position to make an edge change from (although torsional flex with knee steering and hip unweighting can still make turns from a side-slip happen). Carving, on the other hand, allows you to make the edge change anytime regardless of how your board is oriented relative to the slope (parallel with the fall-line, across the fall-line, it doesn't matter). All that matters is that your momentum coincides with the nose of your board. The video is basically saying "It doesn't matter how you arrived before the start of the turn, but once you start turning, your board should be carving even for only a little bit as this will provide the very cruicial platform for your early edge change."
I also love the final part where you mentioned restricting to carving only when making open turns. I stick to my mantra of "Carve as much as you can, only skid/grip when you have to". It's good training, and forces you to polish all the tools in your turning toolbelt.
30+ years snowboarding and your videos have helped completely transform my riding. Riding better at 48 than ever before (although the crashes hurt more now...). Huge improvement in my skills due to your skill as a teacher. Thank you!!!
Awesome, that's great to hear Justin, keep going 💪
I always get so happy when I see “older” boarders. I was told that I’d want to switch to skiing as I get older but seeing people quite older than me still shredding gives me so much hope.
THE RULE: Once you have a clean straight line behind you, you can switch edges!!
THANK YOU!
This SINGLE HANDILY made me connect my turns without the fear of catching an edge. I spent so much time wondering how all these snowboarders change edge so quickly before even heading down the fall line
Awesome!!
I haven't applied this yet. Driving up to the slopes tomorrow. This makes sense. I've been searching for when exactly the edge change should occur. Thank you.
You're welcome hope it helps!!
Un grand merci pour toutes vos videos de qualités, avec des explications simple et claire. C’est vraiment grâce à vous que je progresse au snowboard 🙏🏼
Bonne continuation, je continue de vous suivre ! ❤
Merci à vous! 🙏
The direction arrow is the best snow board tip i've ever got. They learned me to edge change on the fall line. That so not true when having momentum across the slope. I can change edge waaaay earlier with confidence now! Thank you so much
Amazing so pleased it works for you!!
I don't comment on hardly any videos, but I needed to on this one. I've been riding for 2 seasons now and I feel have become *skillfully just as good at riding as my friends who have been riding for 10+ years, and the only person I have to credit to that is you and your videos. These simple yet techincal videos have transformed my riding and confidence on the mountain and I think about the techniques and drawings you present while ride. Thank you so much Malcom. You are seriously changing the game when it comes to learning to snowboard and improving your skills as a snowboarder. I will be keeping this key gripping idea in mind when I hit the mountain in the next couple weeks and compare the difference in my riding. Keep putting out this incredible content!
Thanks man, I really appreciate it, and glad you're loving snowboarding!
@@malcolmmoore yeah, that guy said it all. Thank you for your contribution to the community!
This video changed my snowboarding. Two days this weekend focusing on edge change then turn as two separate movements. Amazing! and I've been snowboarding 20 years 🙂
Great to hear! That's awesome 👍
Hey Malcolm just a quick heads up. The links in your description to the other videos that help with fundamentals are all youtube studio links which are not acessible to the viewer. You need to add the actual link of the video :)
Awesome thanks for the heads up, i think I've fixed it now 🤞🤞
I've been watching your videos the past few months, how to ride flats, posture, don't counter rotate etc. I'm travelling to Briançon on Saturday for my 3rd time ever snowboarding. Can't wait to put all your lessons to practice! Thank you Malcolm for all your time and effort you put into your videos, I wish nothing but the best for you and your channel.
Kind regards
Simon
Nice, enjoy Serre Chevalier, it's a fun resort, just down the road from me, cheers Simon!
Takes notes...Direction of travel must be parallel to board to achieve proper edge change. ps. Thanks for all these GREAT videos Malcom!
Exactly 👌
I really like that tip to match the direction of the board to your direction of travel before switching edges. Early this season I started working on starting my edge change as early as possible in my turns and I had a few edge catches right at the top of the turn when I'd engage my new edge. I had it diagnosed as shifting my hips over the center of the board too abruptly but I think I was also not finishing my turns quite enough.
I pauzed halfway, but want to share this non the less before the end:
I went snowboarding 2 weeks ago, I'm 35Y and this was my second "season", I actually picked it up in January 2022. I did a lot of kiting with a mountain board (no not the same I know, but the movement ideology can be linked), anyhow, 2 weekends ago, I litterally noticed what you're just explaining, and it just made sense. It's hard to explain, but it just felt right. I was already comfortable with changing edges, even on more steeper sloops (although I'm not pushing it, a challenge and boundry pushing is needed to progress), I noticed always that, when I got "scared" or "uncomfortable", I was overthinking my turn and also just pushed to a stop, and then make the turn, on steeper sloops, what was a point of frustration. And then I was basically going to a more mellow sloop, and there it just happend, making that platform, and easy making a turn. Practiced that for a couple of runs, went to a higher altitude and applied it.
The world was instantly different!!! It just all made sense in like one go, speed control, making turns, feeling comfortable, not burning through energy, keeping my strong stance, it all worked.
I've been watching you for quite some time and always tried to think about your tips, and they really all helped :D Just wished I've seen this sooner, but happy I figured it out on my own.
Also, what I did was taking some private lessons, to get the basics really in, and I can only recommend that to everyone who is struggling.
Keep it up Malcom, and have a lot of fun on the mountain!
Your videos are insane man. As a beginner I watched a tonne of your vids and picked it up really quickly. For progression your videos were more helpful than the 2 instructors I had. Thanks
Same here.
Awesome, keep going with it, you're only going to get better 💪
3:57 lmao subtle
😂😂😂😂😂In German that's a "Text-Bild-Schere" (text-picture-scissor)
Malcolm, just wanted share an overall comment on how much your videos over the past 10 months have drastically improved my boarding. Last year I was in North Carolina doing skid turns, mostly using counter rotation & falling a lot. This year, just got back from 3 days at Keystone & was doing S-turns and really getting nice early edge changes with good posture. Furthermore, I was able to do short, quick turns on steeps and in tight areas, and easy hip movements to change edges on the flats, which are long at Keystone. Just wanted to say thank you, Cheers!
Awesome, great to hear! 🙌
I'm going to hit the like button for every video. I managed to do turns without a lot of stress using your indications. Also, I advised someone on the slope to use the pole technique, at least to imagine it and she managed to turn without falling over and over again. Using the center of gravity to my advantage, keeping my body allinged, using the right snowboarding positions are the good basics. Many likes, really! Thanks a lot!
Awesome, thank you! Really appreciate that, but more it's just good to hear that its helping you out!
Thank you Malcolm! I was making some quick tight turns today and caught an edge not knowing why then I remembered this video and didn’t fall again the rest of the day 😊
Brilliant 😍
Switched to the Worca I see. Review time!
I love your content man! You demonstrate the ways to snowboard easily both visually and mentally compared to other channels. I've improved thanks dramatically to you, I always let anyone who wants to get better watch your channel. Cheers!
Awesome, I appreciate the support 👍
Thanks for another great video!!
I live in Southern Japan, which means no powder but lots of ice. You talked about it a little in this video, but do you have more tips on dealing with icy conditions? Since global warming isn’t gonna be easy on us, I’d love to be prepared and a video about dealing with icy conditions would be really awesome! (Unless you already have a video about that and I’ve missed it somehow!)
Good lord, this is the best graphic of a snowboard S turn I've ever seen!
Haha thanks 🙌🙌
I just started snowboarding this year and it's been pretty slow to start. Between the tip about changing edges when pointed in the direction of travel and the video with the lever analogy I'm finally seeing some improvements. I can S turn down the majority of the green runs at my local hill, and managed to go a full day without catching and edge. Next stop, carving :) Thanks a ton!
Awesome keep it up!!
Been subscribed for while now and for me personally, this is the best one yet. The recent short turns (dolphin) was fantastic as well. You've really started to hit your stride and zeroing in on what really matters, at least to me. In addition, your clear explanations are second to none, no overexcitability, just clear explanations and focused information. Thanks for all that you do for our sport.
I've been trying this out this season and was catching that edge but couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. That arrow analog is spot on! Thank you so much for this explainer video!
Thank you 🙏😊
Sliding inevitably leads to nackered knees or a battered sphincter or both! Thanks again for the vid…just wish I could get on the snow more often to try all the tips out 😢
A real eye-opener! I have a good posture, most of the elements of my technique are ok, however I tend to slightly skid (I think the main reason is sloppiness) and will be working on it this season - the insight about always remembering to "complete the turn" i.e. reach the thin line sounds like gold as a countermeasure for sloppiness. And thanks for mentioning that on icy surfaces it might take longer - I usually go snowboarding later in the season, so the slopes in the morning are very icy (they melt during the day and freeze again during the night) - if you didn't put that warning here, I would most likely force myself to reach the thin line ASAP, which would most likely end in me catching the edge. Now I know that I shouldn't rush it. Thanks again!
i just learned so much from this video. I thought carving was just an option of snowboarding, not the actual way youre supposed to snowboard! wow mind blown, will be working on my carving and have a new perspective. Thank you!!!
Without your videos I would still have problems with my carving and edge changes. Getting my posture right and knowing what I'm doing and why, totally fixed my snowboarding. Thank you so much for helping me understand snowboarding and fix my problems!
Been waiting 4 yrs for this video
Haha hope it was worth it 🤣
started watching ur videos last season after i was snowboarding for the first time and fell in love with it ( even tho learning it was very hard for me ). Yesterday was my 8th time snowboarding and i have to say im literally ripping the slopes, very confidently driving black slopes. thank you MM, your videos helped me tremendously. much love my brother
Awesome, that's great to hear, keep going 👍
hey malcolm! i love whatching your videos and I be wanting to know the step by step, on how to do 180 and 360s front and back side. I would love to see a video like that... much love and take care
You have a really good way of verbalizing these somewhat abstract principles so that they're easy to understand. Thanks!
Thanks so much 😊😊
I watched another video of yours which had a similar tip, and actually used your tips at the slopes today. My edge changes have never been this smooth or early, and I also reduced my choppy turns.
Thank you so much!
Glad it helped!
Hi Malcolm, I have just returned from a week in Bansko after being out of snowboarding for over 10 years. Your videos have been critical for me this last week. I literally had your voice in my head telling me what to do, at what point and how also visualising your stance. It took me a few days to get the hang of it again but worked it out so I could carve, on an early edge change also while trying to minimise leg muscle effort and making my board do the hard work. Many thanks for your videos. You’re a true professional and an excellent teacher.
Awesome, glad the vids are helping, apologies about my annoying voice in your head, but glad you had a good week. I did my very first season in Bansko!
Your explanation certainly gave me the answer as to why I was sometimes catching an edge and tumbling over.
Definitely a lightbulb moment watching this.
Awesome, glad it helped!
Hi Malcolm,
A quick than you for the videos. They really do have a big impact on my riding. The hard part is remembering everything when I get on the slope!
Keep them coming, all the best
Hi malc....ooommmm
What can I say ... smashed it again bud... I'm going Bulgaria on Saturday and this and the ski pole will be on repeat,repeat,repeat,repeat....
Thank you and please take it from me.... they are massive videos for those who can't....
But soon will after watching these videos...
Be kind to yourself bud
The guy struggling in the background while he talks about posture and stance is so ironically hilarious at 😆@3:52.
😂😂😂
Watched about 50 lessons on TH-cam lol but this one has been the most helpful with the diagram
Awesome!
Malcolm, I FINALLY had the opportunity to ride, and that was at Whistler this past week.. Your videos helped me tremendously friend! I kept telling myself "proper form" lol. I hit the green hills the second day, after a great first of training, and probably should have spent more time on the bunnys... ha! I was connecting turns, so I thought i was ready for the greens but nope, not at whistler! Im heading to SLC at the end of Feb, and cant wait to work on this and other fundamentals you teach. Thanks man. We really appreciate you!
Thanks Richard!! Appreciate this message 😌
Great riding with you few weeks ago, great teacher 💪
Thanks, sorry not sure who you are from your handle, but all my guests this winter have been great so I can safely say it was a pleasure riding with you too!
This advice helped me tremendously! My snowboarding increased exponentially!
Amazing 🤩
Phenomenal communication! Learning from you is such a pleasant experience. Cheers!
Thanks Lance, appreciate it 🙏
Writing from Canada and you definitely grow my skills!!! 🎉 thx man
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you so much for your wisdom. First time out this season, with the mindset of strong position, and edge changes with out skidding!
Yeahh you got this!!
Thanks Malcolm. Long time watcher - your videos helped me finally get snowboarding to "click" last season and be enjoyable/no falling. (Well, only twice over 2 days) It was a little nervous after the prior year I went - fractured a rib. Was good to gain that confidence and actually be able to feel confident. We're headed back out this week to Park City and have been looking at your videos again - this one was pretty simple and to the point and really good. Looking forward to using this tip (while it's been said at some point in your other videos, I think this is the first one you've clearly said it and harped on it)
Awesome, enjoy Park City!
Thanks for all the help! Very understandable video(s) to build a (what feels) solid foundation.
Thanks so much 😊🙌
I like the diagrams. We need more of it
Great stuff, Malcom! Gonna be heading up to Big Sky this week and I'll def keep your arrow idea in my mind. Trying to eliminate as much unnecessary skidding from my riding as possible and I think this video gave me a new perspective 🤙🏻 YEWWW
Niiiice, enjoy Big Sky!
Again props 🎉 your explanation fits so nice with my experience which really helps to bridge the sensation knowledge with physics, giving me a platform 😊
ive been watching your videos after the first time riding and having a bad time. Now I'm actually starting to get stopping, c turns and jturns and all of that using the tips from your channel! I've even had my boyfriend watch your videos so he can help me and tell me what i need to do/work on a bit more which has greatly helped as well. Awesome videos!
Thanks Ashlin 🙏🙏
Great video! Watched this before riding yesterday, and yes it was a bit hard to understand at first, but you explained it well and once on the board on the mountain it was crystal clear, what do I need to make an early edge change. Great for practicing switch to, and understanding why I didn't make that edge change. But when I got it right, what a great feeling to have that clean turn and to maintain that speed and be whipped into the next turn. Thanks again Malcom!
Great channel. Thank you! Hope you do a review of the Yes Warca. Just bought mine and would like to know your thoughts on it. 😊
oh my god. this is one of the best vids I've seen so far. I've binged a ton of your content this season as I've been sort of teaching myself to ride (with the help of your vids being like my textbook assigned reading haha). this is such a simple thing, and I've progressed into feeling decent at linking turns, but just seeing this explicitly demonstrated is huge. this will be very helpful to have in my mind next time i ride.
You don't know it but you've pretty much taught me how to ride. Second season in Colorado from me, it's starting to get really fun as I become a better snowboarder. Thanks man. Do you have a video with trees?
Awesome video! It's something I've always felt/understod but have never really articualted like you did.
Thank you 🙏😊
Thank you for this tip! And for all your other videos. I was trying to look for a video that could help with riding steeper slopes, such as reds and blacks, but couldn’t find one. Would you be able to share some tips? I can carve on blues and some reds, but as it gets steeper, I find I tend to counter rotate because speed builds up so quickly. Thank you!
how is the warca? how hard was it to center now bindings on the board
I've learnt so much from your videos. One thing that always catches me out is riding on my edge on an off camber continuous radius corner down hill at speed. I find myself climbing up the camber towards the centre of the turn running out of piste. Say I'm on a left handed corner I can either perform an emergency stop or attempt to make a turn right down the camber with an edge change. Every time I attempt that right turn I catch the right edge and violently wipe out. Any chance of tips or even a video on how to deal with this scenario? Cheers. Keep teaching 👍
Hi Malcolm - This video was very eye opening for me. I'm an advanced snowboarder with 10 years of getting about 20 days in a year. I can ride most anywhere on the mountain, but I continue to get more tripped up by slick / icy spots than I should. And if I'm working hard to control speed I often get some chatter. I've determined that when doing S-turns (less so if I'm doing quicker turns) I slarve, rather than carve. I think fixing this would help the chatter and help me in icy spots. Your video above is great. Do you have any more that I can watch to help here?
Best video so far! Fantastic tips! I'll be trying them out tomorrow night!
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
@@malcolmmoore worked like a charm! Was able to get my weight down over the edge and really feel the board gripping into the snow giving me like you said a stable platform to turn on. Felt awesome and such a difference to how I normally just slide through the turn. Awesome stuff!
That's awesome, so happy to hear 🙌🙌🙌
Thank you so much for your tips! I'm so gonna give it a go!
Good luck!!
This is extremely helpful stuff! I'm into my 3rd season snowboarding now and am fairly comfortable but still very sloppy, you're videos have been super helpful in creating ways to visualize how I'm supposed to be turning
That's amazing, glad to help, keep going, it only gets better too!
Momentum... You better have it, when switching from uphill edge to downhill edge, across the fall line. Obvi it will be hard if possible at all, to do this with skidded turns.
Sei l’insegnante migliore ! Grazie da Italia.
Grazie !!!!
The guy at 4:00, I could see me there hahaha. Greatttt video!
Haha 😂😂
Any tips for handling moguls on a board? Finding the flow of a mogul run and making those tight turns with little warning is a serious issue for me, and I think my long board doesn't help.
(apologies to MM for presuming to opine, but this helped me and relates to another question. Feel free to shoot me down in flames lol)
IMHO: Get way low, and don't side-slip!😁.
I struggled with bumps until finding this: even at the low points of moguls (valley) keep your knees a bit bent, and soak up the high points (peaks) by bending them more. Imagine your head moving in a smooth line while your knees go up and down like mad. So long as you keep your board in contact with the snow you can make really fast pivots on the mogul tops, and high-energy mini-carves on the bottoms (where you effectively reduce the radius of your sidecut by bending the board). Above all, avoid letting the mogul throw you into the air, where you don't have much control, and avoid side-slipping down the steep face of a mogul- if you do, the next thing is often an unwanted edge change lol..
Everything wacomtexas said is great advice. I haven't fully covered this apart from somewhat in this video here that'll be worth a watch: th-cam.com/video/rvpp70l9-o8/w-d-xo.html
Essentially you want to suck the mogul up and edge change over the top in what is technically called a terrain unweighted turn!
So just to clarify, what you're saying is that you want that edge change to occur when your momentum AND nose direction of your board is aligned? regardless of how clean the line you're making; snow, pitch, conditions, turn shape dependent, once you align momentum/nose angle, that is when you're going to get maximum efficiency by building that platform on that edge at the earliest possible moment. Ideally this is gonna happen across the hill, so you can control speed through an efficient turn shape? also really appreciate the attempt to catch you toes and the 'nope, not gonna do that' moment.
I'm going for a ski trip next week, will try to make you proud and stop doing skidded open turns
Have fun!!
3:59 pure comedy when he mentions "good posture" and you see the gal in the background leaning back for her life.
Question for anyone reading this. How long did it take before you were actually snowboarding? I've been wanting to try it for 10 years. I dragged my wife to CO last year and I had a blast attempting to snowboard.
I broke my ass on ice on day two (couldn't sit for a month). I sucked up the pain and continued to ride for the remainder of the day and my last 2 days after that. But I stayed on my heel edge since I was in pain and afraid to fall again.
In 2 weeks I leave for Montana. My wife isn't coming. I guess she had fun but doesn't have the desire that I do for it. This time, the person I'm going with has been snowboarding since she was 14 years old.
I'm afraid I'm going to hold her back. I'm telling myself all I need to do is figure out toe side and I'm good. I can link turns. Maybe half a day I will be actually "snowboarding". Then I can enjoy the next few days boarding instead of trying to sort out issues.
Is this realistic?
She said I'll be riding in soft powder not the hard stuff I was on back in December. So it'll be easier.
But I see people leaving comments they've been on 4 snowboarding trips and are excited because they are finally on toe side.
Are you kidding? Someone tell me it doesn't take that long.
Thank you very much for sharing the technique!!
Thanks for watching 🙏🙏
Hi Malcolm,
Are there any plans to create an e-book/pdf with essential techniques and exercises?
Cheers!
Your videos are incredible! So informative and amazing production. Thank you!
Thank you so much 🙏😊
Incredibly helpful!
Thanks ☺️🙏
Best tip ever! Thank you Malcolm 😊
No problem hope it helped!!
Mate, that was the missing link for me! 🤜🤛 BTW, finally one week snowboarding in March is booked! I'm so overstoked!!! Val Gardena here I come, ready or not!? 😃
Thomas! Great to hear from you, enjoy your trip!!!
@@malcolmmoore THX, bro! Can't wait! Keep you posted. 🤙
Your vids have helped me going from being able to do some blacks, but not comfortably, to being able to tear down them, even with bumps and moguls! Thanks a ton for everything mate! btw your related video links are slightly off ;)
Ah cheers, I'll sort them out, thanks for that!
This looks like a solid advice will try it out today wish me luck
Hey bit late but good luck!!! Hope it helped?!
@@malcolmmoore hey bro np thanks all of your videos have been really helpful thanks. really sad that season is over looking forward to the next one, this year was my first year as a snowboarder and it was awesome
Hey Malcom! Can you make a video about keeping up the speed on flat surfaces because i have no idea how to do it
That on-purpose edge catch must have been difficult, made my heart drop
Haha yeah it was tough!
Background music is making a video like interstellar movie for me ahah. Thank you , mate. Helping me to understand the very basic of snowboarding although I have some experience in it.
Great film 🙌🙌
You know you're good when you can try and catch and edge on purpose and still avoid doing so lol. Thanks for the laugh Malcolm in addition to all the super helpful advice.
Haha happy to help 😜
Nice set of tips as always. We fly to Bulgaria this Saturday for our 1st ski trip in 3 years! Got a new board for Christmas so will may take a bit of getting used to but I’ll be thinking of your drills while doing it. Happy riding
Have fun in Bulgaria!!
@@malcolmmoore Thanks
Hey Malcom, I struggle a lot with overcoming my fear of “finding the platform” that you mention in this video, especially from toe back to heel on a steeper slope, any tips on this? Your video is clear but that part I feel is a lot easier said than done for beginners
One thing I've felt when practicing my edge exchanges is the speed, if I try to do the exchange too early I grab snow and fall, and if I go too slow I can't properly do the exchange, it needs to have speed enough to do it, and let the board do the turn (not rush it).
dang. this concept was huge for me. thank you. makes a lot of sense
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Im trying really hard to get single line carves tight, its extremely hard to keep them close together as to keep speed low, however at higher speeds or with wider carves the issues are almost non-existent so I think I'm getting there I just need to learn the balance and stance. It got much easier with a wider board, more positive angle, and a shorter stance, however tightening those carves to get a single line and at the edge of grip in tight areas like moguls is really hard to learn for me coming from a longboarding background where terrain isn't much of a problem. I can do skidded or double line "carves" through them, just not really as satisfying as proper carves and I just find myself doing 180's and tricks and trying again later. I get them briefly but I usually lose grip either to misreading the snow or leaning too far in at the end of the carve as I'm trying to keep tight as to not build speed, I don't really have an issue with chatter like I had with attempting euro carves, but its just a matter of honing in on the limit of grip, like almost tipping over on the edge where the single line is the tightest and most rewarding. Also positive-positive just feels weird in general and some times I just get confused and fall at slow speed lol. Only started riding last season and got like 7-8 days out, been fun and videos like this definitely help even if some of the wording is confusing.
Great video! Have you thought much about the Japanese snow surf style of carving? Initially I thought it was just pros on TH-cam but after going to a few of the smaller local mountains with fewer tourists, I realise they are everywhere! It’s like doing beautiful turns is their game rather than bomb charging. Seems like they like to stand low down with narrow stance rather than stand tall.
Yeah, I was experimenting with these forward angles the other day, injad to put riser pads onto my board to stop toe and heel drag but it was very good fun, I'm going to have a bit more of a play with it, but I will likely come back to making a video about it!
@@malcolmmoore stoked!
3:56
Malcolm: I’ve got loads of videos to get your posture correct
Guy in the back: Goes full on inflatable dancing guy
😂
Thanks your video for learning snowboarding! I took 7 days and practice from basic from your videos (important posture!!), I can do some basic S turns with edge change!
I have a question when watching your videos, what is the different between craving vs open turn vs S-turn vs closed turn? I am a bit confused about these.
Could you do a video on how to land drops? I find that on larger drops, I tend to land too back foot heavy and slide out
What a great explanation! Is it correct to say that making a "Positive" edge change is also key ie planning and executing a clean, fast, and positive change rather than just sort of letting your mass move over the centre and the board just 'flops' onto the other edge? (which i guess is also a bit about carving too??)
Yeah, you can still ride quite lazily and effectively, but for snappier edge changes, and for really tight turns, being more active with the movements you make at the edge change will certainly help 👍
I've been watching a lot of your videos, especially the beginner series, and implementing your tips about posture and knee-steering really helped me learn to engage both edges.
I think you also mentioned orienting the board with the direction of travel in a previous video (probably the one about never catching an edge again?), and that really helped me, too. I really appreciate your videos because they give such direct, easily implementable pointers.
That said, I have a question - I'm still not at a subconscious level when it comes to changing edges i.e. I have to consciously think about orienting the board downhill before switching edges and then using my knees. As a result, my turns are really long and spaced well apart in time. That causes me to pick up too much speed, freak out, and either brake to a stop or fall. I'm guessing the faster/subconscious edge-engagement only comes with more practice, but is there anything else I can do to improve that?
Just ride more
Yes riding more will help... but I would suggest you have the order of things slightly wrong in your visualisation of the turn. You mention starting starting the board down the hill before trying to edge change. As much as possible try to change edge, and then the turn starts. With regards to things like moving the knees over the board, try and do this passively, by this I mean allow yourself to traverse across the slope, then almost fall.across the board, your knees will bend, and your hips will move over the board, but not because you have forced them over, rather you have just allowed them to fall down the slope and go with gravity. Then you changed edge and thwn you can complete the turn. Hope this makes sense!
@@malcolmmoore Just to clarify: I'm still a beginner, so my turns look like the stop-start J-turns in this video of yours: th-cam.com/video/gM1AaE8rcEE/w-d-xo.html
So when I said "orienting the board downhill", I meant from a side-slip position at the end of the J-turn. But your suggestion about changing edge makes sense, and your tip about "falling across the board" definitely helps. I'll try them out next time.
Thank you very much!
Sounds familiar :) thanks again for the lessons Macolm!
Thanks Joey!!