Crushing Revelstoke's Steepest Groomers 

Enjoy!

So when are we gonna ride together brother? Winter is happening now!

Thanks Noah, those were some of my best turns of the season! You can just hear how perfect the corduroy is, not a hint of ice, just firm consistent and diggable. The audio ended at just the right spot! One of my favourite sections of the mountain too and it's rarely in such great condition. So steep and narrow, gotta be focused and present if you're gonna go "left of the tree island". In December that part is so scary but by March the rollers are smoothed out and they groom it wider. Dreamy. I'm gonna miss winter...

@@cherrycarves Whitefish closed last weekend…. Definitely going to miss winter On to fishing season

Right? The song ended at the perfect moment. You can even hear birds chirping on the last clip.

Keep working. It only took me 18 winters averaging 80 days on snow, off season strength training, custom gear modifications and constant adjustment, consultation and collaboration with some of the best carvers on the continent, and years of prototyping with the best board builders in the world to make the turns you saw in this video... But now you have access to my boards and my secret curriculum so a couple of weekend trips to your local resort to practice the drills will get you there no problem! Just kidding. I'm in a mood tonight... You're welcome homie. See you out there!

🤣🤣🤣@@cherrycarves

Thanks Abram. Turns out it's not that hard to do, the hard part is finding good instruction...

Me too! The long turns feel great!

Snowed again last night!

I have a pair now, thanks. They're not quite broken in yet.

Haha... The trick is to reverse the toe strap on your rear binding - it won't catch on the snow when you carve deep and it looks so smooth when you pop your boot out!

That's what I do brother...

Consider moving to Revelstoke...

I can never leave van isle, but revelstoke is definitely on our list to visit next season!!! Can’t wait!

Same, nice parts like that are near the end area for me.

Fortunately, carving isn't one of those sports like climbing or cycling where a few extra pounds will seriously impact your performance. Having said that, being fit and healthy will certainly help you ride more runs each day and avoid injury. More important than body composition is core strength, followed closely by leg strength and endurance. If you want to perform at your best I recommend starting a calisthenics routine, or a mixed weights and calisthenics routine with a focus on the core and lower body exercises. Aim to develop functional strength, choosing isometric exercises for the core that promote stability (i.e. planks and hollow body holds over sit-ups) and compound exercises like Romanian deadlifts and squats over leg press machines. Here are some videos to start with: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I72lU_JXfEg.htmlsi=JE_WPJ7a2M840Ffl ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r6MyWzuR13E.htmlsi=ScmzOWTjUsezkfAM ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZunJdkpKcuc.htmlsi=NcIx5cT2K2Vlx94O ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZunJdkpKcuc.htmlsi=47WBdoothIkgQTfN See you in the winter!

@@cherrycarves you are awesome James! I'll see you this coming season!

Hell yes I do!

Thank you! That's what I do!

Ouch!

Yup... That's a lot of edge pressure.

Hahaha... No, not Donek. These are full custom metal boards from Jasey-Jay Anderson and Coiler. You can get on the waiting list for a board at carversconnection.com.

No need. I have the best boards and this video was filmed on the best groom!

Risers are courtesy of Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboard hero! You can order them from his website, let him know James Cherry sent you there...

@@cherrycarves I figured! I gotta look into that. And let me guess... your boards are from Karl in Golden?!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I've got one custom board from Exegi in Golden yes. Karl was the first builder besides Donek who agreed to do a 300mm waist for me. There are four wide soft boot carvers from Coiler Composites in my boardroom, four more from the man himself, Jasey-Jay Anderson, and one brand new, first of it's type wide carver from Thirst Snowboards out of Idaho. All of these are full custom and the widest boards these manufacturers have ever built. Don't ask me which is my favourite; each board has it's place and it's ideal conditions and terrain. A lot of prototypes in there too, a necessary part in the refinement of design.

That's the Pitch Black, just below the bottom of the Stoke Chair and then left at the tree island. Those three clips were all from a single run, some of my best and most satisfying turns of the season - just listen to the sounds, that's perfect cord!

@@cherrycarves Yeah that perfect groom and steepness was a killer combo for me too!

I like to carve.

Geez... 36 years now. Am I getting too old for this?

Hahaha... The trick is in the stance. I need +12 degrees minimum in the back foot for smooth heelsides (usually paired with +27 or +30 in the front foot). Try it!

@@cherrycarves Oh wow. I ride at +15/+15. What about the angle of the high-backs? I assume a low angle is necessary?

I ride Burton Driver X boots, they have a 5 degree forward lean built in. I put my front just a hair steeper than that and add one notch in the rear. So not a ton of forward lean, no, but definitely rotate the highbacks to be parallel to the board edge.