How to drop a cliff with snowboarder Xavier de le Rue 

Great videos! Would be nice to have a new series this winter.

How am I supposed to be landing I keep getting caught and flipping

Generally not recommended to do cliff drops until at least your second time snowboarding.

@@matthewelsom9356 more like 10th time, you need a lot of practise first, if not shit's gonna go bad

Surtur was a joke

@@matthewelsom9356 damn, now I feel like an idiot haha

10th time, lol, how about 10th year!

Thanks - stoked that you like them. Have an awesome winter. Xv

He gave them to you. Go fast, ollie before the cliff, have fun.

Yeah pretty much what Nick said.. it’s a level of riding where if that doesn’t feel approachable you probably shouldn’t jump the cliff lol

True

Back protection makes sense. A back pack is mandatory and does a pretty similar job. I usually wear one or the other but if you feel safe with both you should for sure go for it like that

Merci, Le lynx... pas mal le nom d'ailleurs. On va avoir des sous titres en francais mais on était un peu charrette sur le premier donc mille excuses. on updater a ce moment la cet épisode sur la chaine youtube du coup.

HOW TO XV aha pas de souci! Merci !

HOW TO XV ah oui et puis tu pourrais jeter un oeil a ma chaîne? Je débute sur le grand jeu de RU-vid:-)

J'ai rajouté des sous-titres, mais ils doivent encore être validés

Ha - yeah, go for it with confidence, whether it is 30cm, 1m or 10m... I mean do start small though, so you learn the technique and to get comfortable before moving onto bigger drops. Have fun. XV

Hi Micke, Good question. You need to be as much as possible on both your feet, and therefor you need a board with a big nose to make it easier to not catch the nose. Generally, speed help the transition and therefor the landing. I know it's hard to understand until you have felt it but trust me, find a jump and session it faster and faster and you will feel what I mean. (PS it has nothing to do with your board being too soft)

@@xavierdelerue537 Thank you so much! Your tips are helping me so much.

The would be a great thing to do for sure and I am sure it will happen in the future.

Hi! He answered on another commenter who asked the same thing.. basically land pretty even with your weight but it helps to have a big nose on the board to not sink when you land. When you carry speed landing more even feels much better

I'm all about the style! Xv

Hi India, Thanks for your message, ahh - as a snowboarder I really do not feel qualified to answer that and not give you the right advice. I recommend asking in your local ski store to see if they would give you a good answer. Apologies for not being able to help more, have a great winter. Xv

Hi India, I'm a skier and I had the same problem. I went for try and error until it was right for me. I started with the value from a DIN calculator and tried to ride really aggressively off piste (in non-exposed area) to push the bindings to their limit. Anytime a ski would fall off although I was still in control, I cranked the DIN by an extra 0.5. That's what I did for the front part of the binding. With that method I went from 8 to 10 in my case. With that value I do feel a considerable jolt upon release that is still bearable but they stay on most of the time - even during some slams. In the beginning of the season I sometimes back off about 0.5 for the first few runs/days. To determine the value for the back part I go into a nose press and increase the DIN until the skis just stay on. Next I try nosepress 360 on slope and in powder and again adjust my skis. For a bit of extra buffer I go 0.5 to max 1 above the value where they stayed on (for me that was 9-9.5). Usually the back releases after a "front heavy cliff drop to tomahawk" landing ;) When you feel like they came off too easily in that situation or were a bit too strong you can change up the DIN again.

la vitesse la vitesse! et aussi l'angle de transition .desole pour ton dos!