How To Improve Your Snowboarding DRAMATICALLY! (2024) 

I've been terrified of XL jumps ever since my injury on them 10 years ago. I'm wanting to get back to them and get my revenge. So that's what I'm training for now. It will likely take about a year to get to that point. This time I want to get footage hitting them. Over the past several years my friends all vanished from my life and my interests changed and I fell away from snowboarding. As a consequence, I gained a lot of weight and got in pretty bad shape. It's been 7 years since I was a decent snowboarder and 3 years since I have ridden one until last week, I made it to Woodward PC, and it felt so good to get turns in again. This channel has been a big part in me getting healthier and getting back into one of the best hobbies in the world. I'm down 10 pounds and I still have quite a way to go but I'm enjoying the journey. Thanks for your channel and the good vibes you put out there. Thanks Casey!

Thanks for the reminder that riding for yourself is huge. You don't always need the homies to hype you up, don't worry about who's watching, and it's not always about getting those camera shots. Just put your music in and flow! Often, I find myself snowboarding for the content or with the boys, and sometimes you just need a day to yourself to progress not only your riding, but your mind.

Ive been riding for 30 years now. I gotta say even at that level you still gotta go to the gym and cold plunge and eat healthy to stay on it. Keep up the great work!

nothing psyches me up like a Casey vid, thanks mane!! 🔥

Your intuitive approach to training is super smart and effective. Love it

C dub this vid is gold. At 50 I'm riding better than ever due to cross training, yoga, and good diet - just about to get my park instructor certification. Your tips are bangers. Quick list for dudes and dudettes who don't have easy mountain access: 1. Season's pass to local hill (ride as often as possible) 2. Physical fitness 3. Logical progression, building block style to prevent injuries. 4. Learn a skill or trick regular, then learn it switch before the next skill or trick. Peace out. Nice riding, C dub.

thanks for this vid casey, needed this one❤

Darn good tips. Also: fantastic riding, filming, editing!

Fantastic vid. My snowboarding buddies Cliff Washbrook and Shaun watch you all the time. They tried LMNT and passed some onto me.I used to suffer from a lot of leg cramps after snowboarding. Since taking it, no more leg cramps😊.

I've always love ur stuff, keep making videos. Hopefully next paycheck I can become a patreon member.

So much appreciated for the working out tips, been thinking of a mind set on how to keeping myself always ready for boarding and this is legit 🙏

Glad to see you guys eventually got some snow down in Southern VT!

Great edit! If ever feel like dropping a heads up bout where you’re going riding, it’d be great motivation! I started riding at 45. I’ll never be a pro, but I feel good out there and ride clean. 1: Hammer the fundamentals. 2: Stretch, Core and Legs all winter. Consistent and light-medium work. 3: Hydrate. Rest. I’ve been working on jump this year. Making decent progress and staying healthy because the single largest risk factor, Edge Control!, has been hammered into shape. Hammer the fundamentals. There’s simply no way around it.

Thx casey for this video. Awesome

this is such a great vid!

Oh man that was some pure gold!

Always an excellent set of tips, and a great drop as usual. My kid will be better than me soon. He was hitting the big jump line at snowshoe the other day, dude's still in the "fly like an eagle" phase (mittens spread and flapping), but maan lol his fearlessness scares the hell out of me. For the dream! We've got a few more weekends out here before this season's over, yeeewww!

Glad to see you back in vt

Sober riding has been a game changer for me. Thanks for the inspiration and positive vibes.

Great tips bro. My biggest fear is rails. I just started boarding 2 years ago but averaging around 20 days. Pushing yourself is the key. Also what really has helped me is just learning how to fall, just not to panic when I know I’m not gonna land it and slide out gently .

Nice blue bird day great edit love the buttering and carving totally different from the pow c dub with a W FTD

I was just at carinthia and been watching for 3 years, I feel like when I leave you always come back

Man my morning workout has been missing these uploads!!! Love to seee it CW!!! --Unsurenity!!!!! --😅next shirt

Cannot agree more with the "ride by yourself" tip. Riding with the homies is a blast, but youre preoccupied with a bunch of distractions. Riding alone leads to solid progress, even in a single day of riding. Just make sure you tell some one you're riding and wear a helmet if you're sending it!

Nice video bro I dislocate my should’ve so many times 2019 i restore the shoulder just working out , took me a lot of time but now is feels like new, and now I’m getting back my shape again , confident And not scared anymore Being healthy and working out a lot I’m 31 years old and still improving

Mount Snow looking good this year! Way to bring the stoke alive!!

You got me on the LMNT, good stuff. Makes the boarding noticeably different. Stamina is on point during heavy shredding sessions. Great flavors too, Watermelon Salt for the win, best flavor. Thanks for the product plug bud.

Casey you gotta come to sugarloaf maine for reggae fest april 12th weekend. Mtn needs your vibes

Yon made such a good point about some times just ridding solo. In a different zone. To me, it's the more therapeutic way to ride.. but the friends are always the best if you got something new..

BROOOO LMNT has helped me soooooo much!!! Tastes delicious as well hahah. Thanks for the tips Tips!!!!

good stuff. rock the shred. not sure if you remember me. the big bald bmx guy who lived in the red roofs and worked at the govy gen. have a good winter bro.

Legend 🙏

started in the poconos in 2015 .. by 2016 i lived in tahoe and was riding 90-120 days a season ... way better now !! switch tricks steeze!!!

Had an embarrassing day at palisades last year and it totally made me fall in love with the sport because of how bad I was. Fast forward a year later I have 8 mountain days total this year and I’m confident with my riding and carving If ur scared just do that shit bro and embrace the falls , laugh it off and hop right back up

Bro, your set-up is so steeze. Got me wanting a travel van or something like that haha. Also, the sauna is HUGEEEEEE and a MUST!!!

Don’t know what it is about the easy coast vids but they always just hit different

Listen to you guys talk about how great your snowboarding life is really helped me to be a better snowboarder.

Live in Minneapolis and you got Hyland and Buck Hill available over lunch 🙏. I need some tips for those who started at 36 and are creeping on 40!!

Casey you're the Jesus of snowboarding, you keep it steady spreading love and stoke to everyone around you and we see you bro! Hope to run into you one day! Much love brother

ah man I was there that day. lowkey forgot you were in the area, even though I saw your helmet. I did see cro stop on top of jump 3 though, everyone on our chair was thinking he had way too much speed til he stopped. It's kinda funny looking back and not realizing you were the guy filming him lmao. good slushy new england days.

Just moved to Salt Lake the stoke levels are at an all time high. Great tips yeeeew

Shred Up & Carve!

Omg, I so ready to start a gnarv lite. The dream dude.

Riding solo always sketches me out. But 100% agree on having a homie to keep you pumped on different tricks. It doesnt even have to be someone whos better if they match your energy to try something new.

I ride mostly alone and it helps a LOT

Dang I just bought new shred socks. Some of my old ones had holes. 😅 Like them cw's fo sho 👌

Yeeewwww❤!!!!

23 years old, started riding in 2018, broke my legs and had to learn how to walk again. Since then I’ve never had more than 7 days in a season and this season I’m pushing 60 days just trying to ride every day. Broke my arm a few days ago and still riding and trying to push my progression because I’m just so hungry to get good at my craft. The biggest thing I’ve used to help my improvement is to befriend all the local rippers and ride with them, get as many days as possible, ride in every condition whether it’s fresh groomers, slush, powder, ice, or chop, and to hit features that aren’t comfortable and ride the line between my comfort zone and pushing the bar a little. I’ve dramatically improved after adopting those ideas

Hey Casey, firstly great video! lots of great tips that I will keep in mind for the next time I'm going to be able to get on the mountain :). I was wondering if you could give me some snowboarding advice based on my story as a snowboarder as I really want to improve my riding skills. I think compared to the majority of your audience, I'm not based in the USA/Canada and instead have mostly lived in Europe and thus have only gone on snowboarding trips in the French Alps (specifically Tignes and Val d'Isere everytime). I've begun snowboarding since I was very young, around 3-4 and am now 20, and would comfortably say my snowboarding skill is quite advanced in terms of basic mountain riding and my overall style. I absolutely love going super fast down slopes with no difficulties but what I love most of all is riding pow which we sadly don't get enough of in the French Alps :p ! However I am writing this because whilst I do consider myself a good snowboarder, I am absolutely a novice at two things which I really want to improve on namely: riding switch and doing tricks/park riding. Unfortunately when it comes to snowboarding time I am mainly hindered by the fact that I simply don't spend enough time on it. As I live relatively far away from the Alps, I realistically only snowboard for a week per year (usually in Dec/Jan; although this year I am going again this late March) which is obviously a very very limited amount of time. Because I find this specific week really precious and spend it alongside my family, I always choose to skip over trying to practice my switch stance (goofy for me) for a full day and instead always snowboard with my regular stance which I am very comfortable with. Similarly with doing tricks and park features, there are unfortunately really not a lot of parks in the Alps either, and are usually closed or super icy. Over the last few years I've really tried to focus on completing a backside 360 but it has never worked out for me and had several sketchy heel-edge catches. And because there is no pow usually, I am not able to practice simple jumps on random mountain features either sadly. So overall I was just wondering if after reading my story, if you have any tips for me as I am going into my next trip soon :) I personally feel like before trying to do park features, I really want to learn riding goofy but feel very very uncomfortable with it and realise that I will likely have to dedicate time learning the basics all over again for the goofy stance; but if you have any other specific tips I would gladly appreciate those of course :D Looking forward to your next vid!

taking it back to mount snow and carinthia OG vlog days yewww

That was a very knowledgeable gym synopsis for a none gym bro. Everyone should stretch and not neglect the hip flexors.

Turn 40 in April. I want to chuck 7s on the big line and I have before. Just 10 or so years ago. I have this mental block but when I ride with people better then me my ego takes over and I fear nothing lol. When you coming to Tahoe dog?

Brooo...the save he did at 18:35 😂😂😂😂...that might be one of the best saves I have ever seen!! Lol..YLTSI

yeah im at that point where i dont care if i fall in the park, i work too much these days and it saps my eneregy, so anyday on the mountain for me is a good day

what kind of board camber do you usually ride?

Keep up the stroke

My last pair of boots were ATLEAST 6 years old. Maybe even older. Didn’t replace them until even duct tape wasn’t holding them together

13:10 Thats what we need!!! A tricks list!!! Show us your tricks list. How to go/progress/move on from 1 trick to another.

19:28 ahhhhhh! See..... I was just in low gear but I need to get "pretty low" to really hit the progression on epic saves.

Bahahaha homie rockin low gear high in the revs! what a save lmao

Yewwww

I’m trying to double my doh but I’m struggling to push myself and not hold back. Because I typically ride alone I feel like I’m lacking that little push that forces you to ride to the edge of your skill. I think the tip about riding the same place consistently might be the key for me though. What’s more important in terms of progressing your skill; learning to ride faster while hitting side hits and doing basic flat ground tricks or focusing on a single trick until it’s mastered?

That laugh at 26:29 from that kid though!

I wonder if you contact one of those epic shoe rebuilders on youtube and do a collab in the summer over extending boot life and performance. Might be worth it. Even if its shoe goo and needle/thread

18:30 Holy save!

Cr0bar is HOW/WHY I ever came to Mount Snow to try the mountain life. Pretty sure they had NO idea I was serious when he agreed I could sleep on their couch

Consider psoas-stretching, opens us up in the opposite way of sitting and riding, makes for the perfect method perhaps, good for health regardless, YMMV, cheers 🎉

Great video but I was expecting some pointers on how to do the actual tricks and “improving” snowboarding. The moral of the Story is really to get out there and practice! Thanks for the video 😎👍🏽

That's me in vid

EDIT26:00 MINZ INTO MIX - CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE STOKE LEVEL ON THAT TEEN GROM?? DID YALL HEAR HOW GIDDY HE WAS?? SO MUCH JOY -

what are you supposed to do with your car keys?

You’re saying you don’t recommend having a few cold ones in the pockets? 😅

Bonus: Take notes Nothing fancy. On your phone. Recap what you did as the day goes. It helps.

Big shout out to cr0wbaar for doing the trick!!! 30:25!!! Well executed!!!! Keep stoking, keep hydrated!!!!

🍄 🍄 ❤😂 🍄 🍄!! power up!! 🧠 open it up!!🎉🎉

Don't be too proud to take a lesson. I'm an instructor who has been riding for over to 25 and I take clinics to improve both my teaching my riding! RU-vid videos are great for tips, but an instructor at your level will be able to observe your body movements and help dial you in to get better faster. Quick tip, if you see some instructors at your hill ask them about who is a good instructor for learning ...(fill in the blank) and request for that suggested instructor.

r u riding a 148?

Step 1 Jump into a frozen abyss 😂

L E G E HUN D?! L E G E N D!!!! Haha \m/

STEVE BIRKRAM

Pretty low gear ⚙️ 😂😂

But also analyzing yourself. Why didn't the trick work, and what will we do different next time? Ask yourself that after everything you do video yourself and compare yourself to pros. Look at the difffference

Thats crazy haha, you guys do sauna with boxershorts? Here in Europe its full nude mandatory. Funny to see that cultural difference

i'm surprised that guy isn't wearing a helmet tbh

😂low gear 😂

step one stop watching CAsey and go shred, how many of the same vids we gonna make bud? staying relative is purty hard eh?

Great mix of action shots while giving tips on improving one’s self in snowboarding- great job legend! 🔥🏂🤙

Ya my shit was 20 years old lamar andy hetzel addition I would have to say my brand new salomon assassin has definitely elevated my riding lol

Its easy to improve when you have enough snow 😂🥲

LOVES IT!!!😉👍🏻🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️🤍❄️💙❄️YOU ARE GREAT!!! WHAT IS YOUR DAILY NUTRITION CASEY?❤