I Travelled 10,000 Miles to Ride Fake Snow 

Glad you liked it! Yeah I hear you, injuries can definitely take their toll. Hope you get the chance to ride an airbag soon!

Same here

Same bro never watched his vids

me too lol

Honestly I think it might be because it reminds me a lot of a Tom Scott video from the title and thumbnail

tbf mats in gymnastics have started being used in comp as it just helps prevent wear on your joints

​@@theratking14mats have been used in comps for a while. He's maybe talking about the chopped up blocks of foam in a deep foam bed.

he included some clips of landing on bags, just not this one.

I was gonna say the same thing! All this talk about the pros/cons of airbag landings, and we don't get to see a single one. :(

​@@marquizzo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7mPfHRX5mtk.html

Lol

@@TradingWithHunter he included some clips, (not) wtf u talkin bout?

Not really

Thanks Luke! I'm stoked to hear you're getting some value out of it. Best of luck on the 720!

Yo you got that 720 man. Keep going.

@@LiamStevens What an amazing video you've got a new subscriber in me bro.

Average brain dead socialist

yeah this was good, will get more subs

@@brandonchutt312 never enough

agreed just needs the “fake snow place” location for us aussies to go have fun! not many places it snows here to snowboard. usually tied behind a car or 4wheeler with a rope.(yes their are places you can bored in aus just not close by)

3.5 million views later haha

I will 100% agree that snow is softer than asphalt (plus a much lower chance of scrapes and rash), buuuuut, the super packed snow that makes up jumps (and a solid amount of East Coast USA mountains), is pretty damn hard, and honestly kinda feels like ice. Softer than asphalt and concrete? Yes. Still hurts like a MOFO when you take a spill on it? Also yes lol.

I skate and snowboard, snow is softer than asphalt sure but hardpacked snow on the landing of a 40ft+ jump is NOT so soft lol. Ice sure hurts to fall on too! Excluding a broken toe, all of my broken bones come from snowboarding and not skating :P I wish I had access to an airbag to practice big air tricks on

i'm skateboarding for a long time and i'm easily above average (for Polish standards, which i admit is not very high) and i still don't touch any big stuff. it's scary to do some flatground tricks, let alone 15ft+. i once BROKE my ankle in TWO places by just smashing my foot on the coping of a ~4ft ramp lol. it'd be gone if it was 20ft or what, i don't even wanna find out. can't imagine flipping my board over that thing while being actually high...

Its the height of the tricks we do plus also risking twisting our kegs if me dont land right

You can’t really bail off the snowboard though, imagine being strapped down to the skateboard on a bad landing.

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 the way you worded that sounds like you're begging for money, skill issue imo

As someone who started snowboarding in 1986bc on mushrooms, I totally agree

@@dpointdefender8196 Even the guy who made the video said it's a very expensive sport with a high price for entry-level much less beyond. You think this is about skill, he should just get a more marketable skill? Or I guess he could have been born wealthy upper class like most kids who snowboard. Many people with even college educations live paycheck to paycheck due to costs of living, and areas around ski resorts aren't exactly known for being cheap places to live. They didn't beg for money, they just stated a simple fact, and you want to speak down to them and tell them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. If you have a very marketable skill and make a lot of money, good for you, try to understand how that's not an option for everyone, and a majority of people live paycheck to paycheck because some people think it's okay to pay others poverty wages, because they believe people who work "lowskill" jobs as you might refer to them deserve to live in poverty.

@@dpointdefender8196 As someone who used to snowboard occasionally in my early teens, it is indeed a very expensive hobby, especially if you are able to have your own gear and have the money to practice enough to be a pro...all of those folks are upper middle class and higher... just like being a formula 1 driver or any other number of rich people sports. It is what it is. I can almost guarentee this guy comes from a very wealthy family... What kind of guy his age has the money to freaking fly to Australia just to snowboard on fake snow? just the plane ticket alone would cost thousands of dollars. Normal people can't even come close to being able to afford that.

​@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Hiking local hills is free. If you can buy used gear, at a gear swap, you can typically buy for half off or more. Sometimes sponsored riders will sell gear for cash, ask around at a ski resort. Also, work as a volunteer at a resort, you get a free season pass in exchange for 15 hours of volunteer time. I took the volunteer route and had a night job and enjoyed a season out West. You can split housing costs with people, or get a job with the mountain ownership/ski resort, that would include both staff housing and a seasons pass. Where there is a will, there is a way. 😉

Thanks Bill! I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. I'm happy to hear it was such a positive one. As you know I was nervous about posting this video, so it feels good to know it reached someone like you who found it valuable 🤝

Yeah dude 100%, this had something similar it was a giant giant pool type thing very deep filled with foam, and kids would launch off one or two theyre might of actually been 3 ramps that launched into it, it was atleast two though. But this was for getting kids used to launching off of ramps like that with a bike or a skateboard, and i remember one of the instructors was like now ur like a snowboard kid, i launch myself off stuff like this and u fall and u its like nothing something along the lines of that, and i laughed. But i found out the hard way lol that there isnt these type of things for snowboarding really, atleast in new york so u gotta hope that snow breaks ur fall if you fall, but tbh my worst injurys on snow was by a rail, i came off a 5050 and tried to back 180 out but slid out early and when i came around with the 180 my right leg smashed into front beginning of the rail and it cut my leg open bad. But ive smashed my head alot from jumps to, i cant go year round so even the first few times ill go a year and launch off stuff ill rock a helmet because i know im gunna smash my head, but once im like 3 days in ill stop rocking one becuase ill know wich jumps i can hit and what i can work with, what spots i like, once i get a feel for the terrain im good.

is like really? even when you have type your words out.? jeezuss

Same man. I don't snowboard, but I can only imagine the frustration living here and being into snowboarding would give you.

@@CronosXIIII finally there’s some decent people on RU-vid. I appreciate it man 🫶

Yeah I'm from Perth, Western Australia we have nothing like that over here

You can always find a used board for like $50 - $100. See if there's any local hills in your area that run weekday deals. I get what you're saying, but at least in my case I'd say 90% of the snowboarding I've ever done has been on rails I make out of PVC pipe in my yard and hits I shoveled for hours. It's as expensive as you wanna make it.

@@trows-bridgedale-brush2963 It's great that that worked out for you but not everyone has the time nor area to do that. The whole "it's as expensive as you wanna make it" mindset set just doesn't hold up. Just because you're in the position to be able to do something, doesn't mean other people are; which is part of why personal anecdotes don't mean anything in the macro.

@@mechanomics2649 bruh, who?

@@trows-bridgedale-brush2963 "who asked" you're a wanker and no one needs your consent to respond to your awful takes. Most people live far away from snow, and have to pay large sums of money for travel, hire and passes. Most people do not have the privilege of easy access to snow or slopes - snow sports are one of the few things where I would say "it's only as expensive as you make it" does not apply.

@@dweep9546 that's fair. But the same could be said for some activities for me. If you don't live near snow, that sucks, maybe try something other than snowboarding. If you don't live near the ocean, maybe try something other than surfing. I'm saying if you live somewhere where it snows, it's as expensive as you make it. Wanker.

Looks like he won the parents with money lottery

How do you think??? All these "riders" are the same...trust fund babies. No love for it, no soul in it.

@@snootdingo9365 hahaha right like where’s the story of the poor boy who grew up on poverty stricken streets and made a name for himself in the sport to become a world class snowboarder? Idk possibly I’m being ignorant and that story maybe does exist correct me if I’m wrong But many people if we even live in a place where it’s not a twelve hour drive to go snowboarding, can only afford to go a couple times per year! The guy who made this video does seem like a cool and very nice well mannered humble guy though!

@@snootdingo9365 wasnt the point of his comment on airbags to express that he didn't want the cost of entry to be higher? sounds like hes trying to push for this not to be the norm

Thanks Max! I appreciate the continued support dog! 👊

Freaking EXACTLY. Pro riders and their dumb ass egos!

I mean you could argue that all indoor walls are just artificial prep for real rock haha

Thanks Stu! It was great to meet you too

Falling over with only shorts and a T shirt on that plastic track might not be much fun though.

In Australia we need it in Winter too

Probably wearing hard shell gear because they use sprinklers to keep the airbags wet. I also believe they keep the artificial surface wet to reduce friction. You’d get soaked if you weren’t wearing something waterproof/water resistant.

Yeah they definitely have an impact, there's no denying that

Lol

Recently moved to Sheffield and sadly missed out on the ski village! The chill factore is great though if you get the train to cas!

Sean white killed the snowboarding industry lmao, it was sad to see. All around the time burton bought forum, it started dieing. People were starting to ditch snowboarding and were legit ripping up parks on skii's, places like zootspace popped up jetskii's, all thanks to pretty much sean white being a carrot top looking dude who they chose to represent the industry basically, wich is bizarre for a industry that will label kids wack or "kooks" if you have bad style. Once that guy started blowing up and gaining like fans the entire industry started getting worse, it kind of changed now and people forgot about him lol. But people snowboarding needid like cool pros for kids to look up to and never really had alot of that it did with dudes like MFM, but that was kind of pre sean white, most sean white fans probably have no idea who that is. I mean i didnt let it affect me, i mainly skated, and would snowboard seasonally, but i saw the change because i was heavy in the skate scene.

My dog! I appreciate you T! 🖤

Lol, what a great comment! Thanks for the love dog!