MCC 2023 Day #2 CRVN Thoughts, Tips, Insights and BTS Snowboarding 

Every time Ryan drops a video we all get a little bit better ☺️

That carving crew making their way down the mountain together. Having a little fellowship during the pit stops. Man, what a life. Carving is so right.

I like that safety tip regarding bright clothes.

Hard booter in the trees! That's my kind of snowboarder!

So sick watching these dudes absolutely railing carves on steep terrain 🤙🤙

The best bit of knowledge drop here is that Ryan switched to a board with a smaller sidecut radius. I like that Ryan is out of his comfort zone and it is great to see the changes he makes with his equipment.

When I was 18, I fell on the last turn of the last ride of the day on a stupid ice patch. My left wrist was broken badly. After it healed for almost a year, I was on the way to a party and took the skateboard. Hit a pebble not 20 ft out of the driveway and fell on the damn arm again. I was an avid guitar afficionado, and sadly couldn't play for almost 5 years after the first crash. Never went boarding again after that ordeal. Until a few weeks ago, age 31. An old friend wanted to hit some slopes over in Austria, a 1 hour ride from Germany. I never lost the love for the board and had it up in my room for sentimental display all those years. So I agreed, and expected the worst. It was fucking legendary. The snow, the wind, the speed, the curves. Technique wasn't important on that first ride, it was just overcoming fear, trusting God to keep me safe, feel the freezing cold and the warmth of the sun once again, breathe that snowy air. Beautiful. That evening I watched a ton of snowboard vids and saw the vid about you being a legendary carver. My mind was blown. I always wanted to be a jumper, but after all the struggle, now I just want that feeling of freedom the snowboard gives you. And watching you, it clicked for me. We were boarding again today, in Mellau. And I applied what I learned from observing you ride. It was a whole different experience now. CARVING IS LIFE!!!!!!! Thanks and God bless you, your loved ones, your slopes and your rides.

Ryan, thanks a lot for surfacing those Alpine boarders and the beauty of carving. Back when I started in the early '90s on the Italian Alps there were about half softbooters and half hardbooters, nowadays I can go days and days without encountering any fellow Alpine boarder. On mostly groomed pistes like we have here, carving boards can be extremely fun and fulfilling. So I hope that after your videos more youngsters will try them and the shops will start having them again. Fantastic work!

I love that mini donek.

Mmmm That 360 at 17:30 👌👌

15:27 funniest thing I ever saw on your channel Ruyan

Extra long selfie stick is great too...

Ryan looks like figured out how to carve with your 13m board. Nice work! Turner trails are definitely more like narrow East Coast trails. Anyone trying to carve a 19.5m radius would have struggled. Great videos👍

Ryan, your videos are just awesome - watching them gets me so stoked for riding!!! ☮️

Love the content man, inspries me to be a better rider!

Small tip for insta 360 footage. Try export reframed video to 3840x2160 and 80 Mbps. It does upscale good and improves image quality (even if final YT video will be in 1080p).

Glad you mentioned board radius vs mountain you're riding in your final thoughts. I remember when you were first increasing your radius for Breckenridge. I've ridden there and those runs are HUGE! My home mountain was Terry Peak in Lead SD and the runs are way smaller so when I ordered your board I went with the stock 8.7m radius, and still outgrew it. A few years later I ordered a 12m and for the mountains I ride I've never needed more, in fact, I'm still glad to have the 8.7m as a trusty old standby for days when I'm not full carving groomers, or powder days.

The music and the gum. Best tip. Haha. Love'n it all

Love watching your video's Ryan, awesome stuff!

That must be the new Donek Aloha @ 10:47, looks absolutely sick.

Great footage and tips! 🤙🏽🤙🏽

I still like the way you can butter and go switch more than pure alpine.

Wow

Hey Ryan, boot out is no longer an issue on my Knapton twin, but I'm having issues with my back knee dragging when I try to fully lay out my toe carves. I would love to see a video with any advice you have on avoiding knee drag.

Very inspirational video. The all mountain rider who can carve and absorb obstacles and stay in control is just as skilled as the half pipe team rider. the old boards sidecut does require a steep slope to switch from edge to edge. Similar to an alpine set up......ever tried a 1988 crazy banna with skateboard style camber....you cannot edge on that without hand dragging on an easy slope. I think the fish tail skid was the way to slow down on those flat boards before they made boards like burton brushie style which eventually was burton custom , balance, dragon etc or then salomon with the killer sidecut were good. capita were nice and stiff and poppy black sb of death model. anyhow the hard boots and race board are going to give you the most direct response if you can carve. I would like to see half pipe riders start using hard boots. Damien sanders and the avalanche crew had to modify there hard boots for tweaky methods....i think he would have got that tweak either way......so yes the old boards were not as dynamic however they tried to copy them with reverse camber at one point. I believe this was because snowboarding was booming and they wanted to send people down the hill with a board that just spins around like a bumper car and doesnt catch an edge an break ther wrist.

Great full circle! Never seen one where someone didn’t pump.

Ryan, this is so inspiring. I would love to interview you about snowboarding and what it means to you. Peace brother, Ari

OMG I'm so bummed I couldn't make it there! I live next door by Schweitzer Mtn Idaho about 2 hours away. Would have been great to meet and ride with you on my Knapton Pro 152! Redmond too for sure. I started hard booting last year. Learning learning. I wanted to show up this year for the beginner sessions to learn some more. I'm going next year for sure! Hope you can make it again 🙏 Kaplah!

I’m so bummed I missed this considering it’s just down the road (Montana speaking) That lift does swing around a somewhat disconcerting amount those first two towers… Talked to Dave earlier this season at the top of Big Mountain one day. Cool guy… I tried to chase him down but we went into a whitefish whiteout and I lost him Hopefully I can make it next year 🤙🏻🤙🏻

Heavy content!

Holly Shit, 83??? That guy is riding since I was born 🤣🤣 awesome riding , carving. I have a 157 classic camber board , if I adjust the stance to positive 13/13 or 15/15 would I be able to carve a steeper hill ? Just this Sunday I had my first run on a red slope , for me was pretty scary, but I managed to ride all the way to the bottom without falling, but there were bumps all over the hill and I was thrown left and right ...😵‍💫🙈

I so wish I could ride with you. I’ve been carving the white since 1990. Soft boot carver too. If you make it to Crested Butte, let me know. Thanks for the great videos.

Don't you live that feeling when the edge is carving its groove, and all you have to do is relax your legs and the board jumps off the snow and swaps edges for you? 😊 my buddy and me call it "popping the transition".

I would LOVE to know which edge angles they use when sharpening their metal edges on the race boards. Any way to find out?

горки классные :)

I really can't believe he's been carving since 1983. Brilliant skills. It's about time he bought a new suit though😂. That Insta 360 makes me feel I'm going to call off the edge of my iPad. Wierd.

Hello Ryan. I really am curious as to what shoe size, board spec, and your height is. It would really help me understand what i need.

At 1:22 it looks like Ryan goes straight for a while while riding up on an edge. Is that possible or does it just look that way in the video? These videos are making me a much better rider!

I ‘ve been snowboarding with soft boots for 6 years now.This year was my first time on hard boots and alpine board.I’ll never go back.The control in turns is so immidiate.Also by using a short board (160) is way easier for short turns

Powder days at a resort last about 2 hours....

Podcast in the future?

When did you get the 19 meter radius board ?

Hey Ryan, how tall are you? 'm 5'8 and my 161 feels too long. I want to carve and butter, but I also want a board that can handle blue runs to ride with my friends. Any suggestions? My next board will be a knapton twin, I'm just trying to figure the specs for it.

Great video , I see you wearing glade goggles now do u prefer them over the wildhorn

I want that guy's orange full body suit at 2:15! Anyone know who makes that?

Ryan 13 m of radius is small for you?

What's Dave riding? Obviously, excellent technique, but that board is also extremely well behaved.

Switch the phone off as well as the mind

That is so much fun to watch, thank you Ryan! .....now I wanna get out on the mountain. Qapla' ! 😃👍❤🏂

Lol I thought this channel had something in common with North Kiteboarding because of this logo 😂 copy-pasta 🥷🏂