Hey I just came here to thank you sincerely for all of the work you’ve put in to helping riders of every level. As someone now in my 40s, who used to only be able to ride once every year or two, I never felt like I was progressing beyond a beginner level. I moved to Norway a couple of years ago right around my 40th birthday and have been devouring your videos, getting up to my local ski hill two or three times a week after work the last two seasons. Practicing your methods, reciting your teachings in my head with each run. Sometimes pulling up your videos on my phone right there on the lift or on the piste. It’s been by turns frustrating, exhilarating, humiliating, inspiring and painful. But I could feel progress being made. I just spent the last 3 days at one of Norway’s biggest resorts and everything just sort of clicked. I rode harder than I’ve ever ridden with a sort of confidence I haven’t felt before. No blacks, but I shredded blues and reds of varying conditions over the last 3 days, even conquered the flats. Zero falls. All carves, gripped turns, always felt in control. My head is still spinning, I never thought I’d get here. Thanks again for your commitment to improving people’s riding.
That is awesome to hear! Well done, I'm glad to have helped, but really it's you who has done all the hard work and made the improvements. Keep going and you'll only get better! 💪
Same here! 48 years old and riding better than I rode in my 20s thanks to watching Malcolm’s videos and trying my best to apply bits and pieces on the 8 or so days I get in the ridiculously short season here in the Virginia and West Virginia area of the US. Thank you so much! Best snowboard instruction available! My only complaint is that the amazing vistas you ride in can be distractingly gorgeous!
This PoV is really cool. Functionally, it shows your line. Artistically, seeing the mountain behind you with the sun and the sky is just absolutely beautiful.
Being a good snowboarder is one thing, being a good teacher another. You’re both Malcolm, thanks for your thorough and easy to understand explanations!
Always a good day when we get a new Mr Moore video. About skidded turns. They are a required part of the arsenal and not being able to do them smoothly shows the rider that they are lacking in edge control/feel and should work on that. 4:34. Essential technique when riding the steeps. Quick edge change, carve the front and then control the speed with the rear and repeat. Not being able to do this results is riders who endlessly side slip down steeps and cause skiers to moan at us for removing all the fresh snow!
Thankyou! I've been very busy this season so haven't been able to dedicate as much time to the RU-vid this winter, but planning on putting more time towards it next season!
I wasn’t sure I was going down steeps correctly but after watching this video about gripped turns it makes sense now!! i’m still uncomfortable with going too fast so i cut speed a lot but have been trying to maintain mostly gripped turns lately!
Would love to see a video on how to snowboard narrow sections of runs. As a beginner I found this challenging on a blue run I did yesterday and wasn't sure how to navigate it effectively.
I’m definitely no expert but if you’re talking about narrow like a catwalk then you just kinda pick a rail and pick a line, if it’s steep and narrow then kinda depends on skill and comfort level when it comes to speed, I started by leafing it, then quick skidded turns, then small carved with the nose pointed really down but also kinda depends on the scenario sometimes I’ll speed check sometimes I won’t sometimes I’ll have to make a skidded turn if there’s people, but definitely once you’re more comfortable with speed I’d say you’d just carve through it with tighter carves
Im no expert, but i would say try making the c turn more open so you can stay in a more narrow line, or flat base it. If youre pickung up speed e brake rq then keep going
Also non expert or instructor I’d say something to nail down is S turns, but like without fully changing edge to cross whatever catwalk or other narrow section and building comfort with quick skid “speed check” transitioning back into heading down the narrow section. Almost to where the full edge to edge transition S turns become elongated like a wiggle for small adjustments in direction while looking ahead and trying to predict where you should go. People behind you are responsible for avoiding you, don’t worry much about them but stay to the inside of the mountain if you’re going slower
Sir, you are my snowboarding master! I'm learning a lot from you. I'm waiting for the next winter season to come watching your videos and imagining snowboarding. Thank you.
I have done snowboarding three days as I move to the alps 7 weeks ago. Your videos really give me a practical meaningful understanding of this beautiful sport. Just subscribed thank you so much.
Definitely stuck in that ‘skipped to gripped’ stage on my last trip. The way you explain the differences and how they feel is what I’m trying to figure out. Thanks for the ideas!
Just got back from a fantastic week in tignes and after watching this I realised without knowing that a lot of my turns are gripped turns. For me it gives me a really surf feel in the slightly softer snow. Yet another great video malcolm
Just wanna say thank you for your videos. I just picked up snowboarding again after 15 years. Watching your tutorials and getting your know how really made a difference in how fast i was able to get up to speed. I almost feel like i corrected some bad habits that i have had from before. I was able to go from green slopes to red in just one day. Thank you!
This video helps a lot of. I had searched a lot regarding the difference between gripped turn and carving turn in Chinese websites, but no one explained as clearly as you did. And the practice for gripped is great, cant wait to have a try on slopes. Appreciate!
hi im 56 male iv never skiied or snowboarded, iv been watching all your back videos and iv just got back from my first week ever of snowboarding and i have to say your videos on how to turn helped me so so much i can now snowboard and put in the turns all the way down the runs except some of the really steep parts im still bit nervous of putting in turns when its really steep so thanks so much and keep up the great content, terry
I just came back from a snow trip and felt like I was not able to carve... You confirmed my thoughts the snow was so bad, melt and with so many bumps... Gripped turns were the only thing I could do. Year after year I have to thank you, without you i would never learn how to snowboard. Never
Just wanted to leave a quick thanks. I just started snowboarding this season, and with your videos and some practice, I have been able to go from not being able to make it down a bunny slope without falling, to being able to confidently ride down EU black slopes in Switzerland and Italy.
You’re an awesome teacher! Makes me realise I could have done with some classes back in the days, as I picked up a bunch of bad habits. Small feedback: I think you could frame the shots wider so we can see the entire board at all times! Great stuff!
Thank you very much Malcolm! I'm at the beginning of my snowboarding journey with something like 5 hours of actual riding time. I learned so much from your videos so my last visit to snowboarding just few weeks ago was a blast. After learning about posture and especially the 'levers on your feet' technique I managed to enjoy riding instead of just trying to survive the ride. I still crashed and broke 3 ribs, but luckily it was just minor fractures and near the end of my trip so last day I had to take it really easy. After this video I can understand my mistakes even better, next year I might learn how to jump or how to survive bumpy slopes as in how to hold balance and posture in very unstable slope. Thank you again Malcolm, information you share is priceless and always very much appreciated! Happy Riding!
Oh my gosh, I bruised my rib just slightly on a mogul and was already in considerable pain whenever I coughed or sneezed, can’t imagine the pain of 3 ribs broken! ☹️ Maybe if such serious crashing is happening, keeping the speed lower and staying more in control might be helpful? Hope you heal quickly and well!
The turn shape view with Insta360 over your head is so beautiful! I'm definitely going to try that for my next trip... thanks for the great video Malcolm!
Ahh... Thanks for the video, I've never had any professional lessons but I got to this point but never knew what its called. - ie Gripped turns. I use this on mogels and icer places whereby if i come across ice the board doesn't come under you and slip out, instead you release the angle and go more across/down the piste (increasing speed), ie traverse/ride over the icy condition. When you eventually get to less icy patch you can initiate the transition/turn and carry on your S's, obviously this is in a matter of a few meters so its about feeling when its the right time to turn and let the board ride without sliding/skidding. Edit: Before this "click" moment happened to me (and I see it now in some of my more novice friends), they brake harder into skidded turns and force the stop. They lose momentum and ultimately confidence in turning. Start to lean back, board come under you and fall over etc etc etc. It's a downward spiral really, very annoying. The way I found the answer was by going fast through it (being silly) and having that momentum to do the technique. My rationale was if i fall anyway it's nearly as fast on my bottom as it is on the board (ie black/double black runs) so I may as well go fast, not fight gravity/the mountains and try to make the turns. :) PS I fell many, many times on icy blacks, speed is just as fast on your bottom so you may as well try it on your board and have more control....
So good to see this vid - I was trying to make carved turns every time and everywhere and was getting frustrated I couldn't do them on steeper slopes with icy snow 🙂
Thanks again for your videos, Malcolm. I took the day off today and went riding. Did my first blue run ever (and I didn't even fall). Your videos have really helped get me to this point. I'm still not where I'd like to be - There's too much skid in my turns, but I can see the progression, and I know what I need to work on. Your "Early Edge Change" and "Short Turn Videos" were instrumental in helping me get to this point today. I only skidded out a couple of times today when I was trying to carve on a slope that was too steep (for me) and also too narrow, in slushy conditions. Thanks again.
another classic vid , ❤❤ , such useful ways to conceptualise turn options , so one can actively engage in turn choice and feedback as you head down the piste
this video enlightened me. i was trying to get into carving recently and yet i've not fully managed to do it. but i do know now, that iam doing gripped turns what might come due to the hang off doing narrow turns (iam used to do from skiing). thanks again for the videos. i've learnd (and improved) a lot with them.
You'll know when you're really carving when you feel the flex of the board and the bounce back out the turn and then when you overpower your beginner board.
Hey Malcolm. Just a quick note to say thanks for all the great and easy to understand advice! I’m in my 50’s and just taken up snowboarding. Been twice this year so far (5/6 days in total) and really find your tutorials help get to grips with the basics and allowed me to get down red and easy black runs with some confidence. I wonder if it would be possible to do a video looking at set up (binding angles, high back angles, stance width and setback, et cetera, and the effect that these have on riding styles)? Just a thought. Keep on with the great content.!
You're there best instructor on the internet, by far! I've been battling with this a lot. I have only been snowboarding for about 4 weeks now and I feel like I still skid a lot of my turns. I think mostly this is because I'm still afraid of going too fast and have trouble controlling my speed. I've tried cutting up the slope a bit after my turns to reduce my speed, but then I have to do a pretty aggressive turn after cutting up the mountain. I'd love to toss you a suggestion for a new video. Evasive Maneuvers! I'd love to see some techniques on how to get out of a sticky situation fast, such as when you're approaching the edge of a trail and about to fly off it, or when you're about to collide with someone, etc. Is counter rotation actually useful when trying to whip yourself into a new direction quickly for an emergency?
Do you ever ride alpine boards with hard boots and double positive stance angles? It would be so interesting to get your perspective on the change in body mechanics, board performance and the ability to carve on those boards in comparison to freestyle boards. I feel like there is a natural limit of what can be achieved on a freestyle board with soft boots and the body mechanics that come with a duckish side-on stance (vs. a front-on alpine stance applying pressure through the sides of the boots)
No I haven't, I have been experimenting with forward angles a bit more recently though, basically for me the jury is still out, I need to spend more time with the forward angle. I think there are positives, but you can definitely still get good results with soft boots and a less forward stance too. Plus I've also found there are definite negatives to forward angles. But it depends what you want to do, for all out carving on grippy terrain, forward facing binding angles, and even hard boots, probably will get you the best results!
Hey Malcolm, I love your videos… I taught myself years ago (and am pretty good if I do say so myself), but I get some great tips from you! Thanks and keep it up!
Sometimes you might want to skid going very like trying to take pictures but don't want to stop because you will get stuck. It is easier to face uphill. If you do crash if your facing uphill you might not run over your camera.
was having some issues skidding turns switch. i knew what the issue was, but still couldn't clean it up for whatever reason. found one of your old videos and drills where you loosen the binding on your front foot. it was freakin magic. it took like three trips down the hill to fix it. luv ya!
I just returned from Jackson Hole with 3 days of lessons. I think my toe edge was really great, I could feel the carve across the piste, I curved up at the end, if I tried down unweighted turns, I could feel even more reverse camber as I straightened my legs and pushed into the board as it went across. However, the heel side was another story. First, I looked downhill a lot and would venture diagonally across piste and gain speed and never feel the arc, and the slowdown arc prior to new turn. I really had to force myself to look across the piste, which changed everything in that regard. I started going more horizontally when I looked across the piste, doesn't make sense to me in a physics way, but it worked. Still wasnt fully engaged on edge carve. My problem is I have trouble bending my knees and staying stacked, I tend to bend at the waist as well, forward towards toe edge of the board. I plan to widen my stance to see if that makes it easier to sink down, with my weight stacked over the heel edge. I'm 55, so not sure if it is a flexibility, balance thing why I do this. I wasn't falling or out of control, but I definitely was sliding lots on my heel edge turns, and not carving. I used to lift weights and an familiar with proper squat technique, front and back squat, but I'm out of practice. Any ideas or tips? Thanks
On the toe edge you can't get as low without the hips going back, and if they do sometimes drop back if you absorb a bump for instance, it doesn't necessarily matter. And the more ankle flex you have and the more you can bend the knees you can still keep the hips stacked over the board whilst letting them drop back slightly!
Out in 3 vallées for the last two weeks and conditions are very changeable, both with altitude and time of day. Icey at the top early, very very slushy down low late, it's really been quite a struggle for me to work out what i should be doing to adapt and i'm certainly not getting it right that much of the time, but at least i know what i'm doing wrong 🙂
Another great video Malcom! I really like how you have broken this one down. I feel as though I am able to control the toe edge turns quite well, moving from carve to speed check and back to carve (or anything between) within the same turn. Carving for me has such a clear feeling, I would describe it as though I feel like the board is locked into it's turning radius, and increasing or decreasing the pressure I apply on the edge changes that radius. I just can't seem to carve out the heel edge yet, everything I try results in skidded turn, but mostly I get this strange side to side wobble from the front of the board when I try engage a carve on the heel edge. This says to me that my weight is too far back, but something is out of whack, either with my weighting or body position and I just can't figure it out. I'll be in Val Thorens for a week from this coming weekend and really looking forward to trying out some of your lessons/drills, and advancing my skills that little bit more!
Something that helped me a lot with my heel edge control was making sure to look and point my head in the direction I want to go, I was constantly looking down the slope when on my heel edge which caused my posture to be all wrong and thus enable to hold an edge on steeper slopes. Having good posture and alignment makes a world of difference but I do think heel edge carving is generally more difficult.
@@gtj1 thanks a lot for your reply! What you mention about looking down the slope makes perfect sense! I can say for sure that I’m not looking ‘deep’ enough into the turn. I’m definitely going to take note of this the next time I’m on the slope, thanks a lot for the advice!
Hello @Suz great! My angles are 17.5 on my front binding and 12.5 on the back. I only changed them recently from 15 and 15. Yes my high backs are set quite positively ‘forward’. I’m basically 2/3 of the maximum angle my bindings can offer.
Hi Malcolm, Thanks for all the great videos. It would be great if you can do an in-depth video on heel side turns. My toe turns are clean but my heel turns seem to start with skidding. Bad posture I’m guessing. Any help much appreciated Cheers, Tom
Awesome videos, i noticed you have a new board! Will you be making any videos about what makes you choose/have certain boards over other types/brands? Be nice to have a look at it up close!
I actually live doing skidded turns, Infact I'm usually sideways backside and Frontside pretty much the whole way down... I am a freeboarder turned snowboarder so maybe that's why. I think they are much more fun than holding an edge.
What a timing! I was on slopes today and the snow condition was mashed potato. I was having a difficult time carving so I tried down unweighted turns, but it was even more difficult. I ended up doing skidded turns with little bit of traverse to make my life easier. I was wondering if I was using bad technique and it turns out I was doing something right. 😌
Thank you, Malcolm. I studied lots of tips from your video. Now I can smoothly ride in black diamond trails(use very tight and short S shape turn), but when I started trying some strict double black diamond pistes/ some off-piste with trees, what scared me was my board was accelerating far faster than single black diamond trails(the slope is very Steep). And usually, it is bumpy/with moguls. I have to spend more time building the grip platform and also need to move across the slope more to reduce the speed, which reduces my edge change frequency, and my turns become far wider than single black trails; the problem is, some double black trails are VERY narrow, and with rocks/trees, I have to use very short turns, if I do that, the speed will burst out easily. I believe I was doing the early edge change rightly and using a tight posture with lower weight mass. Is the problem of twisting? or it is phycially hard to ride slowly in very narrow&steep slope? Thank you again.
Malcolm, hi. Thank you so much for your work and explanations. You have opened up a huge amount of information for me. I have a request. Could you tell me in detail how to move correctly and control the speed in places resembling a narrow halfpipe. I often come across it that I find myself in such places, such as in the forest, when there was no snow for a long time. People roll gutters between trees and it is very difficult to control the board and control the speed there. Because of this, I often get into trouble - I fall, and sometimes I collide with trees. Thank you in advance!
Nice, my board just wants to haul axx. I think need to go to an extruded base 152 max. When its steep and choppy, it gets scetchy to make the turn, so i unweight and flip tge board in one fell swoop like a 160deg turn, but I know its not that steep to do that move yet.
Me and mate were talking about this last week out in VT. The conditions were mostly rutted, icy in places, sticky in others so doing perfect carves is i in variable conditions is next to impossible.
Which snowboard edge angles (bottom and side) are you riding in this video and in general? And thank you, so much, your videos helped me a lot to improve my riding.
Malcolm - have you done videos on different camber types and how riding each, and turning with each is different and what you’d recommend for different skill levels? Lots of opinions out there, would love to hear yours.
Hi Malcolm, love your videos. Could you clarify the difference in actions between the gripped turns here and turns with torsional twist? Or are they similar/the same?
@malcolm moore, would you be able to do a video on board recommendations for beginners? There's so much information out there it's a bit overwhelming (e.g. rocker, flat, camber, hybrid, flex, etc)
Man, this season was hard for myself that has become an advanced ridder. Snow started late At my local mountain and ski station. In addition it started to melt at the beginning of march and trails were icy. :/
Have you explained how to pop off jumps? I tried my first park jumps recently and I'm pretty I ended my pop mid-air cause my legs locked out in a weird position. Didn't break anything but easily my worst fall yet.
Always appreciate the videos Malcolm! Got a request as well: could you make a more extensive elaboration about the euro carve? I’ve been trying it for several days, but can’t seem to grasp it. I either end up loosing all my speed or being unable to get into the laid out position. Could be my skill level, but perhaps some extra pointers would help.
Hey, Thank you for your videos which has helped me a lot learning how to snowboard this season. From completely being unable to turn and control speed to being able to carve and go down the slope confidently. Since it is the end of season for me here in the midwest, how do I store my snowboarding gears during the off-season?
Give the board a quick wax, no need to scrape until after a quick reheat next season, everything should be pretty good, make sure it's all in a dry place. But also your boards won't disintegrate if you don't do this, I don't always, so don't stress too much!
@@malcolmmoore thanks for this advise. I will probably do this since this is my first board. I'm always recommending your videos to my friends as a good starting point in learning how to snowboard. Keep giving us free information on how to improve our skills. Till next season! PEACE!
Hey Malcolm, Love your videos! I can’t find a video on up unweighted turns, but I’ve heard you mention one a few times. If you’ve done one, would you mind posting the link? If you haven’t done a video on this yet, would you mind doing one please?
Hi Malcolm, I’ve been messing with my stance angles lately, switching from +21 -9 to +27 +15. In your opinion, if I don’t hit the parks a lot, what’s the negatives for double posi stance? I am confused right now. Thank you
I like riding flat on my back foot and putting little bit of pressure on toe or heel edge on my front foot. This way, I can relax my muscles while riding flat runs. If I put pressure on an edge with both feet, I can’t relax and have to constantly change edges, which makes me tired.
Gripped turn = slashing turn? Any difference here? They look the same to me - kick out the tail a bit and push it with the back leg to scrub off some speed and make a quick direction change, while either keeping the board pointed somewhat downhill or transitioning to a sharp change of direction? Especially useful in trees and tight moguls
I would say no to kicking the back leg out here, as that will mean you loose the smooth arc of the turn. But also this isn't a turn that is as clear to define as a carved turn. Sometimes I think I over explain things... just enjoy snowboarding!
Is having an old board with worn difficult to sharpen edges a factor for ending up skidding? I can do all those techniques and have been snowboarding for over 20 years but do skid if steeper or icier.
