TOP 5 Most Common Jumping Mistakes on a Snowboard 

I found snowboarding again at age 44. I used to ride in the mid 1990s when boards where just gaining popularity. Now I have young kids that I have taught to snowboard. It's been a blast. Your videos have taught me a lot of basic foundation skills that have made a better rider than I was in my teens and early 20s. Thanks.

Bro I dont know where I'd be without these videos, love

“Ahhhhh I’m falling over I’m dying” had me dying 😂😂

If Only I started this journey 30 years ago!

It's easy: I see a Tommie Bennett upload, I click play and then I click the thumbs up.

Tommie, it would be awesome if you made a video of a park run where you break down what's going through your head for every trick, like bullet points for each trick. It would be sick to see you shred more and get like 4-5 different tricks in a single vid

As a skateboarder I was olle’ing of almost everything on snowboard and was struggling with keeping balance steady on take offs and mid air. Once focused on popping of both feet on jumps balance and overall calmness improved a lot. Took a while to get used to taking of both feet and feel natural. Skateboarding helps a lot with 🏂 basics etc but on the other hand have to break few skate habits throughout the process

Yesss, needed this one! Finally getting around to doing jumps this season, the only thing I’m struggling with is the fear of leaving the ground 😆

Tbh the cross arm tip helped me so much. I always fell and even broke my collarbone once but from the moment I started using your cross arm “technique” I’ve made so much progress. Thanks bro❤

Tommies really out here risking injury so we don’t have to. What a guy

I love the content. You’re the one creator I’ve found that makes me feel confident in the beginner/intermediate abilities I have, but yet keeps me so stoked to go out and learn the next step in safe progression. Keep doing you, you’re a true role model and a blast to watch on a board.

Hey Tommie.. I'm from Brazil, I'm starting now and my evolution with the help of your videos is getting bigger and faster. you are the man! thank you so much!!!

id like to commend Tommies Knees for putting up with him making this video .... lol bro...

Thank you for showing everything clearly, it's as if I'm looking at myself from the side

Thank you for doing all this for us man! I found your channel, not too long ago. & I really like your content, I have honestly learned some things From your tips.

Super helpful, looking forward to the big jumps video!

I was looking for an explanation on the whole pop vs. ollie takeoff and this was helpful and just what I needed😁 ordered some TB logo stickers!!

Love your energy dude. Thanks for these videos. They've really helped me.

great vid, thanks! can't wait for that ollie vs pop vs hybrid vid and which one to choose. i see a lot of folks clearing a knuckle/roller doing what you do around 2:28, looks like an ollie or a pop and it maintains good speed and control, hopefully you cover that in the vid

my cousin has been taking me to the local mt and i've been picking up snowboarding real quick. i've been binge watching your vids to try and improve on my off days. thanks for the awesome content Tomm-o

Me and my boys shred mt.hood (timberline and ski bowl haven’t hit meadows yet) bought a board and everything over the past couple weeks fully invested it’s mine and my friends new zen. Trying to outshine them been studying your videos hard proud of you for killing it! Please never stop guiding me cause I’m catching on to the snowboard lingo! Staying stacked ;) anyway night boarding is so lit (no pun intended)

Bruh, I've been getting much better with your lessons. Keep making videos and riding sweet. About to start getting more consistency on the local hills.

Thanks for the video. Always end up super back seat or bent over on jumps. Really having trouble positioning my head for landings. Almost took out my MCL on a frontside 180 a month ago, so this and the frontside 180 video are going to be really helpful. Would love to see some content on coming up with a step-by-step progression plan to get better at jumps and jibs.

That Supra hoodie thoooo 🔥

That tip with X-crossing arms really helps a lot, thanks! Now waiting for “pop vs ollie” video)

Great video Tommie. Keep it up!

Thanks man.. it’s all needed.. your skills are helping this old man.. 😊

Thanks for taking those hits to help demonstrate 👊

Your boy has a MK4 Supra? I spot that hoodie flex.

Wow I literally just came back from the hills, was struggling with my jumps (I'm Noob tho) and I was like I need to watch a video about jumps, and this popped up, gold!

Amazing video as always. Also props to you for deliberately falling over to make this video

Love this vid Tommie!!🙏🤘

You’re incredible man!! The scientific explanations is awesome and actually helps my confidence when trying things!

Great tips man, especially "ollie vs pop" 🤙

That open shoulder had my face in the snow so fast...

The timing of this video is insane, haha! I just started hitting jumps this week, and I love it! Now I know what to work on during my next session! Thanks a lot!

thanks for sharing your tips and knowledge keep it up!

Thank you Tommie!

Thanks for the tips

Respect for sacrificing your knees for this video lol

Such a good one my dooood thanks for the help

This is great. I don’t do the parks but like to get a little air on the sides of trails or off humps. Could never feel stable in the air, always felt like I drifted to landing leaning back and falling if I get “too much air”😂

You explain well bro, love the content!

Thanks for the tips!

Nice vid. Great tips

Love your videos Tommie 👍

Tommie ur The best giving these valuable tips

Needed the tips for the big jumps goin outwest this year 😁😁

lol my second time ever snowboarding and i was already going for some jumps. My butt was obliterated at the end of the day. Cant wait to go back

New goggles and gloves? Fuego

Bro you are sooo good at noob jumping

This is exactly what I need !

love your video its awesome!!! 🔥😀🔥😀

made me realize alot of my mistakes. Thanks

The video you made on Ollie ca pop was mental

You are the guy!

im digging it

wicked, man

Just started snowboarding like 2 weeks ago. I’ve gone like 5 times already & im going tomorrow! I wanna go fast mama 😂

Thanks 🙏!!!

Thankyou !!!

I came here to find out the best way to judge speed, and the answer made me feel so lonely 🙁 lol. I don't snowboard often but the last time I went I thought I had too much speed for a jump but it was actually the perfect amount. I thought I over shot until my board hit the snow in the sweet spot. The rest of the day I was coming up short, maybe had one or two more decent attempts

Gr8 video and u frickin jump rel good bro

Wow this is so accurate

I tried a curved box for the first time and I landed on my back after getting what felt like 3 feet of air. Knocked the wind out of me and I thought I came really, really close to breaking my back. That was last Saturday and I'm still feeling stiff/sore. I was wearing a half-full backpack and it was my 3rd run of the day so to keep going, I ditched the backpack and finished the day and I was surprised to find that my balance was a lot better. I'm thinking of never wearing a backpack ever again as I never see you with one on.

Tommie when you’re approaching a kicker for a straight air, are your eyes locked onto the point on the lip you’re taking off from, or are you looking out in the air space of your trajectory?

Great tips. Very practical and helpful. Thanks for keeping it family friendly; my kid likes to watch your vids as well. BTW...are you riding at Copper Mountain, CO...did I see that right?

I all ways stay stacked !! Im the stacker hahah ellstacker

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Can you give a video how to maintain stability side to side when launching. I am always toe heavy or heel heavy

Thanks

They make it look so easy

Thanks. Sometimes I dead sailor landing on my back. What causes this/ how to correct?

Yesterday i got on a snowboard again after like 1 year and wanted to try jumps, at first everything was great and good but then the last jump that i did was way to fast and landed with my back on the ground from like 13 feet but luckly i didnt break anything (i hope so) but my back hurts very much and my neck

2:58 a local legend at Copper (me) makes a cameo. Lol

How do we correct landing tail heavy. (I feel like my weight is centered) I especially have trouble with this on jumps with more of a steeper lip. Wondering if you are matching the angle of your shoulders to the angle of the landing?

Where do you primarily ride? Also, great videos.

when you do these lists can you add the itemized list to either the video description section or a pinned comment? That would be a nice addition.

Hey Tommie, what's good! I finally started learning how to do jumps last week (18-08-23) took me some time to get over the fear threshold but I finally did. I started just riding over them until I finally started catching some air. throughout the weekend I got a little too comfortable and decided to hit a second consecutive jump and I picked up way to much speed off the first one and as I tried to brake check it was to late and I panicked and completely overshot the jump and landed on my back. Got a bruised kidney and a fractured rib. definitely my fault as I got a little to hungry to improve to quickly. I managed to get one jump recorded and I noticed my back leg was higher than my front so my board was on an angle in mid air so the front end of the board made contact with the snow first and I was very wobbly in mid air (hands were flapping everywhere) what are some tips to correct your body positioning in mid air? at least if I'm going to fall id rather the board hit the snow first or am I overthinking it to much? definitely keen to keep trying! all your vids have so far helped me improve at a rapid rate so thank you!

What resort was this video shot at? Looks so much less crowded than Breck and Keystone

On a straight air are you leaving the lip flat based? Only coming off on heel or toes when spinning?

What Burton model board are you riding? Thanks

where do i cop that supra hoodie tho?

i am looking for a good snowboard that can lean easily for oly and good for jumps, do you have any recommanded brand?

Please where do I find these small jumps at copper

i hear many people saying look ahead of you, but how am i gonna look ahead of me and at the jump at the same time? Dont i have to look at the landing aswell to know when i am bracing for impact?`trying to learn this but i am having a hard time with this.

Supra jacket tho....

Question: the belly button tip of keeping it over the center of the board makes sense but as the angle of a jump starts increasing and you start leaning back. Should I be leaning forward into it to keep my belly button above the center or should I be standing athletically “straight” up? My biggest issue is landing tail first off of jumps and I don’t know why.

How can you land right? On a edge or flat? Even when i do really small jumps it seems like i lose complete control over the board

Has overshooting happened many times to you? Is it so painful?

Go to Crested Butte and tell us how to ride rambo

what length is the board you are using in this video and how tall are you?

What was that front side 360 flip thing you did after you said "we're gonna keep it going".... and how do you do that?

Could you add Ollie vs Pop URL in description?

Hey tommie, I'm struggling with landing with both legs at the same time, I trie to pull the upper at the same time and land with them at the same time, but it happens many times that I'm landing tail first or nose first.. tail first i can always overcome bug the nose first can make me crash bad sometimes, do you have any good tips on that? Is probably other struggling with the same problem

Set up the approach go from light heel to light toe then takeoff suck the knees up.

gotta love the evo pagosa mitts 🤤

What mountain?

I’m so mad at myself, I hit a jump in a new park without taking a lap in it and tipped back and hit my hip and ended my day on the mountain for the last timer