😆 baahh young fellow! I did swich my skis to a board in the age of 46. I learnded pretty fast the game - may be that a life long martial arts back round helped to control the body. Never back to skis! Like you said, very useful videos. Let's keep on boarding👍
I swear I have watched every single 180 tutorial on RU-vid but none of them even come close to this one, great work! Also can you do backside 180s please?
That you for this mate, I'm a Coach for Mammoth and appreciate your videos. The bit where you land 90° in preparation for 540's or 7's so your prepared for not dying was great, appreciate it
Went on my first runs of the season this week and after watching your videos all off-season I went out there and had so many mechanics and fundamentals in my mind that I worked on and I’m a completely different snowboarder now! Can’t thank you enough for these awesome breakdowns!
Tommy love the videos,thanks for making them. I am 56 years old, off and on 26 years of snowboarding . Learning a lot ,going to the slopes tomorrow to practice some of your teachings! 1978, I had a snurfer. Thanks a ton: Scott
This is BY FAR the best lesson I’ve seen on this. The progression makes so much sense and much easier to eliminate fear! Can’t wait to get out there this week and try it now!
Yep, he has totally made the transition from instructor to coach when the level of mastery is enough to explain at several different levels, speeds, communicate for multiple learning styles.
Learning a lot about coaching from you Tommy. I love your teaching progressions. Gonna help me pass my level 3 this year lol. Would love to geek out on snowboarding with ya if you ever come visit Woodward Bachelor. 🤙✌️
went to go spend a whole day doing 180s - by the end of it i was able to huck back 540 and front 360s off sidehits - thanks tommie youre a legend. def buying your goggles.
Watched your back 1and pop vids. Put ALL your key points to work to consistently hit them flat and on rollers without unintentionally buttering the nose. ThanKS my dood for the tips!
You somehow always read my mind. I was out tryna figure out FS 1s at bear two days ago. Got a couple sketchy ones in, but this progression is for sure gonna make them feel good.
you should make a video where you talk about other snowboard cultural taboos like the tindy all my friends and i started snowboarding in our mid 20s and we all know nothing about snowboard "culture" lol
Perfect video for what I was working on the other day, definitely going to digest this info and put it to practice this Sunday! Loving these in-depth nerdy vids!
Great progression explained very well!!! I'm becoming a SB instructor after being a long time ski instructor even though I started snowboarding in the early 1990's!
This video is amazing, I’ve been having trouble creating the momentum for the 180 and after some practice with the progression it feels like super natural and easy now
Love the video - are you riding a camber or a rocker or hybrid? I was doing the 90 degree jump-turns and catching edge every time. I ride a camber hybrid, for jumps, park and groomers but I'm thinking about getting a rocker for these kind of tricks and butters. What camber would you suggest for an intermediate rider, but beginner with tricks?
Really appreciate the information... Knowledge is powerful...!!! Heading to SnoBowl in Flagstaff this w/e to practice more techniques from your vids!!! 💯🤜🤛🤘
When you are switching sides by doing 180s on the ground without any air, are you changing from one edge to another, or is there a point where you are just flat?
Hey dude! Your videos and content are great. Just one thing if I may? Should you be saying variable not veritable when describing the changing certain details of a trick? I know what you mean, but it might come across wrong for foreigners who will translate you videos. Keep up the good work! All the best, Rich in Sweden.
Coach Tommie, on my take-off my nose side foward knee gets sore from popping from trying to do my frontside and backside 180s, it feels like I am missing a critical take-off step and am winding up trying to do my 180 too early putting too much torque on my foward knee, it's not a landing issue (see time 3:55 in your vid) but is a take-off issue. How do I fix this problem before I damage my foward knee? Thank you for the great vids
Ok, so do I need to learn pop and ollie first and then try this ? Or I can go with just one of those 2 first and then 180 ? or I can go straight to 180 ? Idk cuz I just learned S turns recently, and I wanna kinda speed up the process cuz winter is ending...
Might be a dumb question but what it the difference on the backside and frontside? I know on the rail is which ever side face the rail when you pop on but how can you tell going down the fall line?
Sounds and looks easy... Until I got out there and froze all that confidence watching videos just evaporated on the slopes😂😂⛑️ but that's all I practice now is jumps and not so hard tricks, want to be able to board park by the middle of next season...🤞🏿
You should add drawings to describe in a different cutscene as sometimes explaining with your mittens can be confusing. I’m gonna practice this weekend. I tend to get scared throwing the 180 spins and landing on the edge and twisting my hip. Great video!!
Tommy. I find that back side 180 is a lot easier than front side. I can back side fine but still am having a hard time with the front side. With back side, I can use the toe edge for grip for pop and spin. Front side, just never can get a good grip for pop and spin. Any tips besides what's in this vid?
Two reasons: it's easier to balance on your toes than on your heels, and you can jump higher from your toes than your heels. You can test this standing in your living room - how far forward can you lean vs how far backward? How high can you jump from your toes vs jumping off of your heels? The tip is to think about lifting your toes to create a heel edge (better balance) instead of trying to put more weight into your heels to create an edge (harder to balance).
Another thing to remember is that it's easier to balance when you're going fast enough, kind of like riding a bike - at slow speeds you turn by using the handle bars, but at higher speeds you can start to lean the bike without it falling over. Same thing with needing enough speed to lean in order to create an edge for spinning - just be careful!
Ok, so one part I was missing last time I tried to do 180 in air while moving was leaning on the edge (heel in this video)... I tried while going flat base, failed every time... What gives ? Anyone doing 180 can help me out understand this logic ? I noticed that even stationary on flat ground, crunching before the rotation and jump, with flat base board is like 10x times harder than when I dug my boards side (toe side in my case) in the snow a bit (lifting my heels in my example).
