5 Moves To Improve Your Carving Snowboard Turns

[@Chaugar]

I see numerous comments questioning Kevin on putting weight on the back foot and you guys saying you should weight the front foot. Kevin is correct here. You do want to weight the front leg to initiate the carve but as the carve comes around you want to shift your weight to the center of the board and then towards the back of the board. This will give a better edge hold and prevent it from washing out. Malcolm Moore talks about the same thing. It's called fore and aft pressure along the length of the entire edge.

[@user-yn3rv1px7z]

0:25 1.show base toside 1:34 2.move weight to back foot 2:33 3.balanced body over snowboard 3:31 4.stand tall & get low 4:19 5.choose mellow terrain

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Thanks for making the time stamps!

[@kerryroth3431]

Hi Kevin, I wanted to say thank you for creating this video and all of your other content. I am an intermediate snowboarder that has snowboarded around 12 times over the last 16 years or so. Yesterday I got on a board for the first time in three years and had one of my best days yet on the slopes. They way you explain transitioning from your toe to hill edges as well as steering with your lead knee is very easy to follow, and really helped me out yesterday when I tried it. Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge and adventures for others to enjoy!

[@ellstackeradventures]

Let's gooooo i want to ride like ryan knapton

[@SnowboardProCamp]

What a legend! Me too!

[@Felix-kd8tn]

Once you're done with snowboardprocamp, ryan has videos too!

[@rmtomasin]

I like Malcolm Moore too, those three are my favs.

[@chuck__van]

Ryan's putting videos out again... yay!

[@Luke.Cooking]

He’s crazy smooth

[@pauljames1258]

i really struggled carving with rental boards and boots as im size 10 uk and 6ft tall these are pretty popular sizes so i would end up with slim boards or short boards if i was late hiring or if it was busy ,last year i took the plunge and bought step ons and a nice wide 159 board and the difference is amazing its a bit expensive travel wise bringing the board on the plane but worth it

[@santoSGetaway]

That is the best carving terrain I've seen so far👍 good job, Kevin.

[@humboldtistari]

The day before, I was practicing carving on that same run with my '21 Kazu. Thanks for the vid.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Awesome! How did it go?

[@humboldtistari]

@@SnowboardProCamp Lumberjack is a good warm-up trail. Lots of fun for the first laps.

[@KJ-yh2kd]

My home mountain! Can't wait to go up

[@tomasnozka1]

It looks very reasonable. I am looking forward to practicing some of your advices!

[@SnowboardProCamp]

You got it!

[@academysnowboardco_]

For the people! 🙌

[@TheCrossfitter]

Man I can’t wait to get back out there this weekend here we goo; working on mobility/recovery till then

[@El-Berto]

Great timing I was GONNA practice carving earlier today at Northstar but there was so much good powder in between the trees that I couldn't resist hitting that instead of the groomers.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

After we made this video we hit some powder in the trees. It was so nice!

[@El-Berto]

@@SnowboardProCamp No powder bashing boulders this time? lol

[@lovablelycan]

Chiming I’m from Korea! Used this video to help see improvement while riding switch. Helped a lot thank you!

[@christianlux4187]

love the quality(resolution) of your Videos

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Thank you!

[@TheIBROWman]

nice back foot tip!

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Thanks! Have you used that before?

[@TheIBROWman]

@@SnowboardProCamp not yet but I will this weekend!!

[@sashashkodich9505]

@@SnowboardProCamp it works for me too. I think it’s even more relevant for directional boards with wider noses.

[@jefffeltes9309]

Now that was a fun, informative vid! I loved the wireless mic, and the constant movement. Great content!

[@Purpdskuzbug]

Damn honestly, I’ve been snowboarding since 2010-2011 and apparently my technique is terrible 😭 hitting the slopes Monday so I can figure it out. I skid vs carve a lot and I think I can increase my speed and stability with these tips! I’ll be back here Monday afternoon for an update

[@DerekRobertsonSomerville]

Hands down best video for carving on youtube!

[@fudhater8592]

A cambered board helps tremendously

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Camber helps a lot!!

[@Capykiller]

Tip 1: get yourself a colouring board Tip 2: stop counter rotation Tip 3: get your bum in on backside Tip 4: stretch during turn

[@ColindeSilva]

Hoi Lambert, if I could add due to maybe translation error 1 - "carving" board - slightly stiffer, no boot overhang? Don't need wide unless you have big feet 2 - to not counter rotate - initate with upper body - (head/shoulders) to avoid counter rotation? 3 - bum in = commit 🙂 4- stretch during turn - push out at apex of turn (perpendicular to piste direction) - sort of the opposite of instruction for beginner boarding I guess. +1: look over your shoulder for fast movers before initiating turn. Please - carver video creators - bake this in to your videos. these techniques use up the entire piste, let's be responsible.

[@Capykiller]

@@ColindeSilva 😁just saw the autocorrection. I'd also add Camber and no rocker board

[@xnadeenx03]

Thank so much for the knowledge. I have difficulty carving through steeper terrain, I tend to speed check occasionally while falling leaf. Or Maybe because my board is on the freestyle side

[@SnowboardProCamp]

You can defiantly carve with a park board. Just takes some time.

[@TheHikrr]

Solch leere Pisten hab ich auch lang nicht mehr gesehen!😳😄👍

[@snowboard303]

Just did a similar video on this! Nice. Interesting you say at # 2 to put weight on back leg… I might challenge that and say people tend to put too much weight on the back leg and use it too much to pump the breaks by spinning it around. It really is a feel thing tho I think, we just “feel” different things on the carve but get the same result. Good video :)

[@johnpoo1662]

1:34 2.move weight to back foot. Doesnt that contradict what people normally advise which is put weight on your FRONT foot to lock in the turn? Usually newbies put their weight on the back foot, because their afraid of leaning down the slope, causing them to slide out. Me is confused...

[@shadesriding4259]

Can’t wait to try those tips next week 🏂

[@chuck__van]

Check your blind spot before doing long sweeping heelside carves accross the run. Safety first

[@ninilustig]

I was last weekend on the mountain of central Switzerland, …I wish ,,,I got a such nice trail to do snowboard, i didn’t that much space to practice, ….and It was snowing the whole day….then I got injured..😂, no worried, I never give up by my age 45…hehe

[@custom55]

Any suggestions on stance width ?

[@codybythesea]

On toe edge, aren't we suppose to bring the belly button more outward by pushing the hips forward and over the board? looks like your heel edge and toe edge mid to upper body stays still and just changing edge with your ankle and legs

[@tonytran9151]

Shoutout to the cameraman.

[@jacquelinewong7695]

How to start carving for beginner? When choosing shoes should I get tighter ones?

[@m_b4]

Got a referral for Adobe?

[@fast22fast]

You forgot to mention that in order to make the perfect carve, you have to be goofy footed like you and me ;)

[@abuluqman1646]

Hey man, this is not real carving. Obviously, in carving, the lower body works, that is, the knees work. The upper body remains motionless. See how to improve a real carving by Ryan Knapton . Ryan Knapton is monster of carving style. He does amazing things.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Compared to Ryan we’re all just twiddling our thumbs.

[@abuluqman1646]

I don't hate your job, dude. It's OK. You do good things too. I made mistake maybe when I said about your tutorial. Maybe your tutorials for beginners. Pls take my apologize if I had angry you

[@dylanh763]

#2 is not great advice and seems to be confusing people. Turns are most optimally initiated with weight slightly on the front foot (in most situations). To your point, it is important to shift weight towards the back foot through the control and completion phases of the turn to lock in the carve and prevent chatter/skidding out, but you're fighting gravity if you're leaning back as you try to initiate a carve. When I teach people carving and start showing them different ways to get dynamic, I literally have them initiate turns with weight on the back foot so they get a feel for how much harder it is to turn your board compared to having proper posture (knees bent, balanced stance, shoulders parallel to the slope of the hill). The steeper the terrain, the more obvious this becomes. For anybody trying to work on carving steeper terrain, be sure that you start with your weight slightly forward and shift it back for control throughout the turn.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Great explanation!

[@korsos68]

Where is this beautiful sunny place?

[@1sma_l]

thanks for tips 👍👍. but it's weird, i remember my learn here in france and i guess they teach me drive snowboard with front foot, look far in curve, lower your gravity center. i know the teaching is different for exemple few year ago (20 i think), we learn counterrotation in France.

[@slydaxpoker5646]

You started smoking a bowl on that lift after this clip ended 😂😂

[@BONDSZE]

Hi, thanks so much for your demo! May I ask what mellow terrain exactly mean? Groomed slope?

[@stevensonjoseph7806]

How is your buddy recording and snowboarding at the same time ?!??

[@fredhansen5945]

Where is the carving on your vidéo ???

[@AlexanderGeorgiev-Marck]

Do you think that the 2nd rule for the "back foot" somehow depends on the sidecut and other deck's specifics?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

I think it universal across all side cuts. Because as the carve come around the turn more pressure goes to the back foot naturally. I could be wrong though.

[@AlexanderGeorgiev-Marck]

​@@SnowboardProCamp I will try and come back to you. The last vids, starting NZ, are all amazing and very helpful to the SNB comunity

[@geor992]

Definitely. Carving on a freestyle board is different kind of movement in duck stance. If you have both feet to the front its different.Also DO NOT put weight on the back foot. Here you can see that you always keep centered, this guy is really good: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6m4fX6notp5h6M See how he slowly changes edges before the turn without "catching an edge", which shows perfect control of the board. Also no hand movement.

[@dsd-downshiftdave8056]

I chose a flying V which has rocker and camber, is this a good choice for starting off or was I better off going with a camber

[@Ktstylexoxo]

How do you adjust your high backs from your bindings? I have the burton one 😮

[@Darksky600]

I have a rocker board, does this effect learning to carve? Do I need to buy a camber board?

[@dootdoot1867]

Start with weight over the back but as you advance it's about the front foot. You want extremely balanced weight and body position. It is about getting low. Deep squats. You can push out to ark a carve tighter, but squatting and engaging the squat deeper through the carve will give you the edge power and hold to rip on steep blues, through chopped and variable. A solid front foot is the key to all of this. It becomes painfully obvious as you start to train switch carving to the same level and your front foot weight, control and power isn't there at all compared, which creates the limitations to skill between the stance as you build up muscle, nervous system connections and confidence. Xavier de la rue has a great few minute clip of content ripping a carve and explaining and he rides big steep lines in back country on ice sheet lol.

[@ollyburhouse2464]

That’s just wrong through and and through buddy 😂

[@dootdoot1867]

​@@ollyburhouse2464 Did you watch Xavier? Watch His Back side turn piece to start, it's a good illustration. Has helped me a ton for ripping pencil line carves on any run in any condition, through boarder cross to mogul fields.

[@alexitomed]

Hello Kevin, I am starting to learn snowboarding and I would like to know if you can advise me which board I should choose. I would like you to help me. I am 1.70m tall and weigh 64kg. regards

[@geor992]

Really love your videos, but this time i have to comment: I really advise against putting weight on the back. With the weight back you do not have control to hold on the edge. If you get on ice with the weight on the back foot, you lose traction. Always try to lean forward. If you think you are too far on the front foot, let someone make a photo. Chances are 100%, that you are perfectly centered. Also in the video you did have much weight on the back foot all through, maybe a bad habit from powder riding? ;-) One very good Move is to start turning by moving the front hand to the back knee for frontside turn and then moving the back hand to front knee for backside turn. Gives you perfect rotation and good weight shift. Another one: Try putting both hands on your thighs, it really helps against the hand movements and to develop feeling for the board which is essential for good carving.

[@aaronwilliams858]

Kevin, do you change your rear stance angle when carving vs free ride?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

I usually set my back foot to -9 on a freeride / carving day.

[@aaronwilliams858]

@@SnowboardProCamp thanks!!

[@PTXclusive]

When carving backside...I feel less pressure on my back foot than my front foot...is that normal or u got any advice?!

[@spoon0857]

hi, for free rider, do you recommended set up +15/-15?

[@kk56111]

I was always told to put my weight on my front foot so that the back can kick out for the carve. Are you saying to only transition weight to the back foot when you’re actually making the turn?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

I find when I put more weight towards my tail during the second half of the carving turn my edge holds much better. If you try it let me know if it works .

[@thesicillianbull]

Bro sugarbowl tomorrow!!!! I got u hmu 12" of fresh tonight!!!!!!

[@user-xw9yw8ur2z]

Hey Kevin, what angles are you using when carve or freeride ?

[@MrArjay123]

The high backs with 4 or 5 lean is a very draining position to me. Idk. I like no forward lean. But I am trying to ride with a more fwd lean this season

[@JuanGarcia-hx3uv]

What’s name of that mellow run?

[@Brohemouth16]

Drop the blind date my friend, the invisible girlfriend under your left arm is forcing you to break at the waist ;)

[@sissi20ca]

Kevin, I tried a carving lesson today and was told to change my binding to +9/+27. Is it OK for a beginner?

[@manojgurung5310]

where is this ? the mountain ? would love to go there

[@howdoyoufeel6452]

Dope vid! Having an issue when I go to carve on my heels (goofy rider) my tail just like skids and slides and I can’t get it to have a nice smooth turn into my heals without it being washy in the tail! Any tips ?

[@cdbrown30]

Bruh…

[@marct6650]

Question, does increasing my angle (showing my base) make my balance increase as well?? I’m scared of catching an edge

[@SnowboardProCamp]

You shouldn’t catch an edge this way, but I may take some time to feel comfortable with the balance.

[@xiaopao]

Will clean carves only work if there’s minimal to no boot hang?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Having to much boot hang can definitely mess up your carves. If you have size 9.5 boots are more you probably need a Mid-wide to wide board.

[@clinicasartorio871]

Amazing tutorial??? Is it really essential to use a wide snowboard?? I use a small boot (40EU; 7EEUU; 25cm)

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Wide boards help if you have bigger feet. My boots are 9.5 and I wide board is better for me for carving. Not sure what that translates to in Europe sizes

[@aysegulbasmaci8920]

Waooowwww 👏👏👏👏👏👏 u r süpeeerrr

[@tanel8132]

Nice video mate :) I've no problem carving but my chicken legs get really tired very fast. Do you have any suggestions on what I could do to strengthen my legs for snowboarding? I get to ride only 5-10 days per season so I want to be able to to ride from morning until lifts close

[@bukchoiii]

You're doing it wrong. Do you go to the gym for 8 hours a day? Optimal riding time is 4 hours, go more days and less hours.

[@tanel8132]

@@bukchoiii Unfortunately there aren't any ski resorts in my country so every year I make 1-2 trips to some foreign country. These trips cost a lot of money and I really want to make the most out of every minute :)

[@bukchoiii]

@@tanel8132 then your only option is to strengthen your legs throughout the year and during boarding, squats, dead lifts, stretches. look up mobility duo

[@stevePHXD]

Squats, maybe pick up long boarding too.

[@edoardorota9521]

@@bukchoiii what are u saying bro hahaha optimal time 4 hours🤣🤣. So ur telling me that u go to the mountain and ride only 4 hours bro...when I do a ski trip of a week i ride every day around 7/8 hours and that's how every person I know does and it's normal. Ur wasting ur snow days if u ride only half day. And I think the guy who asked the question probably just hasn't a good posture on the board and charges too much on the legs so he feel tired before, because I don't practice any sport and I can handle a 7 week trip with 8 hours every day riding, as any of my friends who come with me, also my parents can... if u want to improve it and ride more time without feeling ur legs tired just try 1h with an instructor and trust me then everything will change and u will be able to ride as long as u want, u just have to learn in which position ur legs can impress the same force or maybe less if not needed but with a much more comfortable angle😀

[@philshoreman9489]

anybody know what mountain this is?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

This was yesterday at Northstar in California.

[@17jlan1]

What's the angle on your bindings?

[@SnowboardProCamp]

I do +18 and - 9

[@chenchen2221]

Since when North Star have this good snow😂

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Lucky start to the season!

[@hang0822]

虽然我一句都听不懂，但我觉得学到很多

[@annekecornee]

Isn't tip 4 the other way around? If you stand up, you release pressure from the board and when you get low, you put the pressure back on.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

When you get low the pressure actually comes off. You can test it on a weight scale. When you bend down you become lighter on the scale for a moment.

[@marknash6307]

In Europe I was taught to compress the knees before entering the turning phase of the carve so you don’t unload the edge before the turn. Then as you enter the second half of the carve release the compression pushing the loading down through your edge to maintain traction and power out of the turn. This takes commitment and confidence in your edges, but the acceleration out of the carve is great.

[@MrNeuroMind]

dont you make a mistake that your upper body is not synced up with your lower body? like in 4:48 - 4:52

[@t-gates]

Bad advices about back leg man. 50-50 is right position.

[@claudemirlopes4999]

Legau

[@glibdavidyuk8485]

i still didnt get the 600

[@KarlOlofsson]

You people carve with your snowboards? ;)

[@jasminejaru]

I started to give up …please help me😢

[@Cowicide]

Reddit says you aren't carving. FYI.

[@Bad_Riders]

Also a tip find a nice open run with no one on it to practice this…

[@chuck__van]

Where are those ones at Buller again?..

[@Bad_Riders]

@@chuck__van wombat… lbs… and burnt hut before the ski schools kill the run

[@chuck__van]

@@Bad_Riders 🤣🤣🤣

[@tadeocobian9281]

First 💪

[@fuzzymuffinsthe3rd]

Step 1. Don't have a size 12 shoe that hangs a bit over your 165w board 🙄

[@Jonah5590.]

Skiing is stillllllllll better sorrrrrry

[@moonlightshift]

First

[@dannjp75]

29 days to go! I’ll be putting all of this into practice..🤘🏻🏂

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Awesome!

[@BillyBob-mw7ho]

Is this beginningers or novice?? Wtf be specific!! Not svery single beginners gona know wtf