9 Habits of Advanced Level Snowboarders

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[@jackdelp457]

Honestly everytime I watch a video on “advanced riding” it just feels like someone explaining how to snowboard as a whole

[@bluepool6969]

That's pretty much true. The more advanced the terrain, the more important the fundamentals become.

[@michaelpeternixon]

Agree to disagree with point #2. IMO, all snowboarding happens from the ankles up. The joint opens or closes to control edging and pressure. The knees and hips are next to articulate (flexion or extension) and control rotation (turning) more than shoulders or arms should be. The use of gross upper body movements does assist beginners initiating turns but it is not a habit of advanced snowboarders.

[@boarderwoz]

Also agree, I spent years trying not to use shoulder rotation and bring the steering down to my feet ankles and knees.

[@Gio-ue8ps]

The feet are super important at high speeds for stability

[@HAMSTERKILLER666]

What you say is fair for successive sharp fast turns. But turning in with your shoulders is good as you still have torsion potential in your lower body to apply more force in your turn. If you engage your turns from the lower body and your upper body drags behind you won't have that torsion capacity.

[@takeshiyanagita1678]

There's an exercise I've seen people do where you hold a ski pole parallel to the board and maintain that. That way you isolate the movement to just your legs like you're saying. Dictating movement from the upper body looks sloppy and is inefficient.

[@AdamIannazzone]

Not gonna lie: I live on the Ice Coast, and sometimes I just watch your videos to dream of powder. Seriously though, always such a relaxed and fun watch!

[@JG-qr2eh]

“Not gonna lie” …that right there shows me you’re definitely from Northeast lol. Yea man same for me. I’ve never done powder before 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@themaven1276]

Me too Adam….me too

[@36doristar]

Try living in London. 1 week of snow every 3 years if we're lucky 😫

[@riwgage]

it's easy to go get some pow brother, take 1000$ and drive to the west sleep in your car for a week man sometimes u just gotta sacrifice 😂

[@hkiss95]

I make it a priority to go out west every year with friends. It’s definitely amazing out there.

[@EmilyVidd]

I'll add, anyone really carving is looking uphill just as much as forward because they have learned that other skiiers and riders can't predict the speed of the carves going across the hill. Looking uphill is the number one habit that keeps me safe. You really have a different line/path/speed when really carving

[@ChristianRunsNY]

I've been riding for 30 years, fortunately many many days each season. It's hard to put into words what comes naturally as you spend hours and hours on snow, but just had to say this is a pretty good breakdown of some tricks to work through as you progress so you get to the point where everything feels natural, faster.

[@juliusmcdonald483]

To your point on #2, this has been huge when learning/getting comfortable with riding switch! Great vid, thx!

[@elisenz9381]

This was a great style of video to watch. Loved that Kevin was commentating ‘live’ rather than adding commentary over the top. Gets my hyped for the snow season just starting in New Zealand

[@maelileclercq6569]

Thank you so much for your sharing guys, great great job filming ! Will apply those good habits for my next runs, (dreaming of the first powder days 🇳🇿) About to become so much more confident thanks to you !! 😊

[@TheCrossfitter]

Just got back from riding a few hours ago, this is very helpful thanks Kevin

[@voo__doo1508]

Haven’t watched of these in awhile but shout out Kevin your an awesome guy glad I got the pleasure to meet you where I work and stoked to hopefully see you around more🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@coolbrotherf127]

One thing that helped me understand controlled steering was "Steer with your edge, not your legs." Obviously the legs are still important, but focusing on letting the board initiate turns smoothly instead of swinging the back of the board around with my legs made a big improvement in my speed and control.

[@michaelbraun-upfrontconsulting]

Thanks for all the tips. Can’t wait for the season to start!

[@davidsimpson3885]

Cheers mate, point 5 worked like a charm, worked on it today and it made everything that much easier.

[@italiano5150]

Great video as always!!! Very useful tips!!!! Thanks 🤟

[@4seasonshredder]

I've been a snowboard instructor for 6 years now and I agree 100% with these skills/habits. The importance of bending your knees cannot be stressed enough as it is crucial for improved confidence and comfortability on the board. In addition, I would say that bending your knees improves your maneuverability vastly which will help in the event of a fall or close call. Great great video.

[@danielbarron8515]

Sick board, love the AfterBlack!!

[@juniorsve]

Been following you since u started aniwboarding back in 15/16! Thanks very much for all your tips!

[@danmorrill7757]

Awesome video! me and my family were in the background during #4!:) hope you had a good day at Palisades! Love the videos!

[@jlo2o199]

Fantastic video, man 👏 great idea

[@doronmilner552]

Awesome Vid. So great. Looking forward to trying these out in Japan this month. Big shout out to your video guy! He is brilliant. Great stuff all round. Thanks.

[@KrutoiPersonazh]

looking back and to the sides is also a good habit fot safety.

[@joelholland8523]

Best snowboarding video iv ever seen. He just showed and explained what i wanted to know to a T... legend

[@ZenSendsMedia]

I've been snowboarding for a total of 8 days and it feels really good to know that I'm consistent with all of these tips. Nothing more addicting than the skill progression in snowboarding!

[@energetic479]

Yup

[@nulixity6711]

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[@user-uw1sx3xt1e]

Best vid I've seen so far on ths subject - thanks.

[@orahwatson7769]

Going up to Meadows tomorrow, I'll try some of these tips to smooth out my ride. Thanks!

[@groovintunesful]

Excellent options for riders to consider!

[@7494jon]

Great carving lines on point 6!

[@IgorPoloz]

Feels like past 11 minutes I've spent doing snowboarding with you on the hill!) tnx

[@lastwill433]

Was just in Palisades last week and really can appreciate this. Great tips!

[@jasonkeller4229]

Squaw!

[@pedrocortegueraperez455]

awesome content! thanks

[@koalafro]

"and you'll be able to anticipate anything the run throws at you" the Simulation: *A DOG*

[@nrttra007]

Great video. Picked up some great tips. Keep em comin

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Thanks, will do!

[@JoyriderTV]

Excellent video, great camera man! Loved it, thanks.

[@nickmanluccia7550]

Kevin! Really appreciate all the quality information you put out, as well as the general good vibes. A few years back, I took a 7-year hiatus from snowboarding and had to re-learn. Spent most of the first day and a half on my ass, very discouraged. But then I found your videos and got loads of helpful tips plus a healthy dose of your positivity and clear passion for snowboarding-exactly what I needed to rescue me. Fastforward 4 years, now I'm breaking into 'intermediate' territory and couldn't be more stoked. Keep the good stuff comin' =P

[@user-fj4sz5wf1p]

Wearing a hip protector shorts increases my confidence and pushes me out of my comfort zone to be more aggressive.

[@WildWestNick]

1st time this Saturday this gets me so stoked

[@thumbwielder]

Thanks!

[@mattmanmcfee36]

as an advanced rider who also does most of these things, listen to this guy! love how you demonstrate the effects of different things with your riding as you explain them!

[@SnowboardProCamp]

I appreciate that!

[@drummerAVA]

What an epic backdrop… pumped to get back out to Hood in a couple months! 😮‍💨

[@vladimir9598]

Perfekt. Thx!

[@Bad_Riders]

700th… That first tip is great especially on mellow blue/red runs…

[@igorf243]

great tips

[@00ochocinco]

working on switch a little each time you ride def will improve overall riding aswell.

[@dj_thakur]

Your video's have made me improve my riding a lot thanks for the content 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ellstackeradventures]

Yeww

[@craigmonty]

Where did you film this? That place looks incredible.

[@SergeiLitovko]

Great videor!

[@likertandtag3frens886]

Is there a video where there is more about this both knee steering? thanks! :)

[@santo9269]

I found when I’m in trees sometimes I have to traverse in switch so switch riding helps A lot

[@michelemasciopinto4]

nice video!❤

[@MissySimpleM]

Thanks so much! I'm gonna try some of these. I honestly don't get the weight one so I'm gonna have to feel it out for myself on the slopes

[@joshuawoodruff1052]

When you initiate a turn, have your weight forward. This helps your edge engage and start to pull you through the turn. As a test, really lean into that turn and make it as hard as you can. If you keep your weight forward, your back is going to slip. The next time you try that hard turn, start putting more weight on the back foot, and you will see your edge stays engaged, which is what Kevin was mentioning.

[@joshuawoodruff1052]

I think I might disagree with #2. Other people I've looked at recommend initiating turns with your knees so there isn't a lag between turn initiation with your shoulders and the response on the board.

[@TheShift1313]

Yeah i have been trying to focus on knee steering as the means of initiating the turn and keeping the waist up relatively neutral. But his no 4 or so is talking about knee steering and his upper body is still. Kind of counter to no2

[@bigalbbq8483]

it depends on the situation and both have their place

[@joshuawoodruff1052]

It's always good to see what different experts say. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGGrhoiBYt-pY8U at about 2:40, there is some commentary about leading with the front arm. There is likely some nuance I'm missing. But I'm on here to learn. Would like to hear other responses both disagreeing and agreeing, and why.

[@glidentity]

@@joshuawoodruff1052 if you initiate with your shoulders, you can create a more powerful turn (more torque) at the expense of reactivity. If you initiate with you hips (CoM), you can have a more balanced turn in term of power/ reactivity. If you initiate with your ankles, you can have a very reactive turn at the expense of power and range of movement. They are right ways to turn, none are wrong, all options are a tool you can use or mix in order to ride and do the turn needed at the moment.

[@TheShift1313]

@@joshuawoodruff1052 i am learning as well. Right or wrong i find when going faster or on steeper terrain i lead with my upper body a bit. Ive watched so many videos on the topic :) its hard to remember

[@shushimushi]

Great tips and great pants too😁 Too bad that in Bulgaria is 20° and I can't ride my board as much 😒

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Fantastic tutorial… greetings from England

[@alexandermateus2261]

Alternating your pressure lengthwise along your board is a fun drill to see what it does for control, but keeping pressure on the front foot is going to increase control basically anywhere control is needed.

[@radbouttimmer-kd6up]

Bedankt

[@LEZZGOBRANDON]

"Looking ahead," This is it right here!

[@YvesWetzels]

what a beautifull area!

[@coloradodogking]

keep practicin

[@Liladelph]

Been snowboarding forever, its just a second language for me. I didn't realize how much of this I was already doing, I could never explain it to somebody...I would say "Just watch and then facking shredddd the gnar."

[@SebastianMopardo]

Great video bro. Is this Whistler or another resort? Cheers!

[@ellstackeradventures]

Way to help i might become a epic snowboarder

[@sh0ulderh0pper4]

Hey mate! Been watching A LOT of your videos lately and they've been helping me a lot. I just turned 40 and can surf and skate real good because I come from Rio de Janeiro and started doing both pretty early around the age of 6. BUT even though I moved to Germany 13 years ago I JUST started snowboarding and, even though I have "board feeling" from surfing and skateboarding, I'm a kook. LOL. But like I said your videos are really helping me. I have a question: Do you ride (at least in this video) at your "natural stance"? Because your feet look pretty close to each other and not so far apart. And what angles do you have your bindings on? Something like +15 / -9? Thank you in advance!

[@azonicrider32]

I find so few people talking about board torsion and how much control you are losing by not learning and considering torsion. SO many taught instructions ignore this variable and unknowingly try to teach methods that sort of work to improve board control but are actually ignoring the core variable of a movement which is really twisting the board and varying the edge grip from foot to foot. For example opening your knee into the turn is actually twisting the board and creating a steeper edge angle on your forward foot. It is not the knee movement but the torsion and edge angle difference that is pulling the board in to the turn.

[@ozespresso]

Good video

[@lordthicknipples-gt2oq]

One thing that everyone should get good at is riding switch. Personally, I suck at it but I've been trying to get better at it simply due to the fact that it's very practical. If I get tired of riding heelside on a traverse, it's nice to be able to switch to toeside on a dime and vise versa

[@DaveFt]

You missed #10: do from #1 to #9 in switch

[@inmotion_snow]

[@bombrman1994]

I totally agree, I am there right now. I can finally do everything with confident and sometimes here and there i will mess up something but I just need to put in more time until things are alot more clean, but when it comes to switch my progression lacking. Every now and then I go on switch and try to slowly challenge myself to push the limits until I can connect the loops and feel good on both sides. That's when I can call myself a good snowboarder when I can snowboard on both sides confidently

[@jkeysy]

Yo Kevin, I have a question about the Ankle angle. If you are trying to edge harder toes-side, are you dorsiflexing or plantar flexing for a harder edge? The heel side would be the opposite, right? Thanks heaps for the videos, thanks for keeping them interesting and fun.

[@HyenDry]

Yo, I just wanna hang out with Kevin. Man seems like hes dope af to chill with.

[@alexmiranda7852]

as someone who has been riding for 5 years this is super helpful :) thanks

[@websterbrandcoaching9724]

Good stuff, fun video. I wonder if it would work better to drop the audio and just do a nice voice over through a good mic, in post? Then you could focus on the riding and not speed check as much. :) Sick mountain.. where is that?

[@NSmoto90]

4:07 kid doing french fry speeding past you😂

[@YourPoolHomeRealtor]

Hi! I have a question. I used to skateboard and surf, and I was quite good at it. However, due to my age, I now prefer electric skateboarding. I'm thinking of trying snowboarding this winter. Do you think I'll pick it up quickly? I just want to do some carving down the slopes.

[@SnowboardProCamp]

If you’ve been skateboarding and surfing then snowboarding will be the easiest of the three!

[@n3clar]

You are the man ! 👊🏻

[@fishitube]

Hi! Where’s this ski valley?

[@theCy3er]

10: ride switch

[@KnackiiTM]

Yeeesss 😊

[@matthewschroeter9045]

I’m trying to decide between a rude superpig and warpig. Which one could do better on steeper runs and mogules but also can be good for side hits and trees?

[@andrewpedersen9633]

just my opinion in passing but reading the write up on the sticks the superpig is a specialty board which is snappier where as the warpig should be more playful and buttery

[@RobinClymans]

what is the best way to lose speed after you gained a lot of speed but see bubbles with lose snow ahead? Now i usually go to heel side and slide until i feel comfortable but it is tricky. Sometimes I drop myself on my back to lose speed and feel comfortable again.

[@kris_piano7763]

awesome tips thanks :) may i ask, how do you film those? somebody following you? 🧐

[@inmotion_snow]

yup!

[@pooxtreme3]

which lake tahoe resort is this ?

[@TheDerekHyde]

#8 Hands over your board with a duck stance (15/-15?) makes it look like you’ve recently trained from a skier’s how-to manual… Which is weird, because skiers often complain about our ‘blind spot’.

[@rhn4710]

noobie here. How does steering with both knees work exactly? Do you just mirror what the front knee does to accentuate the board torsion? like driving the front knee to the toe edge and the back one on the heel edge (I would imagine you'd just push the back of the leg on the high back rather than lifting your toes to not stress your shins too much)

[@xBamf4Lifex]

Wondering the same thing

[@jooa1]

Malcolm moore has and excellent video on this

[@TrackDayTona]

@@jooa1 Was just going to mention him. Prob the best instructor for good technique.

[@69fabricio]

Hey Kevin, what is that place you are in the video? It's so beautiful!!

[@SnowboardProCamp]

It’s at Palisades resort by Lake Tahoe California

[@nakharininmontana6475]

Should I keep practicing on 0 forward lean to master these before cracking them up 1-2 notches?

[@Seanpaulnz01]

Forward lean helps to initiate heel side turns quicker i.e. more responsive heel turns. Try moving them forward and see how you like it.

[@MissySimpleM]

@@Seanpaulnz01 oooh awesome I've been feeling like my heelside turns are just way harder to get to the same angle as my toeside ones. I was wondering if the forward lean could help but wasn't sure. I'm gonna give it a try next time.

[@DjBaapreB]

Could you explain the independent knee steering a bit more? I don’t really understand how to do it and the mechanics. Thanks!

[@MotoGia]

I’m not the guy but I have been boarding for 25 years , there’s many ways to turn the snowboard for knee steering to go in your heel edge open your knee towards the front of your board , close your knee to go to toe … but this is just initiating the turn you still using your body. I think the best thing to do is to balance yourself over your board and not think too much about it. As long as you’re balanced your body will do the work I’ll lean back on my heels and slowly transition to my toe. I think the most important thing to remember, is your hands over your board .. straight back Bent knees … if you snowboard like you were initiating a squat, you’ll improved greatly , personally I think if you focus much more on balance and stance, that’s the most important thing that will get you to the next level … think about showing your base of your snowboard as you take a turn, you’ll start edge riding like a galactic snow surfer … lessons, and video lessons are great, but mind and body synergy is key , these are amazing tips he’s giving take them into consideration, but don’t think about it to mechanically become one with your board

[@DjBaapreB]

@@MotoGia yeah bro. Makes sense! It is a matter of developing the feeling based on your own body, board and area. I think youtube videos are great as a source of reflection and inspiration.

[@Iluvshadowclaw]

My favorite video for this is Torsional Twist by Malcolm Moore. He's got a whole video focused on the topic.

[@choski76]

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[@blisterling23]

A good tip I was told when first starting out was imagine you have a flashlight on your hip. Whichever way you want to turn you face the flashlight that way..

[@naroo_global]

Hi! We love your content)) How can we contact you?

[@JorgeHidalgo-ue6gb]

Where is this? I’ve been to Lake Louise but this place seems way better for starters

[@basstradamus1]

Which resort this was recorded in?

[@Kwikasfuki_636]

This mountain just KEEEPPS GOING

[@andres_chartreux]

I started this year and when doing toe turns on very bumpy terrain my ankles hurt like crazy. I come from 10+ years of skateboarding and I’ve never felt a pain like that other than when I landed really bad on my feet. Is this normal? Are my boots too soft? Pain is mostly on the front part of my ankle (curve where my sheen and upper foot meet) Thanks :)

[@heffnt]

For me it helped a lot to lean on my shins and push into the ankle strap rather than point my toes. It helps send the force to your knees rather than ankles.

[@andres_chartreux]

@@heffnt hey Tom, thanks for the tip. Will be trying that. Since then I went once and tried to bend my knees a lot as well. Think I was absorbing the shocks with my ankles rather than my knees, but still felt some pain. Thanks again

[@ro77i]

Whats the name of a place? It looks like you are alone there! Here in Europe everything is super busy...

[@spencerforewer]

What resort you’re filming at? Looks neat :)

[@SnowboardProCamp]

It’s at Palisades, Tahoe

[@Fortniteclips1287.]

W camera man

[@markpaygane9373]

Where is this mountain?

[@cairuibo]

start from 3:30 was your photographer skiing backward? He/she is good!

[@Walks-Drives]

How do you record a perfect audio like this being outside with wind, people, snow? It's amazing quality!

[@RyanAck]

Guessing either a mic hooked up to him, or a direction microphone on the camera itself.

[@AdamIannazzone]

But he also get a some nice snow crunch in there too

[@ILordSpawnI]

4k 60fps smooth video and clear audio. The guy recording did it with a camera attached to a selfie stick (what I could see in the shadow)? It felt like I was there and I haven't gone snowboarding in 7 years. Well done.

[@dozer1642]

Where is this?

[@MrCheeryeah]

where are your pants from? thank u

[@inmotion_snow]

kevin is wearing quicksilver pants

[@dickelangelo]

I was confused why was he good at explaining and why i could repeat what he says easier than other youtubers. Then i realised we both use right foor for sliding 😂

[@prodpkfire]

Bro I didn’t know I was watching this on 1.25 speed, I was like wtf is going on