Basic Buttering Position On A Snowboard

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This is Step One of a Six Step progression on the Basics Of Buttering. We have included the first step for Free, to help you start buttering up the hill.
To see the additional steps on buttering, check out our Streaming Membership.
Tip 1) Where To Shift Your Weight
When riding normally, your body position should be:
- Ankles Bent
- Knees Bent
- Back Up Straight
- Head Up Straight, Looking In The Direction You're Riding
- Upper And Lower Body Aligned With Your Snowboard
When you want to start buttering, all you have to do is shift your weight towards the tail or the nose, whilst keeping your normal riding position exactly the same.
When cruising down the hill, your weight should be centred over the middle of your board. To start buttering, all you need to do is shift the weight of you body towards the tail or the nose.
If you hover your weight just over your back-foot, your board is not going to do much, and still be pretty flat with the snow. To lift your board and get that stylish press, imagine a dot on your snowboard and shift your weight right onto that point.
When you shift your weight, you will notice that your board will rise up off the snow. You don't physically need to lift your snowboard off the ground with your front leg, this should happen by just shifting your weight enough.
Once you have mastered this position on your tail, try it on your nose. Use the exact same technique of shifting your weight to the nose. Remember to keep your normal body position.
Tip 2) Control Your Press
When shifting your weight, your snowboard is only going to rise off the ground by 10cm/4 Inches.
When pressing, a small controlled press looks way more stylish than a huge, out of control press. You will just like a jerry if you try to fling your snowboard off the ground.
A small controlled press allows you to have more balance and butter for longer.
Tip 3) Keep Your Back Knee Over The Top Of Your Back Foot
A common mistake with new riders trying these presses is the tweaking of their back leg inwards.
This tweaking of the back leg is not a strong stable position. The best position to be in, is to have your knee over the top of your back leg.
Tip 4) Don't Just Lean
A lot of riders when first trying presses, just lean over the top of their board.
Really focus on shifting your hips and weight over that imaginary dot that we focused on in Tip 1. Shifting your weight is going to make that press happen, not how much you lean.
You Can Practice These Techniques At Home
You don't even need to be on the hill to practice your buttering. Use your Training Board and Bindings, to practice shifting your weight to that imaginary dot.
By practicing these techniques at home, you will be building muscle memory in your legs so you can butter on the white stuff, no worries.
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[@69flamez69]

Iv'e been snowboarding since I was 10 , i'm 27 now and even though I can do a lot of things you do in your videos I sometimes realise I have the wrong technique and am still learning a lot from you guys! Keep it up and enjoy this season!

[@wonmin8814]

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[@bradenatchison7731]

Well no wonder I suck at butters. If the video said not to do it, I was doing it.

[@brownpunk1794]

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[@ДмитрийКлеймёнов-х7й]

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[@fijillian]

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[@Effthatjeff]

I have been tweaking my knee for a whole season lol. Thanks feel a lot more stable with out that tweak yo

[@williamdigmon6664]

Really good technical teaching. Didn't make sense until I saw those dots and your hip displacement. Thanks!

[@liangjie6051]

You nailed several my mistakes in snowboarding. Very nice tutorial. Thank you!

[@veronical8103]

Thank you, Nev, for pointing out the common mistake of bringing the back knee in. My instructor actually told me to do that! Now the inside of my back knee is in pain after I practiced tail press butter yesterday for only 20 minutes! Thank you for your tutorial videos! 🙏🏻

[@naoko4]

Thats why I find lifting the nose very difficult ! Thanks for the tips !!

[@Littlefluffykittycat]

Very helpful! I’m pretty sure I’ve been tweaking my knee and probably leaning back and lifting the board more than focusing on adjusting my hips.

[@controversialape927]

The whole time I've been pulling up my lead foot, when I wasn't supposed to. I've pretty much mastered butters now. Thanks!

[@RockGARAGEstar]

Guys - you are cool! Thank you for being there!!!

[@itsjaynguyen]

You know what would be some great vids for you guys to make? Snowboard specific workouts we could do off season

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[@SnowboardAddiction]

Glad you like it!

[@МихаилЗильберштейн-т3е]

The best explanation i ever heard

[@SiSeven]

Gotta say - you boys at SA nail heads when explaining riding mechanics.

[@evgenyperov4895]

Thank you!!!! I understood this better than explanation on videos in my native language;))

[@blackzexe]

This is my goal for tomorrow. Thanks for the vid mann👌🏽

[@trickertinman]

Board type is key as well, can't believe they didn't mention this. Something with an easy flex Luke the neversummer funslinger will butter on a dime, but an all mountain and stiffer board will be much more difficult to butter...

[@hatofflab]

Good tutorial - thanks!

[@ibrahimrammal6434]

Your channel is awesome dude!

[@bad1error]

you the best men! thx!!!

[@raw_pc]

this tutorial is super awesome!

[@Legion004]

Just what I was looking for

[@ArtamonTV]

Thank u bro! It's really informative! Good job!

[@turtlezed]

totally agree with comments, you have a forte for great tutorials Nev :¬)

[@jasonluck7269]

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[@MillCityShogun]

Something that would help me is to know what style of board you're riding and what the flexibility rating is. Hearing and seeing your preference for each terrain/trick choice would help me better understand board selection and things I should look for when riding and purchasing new gear. Thanks.

[@MillCityShogun]

Thanks, Snowboard Addiction. That information helps a lot as I am looking to purchase a new board in the near future. The board i'm riding now is very stiff and I had been wondering how a mid-flex board would work with freestyle tricks. Question answered. Great videos, keep up the good work.

[@KTMVT2]

Awesome Video! Love Your Channel!!

[@martinjoseph1287]

nice video! helped me a lot bc I did the hip thing wrong...

[@denniswhoknows6632]

great job guys! thanks for all the tips!

[@sniperd]

Very helpful video, thank you.

[@JuliusHiiden]

great vid, well explained the mechanism

[@clublulu399]

Great video! Very informative.

[@antonioluz8521]

Very nice tip!!!👏

[@wwinggwong3872]

gonna try this in whistler blackcomb tomorrow lol. my butter currently looks like shit (i totally cannot nollie but i found that sometimes i can do frontside 180 or backside 180, but my mind set of doing these tricks is start from the board edge instead of the head and tail, yes, i knew it is incorrect), hopefully this tutorial does help:P i am simply wrong at the beginning

[@peterbelansky9591]

I practice at home a lot with my actual board and I can get a nice press but when I go to the mountain I cant get a press when going down flat on the hill... Any tips? Thanks a lot ;)

[@AilisonCarvalho]

Really nice tip bro, the bent trick with the hips and not with the head is really good, i've already seem lots of people trying to do butters with the weight of their head and not their hips. It's really help full for some people, cool. ;)

[@disamhembere3661]

+Ailison Carvalho Helpful is one word bro

[@G_Dawg]

+Disa Mhembere It doesn't really matter, go away you pedant.

[@JavaMonsterification]

+veedubjunky No need for sass dude ... I was trying to be helpful.

[@AilisonCarvalho]

Disa Mhembere Thank you. I know how to write the word but English is not my first language and I think I was dopped with sleep. :p hahahaha

[@311i0t]

great vid

[@iamkeir]

Killer as usual!

[@nimas.4872]

Hi guys at SA, love the way you explane the mechanism of snowboarding. I was wondering if it was possible to steer whilst in a tale manual because I m having problems staying on the track. Looking forward to hearing from you.

[@nimas.4872]

Ok thxl that's helpful. how small of a turn should be possible if executed properly? Not looking for how to spin doing that my mates and i play sometimes who can go the furthest without break and obstacles seem to be the main reason why we need to break.

[@Theosen604]

I've been watching lots of video tips on how to butter but I am having a hell of a time getting my board up more than an inch or two. Would widening my stance help? What should my stance be for starters if I am 5'6" and 145lbs with a 156cm board? I'm sure there is probably not a single correct answer as it probably has a lot to do with preference but any tips on where I should be starting? Will be trying these tips the next time I am up on the mountain - great vid!

hey guys, i was wondering what is your opinion about trick board and improving riding skills / buttering. Cheers from Poland!

[@Daniel-oz5dm]

would you be able to do some trick tips for some of the tricks/goofy carves on videos like yawgoons? carving tricks and flatland are definitely in style now. want to be able to learn cartwheels or front rolls swell, maybe as a step before tame dogs?

[@xLDE.]

+Snowboard Addiction are you saying you need to pay for goofy tips and not for regular? thats a bunch of bs

[@xLDE.]

***** but why are you making that stuff paid, .don't you make enough out of youtube? i mean, isnt this just making it worse, most people rather not buy this and the fact that you don't upload what people want to see just makes you less money. anyways, thats how i see it, i rather just learn them myself or from other good youtubers that don't make you pay

[@xLDE.]

***** yeah i see, i just feel as some youtuber who uploads free contt have at first less financial revenue, but in the end the channel gets a better view from people than someone who provides paid content :)

[@alaricchen5979]

Damnit I just came back from my vacation

[@ikkarus87]

Awesome. How steep should the slope ideally be to practice?

[@tomsharpe8181]

I picked up tail presses easily but nose presses I find very difficult

[@robcooper5541]

I feel like my board doesn’t have enough flex to it, so i end up really having to shift my weight to get my nose or tail off the snow

[@Salamo76]

What snowboard size towards the height should be for doing this and other tricks? Thanx.

[@carlpascual7211]

sprained my wrist while doing this lol.

[@carlpascual7211]

well im good now, im going again next weekend to lake louise

[@nickswampah3272]

Thanks for the video! Looks effortless! Mind my question here please? I'm a beginner, maybe 5-6 days. Tried butters on flat ground. Feels awkward. And the board does not bend enough thou it should, being a beginner Yes Basic. Could it be my stance is too wide? It's 23"/58 cm, my height being 184cm. When I strap in it fills awkward and too wide apart, but when I jump on the living room floor and measure the stance width after landing it's actually 160cm! What's your stance width, it does not look very wide?

[@nickswampah3272]

@@SnowboardAddiction Thank you! Will do. And I (we) really appreciate that you care about your subscribers. Not like Huawei selling new Mate 20 Pro phones with displays that turn Hulk green after a few days. They keep selling'em like nothing happened, sometimes exchanging the bad ones with new ones which gonna become green, too, lol (probably because they are coming from the first bad old lots). 🤣 sorry for the non-butter topic!

[@danib7760]

@@SnowboardAddiction Nice response! I'm def at least an intermediate snowboarder but mind you, in the Mid West lol, but for the life of me, I can't think of any "hard no"s" in snowboarding. Well, etiquette & proper form/technique but aside from that, am I forgetting something? Btw, SO Awesome to actually see snowboard addiction give responses to questions from people! I def don't see that often! Usually the community chimes in to try to help, which is awesome but it can also lead to some good intended but bad advice, which is sketchy. Especially with beginners! I'm truly impressed :)

[@J600-u2e]

whenever I butter, happens more on nose but I always seem to catch an edge.. any tips from keeping balance in the centre of the nose or tail?

[@KakashiKyle9]

What about if your board doesn't have much flex?

[@MixlyMouzly]

Which flex is this board? I don't know if I'm just too stupid for doing tricks but I hardly could get my board into the air :((

[@Creek2k3]

How long is your board and how tall are you ?

[@guiadedelivery]

is it possible to butter with a camper board like a custom x?

[@AlexanderHonsVonEber]

What jacket are ya wearing mate?

[@adampratt5785]

What if you hire a board that isn’t flexible?

[@dedelabinouze5110]

Hum it's going to sound stupid but i have a K2 TurboDream (freeride spec / quite stiff on the center) and i would really like to butter a bit. Do you really need a Jib or Park spec flex to butter ?

[@dedelabinouze5110]

***** Okay thanks

[@philliphagenson6549]

@snowboard addiction is the side of my leg wear my boot and bindings are supposed to hurt on my backfoot when doing a tail butter?

[@philliphagenson6549]

***** thank you for the tip

[@wwt17]

I find that when I get up on the tail or nose the board starts to spin to the toe side. I guess I'm putting a bit more pressure on my toes? Thoughts?

[@wwt17]

Thanks, mate! Will do that!

[@azraelgargoyle]

It feels as if the board's pull is trying to rip my leg off at my knee... what am I doing wrong?

[@azraelgargoyle]

When i do a tail press, its in the front leg (which is pulling the board up). The pull feels really strong on the tendons in my knee.

[@rewolfer]

(in the case of a tail press, for example) Is it best to keep flexing the front leg muscle a bit, or do you let it relax completely? When I first tried these, I was leaving the front leg completely loose and letting the tension lift the nose. But I found my hip felt like it would dislocate, and my hip flexors got strained. So now I try to keep some flexing in my front leg. Is it normal, or do most people just leave the front leg completely loose?

[@rewolfer]

Okay that makes sense. Initially I was totally relaxing it. But now I am engaging (good choice of word) it slightly when I practise presses. Thanks! Needed the confirmation.

[@mcbr3b]

Hi, do you ride a rocker or camber? :)

[@MrPipako]

how set your bindings for buttering?

[@squacker1983]

What for a board is that?

[@Gwiedert]

I cant seem to do this longer than 1 second, I somehow bounce back and when I try to move further towards the tail or nose I feel like I'm gonna fall over...

[@Gwiedert]

Thank you! Will be trying it out soon

[@qaisersheikh2712]

Whats the outro/background music?

[@zachmangus7689]

What's the flex rating of your board you used for this video? Thanks!

[@zachmangus7689]

Perfect! I just picked up the slash happy place with a 4/10 rating. STOKED to butter on the groomer days

[@JJ-wp5yn]

I can’t believe it’s not butter!

[@Sitka89]

I need to get every Kiwi I meet now to say "Six Step Progression"

[@willgibsonguitar]

when I'm doing this, I find I can't really steer anymore, I go into my buttering position, but then the board starts turning and I turn sideways and fall on my face

[@linguan7623]

loool

[@willgibsonguitar]

Ill try that out next time i go boarding. Thanks!

[@lacrosse4higher]

your videos aren't popping up in my subscription box :(

[@F4h4d1]

I weigh 230 pounds. The board is not going to snap on me right? lol

[@jaketome93]

what size board to you use?

[@RayVillaraza]

As long as the board is rated for your weight, you should be good! Butters are a crucial part to learn a vast majority of tricks on a snowboard.

[@bartjanssen3172]

What is a good snowboard for this?

[@ab7494]

Do that with a very stiff board.

[@MegaMrUnbelievable]

Big presses work when you have more speed and looks awesome. You can check them out @RyanKnapton's channel :D

[@jakehays8926]

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[@pontus7741]

my frog is blue

[@kurtsimpson3302]

My tits are hard

[@pontus7741]

+Snowboard Addiction My skateboard is epic

[@Antox68]

"bada"

[@МихаилЗильберштейн-т3е]

The best explanation i ever heard

[@DatsoNickAble]

Great vid

[@PhantomMantis1]

Quick question.. if thats ok haha when we butter/ manual/ press which ever you guys like to call it where is the pressure in your back foot? should it be even pressure heel to toe? I find i always have more pressure in my toes.. cant seem to find information about this online? Any response ( from anyone who knows) would be fantastic thanks

[@PhantomMantis1]

+Snowboard Addiction hey thanks for replying. so your saying for a tail press my back foot in my boot should be flat. even pressure heel to toe inside boot. ok thanks. I'll work on it

[@idontwannaidontwanna7307]

Great video. Loving the smooth butters. Must admit this helped a great deal, as opposed to leaning back over the nose / tail. Quick question, what's the name of the sweet butter trick at 1:30?

[@foadysfah]

Thanks for the awesome video! Can we butter on camber boards? What profile was the board in this video?

[@BBsheepy]

Thanks you have improved my riding over the past four years finally able to do switch and some butter tricks :)

[@neilrw86]

Do I still need to keep an edge while buttering? Can you catch an edge the same way as when you just ride flat?

[@butcher977]

i find it kinda hard to maintain balance when in the pressing position. so i can hardly hold it for 3-5 seconds. any tips for that?

[@AceXwilD]

How tall are you, and what size jacket/pants do you wear?

[@up-stix2338]

Superb tutorials - thanks guys!