Learn to steer your snowboard with your front knee!

[@40Rouge]

The best tips are simple ones, like this! The biggest lightbulb moment in snowboarding was when an instructor told me to call it "knee edge" instead of toe edge. Similarly, "butt edge" instead of heel. That small tip made a huge mental difference in activating my whole body and really boosted my confidence.

[@liveWNTR]

Love this!

[@mrlabeouf9002]

Moving your knee towards the toes forces them to create more pressure on the edge. I wouldn't use this tip personally as just moving your knee doesn't do jack if your toes and heels are not applying pressure

[@mucakcan3000]

the tracing a C thing made it a lot more clear for me, thanks!

[@liveWNTR]

Glad to hear it helped!

[@TReZxDrEaMz]

I'm just started learning snowboarding and I love that there are so many good tutorials like this on youtube. Love that you actually show us what your knee/foot does without being on a snowboard. A lot of tutorials just tell you what to do but it's hard to understand when/what they actually do.

[@liveWNTR]

Glad this helped!

[@chrisjames5823]

Well put. Been trying to explain this to my 11 yr old daughter. Ty for this one.

[@liveWNTR]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@tHeBh0Le]

I’ve been teaching skiing and snowboarding for years and this one is definitely going in the tool box. Hell yes that’s a good one.

[@liveWNTR]

Cheers! It’s a game changer for sure!

[@tHeBh0Le]

@@liveWNTR dude that C in the snow gold. I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain the feeling of the weight shift on flats.

[@XBleach88X]

Great Short! Would love a longer format video that delves into this.

[@liveWNTR]

Will see what we can do!

[@FataLxNinjazZ]

Super simple but helped me understand the movement a lot clearer. You got a new sub! Thank you!

[@liveWNTR]

Awesome, glad it helped!

[@kevinabernardo]

Excellent!

[@liveWNTR]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@alienthrucosmos]

Really helpful.

[@liveWNTR]

Glad it was helpful!

[@huskylord123]

I can't wait to try this...thank you!

[@liveWNTR]

Have fun, let me know how it goes!

[@DaveHamasaki]

great vid!

[@chrisleazy]

Super helpful video, thanks! One question tho, how much weight are you putting onto your front foot when turning? Is it like a 60/40 thing?

[@liveWNTR]

Hey Chris! In the beginning it can be helpful to think 60/40 or even 55/45 weight on the front foot. But do that by flexing your lead ankle, moving your hip forwards, not by pressing down on your front foot. As your riding progresses you’ll find you can be at 50/50 and still smoothly initiate your turns!

[@chrisleazy]

@@liveWNTR oh that’s good to know, thank you!

[@DjBaapreB]

Hi, are you focusing more on the front knee? Or are both knees making the movement simultaneously?

[@liveWNTR]

More on the front knee to initiate the turn

[@Cadet1249]

one thing i don’t understand is do you push both your feet heel or toe? or to turn do you push one each direction

[@liveWNTR]

Rewatch next time you’re out on snow! You shouldn’t have to push much, just lean and drive the front knee!

[@chien307]

I do use my knees steering, however it hurts when snowboarding for five days

[@liveWNTR]

You might be overdoing it!

[@ahmalkadumas4539]

Hi, i was told that during my turn, my feet's rotation(left and right) is causing my edge to slip, is ankle steering not invloing any feet rotation?

[@liveWNTR]

I find it way more helpful to think about using the movement of the femur in the hip socket. With this movement you are flexing the knee joint and flexing/rotating the tib-fib through the ankle joint. Trying to actually rotate your feet to pivot the snowboard could definitely lead to some funky outcomes.

[@JPTinioMedia]

Would knee steering be used in tight tree runs with powder or more Backfoot steering

[@liveWNTR]

Knee steering will still be better when you’re able to plan your turns, but back foot is going to be useful to help push through tighter turns!