Common Mistakes & Fixes For Carving a Snowboard | Beginner Guide

Feel like carving is almost impossible? Maybe you're close to carving but just need a quick tip to change everything. In todays video, we discuss the most common mistakes of carving.
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[@MustyRusty5]

The biggest help for me was not trying to rush the turn just lock in the edge and let it go. Feels amazing

[@matt3826]

wdym lock the edge?

[@MustyRusty5]

@@matt3826 like as I'm going across and switching edges, I get balanced on the new edge and then let the turn naturally happen vs trying to force it around which usually turns into a skidded turn

[@matt3826]

@@MustyRusty5 dope, thanks man

[@SrtEsco716]

Same . First time boarding yesterday and I got the hang quick. Just gotta get used to letting the board turn itself instead of trying to whip the board with my hips and eat shit

[@DC1789]

@@SrtEsco716 but what if the run only has so much room to work with and you literally have to turn or else you’ll fall off the side of the mountain? Legitimate question im not trying to sound sarcastic.

[@AllBraunZeroBrains]

Best advice I’ve received this year as a first year resort employee is your board will let you know when it’s ready to switch edges it’s honestly helped (me) heavily

[@RaZeBeatsz]

Quite possibly the most underrated snowboard youtuber on the platform. Thanks for all the kick ass videos and help. I'm in my late 20's and just decided to pick up the sport this season. Tomorrow is my 6th full time out and I watched this to make sure I'm doing everything right as I can now go an entire night with maybe one fall. Thanks Tommie.

[@JeffSlocumb]

Thank you so much for the helpful videos. Your explanations help an old skateboarder who snowboards once every 5 years understand some of the nuances i'm working on.

[@tommiebennett]

Yooooooo! Thanks for sharing the love! And glad you like the nerd! Let’s goooooo

[@kenziesiler]

I'm going riding this week for the first time in 11 YEAAAARRSS and I've been religiously watching your videos to mentally prepare

[@Acal51]

I think the most underrated advice on everything snowboarding is staying stacked. Once you figure out how to stack, boarding becomes 10x easier.

[@Blaisem]

what's stacked? Like posturing your weight over your edge?

[@jeodude]

I usually stick to the blue runs but if I’m having a bad day, I’ll do a run or two on the greens and go back to basics

[@tpespos]

That’s better then me, I normally stay In the park till I get injured and then go home because I’m sad lol

[@hyrumdetton12]

@@tpespos yo saaame lol

[@StuPdass]

@@tpespos I feel you dude, I broke my ribs last time just by falling flat on my chest

[@Nismitsu]

One of best off the slope excerise that can give you a feel of carving is by straping into your snowboard and have a chair in front of you so you can catch yourself when doing a toe side turn when you lean forward. Same goes with a heel side turn, have a chair behind you so you can get a feel of doing a heel side carve. Just make sure you and the chair are on carpet, or a rubber mat, or some kind of anti-slip surface so you or the chair doesn't slip/move out when you're doing this excerise.

[@Deadkandy]

That was actually one of the best carving tutorials I’ve found on KZbin.

[@Deadkandy]

@@tommiebennett Dudette. I’m a woman ;) No biggie though. Gonna be watching more of your videos. Stopped riding a few years ago because I just didn’t have time, but with the pandemic, I have been working from home, so I can work from home, and thefore, I have time again. I miss it so much.

[@FrostyPumpernickle]

Good call on finding a shallow empty green run. I’ve been trying to learn to carve on the main blue groomer at Powderhorn and sometimes it’s a bit busy to practice like this

[@luisargollo184]

Dude you’re always saving me with amazing tips, I just start to snowboarding and you’re helping me a lot with your great content!

[@amandablazevic2251]

your vids are super helpful! I'm not a beginner, but struggle with getting 'good', refining my style, and these videos help identify things to improve. Thanks!

[@5alivetalkwithvincehurtado877]

Your channel is much appreciated! Forwarding all of your media to my 11 yr old daughter. First year snowboarder and she routinely refers to your instruction and illustrations 🙏. As a 50 yr old dad who recently got back into boarding this year, even I appreciate the lessons. However, I’m still a cool dad shredding down my groomers and pow! I will even throw In a few old school skills when appropriate. Thanks again for a great channel! 💪

[@DaveHollanderEE]

PERFECT timing on this vid! 1/1/21 I got maiden voyage on my Donek Knapton Twin at Breck, and starting to teach my buddy to really use his edges. Just sent him this for homework and we're back out Wednesday. 🤘

[@TheJaxtime]

Thanks for the breakdown! Definitely plan on getting the carve locked in this season 👍🏾

[@MrXav360]

I started snowboarding a few weeks ago, and your videos have been really inspiring! They show me what can be done on a board and how to get there. Thanks a lot for making these!

[@lizhodgett535]

I’ve been boarding a while, bought a new board, hated it & have now lost all my confidence so am finding I’m now skidding to put the breaks on. Thanx for the videos, it makes complete sense what I need to work on

[@chabotfamily5306]

Thanks Tommie. I watched your video and tried your advice and it improved my skills rapidly. I had a blast.

[@josepeps4433]

I like tommie’s style n his ways of teaching he’s fireerere 🔥

[@rustynailriders8211]

TB! Love this carving video! Can’t wait to give this a try

[@patthesoundguy]

This is a very important video! Fantastic stuff my friend, you will change lives with this.

[@markvalentini9266]

Fantastic content! Thank you! Love your channel!

[@banimalx]

first year of learning how to snowboard i really love your vids... keep going

[@QuarktaschemitSenf]

This explanation video and summery was way above average. ty

[@s.vanlith.netherlands6347]

Another great video🤘 Happy New Year Tommie!!

[@benevolent6705]

This weekend I'm gonna carve up Tahoe!!!!

[@Beech1900pilot]

Great tutorial. You're a natural teacher! Keep it up!

[@henrik5879]

It's hard to know if you are carving, skidding or something in between. One way is to be early and hit the groomed slopes first to see your trace or then ask someone else to film your riding. When you start watching behind you while riding your balance and awareness becomes distracted. Thanks for these videos, real good and helping (y).

[@saidwahnow]

That’s basically my issue but being on the ice coast makes it difficult to even see a line. I think I might purchase a board with magne traction or a similar tech.

[@ellstackeradventures]

Thanks for the tips

[@melissaerdmann8177]

Great vid and tips! Would love see Carving 2.0. More Carving controlled going straight not getting horizontal.

[@nashgoldman2047]

All sounds good. Keep going in the 2.0 3.0 and freestyle in carving.

[@codystephenson3607]

Differentiating the difference between a crossover movement and crossunder movement to accomplish a carvedvedge change and some of the excercised you can perform developing both could be a great video 👌

[@bereverynice]

Been practicing this!!! Ty!!

[@Smellyfupa]

New rider from south Florida only when I get to travel can’t wait to go back nice vids bri

[@SiegeofSanity]

The boi, putting out that nerdy knowledge, let's gooo!!

[@ellstackeradventures]

Yooo

[@ChristianGrassi]

Very good tips love your video

[@mattcushman8464]

Great video.

[@AllHardNation]

Only if the mountains around me would be this empty. There is literally no one there.

[@stephandoan]

For reals. I wish I didn’t have a 9 to 5 job 😂 then I could go on a weekday

[@mickmouse92]

For real. Weekdays are dead and weekends are filled like a county fair.

[@StuPdass]

Same, I live in SoCal and our closest mountain is packed constantly and super hard to practice carves on

[@ericzerowin7751]

We filmed this at 9am on a Sunday at Keystone. Get out early and find the spot. They’re out there.

[@crowcrow1465]

@@ericzerowin7751 LOL, yeah i was practicing this at bluemountain in PA..... Pennsylvania! Basically the size of the mini bunny slopes in CO or UT....and its 711 slushie runs. But still, if there is a will/ there is a way!

[@BoZhaoengineering]

As a beginner, make sure your body always lean down the hill then you are good for practicing curving on both toe and heel side. Thank you for your instruction.

[@garyc2276]

Great vid Tommie! As a beginner, biggest takeaway from carving that I found was the increase in exit speed so gotta pay attention to surroundings as you quickly move across the run.

[@goodridevibes]

Appreciate you Tommie- your advice surely has made me a better rider! Happy New Year and I look forward to watching you more in 2021! 👍

[@3bmbm3]

you rock like pro bro !

[@flavourpunchh]

You are an amazing carver!!! So fluid and you make it look so easy. Love your enthusiasm too! Thank you my guy

[@seannroman8459]

I’ll be working these drills on Friday

[@Slopestarr]

Speed is your friend and check your “6” often!

[@wyner2829]

Wow really needed that today!! Is there a tip for what to do in between going from edge to edge??

[@tommyhosteng7799]

I think my biggest issue has been using too much effort to transition into toeside and doing more of a slide

[@maximumride427]

is there any better place im the world than a nice wide, freshly corded run? thats my happy place right there

[@poopsicle466]

you deserve a lot more subs man

[@RockDoll79]

You need a playlist called "Nerdy Series"

[@SiegeofSanity]

Or the "Nerdy Know How's"

[@zachgordonsnowboarding]

You need to just drop an edit of you absolutely rippin it up in the park and around the mountain. That’d be sick!

[@frankiebalsamo4564]

great vid' fellas

[@ljshoreslokal]

Good advice, sub'd.

[@alaskasavage]

I love your veidos they're very helpful to me. I'm wondering if you can get even more detailed with what muscles should be engaged and maybe what should be loose and relaxed. I have two fake disc's in my neck from just a year ago and I have a problem getting loose, relaxed and trusting my boots/board and self.

[@lesterb3990]

Superhelpful thanks

[@xe2014]

Hey man, I was checking out your website and thought it might be a cool idea to get a picture of you on the “meet Tommie and his team” section :)

[@gabuchan123]

solid content and an informative video! See you soon when you can make it to blackcomb whistler.

[@peepojackson1130]

Ty for mentioning that people should come in and demo boards at local shops. You can't imagine how many people I see dropping into the shop with boards that are too big or way to hard to ride. I wish people would take some time to learn. Come in and ask the people who ride all the time. Our job is to help you. Lol sorry about the rant

[@willgarcia6845]

Tommie, videos are so great! Do you give private lessons?

[@ericzerowin7751]

I give private lessons at Breckenridge. Tommie sends me students.

[@ApolloSun13]

Love the video. Question: how can you both tuck mask in and not get fog in goggles. Amazing.

[@jessleborgne5756]

Absolutely demo if you have the opportunity to do so- if your basic skills are on lock and you are beginning to develop your riding style your equipment starts to play an important role- hit up your local shop or find a demo day at your local hill

[@crowcrow1465]

I went and rode solo dolo today and was really able to just focus of myself and not bombing with "The Squad" And boy did I learn me some things that i just thought I had down.. Well I didnt, but after a bunch of runs and going slow(also was riding switch alot for the first time) I was really getting my carves down and would stop at the switchbacks since I was practicing on greens/blues, i got so damn hype when I seen how thin my carves were!

[@haozhengli]

Please make a video about how we can hand touch the snow when carving, especially when doing heel edge.

[@johnnicholson8345]

Don't get too caught up in that. It is partly based on the conditions (first run softer groomers with no bumps), skill, but mostly on the type of board you're on. I am an expert boarder and there are some boards I have where you cannot do this no matter what. The tails on many boards will wash out long before you get that low.

[@willdykema]

Ever thought of doing a backflip tutorial? Working on doing my first backflip and would love a nerd to break it down

[@kaiul2967]

Just starting out here. I got a flat board and am boarding on mostly hard packed groomed trails. I'm finding it really hard to carve. Am I at a big disadvantage with this style board and should I get a traditional camber?

[@jacobiwolf77]

Maybe you mentioned it in another video, this is the only one I've seen, but pulling your knees together can help the toeside turn as pulling them apart can help the heelside

[@Williaem00]

Teaching myself , I finally got the hang of it. My biggest issue I think is that I'm turning to much and loosing speed so I end up not being able to make it down.. I would have to unstrap and skate to get to the next downward hump. Also, when I try and turn it seems like I'm slowing down too much instead of actually just turning and keeping speed. Not sure why.

[@sirdudeness1386]

Good tutorial homie. My only point of disagreement is making it sound like you can carve on a reverse chambered board. I ride a T.Rice 2011/12 board that is reverse chambered and love the turn response on it and carving on it. I've road cambered and reverse cambered and carve with no prob on either. If you have the technique down reverse or full cambered shouldn't be an issue. I did like how you pointed out to newbies to demo some boards and see what they like. Love your channel and for teaching people through vlogs. Lotta channels just showing there snowboard adventures, which is still cool but, mad love for you teaching people.

[@kalikiboi]

isn't the t.rice hybrid camber? so it gives you regular camber underfoot, helping with the carve and edgehold. I ride a few hybrid camber like that love the versatility

[@pinkie606]

Hi Tommie, hi everyone, I am a girl (beginner to) intermediate snowboader with 173 cm height and about 53 kg body weight, shoe size about 37-38 (Europ size). I want to improve my riding, and lern to carve, better turning, maybe press and try some butter later and to ride powder. My question is: will a Ride Warpig 2020 with 143 cm (XS) better for me or a 148 cm (S)? Thank you all! And Tommie, I really like your videos and learned and still learnning a lot from them:) Thank you!!

[@anawara]

I haven't tried the warpig but I don't know if it'll be the correct board for the style of riding you mention. It has a rocker/flat profile which is better for things like riding in powder. It might not be ideal for carving and flat land tricks as a traditional cambered snowboard would be since it wouldn't have the same pop. It all has to do with the physics of a turn and how the shape of the board works to make that turn happen. Honestly the best thing for you is to try and demo different kinds of boards before you buy a particular one. Different profiles will help with different riding styles. It also depends on the kind of conditions that you'll ride the most. As for length, you should check the sizing chart. You can probably ride either lengths. The shorter board might feel less intimidating initially. But the 148 has a wider waist width (26cm) which is useful when carving so you don't boot out. Hope this helps!

[@eddiebyrd24]

Is the Burton Process - Purepop camber hood for carving?

[@adventurercarlo115]

Yooo Tommie!!!!

[@adventurercarlo115]

@@tommiebennett sup dood

[@ellstackeradventures]

Yewww

[@RomanRoschin]

Could you share some info on how to make that "C" carve into the full "O" carve? e.g. going across the hill, going uphill, then making a full circle and continue going down? Thank you.

[@gugujee]

Woah full O carve? Like they actually loop around? You got any videos of someone doing that?

[@hyrumdetton12]

That sounds sick I wanna see

[@jacobiwolf77]

Have a lot of speed going into flat(ter) terrain and lay on that edge. Also having a board with a deeper sidecut radius helps a lot

[@menjavlafitta]

Can it have anything to do with how sharp my edge is? Trying to find excuses here. But seriously, on one of my boards i never sharpened the edges. Can it have a huge effect or is it minimal, in perfect groomer conditions, no ice.

[@aaronrattley8580]

Its hard for me to tell when I'm locking into the snow, but u definitely maintain speed better when I try to carve. I don't know how else to differentiate. Also, are there situations where skidding is more appropriate than carving or is carving always the way?

[@bobskinny361]

Skidding is bad turning with only your back foot is not. But its normal to skid it takes a little practice and slowing makes everything easier. Idk I m a seven teen year old and carving is all I like to do after I tore my acl

[@mrb692]

Skid turns are useful when you need to both turn and bleed off some speed at the same time. Carve turns are when you want to go fast and smooth

[@snap8386]

Well Mister Bennett, I live in a country that never pass for 5 degrees celcius and for work in my beginner skills I wait for a long time. When time comes, the most difficult part to remember (me and my body) its the transition from upper C to bottom C. The sweet spot in the middle. I aways fall until my but hurts to make the transition correctly when I got it the vacations are over. Any tips for practicing this particular part of carving for better and fast results?

[@jshdbbdhdbdbndn2361]

does flat camber boards do carves well?

[@Nick-to8nz]

Do you have a buttering video?

[@MrBoomtheroom]

any videos on how to run up the sides of hills while still going down a run?

[@kurtiskalinna9323]

Try finding the 45degree of the fall line or half size of hill. Then run an arc. Then try it from fall line. The progression for it...

[@sagivcohenz]

What gloves mitt you use ?

[@patthesoundguy]

I was actually teaching a young girl to skateboard the other day and was actually using the drill that he showed bleeding off speed by going uphill slightly on each carve. All of these rules and tips also apply on a longboard skateboard on a hill. I was actually using the same techniques on my longboard as I do on my race board on the snow. All of the weight distribution was the same and you can use a skateboard to practice carving. Treat the edges of the skateboard like the edges of your snowboard, just keep in mind you can't do skidding turns ;-)

[@michael-lucanatt8009]

only snowboarded a couple of times but have been trying to practice all the principles on my longboard until I can actually snowboard again

[@patthesoundguy]

@@michael-lucanatt8009 it really does help your snowboarding. The best thing is the carving to bleed off speed. Like carving back up the hill some on every turn.

[@michael-lucanatt8009]

@@patthesoundguy i havent gotten too into stand up slides yet so the concept of keeping your shoulder open but counterrotating your hips to do skid turns to scrub speed while maintaining your momentum is what Im stuck with

[@patthesoundguy]

@@michael-lucanatt8009 I used to be a wheel slide master 30 years ago on a skateboard but now I can't wheel slide to save my life.

[@michael-lucanatt8009]

@@patthesoundguy it’s rough nowadays, I’m always cruising alone so i dont find the motivation to stop at a spot and practice sliding

[@cltd8622]

Nice teaching! I'd like to know where the resort is...

[@stephandoan]

Whistler

[@ericzerowin7751]

Keystone

[@cadenskibiel4248]

when i carve and do a hand drag or try to really dig in on my toe edge, i have the tendency to get the turn around way faster and end up going uphill like in the drill you showed. is there anyway i can keep my board more downhill while keep my edge engaged or will i only have to to a hand or elbow drag for a shorter period of time? thanks

[@jacobiwolf77]

Change what you're doing with your toes as you go perpendicular to the fall line, if you're toeside, pick your toes up, vice versa for heelside. Also pay attention to what you're doing with your knees, pulling them together for toeside and pulling them apart for heelside. This is happens pretty subtly as it is but over exaggerating the movement can give you an idea as to what it does, you can turn the board by doing that alone

[@anawara]

How sharp your turn is will be a function of the angle at which you tilt your board, and the sidecut radius of the board. A higher tilt angle, means more the pressure on the board. More pressure will flex the board more hence leading to a tighter turn radius. That tighter turn radius will make your turn way faster and sharper than it would be if you had applied less pressure. Imagine drawing a circle with your board in the snow by tilting it on edge. The sidecut radius of your board is the maximum length of radius of that circle you drew by applying the least amount of pressure. For example, a board with a sidecut radius of 8m cannot draw a circle with a radius bigger than 8m. But it can draw smaller circles by putting more pressure and flexing the board more. So if you're turning too fast, you might have a short sidecut radius. Try to demo a board with a longer sidecut radius and see how it feels. I recently went from 8.1m to 9m and I could instantly feel a difference in my turns.

[@ellachumak4687]

if your edges are dull does that make a difference?

[@kylerichards6289]

I find that my toe edge is always good and I’m comfortable leaning forward and having my back down the mountain but going heel edge I always open up and turn too much (spreading the peanut butter) to slow myself down. Is there something other than trust and reps I should be doing?

[@anawara]

Whenever this happens to me, it's usually cuz I don't have even weight distribution on my edge with more weight on my front leg. You don't really need to use your shoulders to turn with carved turns though. In fact, you can grab your board with your leading hand while doing a heel side carve and the sidecut will still turn your board! It'll be a relatively wide turn depending on your sidecut radius. If you need to tighten it, you can do down unweighted turns or push-pull turns. Make sure you squat, and as he mentioned in this video, lift your toes up on both feet. Even weight distribution. Forward lean will help too! The weird thing about it is you'll basically be squatting with your back downhill, riding the downhill edge for a bit before the sidecut engages and starts turning you. Feels scary especially cuz if you catch that heel edge, you'll fall backwards down the hill. Unlike toe side carves where catching your toe edge will send you flying down the hill but at least you'll be able to see where you're going 😅

[@melissaerdmann8177]

Following- i have same problem. Its been very frustrating.

[@anawara]

@@melissaerdmann8177 try doing a mute grab as you do the heel side carve. Grab your toe edge with your front hand. You can start by grabbing closer to the nose and the progressively moving the grab until it's between your feet. This will keep your front shoulder from opening up in the turn. The reason opening the leading shoulder can lead to skidding the turn is that that can take pressure off your back foot, which then reduces the edge engagement and make it more likely for the board to skid.

[@donmueller626]

@@anawara Good advice. Most people don't squat down & deep enough. Usually, squat backwards so weight is behind the board & they wash out. BTW, it helps if your quads are in good shape.

[@donmueller626]

@SuzN Suggest experimenting so you can dial in what works for you. I tried aggressive lean in angles, but found it uncomfortable. Use either neutral---most upright or a little forward. It's really a personal choice. Half the fun is learning what works best for you.

[@joshpariseau1389]

When carving on groomers and you start getting lots of chop while in a carve. What is the best skill to help feel more secure and planted or is it possibly the board?

[@AlanLamb11]

It can be the board edges are super dull or even rusted if the groomer is somewhat iced up or the board is possibly too small for your frame or the reverse camber thing they mention but most likely you just need to push into the carve harder with your legs. The more chop and pushback you get the stronger legs you need so after doing a couple runs like that your legs can be really shakey unless you are boarding 20+ days a season or keeping in really good shape off-season. Pushing into the carve is not the same as leaning, you can lean if you have enough speed and can stay under control but if you don't want to follow the fall line (line down the center of your turns) and stay with more gentle S turns then you need to push into the turn and maintain body stability with your back arm extended out towards the tail of your board and front arm aiming towards the direction you are turning. You ideally will be aiming with your shoulder but when you get anxious it can be easier to think of aiming with your hand as that will pull your shoulder where you want it to be and keep you more centred over the board. I see a lot of people waving their arms around or counter-rotating when they get into chop trying to keep their balance because they are letting the board bounce them around on the crests of the chop. Push into the carve and trust your board, the only time that will fail is in some spring conditions where there is mixed rough chop with wet slush and pushing into the carve will spin you or flip you around so going light and feeling the snow with your board and timing your turns for the slush is usually best. Or just rely on quick reflexes in those conditions. ;-p

[@earlthompson5420]

How Steve does the terrain have to be to engage the edge

[@robertgonzalez4252]

Does anyone know what kind of mittens he is using? They look warm and cozy!

[@supermary21]

Hi! I’m confused on the difference between carving and turning from left and right? Besides the fact that the board is making that line mark when you carve.

[@norbertoolavarria9265]

Carving is being able to turn on your snowboards edge is all

[@eliask.545]

I can do sharp and clean toeside turns, but i can't get aggressive heelside carves without sliding. This is a big problem for me because i do boardercross racing, and on some tracks i have to do very sharp heelside turns, but i end up skidding and losing speed.

[@peterepic1003]

thx~~~~~

[@TheNaedean123]

I can't stop whipping my back foot from front edge to back edge while carving. Habit I fell into years ago and cant get out of it. I also steer with my back foot.

[@padlocktails26]

Once I pick up speed it’s so hard to turn 😭 day 3 so hopefully it improves 🤞

[@jordanisaac2980]

I have an old K2 Subculture is that board any good for carving?

[@maness2112]

Probably not.

[@jacobiwolf77]

Don't give K2 money, they bought a town in China and basically turned it into a slave camp to make their skis and boards. As the dude in the video said, go demo some boards and your mind will be blown

[@NoJoey]

How do you handle this when the snow is scraped away and you end up with compacted snow that's slick or ice?

[@FierceTable]

Lock in the edge and try not to change direction abruptly while on ice. Keeping your knees bent allows your body to absorb little bumps while keeping your board in contact with the ground...if your legs are stiff at all any little bump can knock you out of the carve taking away all your control. Other than riding flat across ice (which isn't practical most of the time and leaves you at the mercy of the fall line and going too fast) you will have far more control carving across ice as opposed to skidding.

[@YuriKruglov]

I tryed flat board to carve and it carve better than my three camber boards

[@squirrelsmovingpictures]

what are your thoughts on carving with a rocker board compared to camber? i am brand new (3 days on a snowboard so far) and bought a used board not knowing anything...turns out its a true twin rocker (aperture spectrum 158 MW)...i have it set 15, -15 with rear binding center, front binding 1 slot back...having a blast so far but i dont even know what i dont know...ya know? ;P

[@jacobiwolf77]

Pure rocker boards aren't great for carving, they are good to learn on because you're less likely to catch an edge but consequently they're harder to get the edge to engage on the snow. The stance you have is pretty good for riding switch but if the bindings are set one place back from center you just have to be careful about having a little more edge length behind you when riding switch

[@squirrelsmovingpictures]

@@jacobiwolf77 good stuff, thanks man :)

[@jacobiwolf77]

@@squirrelsmovingpictures sure thing

[@goldenlube9281]

Can u make carved turns on black runs or steep blues ? Or is it to steep and the turns are only skidded? Trying to achieve this

[@joeyschwabbb1996]

Same! But I think you need crazy edge hold and a pretty short sidecut radius to make smaller turns so you don't get too fast.

[@jacobiwolf77]

Yep, just make bigger turns bring your board across the fall line to control your speed. As you get more comfortable you can stay in the fall line and make shallower turns but beware of the speed this gives you. If your black runs are bumps, they are a different monster, but there aren't many mountains that have bumps like my home mountain. If your blacks are groomers the principle is the same, you just need to get comfy with the steep

[@SkuzzelB8]

My Lumberjack has 0 camber...but its wide and stiff. I can carve hard but still have playfulness.

[@bfitz22]

Any help with foot pain on toe side carves? My foot starts burning and goes numb every time I hold a long carve on my toes ...thinking my boots/ bindings might be too tight

[@squid_fish]

Watch the angry snowboarder boot fitting video series on YT; yes - your compensating for slop in your liners with strapping

[@bfitz22]

@@squid_fish thanks man

[@squid_fish]

@@bfitz22 your welcome man, Avran is the sh*t! ✔️