Green, Blue & Black Runs - Beginner Snowboard Turn Progression

[@Kalikid98]

Friend and I went to a new mountain (both beginners) and just got on the first lift we saw... took us all the way up the mountain with only black runs. We busted our ass all the way down.

[@adrienner6701]

Sliding down you mean?

[@1Flyingfist]

🤣🤣

[@jacquelineperrella940]

Rip

[@yangcao9152]

This is why you should look at the trail map first

[@passcomcompass2623]

Lucky you were snowboarding, could always just falling leaves down and stay slow rather easily. Would be very dangerous if you ride skis.

[@tepetti]

After couple of bad winters I got to ride in a nice thick layer of snow. Those steeper runs felt so easy! Conditions make a huge difference!

[@CUJOJOHNSON18]

Just Send It.

[@Chandlerite]

That’s all I said to myself my first day. Sent it down a Black within a few hours of starting. Didn’t fall (much)

[@MarkBurghouwt]

I send it on a black and it went perfect. Then I sent it on a blue and broke my arm😂

[@blake5483]

Mark B bro same exact thing happened to me 😂

[@ididntseeaamvwiththissongs3472]

@@Chandlerite same but on my second day snowboarding I road blacks

[@zan831]

What really helped me moving from blue to black were these key points: 1. *Engage your core* 2. *Engage your knees* - You want to sort of have a "bouncing" motion when doing your S turns. 3. *Anticipate changes in speed* - look ahead for steep dropoffs, bumps, obstacles to help you prepare mentally.

[@alex-es9qo]

Me laying in my bed with a broken arm because of snowboarding. “I wanna go again.”

[@skyvlogs8998]

I almost broke my ass bone aka my tale bone😂🤣😂

[@timothytoll9998]

Same here but it's my knee

[@HairNailsBeauty21]

Gb B same :(

[@Sam-qp5zj]

Bro same

[@mitchshobbies9834]

hey I just went 56mph on skies!!!

[@BreauxBobby]

Awesome videos. I almost gave up on learning and then it snowed a lot. The slope closest to home (Zürich) had just closed for the season. I went the first day with a Nitro with a lot of rocker, but the conditions were powder. I picked up a Bataleon Party Wave from the local shop 3 minutes from home and went back today. It was amazing. No one out, not even tracks from other skiers in the beginning. Free because the lifts weren’t operating. I “surfed” down the mountain, just like I envisioned. It was everything snowboarding should be. No worries about falling because of the powder. I even went down the black run. My skate and surf background kicked right in and shamed my kiddie slope tail bone breaker experiences. I have been watching your videos constantly and learning so much. Thank you!

[@spazzen]

Good video, I'm going to Japan in January to board for the first time in 8 or 9 years and I watch these to build confidence that I'll remember what to do. Then I watch compilations of people falling while getting off chairlifts, just to make sure i'm still cautious.

[@ApaulOblank]

Hey there, Kevin! First and foremost, thanks for taking the time to create this epic resource - you're channel has been invaluable in my own progression. Additionally, as a Texan, I spend a lot of time trying to build my snowboard skills off the mountain and FAR from snow. I use what's called a Freebord to "snowboard" the hills in my neighborhood year-round. If you haven't heard about it or seen it, you should definitely check it out! I'm in no way sponsored by them or receiving any kick backs for this recommendation. I just think that you and some of your non-mountain dwelling fans might really enjoy it as an off-season training tool. Thanks again, and keep these awesome videos coming! -Paul

[@MrMiniMeister]

I'll never forget my first day on a black run. It was my second day on a board, and a heavy snow storm rolled in while we were on the lift. We were in the middle of a whiteout by the time we reached the top. Strong winds had blown all the powder off the peak. It was so icey, I could barely stop to strap-in. I've never been so nervous in my entire life as I was looking down the hill that day. I definitely fell on my ass more than a few times, but it was exhilarating. My proudest moment was after we reached the bottom and a lift operator was warning us about the conditions at the top, and I said "I know! I just came down from there!" with a huge smile on my face.

[@veesee9]

You are really gifted at what you do, you are an amazing teacher. Thank you for taking the time to help us beginner/intermediate boarders. Thanks Kevin and team!

[@slaybomb96]

good tips even for intermediate riders. Finally got snow here in Michigan and I might go for the first time this season. I hear Boyne got a snow storm like 18 inches so I am going to try and get out as much as possible this season. Great video as always

[@CALYPSIUS1111]

Ben lol i live in michagan as well

[@deethomas1851]

My friends lives up In Michigan. St su marie or something? I’m not sure. I’m from SC/NC border hopefully NC gets some snow this weekend.

[@astrallemon2311]

Ben ayyyy

[@greggwallace4180]

Just want to say how helpful this channel has been. Started to learn how to snowboard last year and now I’m comfortably nailing reds and occasional blacks after around 3/4 weeks worth of boarding. Wouldn’t have progressed no where near as fast if it wasn’t for your tips 🤙🏼✌🏼

[@Julia-ce1jl]

This channel helped me more than any snowboard instructor ever did. ❤

[@danburyvan5845]

I’d love to see the difference between the 3, like a time lapse of each run, that would be cool. Loving the channel.

[@gemomo30ify]

Just went on my first blue trail after really grinding S turns and was able to do blue really fast!

[@SnowboardProCamp]

Sweet!

[@stevanblum25]

So excited, I live near hood, and she just got snow. I'm not a begginer, but I haven't done a black run. Hopefully soon this season, thanks Kevin!!

[@verdalityplayz4649]

Those hills... They look so fun! I live in Minnesota and we have a place called afton alps, not the biggest hills compared toothis.

[@Altiveda]

I did my first ever snowboard run from being a skateboarder yesterday. Made it to black within an hour or so in Tarvisio alps. Thanks Brotha hope i see you riding some day

[@torinnill]

I have learned so much from all of your videos. I have been only snowboarding 3 times and I am already doing mostly blues and some blacks.

[@neutronstar9038]

Hey Kev! Thanks man for this short and much helpful progress advices. Pls do make a guide/tutorial vid for how to ride and keep in mind for the powder board in powder days. Thanks.

[@jayscoottey]

The tip about keeping your hand above the tail end is good. I think about leading turns with my back hand and trying to have the back of the board follow. Don’t think about this as trying to throw the back foot in that direction, but gently turning from the top of your body down into the board.

[@AhmedMD]

I’ve had watched your videos for beginners just before hitting the mountain for 1st time snowboarding, and they helped me a lot!!! Just want to say thanks

[@pilphoto]

Thanks Kevin! This answers all the questions I've been having about getting on my first black run and down it without killing myself.

[@hahnmowermotorsports179]

Today was my third day snowboarding and I hit several black diamond runs. It definitely wasn’t groomed like these though, lots of rough choppy powder. Had a blast though, can’t wait to go again

[@poptartpc5287]

Yesterday was my 2nd time snowboarding and I'm onto some blues and riding switch! So much fun

[@danielisotalo7999]

Went down a black in Bulgaria at night on my own... as cool as it was it was pure nightmare fuel especially because of the ice 😂😂

[@kt-tu6jl]

Kevin, keep it up , I always watch your videos. Your videos when I was learning progressed my riding so much. I love watching these to always reinforce what I’ve learned. Can’t wait to start riding this weekend here in New Mexico. Pray for snow!!!!

[@getinwizard2877]

My local mountain is opening this Saturday....... I got my new Burton Step ons and I'm soooooo excited. Thanks for getting me hype for the season man

[@sunnyspoumaroux607]

I live on an island why am I watching this 😂😂

[@crazyk2600]

That’s cool

[@LauzyFall]

I have newer had the chanse to go snowbording but one time when i got sick

[@motorcycleislife8296]

when i was in highschool we went to Colorado to snowboard and i went down the black and remember seeing drop offs on both sides, im surprised more people dont die on resorts. i had to brake all the way down. Plus the high altitude sickness wasnt worth it, shit was miserable

[@ebal639]

everyday i watch your daily videos and enjoy. thanks for the work !

[@bracecaleb]

longtime fan man, good to see your channel getting the recognition you deserve!! I remember your videos in 2012 compared to your vids today, big difference man keep it up!! also would love to see some videos on how to progress into bigger runs like the whistler bowl and more advanced park tricks!!

[@edgargarcia3971]

As a beginner this videos have been really helpful thanks man, I’m about to hit the slopes in Breckenridge CO

[@IYKYKTTIB]

I am snowboarder too i like your vids and btw. Here in whole Europe we got the slopes like this: BLUE-easiest one (like your green) RED- medium (like your blue) BLACK- hard/steepest (same)

[@dlasti]

Thank you for this video. Awesome. I'm still getting mileage on the green runs, hoping to progress to blues by the end of next winter.

[@hi-dc4xj]

I have been waiting for snowboard season since August, IT'S FINALLY SKI SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BrianMDPhD]

Great video! Just getting back into it after being off the slopes for a few years.

[@EjeEronen]

i just did it my first time. Had to send.

[@geraldkumar9315]

Can you please make another one more detailed from green runs to blue runs please I’m finding it hard to leave green runs and ride narrow runs. Love the videos helped me snowboard down some crazy slopes for a beginner

[@jmahp1]

Im not a beginner but it’s cool to see a video like this 😍

[@jasonhall10]

Great videos, really enjoying this channel. Impressive you're able to get vids out every day too.

[@tomking3419]

UGH YOUR SNOW IS SO NICE, we won't get snow like that ever unless we are super lucky

[@T25de]

Whistler looks amazing

[@architpeter223]

Hope he comes to sweden soon! Great snow here.

[@ApeX-gh1wo]

The biggest thing that helped me was telling myself not to be scared of falling and learning to ride faster and more agressive

[@SpceItOut]

I love those goggle

[@treeprofessionals]

really liking all the vids on this channel! i learned to snowboard this year (2018) in after 1 lesson, 4days and watching every snowboardprocamp vids i coud- i was linking turns smoothly down the blue run on my local slope here in southern Sweden, and carving turns really nicely on the green run! nice single line all the way down - So this year i plan to fly over to whistler! Would be really cool to get some idea of which are the best slopes to tackle / progress on - e.g greens that arent super flat, more mellow blues - and even the more challenging stuff - though maybe that would ruin part of the fun exploring such a massive resort as whislter blackcomb??

[@BrandonGraham]

I've got this down, but traveling at speed on any run is what gets me. Any strategies for that inevitable fall while going fast?

[@GingerNinja1776]

Brandon Graham Crash pants!!!!!!

[@BrandonGraham]

I ordered some yesterday, but what kind do you like?

[@GingerNinja1776]

I have a pair of "Shock Doctor" crash pants/compression short-type deals. Haven't used them yet, but I HAD to get something because I fractured my tailbone the end of last year. They weren't very expensive on Amazon, so they're probably not the best pair out there....but they're gonna help. Especially in the park!

[@mikhailpozin5142]

Make sure you stay on an edge and alternate. You're not stable riding flat on your base and with some snowboards can be really likely to suddenly catch an edge and get chucked. Also keep your knees bent

[@Wout342]

Maybe you could practice more breaking, this could give you more confidence to actually practice going faster. When you do fall, try not to stick out your hands so you won't break your wrists!

[@juniorsve]

Good Tips! Thanks Kevin!

[@PlayStation2014-e3n]

I’m so sore from my first two sessions last weekend.

[@amandawithlov3908]

Wow I am in SO much pain after one session. I keep asking my boyfriend when does the pain go away?!

[@BK-oi1nd]

@@amandawithlov3908 That’s why we smoke so much weed

[@rarnaldo33]

Really helpful tips ... thanks, man!

[@JuanVanSteyvoort]

Very easy to understand... Thank you!... :-) From Brussels, with Love...

[@AlexanderBoutilier]

full send straight down baby

[@athomp1686]

New boarder. Having trouble tightening up my bindings, or specifically, getting close enough to them to easily tighten them. Not sure if it's a flexibility issue or a positioning of the board issue. Would love to see a video on the topic. Thanks

[@mochidomo]

Never seen anyone, not even beginners or older people having this problem. Maybe you should sit down and try. If you can't reach your toes while sitting, I don't know if anyone can help you.

[@4nd3rzzon]

You need to bend you knees dude

[@petecurran3995]

Top man, Kevin! 👍🏻

[@robertlorenz2492]

Can you do a where to hold your weight, if it is more front foot or back

[@DiStUrBeDxNaTiOn]

Gonna be in Colorado in 10 days :) can’t wait

[@Visigothicwarrior]

Blue/Red/Black here in Europe.

[@GreenT10]

it would be cool to see you teach someone through this

[@samwichvr485]

Me watching middle of summer

[@professor.piespies7313]

Same

[@cameronhall285]

Thanks! This is gonna help a lot!

[@Kazzzzzo]

On blue and black I look and point with my front arm uphill, when going ona toe edge, so I make sure I am rotated fully. Just another tip.

[@michawitkowski2072]

I reckon you should make a video dedicated to more advanced riders.Give some tips how to ride on more advanced slopes more fluently.

[@TheBrotherPrime]

Best thing I was ever taught was to pretend I was dribbling a basketball over the front of my board. Kept my weight on my front foot and helped me progress so much faster!

[@micha8469]

Frankly I don't think that's wise. You should stay balanced on a board, keeping weight on one foot makes you unstable. You should 'unlearn' this habit.

[@utsavjamwal]

Interesting, multiple instructors and friends of mine who have been snowboarding for decades say unequivocally to keep the weight on the front foot and use the back foot to just guide and glide, so I'd say basketball thingy is a good thing.

[@megankoivisto8137]

I just took a private beginner snowboard lesson and the instructor taught me to use my feet like a gas pedal and then lift the toes for heel side/brake to connect my turns. I am having trouble with this way of thinking. You talk a lot about leaning to help you but what are you doing with your feet? Do you have a video that talks about this?

[@christophermatthews555]

Snow conditions will also affect what hills you can go down. Nothing like straying onto an icy black diamond to put a little terror into your day.

[@clipbeast880]

Almost 400k! New sub

[@m7jnu]

Good advice, thanks.

[@danecarey]

Awesome video.

[@RafaelLima-qk3zq]

Nice video as well as explained. Btw, which goggle is yours? That's a nice one!!

[@kylecoughlin8040]

Love you snowboardprocamp you guys made me the ride I am now!!! Hmu with some merch!!!

[@nawak25]

Hey Kevin, I live in Whistler and start snowboarding for three weeks now and I'm beginning to be comfortable on Blue slopes! Yesterday I went for the first time on "The Saddle" close to Peak Lookout on Whistler Mountain...... Could we really consider this slope as blue instead of a black?? That was Fuuucking more deeper than all of the other Blue Slopes!!!

[@violinfather]

I recently started doing black runs. I notice that some black runs are steeper than others. I fell on a steep section because I didn't heed your advice of leaning slightly forward i.e. not leaning back. When you lose your heel edge and slide down the mountain what is the best way to stop quickly?

[@waterable5908]

For black runs my instructor calls it a novice turn, it’s where u bend way way more and you just need the confidence, and the. You can ride anything

[@ahalfbloodreader8950]

I’m11 and my dream is to be an Olympic snowboarder. I have a fractured back now are there any things or exercises I can do to prepare without actually riding?

[@1Flyingfist]

Sarbear B The exercises that your physio gave you... 🤔

[@liamdaniels2381]

Uhh always working out at least an hour a day if you rlly want to go pro

[@AHTOIIIKA]

Thanks, my teacher:)

[@alessandroparodi8666]

Chiaro e semplice!

[@gbayr5086]

do you guys have any discount codes for dakine? those mitts are sick!

[@albertom6239]

I think one should focus more on footwork and shifting weight perpendicularly to the snowboard axis (moving pelvis torso and arms) and way less on shifting center of mass back and forth along the axis, which I do only when I require a rotation without advancing.

[@ichnicht9410]

So for the blacks it's a bit like jumping the turns?

[@Killuasdad]

MY MAN

[@tinaytshi]

Are you ever gonna have a meet up in Whistler? and if you do could you have it during christmas week? haha that's when I'll be there

[@sprenzy42]

I wish there were a skiing version of this video

[@katharinecuster9468]

Hi! I’m wondering what advice you have for planning turns on blues/blacks, particularly ones that have rolling hills that roll on sideways slopes (as opposed to straight, steep, and wide blues).

[@pbillings808]

Katharine Custer Gotta know which way is down hill. That determines when you switch to the new (uphill) edge. On some very sideways runs, you might not even switch to a new edge.

[@NicCVVV]

A lot of the slopes around here have beginner runs that fall outside the GBD levels; how long we should stick in those zones for? I'm a relatively new boarder and but I've spent whole days on the "kiddie" slopes to try and master heel-toe turning. Would it be better to jump into green and learn on something slightly more difficult ?

[@keegansaraceno8854]

What happened to the 2nd dakine box

[@sawyertrevillian5296]

Hey Kevin I've been having troubles with the moguls so I was wondering if you could make a video about it or just explain it. Thanks😊

[@nathanalbritton5054]

Solution - don't ride Moguls

[@maialh]

Thank you for the video, my question is, you guys don't snowboard doing full S turns all the time like this video,specially in steep blacks, can you post of a video of how you actually go straight switching edges really fast? I'm already on my day 12 up the mountain and I am still making wide S turns, and I am still scared of steep slopes so I go back to falling leaf, I really want to progress...what's the tip on how to actually go straight and switch edges really fast as you guys do? I tried before to go straight on a steep slope but I gain too much speed and my board kind of "jumps" on the bumps on the snow and the edge goes too hard and I fall. I feel so lost because I really want to progress and go faster to keep up with friends that really know how to snowboard. Thank you!

[@williwoo6317]

Same here

[@iBeThatNinjaTone]

Good video bro

[@andy_ambjrn]

What about red?

[@cmsd2]

Ambjørn . Checkout the crazy colouring system the north americans use

[@alexanderjones4006]

Watching this as a good confidante boarder and looking at what I was 8 years ago

[@Freedommigrant]

yes homie

[@cenceliafoley1867]

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[@nieksmit4870]

I am dutch but iT is A verry good channel

[@ruckz7]

Where the notification squad at?!?!

[@toaster7239]

Here

[@andersbodin1551]

what about reds?

[@McSlacker124]

Love the channel man but I’ve got a question I’m not sure if It was ever covered or I missed It BUT when I try to gain speed It feels like my back foot always starts to swing. Out and I usually catch an edge and take a nasty spill. Any tips on what I can do to keep my board straight? I ride a process if that helps at all

[@Llama002]

McSlacker124 I had this problem and what I did was dig my toe or heel edge into the snow so it wasn’t flat but I could go down straight for a bit. But then slow move the edge down so you feel more confident and comfortable going flat

[@McSlacker124]

llamas rule thanks for the tip I’ll try It out tomorrow

[@benjaminkoenig759]

McSlacker124 sounds like too much weight on the front foot to me

[@surferjason1006]

Thanks!!!

[@michellegurule4524]

You have a small Utah accent. No? Thank you for the tip. I am going to try several blues (its my second season) tomorrow at Taos. Thank you

[@einarhagby3227]

Hey! Nice video! Once a year I go on a ski camp with friends (in the only snowboarder) and when they want to do a black run I don’t want to get left behind. I could probably go the slope with turning, if I go slow, but all my skier friends all go fast down the mountain and to keep up with them I go on my heel side all the way down to keep up. I want to improve my snowboarding, but it’s hard to do when there’s no time. What should I do? My friends are really nice so they’ll wait for me, but I don’t wanna be the guy who’s always behind! Help...

[@linemanap]

Home Made STUFF you should watch Ryan knaptons snowboard channel and learn some advanced edge control procamp is a great channel but for next level speed and control knapton is the man