How to Snowboard in Moguls (Advanced)

[@haydenwebb335]

I’m one of the few snowboarders who truly enjoys moguls but this is just next level haha imma try popping more moguls this season

[@isaacinsaidoo923]

I'm one of those snowboarders as well. I like the challenge of moguls and trying to ride in between them

[@bigkit9963]

@@isaacinsaidoo923 so is my brother and idk wtf is wrong w y’all but every time I find the moguls I find my rib cage hitting the top of one

[@biggbadger5731]

Skiers: we made the moguls to keep y'all of this section Us: meet tommy

[@daandesanders4282]

Bigg Badger Tommie: let me introduce myself

[@CloroxBleach-hi6jd]

Bro, like how the fuck do snowboarders hate mogules. I fucking love them. They really give you a workout but you learn so much more control.

[@va4114]

@@CloroxBleach-hi6jd if you like the boring moguls then you like guys

[@stillnessinmovement]

good ideas to have fun w bumps. I would add in another layer, how to actually ride them in the fall line. I note that when you rode the fall line, you made turns about 4x as large as the bumps. that means your not really articulating around the bumps, your just running into them. new snowboards with rocker are very capable of very quick turns, and you have to be able to turn the board while keeping your movement overall in the fall line. I would practice this a lot, making short short full turns on a blue run, just getting it so I could keep my lower body working like a pendulum under my torso. once you can make turns in the short size needed to get through bumps, then you can try it in moguls. very few snowboarders really know how to make functional short turns on the fall line, but that is what makes for powerful bump riding. it also does good things for your overall riding. in big picture, 2 kinds of turns, short, where lower body pivots under stable upper body, and longer turns where the upper body is going more from side to side. if you can do either at will, even both at the same time, (micro adjustment of arc of board within a larger turn) hen you have full skill and control of your movement. just sharing here, not trying to be difficult. been riding since 86, taught for well over a decade.

[@zephyr707]

Richard Shapiro great description, would be awesome if you made a vid on this!

[@user-qc5jw1xy5l]

@@zephyr707 agreed

[@kaimcguire5086]

Make a video on this man I want to shred moguls harder than I already do

[@andrewjacobs7860]

This is great! I guess I have control of my board then after all these years! Haha

[@leftyslice3834]

Make a video man

[@theblakeslees7065]

Synapsis of this video: step one: get low gettttt lowwwww Step two: send it

[@rxshred]

I thought this was a how to ride moguls video. A few seconds in I realized this is a how to SEND IT LIKE A BALSE on moguls. This is some next next next level riding. This video should come with a warning “kids, don’t try this at home!”

[@bert29]

pro tip (not a pro): Try to go the least perpendicular to the hill as possible because going perpendicular requires a strong edge hold which is not often possible especially when the moguls are icy, large and steep. Washing speed is hard but if you scope your path well usually you can find a moderately gnarly spot to try and stop or slow down. Aka find the powder, you're not a skier.

[@leprechaun3677]

Been forever since I’ve boarded; getting old and have no time; but moguls were something I was getting into before I stopped. They’re a load of fun, different type of challenge.

[@dharrsch]

The best advice I can give when teaching moguls at my home mountain is to flow like water and look ahead of you. If you are not jumping the bumps you could also slash the tops and not go into the dips.

[@powmendozanunez]

On another level, the first mogul clip was crazy, wasn't expecting that🤯

[@jasonsong86]

Normal people: I am gonna go around the bumps. Tommie: Bumps are like small jumps.

[@joew.4358]

Ya, the moguls where I ride are steep as hell. I'm not sending on any of them.

[@jasonsong86]

Tommie Bennett I have started doing the same on small moguls. It’s super fun.

[@Jonesnaltitude]

Outstanding topic! Moguls are super-fun once you have them figured out. My personal favorite are Volkswagen sized on a really steep pitch. It's like Q-Bert in real life;) For learning, get into a mogul field map out two or three turns. Take them slow and just do the turns you planned. Stop > Rinse > Repeat. You'll start recognizing patterns for turns and places where you can "shoot the gap." Riding moguls will GREATLY improve your snowboarding fundamentals and thus all aspects of your riding. It also gives you something fun to do besides the park when you are in between storms....

[@JustinUrban1]

I rode some rough runs at Snowbird with moguls. Staying low is for sure the most important. Keeping both legs a little loose also helped out whenever there was a mogul that I didn’t spot between a landing.

[@tranceaddict365]

OMG! I didn't think it was possible to ride moguls this aggressively. You're killing it bro! Keep up the regular content.

[@jasonbourn1945]

I'm still at the beginning of vid but I had my first experience w moguls today and had so much fun was nothing but jumps left and right

[@gregbrady4752]

Back in the day all my friends skied so I had to learn moguls to hang with them....Really help me with my mogul game....I think I'm one of the few that like to ride them

[@dawnwang1558]

The first jump was so cool, I got really excited..

[@johnf5068]

This looks fun and all until you’re on the ice coast and have huge moguls of straight ice

[@lisayist]

These are not moguls for ice coasters. Too soft, too wide apart and not VW size.

[@THEpicND]

Exactly what i was thinking, the moguls are so small and icy its hard to even navigate through them without cutting over top of them like you shouldn’t

[@jimw8615]

Best mogul run I have seen. Period!

[@nicholasturczyn5907]

Moguls are great, and are one of the best ways to build up so many of your riding techniques: edge control, turn initiation, seeing-creating-linking lines, learning all the same things switch... and as you progress you can increase your speed and keep working on them. If you want to ride a proper run full of moguls, the most important thing is to work on managing your speed so that you can continue to link toeside and heelside turns down the fall line. As you learn and progress continue to crank up the speed. Very few people can ride moguls fast, for an extended period of time, directly down the fall line, doing airs so don't get frustrated as this takes tons of time and practice.

[@kpouls552]

don't get me wrong, I love the challenge of moguls as a snowboarder, but good luck trying this on ice coast

[@andrewhua4972]

This man riding moguls like it's the park.

[@DjBaapreB]

Moguls can be alot of fun. As Tommy said, use your knees as shock breakers.

[@jamesbrachmann3979]

I like super tight carves through the moguls Popping off every 3rd or 4th one. Most boarders don’t. Just gotta be able to kick it out quick

[@TaylorPhase]

another tip, ride smaller and more flexible boards. dont be riding a 163cm stiff board lol

[@mav_4404]

Coming in on a trip from louisiana with my college this January. Glad I found this video, last year the moguls kicked my ass😂

[@JustinUrban1]

Man, I rode some hardcore moguls at Snowbird. I was dang proud of getting to the bottom, but dang my knees were beat to shreds.

[@drb27]

Gun barrel at heavenly is one of the funnest runs for boarding moguls

[@ellstackeradventures]

No Tommie no

[@ellstackeradventures]

@@tommiebennett :)

[@simonwoo5450]

Dude, I've never seen anyone killing it in the moguls like that!!

[@stephenmendoza7745]

I tried moguls by accident and it was sketchy af. Glad you made this video for next time!

[@stephenmendoza7745]

@@tommiebennett Yup! As soon as I turned the corner off the lift and went down the run I started hearing boss music playing and I knew it wasn't going to be easy LOL

[@PanchoPont]

man you are killing it!! I found your channel and I can´t stop watching your videos!! I´m learning a lot and I hope I´ll be able to transfer it to my snowboard next week in France :)

[@johnvillarrial2647]

Just send em🎉. Confidence. No fear. Fresh legs.

[@sashkodanylenko]

I am trying to apply some surfing approach and pump track biking approach while riding mogul in the same time. Thinking about it from different perspective really helps to increase fun

[@mikegriffin8333]

I love riding moguls. There's no better feeling than blowing by a skiier in a mogul field. Fresh are a lot more forgiving and easier than icy ones but still fun overall. If you're stuck on a trail with moguls and are unsure, I've found there are often lines at angles(about 45°) that are easy to navigate in between - you'll still need to point the board down hill to get around. Riding over them and slowing down/ turning on their backside will help set you up for the next turn while cutting speed, if you need to. Keep the knees bent and go with the flow. Try to pick a line before you start and look a few moguls ahead while you're riding to see what's coming and set yourself up. There are boards that I prefer on moguls than others.. don't really care for the Smokin' Awesym or Gnu Rider's Choice on them but really like the Burton Custom and the Lago Open Road is by far my favorite. It just treats moguls like it's bitch. I actually bought a second Open Road in a 156 because it was so much fun riding them on the 160.

[@linyan9299]

Absolutely next level to ride on moguls.

[@dkproductions]

Hell yeah!! Hope to see you out there tommie thanks for the A+ content

[@andrewjacobs7860]

This honestly just looks like a fun mogul run. Haha. I hate moguls, but I LOVE gapping moguls when I come across them. Good tips!

[@martinramsay5253]

Strong advice and super fun! Cheers Tommy for all you've done? 💪👍🙌

[@phabloagr]

You guys are a Perfect match. Good job 👍🏼

[@chuck__van]

Hanging out for the 101 version of this. 😳 Hahaha! No way I am sending moguls like that without getting buckled.

[@cornholius]

I need to improve my technique going straight down the fall line on black and double black 💎 technical mogul runs. I can get down it fast, but not clean. I really want it to be fluid.

[@Shitty796]

Just started watching your channel. Your killing it big dog.

[@sh666nks]

I'll never get snowboarders for this... they all say they hate moguls but out of every run on the mountain they always go down mogul runs and ruin the flow of them

[@sh666nks]

@@tommiebennett ahaha it happens. But my question still stands. Why do snowboarders go through moguls kf they dont like them? If u like them that's different. But boarders who obviously are beginners heel sliding down going over the bumps and are complaining about them mid run just confused me.. like u know the entire run is a bump run go to a different one.

[@sh666nks]

@@tommiebennett will be interesting

[@christophergruenwald5054]

I mostly just try not to die when going through the moguls.

[@dillhockey90fingerboard28]

This weekend I went snowboarding for my 5th time and there was a mogul section on the black diamond (the black diamond at our resort is like a green) and I tried it and it was so much fun but i wiped out a lot

[@dianehorne5855]

🇬🇧 Looking forward to my killing it sticker to arrive 😜👍

[@CJohnny00]

Is that Breck?! Soo much fun!

[@michaelmoran4012]

wish our moguls were like this, we always have them at the bottem of a run, super icy and full op ppl in them going so slow they might just die of old age before they get out. so unfortunately jump and rushing through like that would be very irresponsable but if i ever find it empety im so sending it

[@normalizedaudio2481]

A few people are going to take a fall trying this. No pain no gain. First time I skied bumps, I got a concussion. The other guy could do it!

[@Mattman5073]

I NEED THIS!!!!! Thank you soooo much

[@colton107]

If you want to get good at riding moguls just spend a couple days at Winterpark.

[@Mr.Paul_Revere]

I tried snowboarding moguls. I made it 10 to 15 ft b4 I almost ate it. I was dead tired and out of breath.

[@laxplaysu91]

Have any pointers on riding 35-40 degree double black steep moguls?

[@TheFxdstudios]

I suck and still love moguls.

[@lisayist]

could you show one continuous mogul run from top to bottom?

[@wei-chunlee7140]

This is sick..

[@WoodyBarrelson]

video quality is almost as crispy as those ollies!

[@jackstanley7052]

During my first lesson 19 years ago I insisted to my instructor the moguls were also jumps 🤣

[@T25de]

No moguls by choice for me.

[@tygallow3013]

I always find the fall side of moguls so icy & slip over a lot on that part

[@Otter_in_water]

That's really nice riding but you weren't really riding moguls, but chunder with some smaller hits. Could you do a video with a whole mogul piste and which are hard packed?

[@MrMountain707]

Can't there just be a snowboarders only resort?

[@BoardThroughThePain]

Short answer is, no. Haha, those are so forgiving compared to the icy lumps of doom we have here on the east coast.

[@dwizzle8405]

Want a mogul challenge try Gunbarrel 25 at heavenly. It’s a real ass kicker 😂.

[@RydenAround]

Scraper Gapers keep away!

[@cap_n_crunchies1449]

East coast moguls looks way different

[@labzee7855]

the ice moguls are the biggest challenge

[@MyFirstInstinct]

I made it into the video!!!!!

[@sovieth0tty117]

How to have fun on moguls: step 1) get skis

[@ollie2891]

As a newish snowboarder I absolutely hate moguls.

[@spencerthompson1426]

You can get a lotta' air when ya' boot off bumps

[@theblakeslees7065]

The first time I ever road moguls was when I was doing my level 2 cert test so that was super nerve wracking. Also, I love riding bumps but mannnn how do you do it? You’re 31? I’m 29 and all the crouching and counter rotations through the gnarly ones killllls by back and knees.

[@theblakeslees7065]

Tommie Bennett the mountain I was teaching at didn’t even have any moguls so all I had to go off of was what I had read from the book. I missed the boat on getting all my fun in before my body falls apart but I still get to have a pretty good time as long as my back isn’t bothering me

[@theblakeslees7065]

Tommie Bennett for sure man. I’ve never been to a doctor for it but I’m pretty sure I have a slipped disk or something in my back that flares up from time to time and really bothers me. You should do a video about all your injuries? It might be a little click bait-ie but I would be interested to watch. You can definitely rack up a lot of injuries over a snowboarding career and it always amazes me what people are willing to over come to ride a piece of wood down a snowy slope.

[@mikeoclimberMTB]

Moguls always seem to punish the back knee, if you ride them switch half the time both knees get punished equally lol.

[@AA_OnTheEdge]

best moguls free riding tutorial on youtube!

[@MyGoogleYoutube]

Reshoot this video at Mary Jane on a bump run please :)

[@MyGoogleYoutube]

@@tommiebennett I really enjoy the bumps....thanks for making a video to help other borders get into them :)

[@dianehorne5855]

🇬🇧 I love moguls btw 😜👍

[@micahgiordano8356]

What mittens do you have?

[@davidmichael3853]

Where are these moguls? This looks like a powder day. Greetings from the ice coast

[@thepipsquickbacon6558]

Is this breck?

[@Julia-jz1fy]

ok but these moguls are set up like a damn boulder field

[@Powd3r81]

This video probably broke a few wrists lol "jump the moguls"

[@jakezadra7521]

Idk what typa moguls Im running through but like bruh there is no way you could do this in the moguls I just went through

[@peterg.r.o6251]

Great tips, but I never seen anyone ride moguls like you do men,respect...I gotta work on my moguls game🤙👊

[@chuckruffing6283]

It's not that you dont ride moguls...It is that you really are not that good at riding the mountain... period! and moguls just prove it.

[@micahabrams8708]

Looking for riding buddies?

[@stevenrailey9204]

Too advanced for my blood lol

[@stevenrailey9204]

@@tommiebennett heck yeah. I'm so stoord. Cant wait to see what I can learn from you

[@rxshred]

@Tommie Please do

[@wantahertzdonut]

Those aren't moguls and all you're doing is traversing the hill to "survive" the dreaded mogul field.

[@brendonglynn9577]

So basically just jump over them

[@Mr.Paul_Revere]

That’s not real moguls

[@David-ft1wq]

you were not demonstrating basic mogul skills, just a show off of jumps and 360s. poor teaching

[@chuckruffing6283]

Lame... He just pops off one then like a typical mogul coward he heads straight for the side troth that really has no moguls.