MASTER A SNOWBOARD BACK SIDE TURN with Xavier De Le Rue | How To XV

[@RobertoVillaLobby]

Thanks for the tips! I just got on my first carving board (Freecarver 9000). Toeside is a walk in the park on that thing but backside needs work put into it. Can't wait to practice on the open groomers of Cervinia and Sölden coming season 😇

[@timoteus011]

The First Video who Shows the Real key Mooves . Great Job, txs

[@jmicahbaird]

Excellent use of sound effects in this episode!

[@Bas128]

Now I understand why I often fall over when trying to carve on my heelside. Thanks for this. Loving your video's, keep them coming!

[@JoelSimbrow]

Much thanks again Monsieur De Le Rue! Tucking the elbow in is a great fine tune point.

[@JuliusHiiden]

really help for my carving. Initiation with the weight forward is the key point

[@gregoryf9299]

Can’t wait to try these ideas. Always feel too loose/chattery on heel-side, especially on the bumps.

[@stefanoamonte9441]

the movement of the legs is completely different from how they taught me, with a center stance. you move much better with a smoother weight transition from froont foot to back foot. Thank you, as usual

[@mikelindqvist8015]

Xavier thank you! Great tips, some were above my level but still very clear and well explained. Keep ‘em coming!!!

[@freredelacote6439]

THE best video about backside turn.

[@XVDLR]

Thank you. XV

[@DrGeeChatha]

When I first tried this, I didn't commit to it enough. Also once I increased speed it started to flow. Really helped. Thanks great vid.

[@XVDLR]

Thanks. Xv

[@SailingLearningByDoing]

Still working on getting it better. Thanks for the tips.

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

3:22 this was my mistake for years. In many places they teach this with your hips totally aligned with your board, which is a fatal error (gorilla style everywhere). If you rotate a little your hip, and then bend your knees like "sitting down" in a chair (kind of), that helps a lot.

[@snowboardkobe]

I am snowboard instructor so I know what you talking about. The reason why usually they or I should say we teach beginner aligned body with board is avoid using upper body to init the turn. This will very big problem if it becpmes a habit. you can see tons of snowboarders throwing their arms and turning their upper body to turn. XV talked about this in the other video for toe side turn. And for intermediate to advance rider, I always show them how to open their upper body to improve their riding. Problem is most snowboarder won't take any higher level course after they THOUGHT they already know how to ride. BTW: Thank you so much XV for the video. Very informatic and helpful. Good tips to fine tune my skill.

[@mmusic9194]

Man, I like your stamina!!

[@fluctura]

Thank you man! Now I understand why I always loose my edge... it's not that the edge isn't sharp. It's my technique not being sharp ;))

[@XVDLR]

Haha! No, I am sure it is your edge! Xv

[@fettuccinealraver]

Subscribed, excited to see where I can take my riding with a lil help from someone who knows what they’re talking about.

[@elethiel24]

Xavier, you are just amazing bro!!! I hope i will have a chance to shred with you one day... that would be such an honor!!!

[@XVDLR]

Thank you, hopefully see you on the mountain. XV

[@jimanastasiou1061]

An episode about the layers in all conditions would be a nice one! Keep up the good job!

[@XVDLR]

thx for that it's under go

[@tat1ukpable]

Love Xavier

[@ortegastix]

Thank you, great demonstration from the boss.🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@XVDLR]

Thank you . XV

[@vlpanic]

Great explanation. Thank you very much

[@jesboogie]

Master class

[@newconstruct]

Wow, very useful tips! Driving your butt toward the edge of the board opened my eyes. Quick question, do you squeeze your glute throw out the turn? To stabilize the hip?

[@XVDLR]

As in do I squeeze my ass?! Thinking about it - yes I do! Hope that helps. Xv

[@bozhena92]

Excellent video, best teaching I’ve seen on you tube. Would you be kind enough and tell me the angle setup for both bindings you have in this video?

[@dmitrykochikiyan8281]

In his how to pick a snowboard vid there is a fragment with his reference stance

[@XVDLR]

i have 3 and 18 but nowadays i am going more 6/ 21 and find it more efficient and less hectic on the knees

[@bozhena92]

@@XVDLR I have 67 year old knees, I get it, thanks.

[@4jimroot4]

At 1:07 and 2:01, it appears that the weight is more on the back foot rather than centered. The back leg also looks like it is more bent with knee forward while the front leg is more straight. Can anyone explain this?

[@XVDLR]

When you do your turn you initiate it with the weight on the front leg and same angle with both legs but through out the turn you will move the weight gradually towards your back foot while depending on it. There for the front leg will end up being straight as the back is bent

[@4jimroot4]

@@XVDLR thank you for clarifying you legend!!

[@shushimushi]

That's a great video. It will be my 3d season, but I have about 25-30 days on the snow. I'm still unstable on my heelside turn and that's why I'm sooo disappointed with myself. I've notice I'm opening and turning my upper body part too much and it's changing the direction of the board and I find myself horizontal on the slope, almost for side slip position. But trying to fix it it's difficult. I just can't feel it. Will play this video over and over again till my brain absorbs the information :)) All my friends who started snowboarding after me are now advanced and I'm still struggling and can't handle stiff terains and that sucks. Nobody wants to ride with me anymore:) But I won't quit. Great season and lot of snow to All! 💓

[@XVDLR]

try to bring the back elbow against your side waist. game changer!

[@shushimushi]

@@XVDLR Thanks. I'm always thinking about this video when doing the backside turn 😁 I really love your riding style. Hugs from Bulgaria.

[@juniorcarreau1983]

Merci man I just figired out my mistake

[@Tooonnny]

Super tuto Xavier!!! Whaou!

[@XVDLR]

Thank you. Xv

[@skypiratez]

Excellente!!!!

[@TheTotodu50]

Merci super video 👌🏻

[@kouvasilias123]

anyone know the song ?

[@XVDLR]

Hey sorry for super slow response - Rumour Has It by Robert Altman & Lyndrey Holder

[@stefanoamonte9441]

How to grab your board in back side turn?

[@gedas337]

Hello, what stance do you use?:)

[@XVDLR]

Hello 59cm - Thanks

[@alexarseneau2899]

HOW TO XV Episode 1: How to turn Episode 2: How to send it off a 30' cliff onto ice

[@adamstredula7790]

Please Xavier, all of you people, which model of these TNF pants it is? Thx

[@XVDLR]

Hey Adam, They are The Free Thinker Bib from The North Face.

[@samgum1186]

heel slide turning is harder? I find myself, as a beginner relying on heel slide everything, when I wish to learn to toe slide anything, i feel its very easy for me to catch an edge and face plant

[@XVDLR]

You'll get there, and it will all click into place one day - have fun on the journey and hope you don't do too many Scorpions along the way! Xv

[@francosarti3804]

song name 2:10 please

[@filipposalvini4474]

no jejjo

[@nsvetlana4458]

song pls

[@XVDLR]

Sorry for slow response - Rumour Has It by Robert Altman & Lyndrey Holder

[@leaaae4638]

I can't heelside carve to save my life! My toe side just comes naturally. 20 days on mountain so far, trying to heelside carve everyday. Never able to do it. I'm starting to wonder if it is my gear's problem. But I heard people can ride on any set up as long as they're not out of ordinary. :(

[@XVDLR]

Hey Leaaa e - You will get it, if you are really struggling maybe take an instructor for an hour and they can pinpoint what you are getting wrong, it might be all you need to unblock it and you will be happy shredding in no time (well next winter). Xv

[@FaithandActiondotnet]

When I was learning how to ride, 32 years ago, I had such a hard time with heelside turning. Got it figured out now though ~ faithandaction.net.

[@bwc2000]

hmm.. so is it after 32 years later, you got it figured out? =)

[@pierrewikberg]

Please explain why this is a backside turn and not frontside.

[@leogoodwin1279]

pierrewikberg true that this rotation direction is frontside (if you carve off a kicker on your heel edge and rotate in the direction of the turn, then the spin you do is a frontside rotation) but when the board maintains contact with the snow it’s a backside turn. likewise, if you rotate in this direction to pop onto a rail, it’s also a backside rotation at least that’s my understanding of it ..

[@weltrogg1768]

3:25 queen is dead, say hello is not bad idea, maybe she is boring there

[@jeukhwang6157]

not easy. but i will try

[@zachhilty6822]

Heavy turns

[@bambaam7186]

very helpful! please don't lose your accent :)

[@ivanmartintarazaga9309]

All my Life thinking this was frontside

[@kosycat1]

Basically want a boned out indy grab position without the grab

[@ericbrammer2245]

A Very, SIMPLE 'Fix' to 80% of Riders, is to use LESS Forwards-Lean upon the Front Binding than the Rear, by, oh 7", or two clicks of the high-back angle-block at the Rear of MOST bindings. I've been saying such for over 3 decades now, but it's "NEWS" now.. "PSR"

[@ericbrammer2245]

And, "why" my fix works:. It allows the front Hip to articulate Deeper into the Turn, about 2/10Ths/Second Sooner than the rear-hip., Thus, Your WEIGHT 'Drops INTO the Turn, AHEAD-OF, the Turn. Anticipation Matters (NOTE THAT, AASI!!), and Form Follows. "PSR" (been on Freecarve since day-3, and BOL, both times, since they were).

[@zjgvergara]

Interesting, this would be called a front side turn in surfing.

[@XVDLR]

I know and in the air snowboarding as well...

[@zjgvergara]

@@XVDLR Thanks for the reply Xavier. I'm a surfer from Hawaii that loves snowboarding steep groomers. Your vids are great!

[@nsvetlana4458]

сука песню скажите на 2.10. заебался искать ..

[@AlexanderGeorgiev-Marck]

I bought a collapsible cup. Let's all avoid plastic cups.

[@XVDLR]

Yes - Nice one.

[@lucaborroni7663]

I hate to sound like a know-it-all but “edge” is definitely not “bordo” in Italian. It’s “lamina”! Anybody who has ever skied would know the Italian term. “Forward lean” doesn’t mean “to move your weight forward”, as the current translation suggests, but rather “to add inclination to the front spoiler”. A major difference.

[@deylanengel7251]

What level instructor are you? I can tell you're at least a level 1 from how you explained that.

[@XVDLR]

Hi Deylan. I have made this channel in order to share the tips and tricks that I have learnt in my long career and which I feel could interesting to others -they might not be what you find in the CASI instructor manual- but I hope there are elements that people will find interesting and able to utilise in their riding. Just to note... I have the highest level Diploma in France and am 7 x World Champion, so like to think that something I have learnt along the way will be useful.