Snowboarding Carving Tips with Katie Tsuyuki

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[@sunnydawg8050]

As a female boarder, we usually have to translate what you guys say into how it will play out for us (board reviews, body position, etc. ) and it is so nice to watch and learn from another woman. Thank you for including these vids.

[@guidospadotto6943]

I definitely want the 30 part series! 🤣

[@KTathletics]

Ryan You're getting closer to saying my name right!!! Can't wait to rip again!

[@RyanKnapton]

😂🤬. One day! Thanks for taking part! 🤘🏂

[@andrewknapton]

This reminds me of Jeff Grosso's love letters to skateboarding, only snowboarding. Love it Ryan!

[@EpicPandaEAWR]

Ryan's channel is always the standard of carving !

[@AppleShortss]

Definitely want 30 part series , she so smooth on the mountain 🏔 !!!!

[@rideordietheyretring2tranx382]

It's funny to go back and watch these when you guys first started getting to know each other.

[@timgarner5232]

Love these videos. As a skier and student of snowsports I love the technical conversations of inclination, angulation, flexing, and extending. Keep up the good work.

[@lucifermorningstar4448]

Awesome video Ryan, you and Katie Tsuyuki make a great duo, awesome tips and advice. 30 part series please!

[@RyanKnapton]

:). I'll make her read these comments and we'll for sure do some more! Thanks Man!

[@henryhester1897]

One your best videos Ryan. Twisting the board to effect side cut radius. Katy is the bomb.

[@alissamarrone4141]

love this! I appreciated meeting you this past season! cant wait to learn more and improve my skills to shred with my bf :]

[@rasmeymao53]

Heck make it 60! She rocks🤟

[@allenbao]

More tsuyuki! Her style is inspiring!!

[@kimsoundchick]

Sweet! Awesome Shredding Katie!

[@shysurfer]

Yes to 30 parts please. Also it would be great if you both teamed up and made some intro to pipe videos, tips, tricks, etc. Thanks!!

[@keithmellor4034]

Ryan, love your carving series, 30 to 50 instruction sessions, go for it!!

[@T25de]

Excited for this years season

[@colinmccarthy-edwards8225]

Seriously awesome content in this video, the tips are spot on. I remember just earlier this season I was having issues with consistent, smooth edge transitions from heel to toe side. When I really started looking at and thinking about what I was doing in my turns, I realized I wasn't finishing my toeside turns off properly. I was understearing them, which led to me overstearing my heelside turns, in turn making that edge transition slow, clunky, and more difficult, esp. on harder terrain. That first tip of making sure you finish your turns off properly is simple but huge. Thanks for videos like this!

[@ChristopherWong]

Thanks Katie and Ryan. I'd love to see a 30 part series of this. Great work!!!

[@tenshihayashi1966]

Yeah, would love to see a multipart series on the topic!

[@chienchc]

Katie is great. Very helpful tips. Thanks Ryan

[@TheSnowboardJourney]

Well it's official. I want to ride like a girl (Katie at least). Awesome video, great tips...I like the fall line concept and I was taught knees in but I see that's a bit old school. I'll have to try the other method. That ankle / angulation drill is insta-smash face for me at this point but maybe in the future. Thanks for taking the time to make this!

[@AppleShortss]

Also your videos are the best. I learn a lot from watching them all most everyday!!!🏂🤙🏻🏔😎👏

[@rollingedges9469]

Thank you katie!

[@TheGolopablo]

Katie rocks 😘😘😘 Super tutorial. Thanks Both

[@AndrewBoeySG]

Love the tip from Katie on the front hand leading the direction. It really helps direct the body to rotate than counter-rotate. I would even extend it to the shoulder direction. Like aligning the shoulder to the intended direction of travel.

[@veektoryk]

These tips are so good! The carving sound is so ASMR.

[@mtcsypkens]

Love Katie in this tutorial!

[@TheBurtonian]

You really did that hard work ofseason Ryan! You look lean an deadly!

[@ellstackeradventures]

What up old man

[@patientestant]

I need to point out the number one rule to snowboarding, looking good. This helps when determining where to put your hands. Try out the super model pose with one hand on the waste and the other on your head. If you want more base, both hands on your best asset.

[@808Monkseal]

She SHREDS!!

[@Outdawrzman]

My girlfriend is starting out and she loves this !

[@drjalemar]

Class act, Ryan replied my email for advise on gear. Thank you and keep up the great videos!

[@69Applekrate]

I've enjoyed riding for many decades now and ride often at Sunrise ski area in Arizona. It is so , so nice to see women on snowboards! Not enough adult women ( past college age ) on the slopes. It's a blast , we need more gals enjoying the sport like this.

[@Patrick.Sanchez]

OMG She turns so good

[@chrissladden4593]

Greats tips, defo gonna try the hand one, over the edge you want to carve on

[@StavrosSkotz]

Yes please, 30 part series!!!! When I’m heading into my heel side turns, I find that sometimes I turn too fast and end up too open and perpendicular to the hill, rather than holding the line into a smooth turn. Any suggestions on how to makes smoother heel side turns? Thanks Ryan!!!

[@dbinacorner5634]

40 part series!

[@T25de]

I got so many #1’s woo Kapla’

[@JP-mv6kk]

love it ^^ how about a carving vid dedicated to upper body position?

[@RyanKnapton]

I like that idea. I've thrown in lil bits here and there when to use rotation and when not to, along with differences for ability level... But a more comprehensive vid in just that could be good. ✔️

[@Kkhaliff]

Im a simple man - seeing new Rayans video - taping like

[@kacperklimaa9724]

more videos like that, about carving :)

[@larvieraindough2395]

man I need to get off the east coast. I would love to carve like that but the chances of hitting ice and sliding out it too high. great video thank you.

[@ellstackeradventures]

Bogus is icy to

[@dharrsch]

I live in PA and I carve like them all the time. Need to hunt for the right snow at the right spots.

[@JOx-vt7cw]

Same...MA,NH,VT and ME... can’t get more east coast and I carve a Knapton twin 30.5 cm waist all over the mtn. Bend those knees and absorbed chatter. If you can ride the east you can ride anywhere

[@dharrsch]

@@JOx-vt7cw I think next year I will be trying to get a knapton twin. Paying for my instructor events took priority.

[@grimmriffer]

Hard carving is definitely a "right run, right snow, right time" kinda thing, but practising at it just ups your riding everywhere. Start on wife soft blues is my tip.

[@hhhokl69]

cool staff. Please continue :)

[@bertvandevelde4106]

Ryan, do you know if Katie is going to be coaching with the Pro-Ride team in Whistler? I saw that she was a guest coach on their website. I'm going to Whistler to do the Instructor Course this winter and I would be stoked if I could get carving lessons from Katie in person!^^ I really love these technical videos! Keep it up!! Qapla!!

[@RyanKnapton]

I really don't know. Next time I chat with her I'll ask, but as far as I heard she was going to be in New Zealand or Australia much more this winter as previously she was traveling so much for contests. (Her and her husband live there).

[@bertvandevelde4106]

Thnx Ryan! No worries if you forget to ask^^ But if you do, let me know. Happy Shreddin'!!

[@bertvandevelde4106]

Thnx Ryan! No worries if you forget to ask^^ But if you do, let me know. Happy Shreddin'!!

[@kishan8254]

those were really great tips

[@KC-ls2pf]

I’ve ridden both feet with positive angles most of my life, especially now since I don’t do any freestyle. My back knee definitely tucks and drives into the front when rotating my upper body into a carve. Anything else and my knees feel like they’re going to break. 😂

[@tiffanyistall]

You guys are awesome

[@kahelekoki6215]

I want to ride with Katie she sounds like she has great energy

[@nizam_mr]

#30， coz i like Katie's rock voice 😂

[@steverogers7473]

Hey Ryan, do you ever talk about "un-weighting" the board? I came from a skiing background and un-weighting really helps initiate the next turn when moving from edge to edge. I have found the same with snowboarding. As you finish your turn you should feel the board un-weight, which allows you to change edges then transition to make the next turn. What do you think?

[@RyanKnapton]

I haven't, but that would be a good topic for me to shoot with Giri Watts for sure!

[@patientestant]

I was thinking that. Beamcause she was standing so tall and transitioning from edge to edge slowly. Not that is a bad thing, just something I noticed.

[@dharrsch]

Something when I teach kids, I'm an instructor, and they don't know what to do with their hands. We have them pretend they are holding two penguin's down with their hands. Remind them to not knock the penguins over!

[@patientestant]

I have heard people say they pretend the is a bald midget on the front of their board and to wax his head. I thought it was funny.

[@sablinger]

Yeah, awesome Vid again! BTW, noticed your backleg Knee-Position too in many of your videos and maybe it´s worth a thought or a mention in coming episodes.

[@howyoooooo1123]

Thx for the tips! You talked about where to put the front hand. But where should I put my back hand?

[@RyanKnapton]

I think both hands just depend in the type of turn and what your doing next. Constantly having em in one position won't work well for spins out, and and just depends on the turn size your making. But in general lead hand should be near nose or more 'open' towards where your going on heelside turns especially IMO.

[@howyoooooo1123]

Ryan Knapton Cool thx! I always struggle with my other hand. You guys’ turns are so smooth and beautiful, while mine look a little awkward, though I tried to watch and learn as much as I can. I don’t know if it’s my rear hand move or upper body transition from toe to heel/ heel to toe... wondering if you could help me out with some tips.. I’m in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2bbdXWkapVnkNU thanks!

[@T25de]

9:32 Epic radius

[@joshuaschaffer6371]

This is an awsome video!

[@alexwhyte78]

Tip at 7min (knees), for me, i found my inward angle on my knee was down to lack of glute activation in my stance. I noticed the same thing happen to my knees when i was squatting - now I’m practicing a slight clenching of my butt as that’s what stabilises your knees and gives better stability throughout my core. Still WIP

[@КонстантинПетраков-н4л]

Awesome!

[@JamesDavis-kp4ll]

Katie Tsuyuki My Little Pony stomp pads, coming soon! 🐴🌈 #ToRememberToKeepYourKneesApartWhileCarvingForMoreEffectiveEdgeGrip 👍😅😂😜

[@tacolorado]

Series, please!!

[@yehiasehrawy7822]

Ryan have you considered patreon? I feel like it would be better for you because the people that would support you would get some personalized tips as a reward for their support.

[@jenshreds]

Can Katie review some women's snowboards?

[@B-Pace]

Im addicted to snowboarding. Its all Ryans fault

[@dustrider9306]

Hey Ryan, I wonder what side cut radius your board has now. Been reading something about 13m and just wanna double check. Is there a video where you talk about that topic? Cheers from the land of the any germ. PS 30 sounds good, count me in!

[@RyanKnapton]

Now I'm on 14.5. I talk more about it in tomorrow's vid. And more about radius in my vid 'snowboard specs 101: sidecut radius'

[@rodrigopanchiniakfernandes3148]

Great great. Moooore!

[@mrmadface4749]

🖖

[@agenttank]

i carved horses for many years, will this help me to learn how to carve on a snowboard?

[@Matthew-re9pb]

6:17 , if the knees are getting pushed in...wouldnt it be because a riders stance is too narrow? I would think ducking out the bindings would fix that too

[@chrisp524]

I have trouble linking my turns. I know Katie says that you'll know when the turn finishes when its smooth and there's no more uphill force, but at 7:12 it looks like she finished her turn early to avoid hitting that steel column. What exactly did she do to force herself to finish that turn to go on her toe edge to avoid hitting that column? Did she force finish her heel edge turn early by lifting her toes up thereby getting her weight on the flat edge to transition to the toe edge? Or did she finish that heel edge turn by standing straight up? I hope I'm making sense. I've been watching a lot of videos on different channels, but I've yet to see an explanation on how to link carves and turns.

[@theinfamoustuba]

Without seeing you on your snowboard it is going to be difficult to diagnose why you're having difficulty linking turns, but in my experience, it is usually a couple things- I'll start top down. Many people over rotate their upper body to counteract the fact that they do not truly trust their board to actually turn. On heel edge they will rotate their shoulders way too far out (front shoulder toward heel edge) and keep their shoulders there, which makes it really tough to come back around to toe edge, since all the pressure and rotation of the body resists the turn to the new edge. (I call this an "open" stance, since the upper body is exposed relative to the nose of the board and the direction of travel) the opposite can also be true where the shoulders are rotated way too far toward the toe edge, causing great difficulty getting back to heels. (A "closed" stance, since the shoulders are turned, and more of your back will be facing in your direction of travel) pay attention to where your shoulders are in relation to the board. They should lie pretty much parallel with the board when you are starting to link turns. Think of the width of the board as a boundary to your shoulder movement side to side. One thing that can help is to put your arm up in a cocked position so that you're looking directly over your bicep and elbow in the direction of travel and using your head and elbow to consciously steer where you are going. This is a temporary fix, since your turn initiation should really be from your lower body. Make sure that your weight is pushed toward the nose of your board. It is common for people having trouble turning to favor their back foot (leaning opposed to the direction of travel) which makes it very hard to turn quickly. Think about leading into turns with your hip toward the tip, and keeping pressure on your front foot. If your are constantly leaning with weight on your back foot, you'll find it very hard to change edge. Bend your knees too, and stay relaxed from the waist down. The more relaxed you are, the better. Pay attention to the tension in your knees and calves and try to consciously reduce it. Hopefully that helps you!

[@chrisp524]

@@theinfamoustuba Thanks, Joel. That makes sense. I am relying too much on my upper body and over rotating, which makes me over commit too far on an edge; kind of like riding a bicycle where I'm trying to turn right but I'm leaned so far left. So, In the video, at 7:12, did Tsuyuki naturally finish her heel edge turn to toe edge, or did she she say, "oh, shit. There's a pole there, gotta finish my heel edge early and go on my toe edge"? I guess my main question is how to finish a turn early if some dangerous obstacle pops up out of nowhere. I will try your tips and try to use my hips to turn.

[@theinfamoustuba]

@@chrisp524 on that turn, I would call it an early change to toe side, but it looks like it was intentional and not to avoid the pole. Typically you wouldn't use a turn like that to dodge an obstacle. (Although I wouldn't know her intent for sure without asking her and I dont know how I'd get ahold of her... haha) a turn like that usually is used to generate high edge angle quickly and put a lot of force through the turn. It takes a bit of practice to nail that early edge change without crashing. That's the way I see it anyway.

[@chrisp524]

@@theinfamoustuba Thanks, Joel. The tips helped, my transition from edge to edge is better, but I took a fall and tore my tricep; it hurts as I type this. probably should've watched videos on how to fall properly first. whelp

[@tylerluck3375]

She could add a little steez just by keeping those shoulders parallel with the board and keeping knees a little more rigid. Still a dope vid!

[@HardwareAddiction]

I swear to god, it looks so much more intuitive than skidding.

[@kt-tu6jl]

✌🏾👍

[@worldpeace1822]

That’s some nice wide track with hardly anyone on it

[@AppleShortss]

Ryan how tall are you and what size board you ride ?

[@RyanKnapton]

5'10, and a 159 board

[@sheikansux]

i having real troubles finding myself a board, shoe size 12 (not that much isnt it? well, here in chile, thats a lot) anyone knows wich models are wide enough for a big guy :(

[@SidiNic]

It is my backhand that i am clueless with haha

[@T25de]

#30

[@steselector5643]

6:15 who ride a horse🐎 on a regular basis to know what she meant!? That's quite a niche example😂

[@ccross15]

Bro, this guy looks like mega man

[@EBKTONY]

She can’t even do an unfinished turned properly, too good!!!

[@TheElkal]

30 parts at least!

[@martykasa7864]

What happened to her ?

[@gtALIEN]

is katie japanese? her last name sounds like it

[@j3rs3yjak3FIU]

30 part series!