Snowboard Carving and Chats with Jordan Michon

[@Clluthu]

I think in pow you wouldn't really ride edges anyway. Either way your're riding it's like a log imo. I also think knowing your speed is very important, too fast you start skidding and having to speed check, too slow and you don't have the centrifugal force to initiate a really early heal/toeside turn for nice wide turns.

[@RyanKnapton]

Perfect descriptions on those topics!

[@T25de]

More sequoia than just log

[@alexwhyte78]

The snowboarding world is a much better place because of you Mr Knapton

[@zs1827]

I was literally behind this watching this live camera can’t put into words what it looks like in person!! 🔥

[@T25de]

Facts ! Happy shreddin!

[@strangefuture808]

Was nice to meet you out there Zach!

[@wesleylivingood5836]

Love seeing a Knapton upload when I get home. Went to Mt. Hood in Portland this weekend after 2 ft of fresh pow. My first time on a real mountain that wasn’t a Midwest groomer and it was life changing. Also got to show my sister my awkward version of the reverse carve I learned watching you! Keep ‘em coming

[@NHlocal]

Ryan and Jordan you both are definitely an inspiration! .....even to an "older" (56) rider like me. Keep yourselves safe and Qapla'!!! 😃👍❤🏂 Randy

[@strangefuture808]

Cant fall far when you're layin them down! Keep carving!

[@NHlocal]

@@strangefuture808 😎👊

[@jeffmeyer9928]

Great edit. I really like Jordan's heelside carve to front three butter. Really smooth. Great talking points.

[@adamfarghali137]

Great tip on keeping your board up. Riding a Knapton 32cm waist and have made the mistake of letting the board hit the ground...your knees will not appreciate it at all. Love the video! You're an inspiration Ryan

[@rec-re-ate8723]

Your signature endings are great especially this one, it made me laugh 😃 Thanks for not editing it out!

[@hsidder]

Looking forward to more videos from you two. Super informative. Thanks Ryan!

[@nb9797]

Yeah Niseko Films is a great channel for Japanese carving. Them and you Ryan are super inspiring. I can't wait to get out to Austria next week. Huge inspiration Ryan, never had a hobby before, now I'm like a kid when I'm on a board

[@scottpetrie8707]

See the Asian side doing hard and soft booting. Great video again!!!

[@T25de]

Love the Japanese iG guys and gals

[@hyattbusbey3563]

This guy's got killer style. Nice looking hell turns. I love my 28 and 28.5 waist Doneks. Never had an issue with slow response. So much fun in all conditions: groomers, bumps, pow, trees, chop et cetera. Riding +25/+30 with plates and ski boots

[@justindoan6798]

What donek are you riding ? I have a few , including alpine. I've ridden the Saber with hard boots but I'm curious about your setup because it's fairly wide and your running hard boots. Do tell

[@hyattbusbey3563]

@@justindoan6798 I have a Phoenix and a Flux. Started with the phoenix on softies then switched to plates. When it got tired I bought the flux and started off the bat with plates.

[@puckoberto]

I jump around from a wideish board 28 waist, 10,8 sidecut and fresstyle carve . Going to a 260 waist rocker and yes i feel the diffrence big time. No problems but a Wide waist board is slower and more work. I think on soft snow its less diffrence but on hardpacked you really feel it.

[@T25de]

I had a chance to ride my friends rental board and it was so much more stable than the board I’m currently on. Looking forward to ripping on as many boards as possible before season ends! Maybe a knapton twin could be under my feet next season! Yeww!

[@junliye1617]

I would love to see your video talking about carving styles in Japan an across the world!

[@T25de]

The tree run shots were great!! Hell yea dude

[@kiklop986]

Hi Ryan! Thank you for all the effort! You guys are inspiration to snowboarders around the world! I've made a great progress watching your carving videos! It is a whole new world! It would be awesome to do a tutorial on how to do Japanese style heel side carve. Jordan style looks like it. I love it! I could find only videos in Japanese explaining it... There is nothing on the YT in English about it... Happy shreddin' and qapla!

[@strangefuture808]

Working on it Damir thanks for the comment!

[@piervittoriorubatto9226]

È bellissimo! Siete fantastici! Grazie mille dei tuoi insegnamenti.💪🙋🇮🇪

[@_christian_sison_]

Amazing guys! 🤩

[@Patrick.Sanchez]

I have got to say that Donek Knapton Twin is an Awesome Awesome board. I got the 8.7m radius, 30.6cm weist a white ago and I can confirm it does have a skill unlocking properties. XD

[@DjTommy2008]

Holy shit , so thaaaats why i couldn't make those turns you do. You have a wider board. F***beep me! My board is 25cm in the middle, 30.5 at the ends , the widest part of the board. It's a 157 firefly. I first started to watch Kevin from snowboard pro camp , it's a great guy , makes tons of videos , he rides mostly pow , but man , when i found your videos i just got blown away , just like Jordan said , it's THE next level. I love you man. Keep them coming! God bless!

[@daneav8]

Hey, Ryan I saw you at Breckenridge this morning right after the lifts opened. I had just got on the Rocky Mountain Superchair…which ground to a halt for some reason 50 feet later. I saw you (I think) coming down the hill ripping a righteous “C” in the snow with your torso gliding on the surface. You got on the Colorado Superchair….I was hoping to maybe bump into you and say hello. Thanks for the vids…Dane

[@francescopastore279]

Awesome turns guys! How would you says those carves would turn out if you were to go ~10 mph faster? I'd be curious to see a video of Ryan going at higher speed!

[@RyanKnapton]

There's kind of a sweet spot in terms of the speed to boards sidecut radius. Too fast with a high edge angle and the board starts fighting for a tighter turn shape and starts 'chopping'. I'll make a vid on this topic sometime.

[@therotorooster]

Oh, more videos, more knowledge, more experiments. And a Demo day? Sign... Me... UP!

[@leshjavla]

When copies are meets

[@AlexApol]

Oooh this is going to be a mini series!

[@fireblade1986]

What you said on down unweighted turns is kind of right... Easy to get them started on low angle slopes, and really start to feel the dynamics that are possible. But they are really the key to get really good carves on high angle icy slopes. Down unweighting lets you set the edge really precisely waaay before fallline... So with a precise push into your new edge with the front foot (anklesteering/ torsion) , before you actually turn, you can settle the edge way before centrifugal force sets in... You end up with a much tighter radius that you can actually hold on to on steep slopes. Rather than up unweighting, and getting slow enough before you fall into each new turn, to not overspeed while you follow through the wide natural arc of your board. Down unweighting + boardtorsion lets you kind of pick the turn radius of your board far beyond the sidecut and flex. I just got so creative and playful once I learned that, because you break free of that natural Board frequency

[@justindoan6798]

What board are you riding ? I may not be strong enough to use ankle torsion on the knapton twin. I can do it on the Saber and on alpine boards but I struggle to get torsional flex on the knapton

[@fireblade1986]

@@justindoan6798 an 2013 Ride DH2 161w and Ride Superpig 154... Carved both on the blank ice of Pitztaler glacier early this season... And the Dh2 as a bigair board has got wider radius in the tips than in the middle to delay turn initioation (for getting grip on landings with minimal turn)

[@marco13ceo]

Hey ryan i habe already the next question. You were building up on going bigger with your sidecut radiuses. I have been riding a 10m radius for almost a year now, would you go to 11,5m now or direct to 13m?

[@kevinbelloutdoors]

I'll be at Breck and Keystone next weekend 3-25 and 26. Is there anywhere to demo a wide Donek in the area? I want to see how they feel before buying a new board. Thanks for creating these videos!

[@autolex1675]

Nice need to learn

[@segmann3]

6:00 dat improvement!

[@coleboychuck500]

Hi Ryan! What are the dates for those demos? Is it the USASA boardercross on March 30-31st?

[@kw2519]

Ryan, do you have any dance or gymnastics training? I only ask because of how fucking graceful your movements are. You look like you’re performing choreography. This is next level stuff.

[@atarisbetter9199]

Hey Ryan I want to carve not into park riding. What are your edge angles, and are you using a base angle too?

[@EssenceOfTrance]

Hey Ryan what goggles are those? They look really good.

[@DeltaXXY]

Hi Ryan, which liners do you use day-to-day and would your recommend them? I switched to Burton boots (step on), but I don't like the liners. Would like to replace them with something better.

[@RyanKnapton]

I'll be trying some different ones by Intuition by the end of the month and compare some of em. 👍.

[@Triple_J.1]

Angry Snowboarder has a great video series on boot fitting and modifying.

[@TimezUp23]

Are you on a double camber or rocker board? By the way, you completely changed my view on boarding. I really appreciate what you do.

[@livinroomlongshanks]

The DONEKS they're riding are FULL CAMBER.

[@DaveHollanderEE]

Both are traditional camber, but Jordan's Aloha has an early rise to float powder better.

[@TimezUp23]

@@livinroomlongshanks thanks, my board is a full camber Never Summer. Its probably about 17 years old. Im ready to get a new one. Definitely want a wider waste and a pretty face.

[@livinroomlongshanks]

@@TimezUp23 go demo a few doneks first

[@TimezUp23]

@@livinroomlongshanks i think i will have to try that out. Thanks man

[@marco13ceo]

Hey Ryan i have a question compleatly out of topic. i have also glued some vinyl fabric on my sleeves. it really helps a lot. but now my question is: Do you throw your jacket in the washing machine? do the pats stay on the sleeves or do you have a secret technique to wash your jacket?

[@RyanKnapton]

I rarely need to wash my jackets, but when I do it hasn't been an issue and I just add more fabric glue if it comes undone.

[@venolf]

Sorry for off topic but is that a shooting star at 4:50 on the top right??

[@peterhoughton1731]

No. Ive seen loads of shooting stars and that isn't one IMO. You can normally only see them at night.

[@ClutchCrusader]

Hey Ryan huge fan of the content first year shredding and love it had a question tho I noticed some boards don’t have an edge on the nose and tail it’s just board will that make those nose roll 360s and stuff not doable?

[@onsognem]

Nice carves! Looking to get a donnek next year, honestly i have no choice since im size 14 lmao

[@strangefuture808]

You wont regret it! Risers wont do much for you with feet that big.

[@modobigdog]

What is the side cut, length, and flex of Jordens board ? How much does he weigh?

[@strangefuture808]

Hey I'm riding the Aloha with stock flex 160cm 30.4waist with a 7/10VariableSidecutRadius. I weigh about 210lbs and I'm 6ft tall. I find this board just right as far as stiffness goes for all mountain riding including carving, glades, pow and some little ground tricks but if I was solely focused on carving at higher speeds or steeper pitches I would want it to be 10% stiffer. I do find it could be more supportive on high speed GS turns because I'm a bit heavier.

[@modobigdog]

Thanks bro for the get back. Just getting ready to order a N T also am eying the ALOHA. Had a incline. Started riding switch more just hope the N T will work for me. Thanks again 🏂🤙🏻

[@projectadd7418]

That little comment about knowing how to analyze what others are doing needs to be expanded into a video or a series of videos.

[@strangefuture808]

Working on something for the Donek youtube page as we speak :)

[@ed_boogie]

what was his binding angles? Thanks for keeping the videos coming bro. I was at Breck last month and I was looking everywhere for you lol

[@RyanKnapton]

Jordan... wanna share? I forget, but I know he plays around with em based on what boards he's on.

[@strangefuture808]

Hey Ed. I hit you up on instagram but generally on my Aloha and Nomad directional models I ride +27-9 and on my Knapton Twin around +18-12. I turned my back foot forward for about 2 weeks last winter to really focus on the subtle ways my back knee placement improved my riding and tried to use muscle memory to keep doing that same placement after going back to duck.

[@ed_boogie]

@@strangefuture808 Thanks for that info brotha. I'll probably have to just give it a try and do what you have done. I like duck, but I'm open to try something new. I've been getting better with my carves and I just wanted to maximize my body positioning in my turns.

[@T25de]

🤙🤙

[@jangibka1296]

Please upload 4k/60hz videos !

[@mauitang]

HI Ryan, Love the way u crave, i am wondering if you teach those? can we chat about it? thx

[@okallup8012]

Ryan, what kind of goggles does your friend have? Also, what mountain is this?

[@strangefuture808]

This at Breckenridge and the goggles are a canadian brand called Xspex and the model is Havoc

[@T25de]

Ryan, when is the Copper demo???

[@RyanKnapton]

April 1-7th

[@NHlocal]

@@RyanKnapton Would love to demo one(or 2) of your boards Ryan. Not sure there are too many opportunities over here in New Hampsha'. 🤷🏻‍♂

[@RandySnarsh]

04:48 Ryan Knapton falling. He is a human after all 😅

[@RyanKnapton]

My lines are so bad on that one. 🤓. I'll do a breakdown of a couple recent falls that are pure cringe to me soon. Not hard slams or anything, just falls from a couple easy things to understand why they happened. 🏂✌️

[@AlexApol]

First :D Hi Sam!

[@T25de]

🤙🤙

[@mathieumalo3488]

Hey quick question...wich kind of piste are your favorite for carving...green? Blue? Single black? On camera it always looks pretty flat. Love your videos! 🤘

[@ChrisEvans2]

These are all mid level greens in Breck

[@strangefuture808]

I prefer blue and black runs because my board is softer and my radius is small. at the 6 minute mark I'm riding Sunset which is a relatively steep blue and to me thats the perfect pace to go with my board type.

[@bohemianchoi5699]

저기 스키장이 어디일까? 진짜 한적하고 자유롭게 타는게 부럽네;;;

[@ellstackeradventures]

Yooooo

[@traviskarrle503]

Is it just me or did they sound exactly like

[@mpp9964]

Is it just me or does today’s guest actually sound quite Knaptonesque when speaking?!

[@AlexApol]

A bit. But with a Canadian flair.

[@RyanKnapton]

I definitely have some Minnesota accent in me. Ha.