TRAVERSE ON A SNOWBOARD | HOW TO XV

[@Icey9344]

How are you not a bigger youtuber? Your content is better than 99.9% of the snowboarding videos out there! Amazing!!! Request: Please make a video on "pumping" a snowboard to go faster! :) SBX tips

[@XVDLR]

Yes - thank you very much. Cool thanks for the episode tip - will make a note of that, it would be a good one. Cheers XV

[@EmyWou]

I probably missed it missed it in the video, but one of the first thing that comes to mind is learn how to traverse fakie so you are always on a toe side edge.

[@davidvigneux6929]

Think like a Snowboarder, NOT a skier! (do it everyday and TWICE on sundays!)

[@MrMountain707]

Please do a video on strapping and unstrapping on an extremely steep line

[@XVDLR]

Thanks Ryan - great topic idea. Thanks Xv

[@russman109]

These are actually extremely useful tips for us shredders... The 1 dude who disliked this is probably a skier.

[@XVDLR]

Ha ha, thank you. Xv

[@ianwoulfe4783]

.7 If there is a slow skier in front of you run them over, stop for nothing!

[@Garthgoyle]

I started using poles when I started splitboarding. Now I feel naked if I don't have them even on my solid board. I don't go out without them either in the resort or bc. And since Japow in Hokkaido is sooooo deep, they come in super handy.

[@XVDLR]

Yes - Gamechanger! Xv

[@Reiseeuphorie]

Very nice Video! 🙌

[@XVDLR]

Thank you.

[@ClimbFit103]

Thank you for adding English subtitles to your videos. As a deaf rider, it has made the videos accessible for me, and I'm able to ride harder because of that! This video's English option seems to be in German. I think this is some kind of mistake, can you let me know when it is fixed? Thank you so much!

[@XVDLR]

Hi Asher, great that the english subs are helpful for you and thanks for letting me know that the German and English subs were all mixed up - they are now fixed. Happy Shredding. Xv

[@mackakiwinz4353]

That one vertical traverse you were on with others scared me sitting in my living room I cannot imagine bring being in that position. Keep carving awesome videos thank you 🤙

[@XVDLR]

Thank you - yeah was happy to have my ice axes on that one! XV

[@gregorycoudrier7645]

C'est vraiment top ces conseils. Merci beaucoup.

[@XVDLR]

Merci Xv

[@connorball4519]

Killer video, great watching you explain stuff like this from a very practical, efficient perspective👍🔥

[@XVDLR]

Thank you. Xv

[@laxplaysu91]

Could you do a video on split skiing?

[@travbrack]

He did

[@laxplaysu91]

@@travbrack link it please

[@XVDLR]

Hi @laxplaysu91I haven't done a specific edit on Split Skiing - there is a bit more in depth info on Splitboarding here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5LbYn6GnqeigbM But I will make a note about a specific episode, as a couple of people have asked. Cheers Xv

[@laxplaysu91]

@@XVDLR awesome! Appreciate the response! Fyi the deeluxe spark vx’s are incredible. First season using them for touring and couldn’t be happier with the flex and comfort they provide.

[@XVDLR]

@@laxplaysu91 Ah great that you are enjoying and adventuring in them. Xv

[@JAVICRUZ27]

Muchas gracias todos tus videos son de gran ayuda

[@LG-lj6xt]

T’es le boss, les vidéos sont ultra-quali 👍

[@XVDLR]

Merci Xv

[@arirahimzadeh]

THE Boss ! Thank You very much for the Teachings

[@XVDLR]

Thanks XV

[@KootsD]

solid advice!

[@XVDLR]

Thank you Xv

[@nicoloweiss6529]

amen boss

[@XVDLR]

Merci Xv

[@elcap102]

Love these videos! Would love to see some of your tips for skinning up steep switchbacks and how to do the leg-cross kickturn, that skiers make look so effortless, on a splitboard.

[@XVDLR]

Thank you, it means a lot - on the 24th is ... how to kick turn on a splitboard! We have the advantages with the shorter lengths to make it even more effortless... just takes a bit of practice. Hope it will be helpful. Xv

[@benryan2009]

@@XVDLR Awesome, you're the man! looking forward to it!

[@arirahimzadeh]

Thank you !

[@SailingLearningByDoing]

Another good one man, lots to learn from you

[@XVDLR]

Thank you. Xv

[@julianpajarola8271]

Hi Xavier. do you have any video explaning your porcedure, or technique on how to change from crampons to board and viceversa on a steep hard slope. In case you are riding down and get into a hard tricky section and you need to take your board of to put it in your pack and put crampons on for unclimbing or move to look for an anchor. Thanks for sharing your knoledge

[@XVDLR]

Great point I need to make one like that. I will keep it in mind for next winter. Thx a lot for that feedback

[@gp6754]

Tellement vrai !

[@andreataio1548]

Snowboard legend

[@XVDLR]

Thank you.

[@Ronaldo9191]

I love your channel!

[@XVDLR]

Thanks Xv

[@Befa25]

Bon, ben je vais investir dans des batons. Merci pour le conseil.

[@XVDLR]

Tu ne le regretteras pas! Xv

[@losanna94]

very good advice! Have you ever considered going switch for heel-edges traverses? I always do that when needed and, of course, you need a twin tip board or at least very good in switch!

[@XVDLR]

That really works with low speed or exposed traverses indeed but its hard to keep a good speed especially with the big pintailed boards. Xv

[@anjasraj6149]

@@XVDLR Very useful informations :). In case that there is a line that you really want to do and it is a serious heel-edge traverse, did you ever change the position of your bindings so it is less directional and esier to go switch?

[@LukenZB]

Great video dude! Only one question (which I don't know if you've answered in previous videos), what boots do you use most? Soft, hard, splitboarding specifical,... Thanks!

[@XVDLR]

Hi Thank you - I always use the Deeluxe Spark Xv, I have developed them with Deeluxe over a number of years, with the goal that they are a good snowboard mountaineering boot... Good grip (Vibram soles) a notch for Crampons, lots of space in the toe box so your feet are comfy for long days in the mountains... they work magic for me, so hopefully the same for others too. Xv

[@coachpaul-vedicfitness]

Salut Xavier. Une petite question sur tes bâtons pliables Rossignol. Pourquoi ne pas mettre de pommeau au bout (pratique aussi pour choper les cales etc) ? Juste pour comprendre ce qui dans ton expérience te pousse à aimer un manche uniforme et fin. Merci. Portez vous bien toute la family.

[@XVDLR]

C’est une bonne reflexion et c’est clair que ca serait bcp mieux avec ca. Je vais bosser la dessus Merci Xv.

[@SnowyMountainMan]

Hey Xavier, Ive been in the backcountry for the past two years and decided that I would join a mountaineering school to help get me to the top of awesome lines on awesome mountains! I was planning on wearing my K2 Darko snowboarding boots for the class but in our first meeting with the school they told me that my snowboarding boots were to soft to mountaineer in. I searched the internet and there aren't any snowboarding boots with a metal shank in them. Just wondering if you could do a video on mountaineering in snowboarding boots?

[@XVDLR]

Hola my boots will probably be the same than the K2. You should go for the Sitwell ones. Thanks for the video suggestion - I shall add it to the list, appreciated. Cheers Xv

[@franemrduljas2656]

Fitwell backcountry or freeride , have both of them and they are great

[@kameau-qm2cz]

I like to have narrower board for traverse on a packed terrain. So the edges are not too far away from the tips of my foot. Any plan to have tutorial for short downhill on tour mode please? Although I can ski, I am not so confident on that kind of circumstances, and I think I can travel much faster and safer if I can improve my skills on that.

[@XVDLR]

Hey - that is a couple of requests on skiing in split board mode, so I shall indeed get onto making this. Cheers Xv

[@Urbankiz-Tarraxo]

J'adore vos vidéos. Juste dommage qu'il y est pas une version française. Car elle aiderai beaucoup de français a bouger en sécurité. Pour ceux qui parle pas anglais. Bonne journée à vous 😉

[@XVDLR]

Desole... j’essaie de faire les episodes pour u max de mondes mais on a quand meme les sous titres. Merci et Bonne Journée. Xv

[@gianmarcocereda4553]

Thanks for the tips! Regarding waxing, what to you think about liquid wax? Do you use it sometimes or always go for hot waxing? Thanks!

[@XVDLR]

Liquid wax is good for short term,( a few runs) but no more. You need to feed your base in order to keep a good base for a long time and for your wax top stay on for longer. Xv

[@HerdyAdventures]

What ski poles were they?

[@Garthgoyle]

I have a pair of Burton/Black Diamond collaboration and they're just like the ones in his video.

[@Tych333]

Black Diamond Compactor I believe.

[@HerdyAdventures]

@@Garthgoyle yeah had a look at those, sold out but won’t need them till next year anyway

[@XVDLR]

They are the Rossignol three piece poles - you can find them here: www.rossignol.com/us/rdj3000-000.html Thanks Xv

[@hutzelmann]

I am confused. I find heel traverses to be a million times easier. My foot just cramps up like crazy toe-side after a while. what am i doing wrong?

[@XVDLR]

Maybe you dont let your ankle bend enough and you keep too much tension in your calf muscles... see if you can bend and relax!! Xv

[@MrDCPB]

Japanese subtitles please🙏

[@XVDLR]

Hi Ninbas... we did have them at the beginning of the series, but they didn't get used too much... will look into if I can add them in again. Xv

[@MrDCPB]

@@XVDLR Thank you