Everything he said is spot on. I'd only add that if you're ever out with a friend , spouse, or kids(my situation) that aren't as good as you is the PERFECT time to practice switch
I've been doing this. My daughters are learning to snowboard this winter after several years of skiing. They've taken some lessons, but afterward, I've been riding with them and going switch so we can fall and (re)learn together. Kinda sore, but kinda fun, too. Payoff at the end is what I'm looking forward to.
I learned more about snowboarding and how a board works by riding switch. I am self taught since 1990, so when I taught my wife and youngest daughter how to ride, and they ride the opposite way to me, I wanted to figure out how to explain to snowboard correctly. I wanted them to learn as quickly and painlessly as possible. So I rode switch full time and really tried to understand how every movement from head to toe affects a turn. I got them both riding confidently in half a day, but a bonus that I didn't expect is that my forward riding improved as I am more able to understand how the body and board work together. Every snowboarder needs to try it. All the best, Rich in Sweden.
Agreed 100% Many movements happen naturally in your normal stance that it makes it hard to explain. Riding switch would force you to break down those movements and communicate how you're using your body.
Another piece of that you aren't giving credit to, teaching. Teaching forces you to explain all the little bits that you may just know intuitively, which in turn makes it even clearer to you. Seems like riding switch forces you to almost teach yourself in a way
ultimate tip: "make 1 day a week your switch day" ... lol. I'm still trying to make more than1 day a month a snowboard day. For real though- these videos are great. Super fun for a longtime rider trying to level up
@@AlexPastel Lol you should hear you guys haha, I live in the Netherlands and I can go only a few days a year to the Alps (it's like a 10-hour drive or 2-hour flight + driving)
if you are having any trouble with switch riding, one tip: Lean towards your front foot like you do it when you are riding normaly. If you cant do that just reach forwards with your hands, it helped me out.
I think that's my biggest hurdle right now. I just rode day 2 and 3 of the season and I was really trying to focus on switch a lot more and as soon as I didn't consciously think about keeping over that front foot I was immediately on the back again catching and locking my edges like I was when I was a noob. Just sucks having to go through the whole tailbone pain thing again. I'm committed to improving this season though since I can shred steeps, groomers and trees regular with ease and really want to be able to focus on doing more than just straight airs on side hits and jumps.
I'm fairly new to this...but I can confidently say I'm trying to learn switch right from the start. From day one I felt strange riding only goofy or only regular, but comfortable on both, so I decided to just learn both. It's been rough, but it's also rewarding.
I feel this, I accidentally reversed my bindings when I bought my first board after learning on regular so I thought it was the boards fault when I was falling and for the longest time I couldn’t figure out that it was because I was riding goofy. It helped me out in the long run though so it was way worth it I guess haha.
This is such great advice, and I don't have to worry about catching up with my friends since all of them are slower than me so riding switch the whole time with them is a great idea.
For the last 14 years I've ridden a hardboot rig with very aggressive forward angles (55/45), so it's hard to ride switch and I'll only do it when absolutely necessary. But last week I got a softboot setup for one of my boards and went to 25/15. Noticed right away that switch was a lot easier (but I still suck at it). Your video has just given me the motivation to back the angles off some more, and start practicing switch.
This year is my first season since 2017 and I desperately want to learn to ride switch, but I'm recovering from a shoulder injury and don't want to injure it more by falling. I'm looking forward to recovering, working out again, and getting back to being a beast.
My big challenges last year were learning how to ride blacks/moguls switch and learning how to carve switch (on a directional board, duck stance). Learning to ride moguls switch has made me even better in moguls when I'm riding regular, and the same is true for carving. It really makes you understand the physics and muscles behind riding. As always, start slow and don't rush your progress or you could end up injured.
I pretty much did the same thing when learning to ride my skateboard switch as well. I just had to do it as much as possible and eventually it felt less like skating backwards and just felt like skating. I was very wobbly at first, but it made me much more versatile later on. I agree that all beginners should start to learn to switch immediately after getting moderately comfortable with regular riding as being comfortable with either stance will make pretty much any kind of boarding much easier in the long run. It's a lot easier to learn it together from the beginning than to try to re-learn in switch after years of experience with only one.
I learned more about snowboarding and how a board works by riding switch. I am self taught since 1990, so when I taught my wife and youngest daughter how to ride, and they ride the opposite way to me, I wanted to figure out how to explain to snowboard correctly. I wanted them to learn as quickly and painlessly as possible. So I rode switch full time and really tried to understand how every movement from head to toe affects a turn. I got them both riding confidently in half a day, but a bonus that I didn't expect is that my forward riding improved as I am more able to understand how the body and board work together. Every snowboarder needs to try it. All the best, Rich in Sweden.
I'm in the beginning stages of riding switch comfortably and what is said in the video is spot on, you will get bruised knees, you will feel like you're starting all over again except you already know how to ride regularly, I feel it is essential to learn switch to be the well rounded rider we all progress to be.
I started doing switch days this season and now I'm a lot more comfortable. My wife's friend who works at the resort likes to ride every Tuesday after she gets off work. She's not very fast so it's a great opportunity for me to ride switch rather than constantly waiting and getting bored.
We have two of these. My 8 year old and 5 year old love them. They both have learned to snowboard on these. They caught on quickly. These are great and think they are perfect for all kids under 10 to learn on. They actually are pretty durable as I used them to go down the hill a few times and it handled my 200 pound frame well. I think these are great and I give them my stamp of approval!
I have been wanting to learn switch for a couple of years. I only fully committed once and it we t great for about 20 seconds. Then I ate it hard and haven't tried again.
The summary gave me a good chuckle. I usually ride switch on groomers for practice and started getting into switch tricks. Honestly, I haven't thought of riding switch for a full day, let alone week or a season, maybe I'll try that for the rest of the season!
I personally started doing switch runs throughout the day this season rather then just a full day of switch! I commit every other run to just riding switch all the way down
The way I learned was by starting every run switch. Makes you feel like a superhero when you revert back to regular. Slowly but surely you get a little further down the mountain before you revert.
Switching from skis to snowboard this year and gotta say you make it look so effortlessly cool. I got hooked on sideways travel with a onewheel this summer and am looking forward to what translates and what feels completely foreign.
Started getting back into snowboarding recently in my late 30s after being a regular rider in my teens. Working on freestyle skills is incredibly fun and rewarding. Just started getting some switch turns in, ate shit HARD for the first time over and over. Great to be humbled but everything has come with progress. Even learning how to fall is a good thing. Thanks for the vid, a bit advanced for me but same idea, just keep building that skillset.
Same goes for skateboarding. I pushed my self to ride switch (goofy for me), and at first, I couldn't even balance, but now, after 2 straight days of pretty much only switch, I can kind of turn. Which is quite an improvement. Like he said, if you want to learn to ride switch, then you have to ride switch.
I agree with beginners learning to ride both directions from the start. When I started, I couldn't figure out if I was goofy or regular for the life of me. Both felt right. This helped me a ton later on.
I love your Videos. I'm riding snowboards for 8 years and your videos are fantastic at helping me progress! You deserve much more Attention on this platform!
ive always rode regular. but ive snowboarded for almost 20 years now, i attended high cascades snowboard camp half my lifetime ago and got to ride with all my pro idols. that was a major confidence booster and as a result i started to ride at a pretty expert level.. eventually riding regular became boring so id ride everything switch and quickly came to realize im more comfortable riding goofy. if only i could pop ollies off my left foot the way i can with my right..
One thing that helped me was skating on my irregular foot. I had picked up snowboarding last season and got my first board from my bro that rode regular while I started goofy. He had stomp pads that matched his side of riding and I decided to skate regular and learn how to carve goofy. One season later and now I’m carving goofy and starting to feel comfortable carving switch bc I’m used to having my other foot lead. What definitely helped was to start learning switch early. I was already trying to develop my carving so every now and then I’d try to switch (mostly fail) but over time do it more frequently until now where I try to dedicate more time to switch as I’m confident in riding goofy
Good to see I'm not the only person out here who skates one way and carves the other. It gets confusing riding park though- a boardslide feels more like a switch boardslide some days.
Q: how to ride switch? A: ride switch. but anyway, I'm also learning riding switch at the moment and I think this is the most important thing to focus on when doing it
so after ~20 days of witch around 15% i rode switch I can say now that is a lot more confortable to do it. the feeling is around 70% as in my primary stance
I just started not too long ago (less than a full season), I feel comfortable riding/carving regular and started practicing switch, not full time but like half of time lol. It helps so much that all the stuff I just learned is still fresh in my mind, mistakes and all. It also helps that I ride solo so I'm able to really focus on what I'm doing at my own pace. I really want to start doing some 180s >:) Great tips
I often have issues with leaning back too much when i get tired. That's when i will start riding switch. That way i trick my body and i'll lean much more forward. After a few weeks of riding i'm now as comfortable riding switch as regular. I'm no pro by any stretch of the imagination by the way. But it feels great being able to ride both ways. And my first days with my kid on the mountain it made it much easier to catch him when necessary because i didn't have to first get on the "correct" side of him.
Yo recuerdo arrancar a hacer snowboard con el pie derecho adelante, luego se me ocurrio cambiarme de pie y ahora mismo eh olvidado como andar con el derecho, asi que tendre que empezar a probar switch para asi mejorar aun mas
If I'm with someone that is a bit slower I definitely take the opportunity to ride switch, its a great leveller, great practice and a better day on the mountain
It's crazy how good you get a switch once you have kids and spend 3 years on beginner hills, watching your little shredders learn, and keep yourself challenged by only riding switch during that time. (Eventually, your kids grow into the black diamonds and you got a new skill, and new riding partners:)
0:52 - where is this run?! It looks amazing! Related to the video, in watching my son (8) learn he doesn't seem to favour one direction or the other and tends to just ride with the flow of wherever he's going. Still the first season and he hasn't quite picked it up yet but if it ends up being how he rides his scooter he doesn't really have a set way. Sometimes he's pushing regular, other times he's pushing goofy mondo. I guess this is a good thing for down the road! Fingers crossed he keeps up with it and doesn't switch back to skiing 🤣
The problem I have ist that I don’t live in the mountains and have mostly only 7-14 days but mostly only 7 per year so it’s difficult to learn switch because i want to have fun at the little time I have.
I think that negative angle on back binding makes a huge difference in how easy / hard it is to ride switch. When I switched from +6 or so to -9, riding switch became really easy really fast.
Started learning switch riding last year and it was scary AF. Gladly my sister was very new at snowboarding so I could train switch while she was training. Maybe this season will try to have full switch days
I'm not privaleged to ride every day, so I made it a habit to ride switch on every groomer run that isn't the terrain park. And if your resort has a park with small features, that's the perfect place to learn how to develop your switch freestyle skills.
If you're having trouble getting the hang of turning switch, try it on something steeper. A steep smooth groomer without moguls. The gravity forces your turns around and makes it more effortless until you get a feel for it. This is just for starting out though. Once you get the hang of it seek out terrain that gives you more problems.
I started regular, tried goofy then my snowboarding improved massively, as a result I'm pretty good riding switch but definitely better goofy, after seeing this I'm going to try having regular only riding days again.
He was saying one switch day for every four regular days later in the vid for those of us who don't live in the mountains and get to do afternoon shred sessions.
I am so glad I have found some video how to ride in both directions, that was about 8 years ago and I've started from this vid from a completely noob, I ride now both directions of course not a pro but advanced beginner to intermediate but I can ride both ways and I am so glad I did it as I fell down way much less 😂
I just saw one of his ads but now I’m hooked! These tutorials are so helpful, best I’ve seen on RUclips. I’m very astonished that he only has 1k subs I was expecting 50k at least, definitely had to drop a sub and I hope your channel gets bigger so you can help even more riders, thanks for helping my snowboarding!
I'm trying to lean to ride switch before attempting 180's and this tutorial will defiantly help, the one day a week think will be hard because I'm still in school and I can only ride on the weekends but ill figure it out!
I usually force myself to ride switch about half of every run with lots of reverts because its fun at first it was my excercise to land on the edge i was most uncomfortable with then make the more cofortable switch turn after then reverting to regular just making sure to mirror my ragular stance so far after only like 5 days of switch riding i feel honestly quite comfortable switch its like 40 to 50 percent of my skill in my regular stance but it grows every day intead of just 1 day out of your riding
Good tips, I e just done like a few runs a trip and have noticed massive improvements. I need to do more runs and like the idea of noticing how my balance feels normal and replicate that switch. I noticed I definitely don't lean on my front foot enough switch and when I do it's a lot easier...
Another benefit of learning how to switch is to get some rest in the front leg instead of just stopping in the middle of a slope. At least it's the reason that motivates me the most to learn but I'm afraid to do it because it feels so dangerous. I self taught how to snowboard and never really fell. I understood how to carve immediately without no prior riding skill. But to ride switch feels so awkward and scary. This video motivated me though. Thanks!
6:14 It's not that you think badly of yourself everytime you ride slowly, but that you are making your friends wait for you! At least for me in the start!
What up Ed. Hopefully you see this and can help me as to what I might be doing wrong. I find doing butters and small jumps much easier switch than regular. When I try to do anything in my regular stance it just feels awkward, and frankly I can't get the hang of it most of the time.
As someone who has started working on riding switch more recently, there's one point from this that I want to expand/piggyback on: Treat riding switch as its own thing. When you're used to riding regular, riding switch feels incredibly unnatural because your leading foot is now trailing. You get the impulse to use what is now your trailing foot to initiate turns. (i.e. if you ride regular/left foot forward, your left foot is now back, but your body still wants to turn with your left foot) Your weight is adjusted accordingly--instead of ~60% of your weight being on your lead foot, you're tempted to put 60% of your weight on your new back foot. You need to consciously get yourself to lead with your non-dominant foot. Breaking that habit is the biggest roadblock to feeling comfortable riding switch, and once you break that block down, it's SO much easier to develop your switch riding. Everything Ed said is 100% correct, and I'm not trying to imply he missed anything, I just wanted to share my own experience that could help you with your riding too!
This tutorial is my entire snowboarding experience. Any snowboarder that cannot skate or ride switch is a beginner level, if this comment offended you then you’re welcome. I just saved you the injuries
When initially learning to snowboard, I learned to ride switch. It took me many years to realise that most people don't start out riding switch and learn to ride directional to start
I'm about to teach my entire family to ride, and I only have them using twins. Any advice for teaching them switch from the beginning? We're going to do falling leaf and C turns alternating regular and switch.
Riding in my first season 22-23 that was my first objective was to ride switch an felt it essential as well without even knowing that. Always was poked at for riding goofy an shit an I took what everyone told me into account an so I told myself the first thing to do was learn switch an im a natural at it if I must say so myself lmao.
Ive been snowboarding for many years now (only once or twice a season, since mountains are far away). but i finally wanna learn to ride switch. i always chickened out, cause it felt so bad going back to the basics and having that fear of not being able to make a turn. i feel like my inner barrier to learn it just got bigger over the years. i might start practising on my onewheel, before this seasons vacation. so i can get more of a feeling for it and it stops feeling like riding backwards. then i can focus more on the edge control itself on the snowboard. any other tips to practise switch ahead of the actual snowboarding, to make the most out of a vacation?
Glad I came across this Vid I'm just getting into snowboarding Imma make sure I incorporate switch right from the start, since I'm just learning and already wiping out and not looking good, won't hurt my ego if I fuck up switch- I have both my front and back binding Angled the exact same- is this not a good idea? Just out of curiosity- what are your thoughts on stepons
I learned to ride switch by pure accident , when i first time went snowboarding i felt like my front leg should be left , and while i was learning to ride i was always switching to my right cuz it felt more confy , but i would still focus on going " forward " meaning my left foot would be in front ( since its the front of a board ) and thats my story , how to learn to ride switch just make a mistake :D .
if you are comfortable at some angle riding regular, say 15, -6 ... i was always curious how if you ride switch, wouldn't it be awkward now that it's +6, -15? knowing this, would it be smart for a beginner to get comfortable riding symmetrical stance so when they do practice switch, it would feel the same?
I rode a snowboard for the first time last winter and I just assumed you were supposed to switch so I rode it both ways about equal amounts of time even though the bindings were both pointed towards the front of the board so riding it switch was really riding it half backwards. I didn't know you could change the angles :D Should I learn from the beginning with both angles pointing outwards? Like +15 and -15
ok so today i went snoboarding for the first time ever and managed to learn doing turns on heels and toes to make weird big S-es(shout out to this chanell and all the other chanels that do tutorials like these) but i could only do it on the right foot . and when i tried doing it on the left i would fall most of the time and felt veery very weird. When i was able to do it without falling it just felt like i was lucky. I came home and i just found out this was called riding switch xD.
No, you want to practice the same way you usually ride. Only thing I might do is go one more click duck stance on the back foot if you usually ride pretty straight back there
How I learned was go down steeper terrain and just ride heel side all the way down but slowly pivot my left foot a little bit ahead then ride heel side again then pivot to right foot. I don’t know if this helps or makes sense but I guess what another tip
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Everything he said is spot on. I'd only add that if you're ever out with a friend , spouse, or kids(my situation) that aren't as good as you is the PERFECT time to practice switch
Great advice!
thought about the excact same when he mentioned switch days lol
did this for a whole trip came out practically goofy still went too fast for my friend tho
My kids will love watching me attempt this 😆
I've been doing this. My daughters are learning to snowboard this winter after several years of skiing. They've taken some lessons, but afterward, I've been riding with them and going switch so we can fall and (re)learn together. Kinda sore, but kinda fun, too. Payoff at the end is what I'm looking forward to.
I learned more about snowboarding and how a board works by riding switch.
I am self taught since 1990, so when I taught my wife and youngest daughter how to ride, and they ride the opposite way to me, I wanted to figure out how to explain to snowboard correctly. I wanted them to learn as quickly and painlessly as possible. So I rode switch full time and really tried to understand how every movement from head to toe affects a turn.
I got them both riding confidently in half a day, but a bonus that I didn't expect is that my forward riding improved as I am more able to understand how the body and board work together.
Every snowboarder needs to try it.
All the best, Rich in Sweden.
Great point! Learning how to ride switch improves all aspects of your riding
Do u ride duck stand? What's your the angle on your bindings?
@@terrytang5367 18, -12
Agreed 100% Many movements happen naturally in your normal stance that it makes it hard to explain. Riding switch would force you to break down those movements and communicate how you're using your body.
Another piece of that you aren't giving credit to, teaching. Teaching forces you to explain all the little bits that you may just know intuitively, which in turn makes it even clearer to you. Seems like riding switch forces you to almost teach yourself in a way
ultimate tip: "make 1 day a week your switch day" ... lol. I'm still trying to make more than1 day a month a snowboard day. For real though- these videos are great. Super fun for a longtime rider trying to level up
the reason i want to move to colorado
@@SgtTonka I live so close to mountains but i work 12 hohrs shift and do so much overtime i barely have time to shred once a week
@@SgtTonka I moved to Denver but I can still only go on weekends and it's a 2 hour drive :/. Wish I just lived at the base of a mountain lol
@@AlexPastel I went to copper a year ago and it was a pretty long drive from Denver but it was definitely worth it
@@AlexPastel Lol you should hear you guys haha, I live in the Netherlands and I can go only a few days a year to the Alps (it's like a 10-hour drive or 2-hour flight + driving)
if you are having any trouble with switch riding, one tip: Lean towards your front foot like you do it when you are riding normaly. If you cant do that just reach forwards with your hands, it helped me out.
great tip!
I think that's my biggest hurdle right now. I just rode day 2 and 3 of the season and I was really trying to focus on switch a lot more and as soon as I didn't consciously think about keeping over that front foot I was immediately on the back again catching and locking my edges like I was when I was a noob. Just sucks having to go through the whole tailbone pain thing again. I'm committed to improving this season though since I can shred steeps, groomers and trees regular with ease and really want to be able to focus on doing more than just straight airs on side hits and jumps.
@@rushthezeppelin you got this!
I'm fairly new to this...but I can confidently say I'm trying to learn switch right from the start. From day one I felt strange riding only goofy or only regular, but comfortable on both, so I decided to just learn both. It's been rough, but it's also rewarding.
I used to skateboard mongo and forced myself to learn the right way and the same thing happened to me my first time snowboarding last week
I feel this, I accidentally reversed my bindings when I bought my first board after learning on regular so I thought it was the boards fault when I was falling and for the longest time I couldn’t figure out that it was because I was riding goofy. It helped me out in the long run though so it was way worth it I guess haha.
This is such great advice, and I don't have to worry about catching up with my friends since all of them are slower than me so riding switch the whole time with them is a great idea.
For the last 14 years I've ridden a hardboot rig with very aggressive forward angles (55/45), so it's hard to ride switch and I'll only do it when absolutely necessary. But last week I got a softboot setup for one of my boards and went to 25/15. Noticed right away that switch was a lot easier (but I still suck at it). Your video has just given me the motivation to back the angles off some more, and start practicing switch.
Can I ask, why do you ride with hardboots? Is it because you have a splitboard?
This year is my first season since 2017 and I desperately want to learn to ride switch, but I'm recovering from a shoulder injury and don't want to injure it more by falling. I'm looking forward to recovering, working out again, and getting back to being a beast.
My big challenges last year were learning how to ride blacks/moguls switch and learning how to carve switch (on a directional board, duck stance). Learning to ride moguls switch has made me even better in moguls when I'm riding regular, and the same is true for carving. It really makes you understand the physics and muscles behind riding. As always, start slow and don't rush your progress or you could end up injured.
I pretty much did the same thing when learning to ride my skateboard switch as well. I just had to do it as much as possible and eventually it felt less like skating backwards and just felt like skating. I was very wobbly at first, but it made me much more versatile later on. I agree that all beginners should start to learn to switch immediately after getting moderately comfortable with regular riding as being comfortable with either stance will make pretty much any kind of boarding much easier in the long run. It's a lot easier to learn it together from the beginning than to try to re-learn in switch after years of experience with only one.
did a switch day and it's surprising how fast you pick it up. lots of fun and gets you real confident!
I learned more about snowboarding and how a board works by riding switch.
I am self taught since 1990, so when I taught my wife and youngest daughter how to ride, and they ride the opposite way to me, I wanted to figure out how to explain to snowboard correctly. I wanted them to learn as quickly and painlessly as possible. So I rode switch full time and really tried to understand how every movement from head to toe affects a turn.
I got them both riding confidently in half a day, but a bonus that I didn't expect is that my forward riding improved as I am more able to understand how the body and board work together.
Every snowboarder needs to try it.
All the best, Rich in Sweden.
I'm in the beginning stages of riding switch comfortably and what is said in the video is spot on, you will get bruised knees, you will feel like you're starting all over again except you already know how to ride regularly, I feel it is essential to learn switch to be the well rounded rider we all progress to be.
I started doing switch days this season and now I'm a lot more comfortable. My wife's friend who works at the resort likes to ride every Tuesday after she gets off work. She's not very fast so it's a great opportunity for me to ride switch rather than constantly waiting and getting bored.
We have two of these. My 8 year old and 5 year old love them. They both have learned to snowboard on these. They caught on quickly. These are great and think they are perfect for all kids under 10 to learn on. They actually are pretty durable as I used them to go down the hill a few times and it handled my 200 pound frame well. I think these are great and I give them my stamp of approval!
I have been wanting to learn switch for a couple of years. I only fully committed once and it we t great for about 20 seconds. Then I ate it hard and haven't tried again.
gotta pay to play for sure
The summary gave me a good chuckle. I usually ride switch on groomers for practice and started getting into switch tricks. Honestly, I haven't thought of riding switch for a full day, let alone week or a season, maybe I'll try that for the rest of the season!
I personally started doing switch runs throughout the day this season rather then just a full day of switch! I commit every other run to just riding switch all the way down
Love it
The way I learned was by starting every run switch. Makes you feel like a superhero when you revert back to regular. Slowly but surely you get a little further down the mountain before you revert.
Switching from skis to snowboard this year and gotta say you make it look so effortlessly cool. I got hooked on sideways travel with a onewheel this summer and am looking forward to what translates and what feels completely foreign.
Started getting back into snowboarding recently in my late 30s after being a regular rider in my teens. Working on freestyle skills is incredibly fun and rewarding. Just started getting some switch turns in, ate shit HARD for the first time over and over. Great to be humbled but everything has come with progress. Even learning how to fall is a good thing. Thanks for the vid, a bit advanced for me but same idea, just keep building that skillset.
Same goes for skateboarding. I pushed my self to ride switch (goofy for me), and at first, I couldn't even balance, but now, after 2 straight days of pretty much only switch, I can kind of turn. Which is quite an improvement. Like he said, if you want to learn to ride switch, then you have to ride switch.
Riding switch on skateboard is also necessary but the difference is you can bail 😂
I agree with beginners learning to ride both directions from the start. When I started, I couldn't figure out if I was goofy or regular for the life of me. Both felt right. This helped me a ton later on.
I love your Videos. I'm riding snowboards for 8 years and your videos are fantastic at helping me progress! You deserve much more Attention on this platform!
Thanks Leo!
ive always rode regular. but ive snowboarded for almost 20 years now, i attended high cascades snowboard camp half my lifetime ago and got to ride with all my pro idols. that was a major confidence booster and as a result i started to ride at a pretty expert level.. eventually riding regular became boring so id ride everything switch and quickly came to realize im more comfortable riding goofy. if only i could pop ollies off my left foot the way i can with my right..
On thing that helped me quite a lot is riding my longboard switch in the offseason. Big difference snowboard.
snowboarding in between pine trees will and always will be one of the most beautiful things i have seen and wish to experience
One thing that helped me was skating on my irregular foot. I had picked up snowboarding last season and got my first board from my bro that rode regular while I started goofy. He had stomp pads that matched his side of riding and I decided to skate regular and learn how to carve goofy. One season later and now I’m carving goofy and starting to feel comfortable carving switch bc I’m used to having my other foot lead. What definitely helped was to start learning switch early. I was already trying to develop my carving so every now and then I’d try to switch (mostly fail) but over time do it more frequently until now where I try to dedicate more time to switch as I’m confident in riding goofy
Good to see I'm not the only person out here who skates one way and carves the other. It gets confusing riding park though- a boardslide feels more like a switch boardslide some days.
Q: how to ride switch?
A: ride switch.
but anyway, I'm also learning riding switch at the moment and I think this is the most important thing to focus on when doing it
definitely, so many people resist what's uncomfortable
so am i
so after ~20 days of witch around 15% i rode switch I can say now that is a lot more confortable to do it. the feeling is around 70% as in my primary stance
@@alexandrutofan2958 that’s awesome! 70% is solid
I just started not too long ago (less than a full season), I feel comfortable riding/carving regular and started practicing switch, not full time but like half of time lol. It helps so much that all the stuff I just learned is still fresh in my mind, mistakes and all. It also helps that I ride solo so I'm able to really focus on what I'm doing at my own pace. I really want to start doing some 180s >:)
Great tips
I often have issues with leaning back too much when i get tired. That's when i will start riding switch. That way i trick my body and i'll lean much more forward.
After a few weeks of riding i'm now as comfortable riding switch as regular. I'm no pro by any stretch of the imagination by the way. But it feels great being able to ride both ways. And my first days with my kid on the mountain it made it much easier to catch him when necessary because i didn't have to first get on the "correct" side of him.
I learn how to ride switch while I was learning how to ride the regular way so I picked up on both pretty quick and now I’m equally skilled in both
Yo recuerdo arrancar a hacer snowboard con el pie derecho adelante, luego se me ocurrio cambiarme de pie y ahora mismo eh olvidado como andar con el derecho, asi que tendre que empezar a probar switch para asi mejorar aun mas
If I'm with someone that is a bit slower I definitely take the opportunity to ride switch, its a great leveller, great practice and a better day on the mountain
It's crazy how good you get a switch once you have kids and spend 3 years on beginner hills, watching your little shredders learn, and keep yourself challenged by only riding switch during that time. (Eventually, your kids grow into the black diamonds and you got a new skill, and new riding partners:)
never thought about how important switch is until i couldnt ride off a 180
the way it goes for most people!
lol this is me. so instead of learning switch i practiced 3s
0:52 - where is this run?! It looks amazing! Related to the video, in watching my son (8) learn he doesn't seem to favour one direction or the other and tends to just ride with the flow of wherever he's going. Still the first season and he hasn't quite picked it up yet but if it ends up being how he rides his scooter he doesn't really have a set way. Sometimes he's pushing regular, other times he's pushing goofy mondo. I guess this is a good thing for down the road! Fingers crossed he keeps up with it and doesn't switch back to skiing 🤣
The problem I have ist that I don’t live in the mountains and have mostly only 7-14 days but mostly only 7 per year so it’s difficult to learn switch because i want to have fun at the little time I have.
I think that negative angle on back binding makes a huge difference in how easy / hard it is to ride switch. When I switched from +6 or so to -9, riding switch became really easy really fast.
Started learning switch riding last year and it was scary AF. Gladly my sister was very new at snowboarding so I could train switch while she was training. Maybe this season will try to have full switch days
yesss big up the travis parker reference - never gets enough mentions
your commentary/explanations are unmatched love the vids
awesome to hear 🙏
I'm not privaleged to ride every day, so I made it a habit to ride switch on every groomer run that isn't the terrain park. And if your resort has a park with small features, that's the perfect place to learn how to develop your switch freestyle skills.
If you're having trouble getting the hang of turning switch, try it on something steeper. A steep smooth groomer without moguls. The gravity forces your turns around and makes it more effortless until you get a feel for it. This is just for starting out though. Once you get the hang of it seek out terrain that gives you more problems.
love this!
Moguls are better to do if you really want to learn switch
Totally agreed I find the flat stuff much harder switch, that's where I always catch or lock in an edge.
@@rushthezeppelin you riding a twin or directional?
@@homealone5087 usually a twin when I'm trying to ride switch.
I started regular, tried goofy then my snowboarding improved massively, as a result I'm pretty good riding switch but definitely better goofy, after seeing this I'm going to try having regular only riding days again.
Does this guy really think most people ride 5x/week?
Lmao
He was saying one switch day for every four regular days later in the vid for those of us who don't live in the mountains and get to do afternoon shred sessions.
Was thinking the same. I go like 3x per season due to poorness. Not gonna waste one riding switch.
I work at a ski resort and cant even go 5 time a week
@@Le_Furret me too man, and if a get 2 days of I'm not sure I even have the energy to ride two days
Thanks for the vid!
This season I'm new to snowboarding and I will try to do it!
I am so glad I have found some video how to ride in both directions, that was about 8 years ago and I've started from this vid from a completely noob, I ride now both directions of course not a pro but advanced beginner to intermediate but I can ride both ways and I am so glad I did it as I fell down way much less 😂
I just saw one of his ads but now I’m hooked! These tutorials are so helpful, best I’ve seen on RUclips. I’m very astonished that he only has 1k subs I was expecting 50k at least, definitely had to drop a sub and I hope your channel gets bigger so you can help even more riders, thanks for helping my snowboarding!
Thank you Rad Skater!
This video was beautiful like you literally answered the questions the second the would pop up in my mind
Just found your channel few days ago. Excellent material and detail information!
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It’s so much more fun when riding switch, everything opens up
I don’t know if it makes a difference but I mainly ride goofy and I’ve always felt comfortable switching to regular! :)
Riding switch is essential to being a good well rounded snowboarder! It also helps save the legs haha!
for sure! Good point. Those switch cat tracks...
I'm trying to lean to ride switch before attempting 180's and this tutorial will defiantly help, the one day a week think will be hard because I'm still in school and I can only ride on the weekends but ill figure it out!
You got it, just substitute a couple runs each time you go for "one day a week"
@@ShredSchool1 yeah, I was up at the mountain yesterday and I did just that, I'm getting better at riding switch
I usually force myself to ride switch about half of every run with lots of reverts because its fun at first it was my excercise to land on the edge i was most uncomfortable with then make the more cofortable switch turn after then reverting to regular just making sure to mirror my ragular stance so far after only like 5 days of switch riding i feel honestly quite comfortable switch its like 40 to 50 percent of my skill in my regular stance but it grows every day intead of just 1 day out of your riding
Vids are great! I started forcing on the skateboard in offseason.
you're the man, most people won't do it
Good tips, I e just done like a few runs a trip and have noticed massive improvements. I need to do more runs and like the idea of noticing how my balance feels normal and replicate that switch.
I noticed I definitely don't lean on my front foot enough switch and when I do it's a lot easier...
Good stuff!
I actually started playing switch from day 1
Another benefit of learning how to switch is to get some rest in the front leg instead of just stopping in the middle of a slope. At least it's the reason that motivates me the most to learn but I'm afraid to do it because it feels so dangerous. I self taught how to snowboard and never really fell. I understood how to carve immediately without no prior riding skill. But to ride switch feels so awkward and scary. This video motivated me though. Thanks!
6:14 It's not that you think badly of yourself everytime you ride slowly, but that you are making your friends wait for you! At least for me in the start!
What up Ed. Hopefully you see this and can help me as to what I might be doing wrong. I find doing butters and small jumps much easier switch than regular. When I try to do anything in my regular stance it just feels awkward, and frankly I can't get the hang of it most of the time.
It sounds like you might be riding the wrong stance. Just make the stance that is most comfortable your normal stance
As someone who has started working on riding switch more recently, there's one point from this that I want to expand/piggyback on: Treat riding switch as its own thing.
When you're used to riding regular, riding switch feels incredibly unnatural because your leading foot is now trailing. You get the impulse to use what is now your trailing foot to initiate turns. (i.e. if you ride regular/left foot forward, your left foot is now back, but your body still wants to turn with your left foot) Your weight is adjusted accordingly--instead of ~60% of your weight being on your lead foot, you're tempted to put 60% of your weight on your new back foot.
You need to consciously get yourself to lead with your non-dominant foot. Breaking that habit is the biggest roadblock to feeling comfortable riding switch, and once you break that block down, it's SO much easier to develop your switch riding.
Everything Ed said is 100% correct, and I'm not trying to imply he missed anything, I just wanted to share my own experience that could help you with your riding too!
This tutorial is my entire snowboarding experience. Any snowboarder that cannot skate or ride switch is a beginner level, if this comment offended you then you’re welcome. I just saved you the injuries
The obstacle is the path - Zen
When initially learning to snowboard, I learned to ride switch. It took me many years to realise that most people don't start out riding switch and learn to ride directional to start
Really wish I had done that. I'm on season three now and trying to focus on it and man it sucks having to go thorough all that pain all over again.
You deserve much more than 2k subs man
thank you 🙏 working on it
I only ride switch. Like i just can not pick a foot to lead with so i ride 50/50 all day.
Thank you for this vid so much!
that looks like heaven, where is that!? with the big snowy mountains!:)
A great irony of ambition is that if you wish to be much better than others, you must be willing to be seen as much worse.
definitely gonna work on this next season
Awesome David 👊
that just looked so clean 3:04
Your channel is so underrated
Thank you 🙏 Our time will come
Every single word is true .
Love riding switch!
Perfect video, thank you
I'm about to teach my entire family to ride, and I only have them using twins. Any advice for teaching them switch from the beginning? We're going to do falling leaf and C turns alternating regular and switch.
I don’t mind riding switch or regular, but when I’ve only got 1 foot strapped to skate I much prefer to be regular so I can kick with my right foot
Riding in my first season 22-23 that was my first objective was to ride switch an felt it essential as well without even knowing that. Always was poked at for riding goofy an shit an I took what everyone told me into account an so I told myself the first thing to do was learn switch an im a natural at it if I must say so myself lmao.
Mostly a blue rider with some black experience, I love riding switch.
Ive been snowboarding for many years now (only once or twice a season, since mountains are far away). but i finally wanna learn to ride switch. i always chickened out, cause it felt so bad going back to the basics and having that fear of not being able to make a turn. i feel like my inner barrier to learn it just got bigger over the years. i might start practising on my onewheel, before this seasons vacation. so i can get more of a feeling for it and it stops feeling like riding backwards. then i can focus more on the edge control itself on the snowboard. any other tips to practise switch ahead of the actual snowboarding, to make the most out of a vacation?
Glad I came across this Vid
I'm just getting into snowboarding
Imma make sure I incorporate switch right from the start, since I'm just learning and already wiping out and not looking good, won't hurt my ego if I fuck up switch- I have both my front and back binding Angled the exact same- is this not a good idea? Just out of curiosity- what are your thoughts on stepons
You’ve inspired me. I’m gonna do it.
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I did it yesterday !
@@josesbox9555 You are awesome!!
Should I set my bindings up switch to practice on my board
I learned to ride switch by pure accident , when i first time went snowboarding i felt like my front leg should be left , and while i was learning to ride i was always switching to my right cuz it felt more confy , but i would still focus on going " forward " meaning my left foot would be in front ( since its the front of a board ) and thats my story , how to learn to ride switch just make a mistake :D .
if you are comfortable at some angle riding regular, say 15, -6 ... i was always curious how if you ride switch, wouldn't it be awkward now that it's +6, -15? knowing this, would it be smart for a beginner to get comfortable riding symmetrical stance so when they do practice switch, it would feel the same?
I rode a snowboard for the first time last winter and I just assumed you were supposed to switch so I rode it both ways about equal amounts of time even though the bindings were both pointed towards the front of the board so riding it switch was really riding it half backwards. I didn't know you could change the angles :D Should I learn from the beginning with both angles pointing outwards? Like +15 and -15
My 2022 resolution is to learn how to switch from goofy to regular!
Same here
What should your binding set up be if youre a beginner trying to do both?
Great video! Greetings from Sweden :D
Glad you enjoyed! 🤙
ok so today i went snoboarding for the first time ever and managed to learn doing turns on heels and toes to make weird big S-es(shout out to this chanell and all the other chanels that do tutorials like these) but i could only do it on the right foot . and when i tried doing it on the left i would fall most of the time and felt veery very weird. When i was able to do it without falling it just felt like i was lucky. I came home and i just found out this was called riding switch xD.
Riding a rip stick switch helps too ofcourse.
I suck at everything, jumps, boxes, rails, so riding switch is one of the most fun things for me
on switch day do you have to skate and ride lifts switch? that is a tough one for me haha
Should I move the back binding forward to put both binding more in the center of the board?
No, you want to practice the same way you usually ride. Only thing I might do is go one more click duck stance on the back foot if you usually ride pretty straight back there
Yes! Show the skiers what they're missing out on haha 😂
How I learned was go down steeper terrain and just ride heel side all the way down but slowly pivot my left foot a little bit ahead then ride heel side again then pivot to right foot. I don’t know if this helps or makes sense but I guess what another tip
i skateboard goofy and snowboard reg and set up the snowboard goofy so that its easier to ride switch