Snowboard Carving Tip
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Since I've been working on my own switch turns and making them better by using this technique I figured I'd make a vid showing it in depth a bit more than I have in some of my previous tutorials. Hope it can help some others improve their regular and switch carved turns too!
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Great video. Love the Snowboard Pro Camp mention and really loved when they mentioned Ryan Knapton as the king of carving
justzanin well they mentioned it cause its true :D
PayPal tip jar is great. Been watching your videos for years with my kids and its really helped me on the slopes and you're fun to watch. Nerd ratios, "thats dog shit", how to really, really, really, really carve. Fond memories.
+Brad White 😀. Thank you Brad!! Happy shreddin to you and your family!
Well this opened my eyes on why im stuck on the "lame" turns. Will try and improve on that. Thanks!
Cheers,
Norman
Dude. I started working as an instructor last year and the "veteran instructors" can't explain what you just did. You explained and showed the concept of what they call "flex extension" better than any instructor I've talked to.
I loved it when Kevin mentioned you like you are the RUclips Father of Snowboard Carving or something :D Keep up the amazing work Ryan! You really, really are inspiration to all
Thank you! Ryan again. Pleased with very successful camera angles.
For me, this is one of the favorite styles in carving, when in every turn energy is accumulated to jump into the next turn. Of course, the effort goes more than evenly cutting the curves, but what a thrill!
Awesome video man and super helpful! Someone who’s new (like myself) really appreciates the side by side comparison and can TOTALLY grasp the importance now of having that lower center of gravity and a mean squat
Oh yeah they mention you every once in a while. I have been watching yours and Kevin's channels for a while. I took a lot from your how to really really really carve videos. I still have to work on the full euro style carve a bit. But the first part where you talk about a silent upper body was awsome. It changed my riding.
You gives so much inspiration and the ambition I have to improve my snowboarding grows when I watch your videos. I really looking forward for this season!!!!
Love seeing both of my favourite channels mentioning each other!
Great tips thank you, hope to try them this season!
Super helpful video. We've had some crappy snow so I got out and tried the things you mentioned in this video. Bent knees and forward lean. I could feel the edges hooking up a lot better. The turns felt like I was snapping out of them way better. Even on my little Burton Nug. Can't wait until next time I ride and try to get lower and more extended.
I gotta' say, Ryan, I added forward lean to my bindings and now I'm carving fast w/o skids with much more ease. Thanks for that, dude. Getting to the point boot-out is a bigger concern haha.
+Spencer Thompson love to hear it! Keep on progressing and happy shreddin!
So cool to see and hear you talking about this kind of riding. By coincidence, after setting up my bindings for a lot of forward-lean, I found out that going (really) low worked out great for my turns on my 29,5 cm waist Knapton Twin 😎👍
I can already tell my carves are going to be better just from watching this
I always feel that watching his videos. But as soon as i'm shredding it feels awful.
Hey Ryan. Greetings from Wales, UK.Thanks for posting great vid's. I discovered your channel this summer so I've been watching your tutorials ready for this winter. Finally managed to try out your carving tips from the 'How to really really carve' series for the first time on a trip to the Alps last week and wow what a huge difference its made to my riding! Can't wait for my next trip. Keep the vid's coming and Qapla'
Looking like a east coast powder day. Greetings from Boston. Love your stuff
Another great video. I'm a beginner snowboarder and your videos have helped me tremendously. Keep it up!
wow your turns a superb they just flow so good, cant wait to give this a go, cheers Ryan
Thanks Ryan! Your videos always provide something awesome, and it always makes me stoked to go to the mountain. I've been working on my carving a lot the past couple of season, and many of your tips are very helpful!
Aonde você ta esquiando Brazilianguy? Eu to aqui em Whistler curtindo!
Rafael Toledo moro na East Coast. Então sempre vou enviar resort diferentes. Whistler deve ser uma maravilha, sonho a ir aí. Moras aí? Ou só visitando?
Around 2:40 was the best information you could have given me, it literally just clicked.
Awesome tips Ryan. You're a legend amongst my friends. Keep shredding man!
Love that intro graphic! Great snowboarding tips and turns as always!
Can't emphasize how much I love this vid. Really inspiring and insightful! Already can't wait to hit the slope with these tips :)
Great illustration of how you perform your turns!
I'm totally new to snowboard and I'm gonna try these tips. Thanks, man!
Ryan!! You're my inspiration!! Greetings from POLAND!!
Great tips, can't wait to try this on Thursday!
I'm watching a good video in Korea.
I look forward to riding with you there in style someday. Thank you.
Thank you so much. The explanation is great! Cheers from China.
Thanks for the demo. Well done and very informative.
Awesome advice!!! This totally helped me with my turns!!!
Always awesome tips and amazing carving. If I may offer a one criticism it is to watch the audio level between when you speak and when the music comes in! Almost blew out my ears trying to hear your comments when the music came on super loud. Thanks!
Yup, I used lower volume music in this one, but still too much. I'll use much softer next time.
Ryan Knapton thnx
I really don´t understand why you still only have 50k subscribers when snowboard procamp have so many. Don´t get me wrontg, I really like Kevins vids, but your boarding level is leagues above his and your videos are very informative too.
Because Kevin's videos are really good, while Ryan's are average. Pretty much the opposite of their snowboarding skills
1:56 "Really, just get in a super low body position. Almost like trying to take a …, take a … ." xD xD xD
You're awesome dude. Heading to Aspen in a week. Really hoping for snowfall.
Dude, when you're riding your regular, your back knee is basically skimming the snow. Nice!
Anyway, main point of this video: When in doubt, POKE IT OUT!
Sick jacket Ryan! Great vid as always.
Thank you so much for this video, Ryan. It appears that i have never actually pushed out with my legs, even though i did try to bring my body lower to the ground. Maybe i'll finally manage to do desent heelside carves with this technique.
Your carving is sick bro!
Awesome video bruh very insightful and well made
Thank you sir! Can’t wait to try this soon
Amazing Ryan ! Do some collaboration with snowboardprocamp in Whistler !
Thanks for the tips!
Absolutely love your channel. You got some of the sickest style. I've never played with my high backs. Do you have a video on how to adjust it? Or how much to adjust it?
+Michael James Tuazon Yup, check it out here: ruclips.net/video/WxHP5iSJWuM/видео.html. Happy Holidays and Happy Shreddin'!
Great tips, really helpful. Thank you very much. Could I know how fast when you are carving? I think I cannot carve deep because I am too slow.
Good tips buddy!
Just as a FYI, that feedback you are talking abt is a minor energy transfer from the back leg to the front leg or vice versa. If you want it on the switch you need to channel that same energy transfer.
Just saw Kevin giving you props!
Thank you so much for the tip with the highbacks helped me a ton! :) one thing I would suggest is lowering the sound of the music since on my phone it was way louder than your voice but that is just my opinion, love you anyway
+Henning Dörfler thanks. And yup Ive messed up the audio levels on quite a few vids. Actively working on making a more normalised level for em now.
Some nice turns brotha..🙏🏼🤙🏼
How do you get the board to leave the ground from one turn to the next. Or does that happen automatically when you go faster and put more pressure into the edge.(How do you put more pressure into the edge?) Would also love to see a technique video on how to get lower in heel side turns without washing out, perhaps even trying heelside eurocarves. ( I remember seeing a video of you trying lower heelside turns, but without explanation.) Always enjoy your videos, especially the technique ones.
Great vid Ryan, be cool to maybe see some back to basics vids for us noobs, it'd also be interesting to see how you would teach a noob and watch their progress! ;)
Hi Ryan! I'm fairly new with snowboarding&CO and your videos have helped me a big time up to now!
Anyway, I've got a question for you: what's the best distance between bindings in order to improve a person's butterings? Everywhere I've read about the equations "bigger distance=more stability; lower gap,=better for carving" , which is kinda generic! I'm 179 cm tall if that helps!
Thanks in advice if you are going to answer me! actually, thanks anyway because all of your content ahha
Greetings from Italy!
Hi Fabio, check out this vid i made a couple years ago. Basically there is no perfect stance width, it just comes down to your own body, board, and how you want to ride. Best of luck and happy shreddin! ruclips.net/video/UtlD68PAw_8/видео.html
Standard down-unweighted turn. Alongside with up-unweighted turn technique the only way to hold the edge at high speed and on steep slope.
Great tips, thanks! I'm going to have to dial in some more forward lean. What you say makes perfect sense, and that's why my shins get so sore. I'm using my toes too much. Hey, BTW, I'd have to crank the volume to hear you talking, and then it would be blasting and if have to turn it back down every time the music came in. But maybe that's just me. Thanks again!
Jay Morgan Me too. I'm using my phone though.
Thanks on the audio heads up. Will make sure I have the music portions much lower in the future.
Could you throw in a box with a solid(+half transparent)color behind your black texts? Sometimes hard to read that stuff.
Hi Ryan. I'm pretty new to boarding and only been on a couple of trips using hire gear. I've noticed my high backs were always pretty vertical. How much forward lean should I try to begin with as a beginner/intermediate rider?
Are those patches on your forearm and elbow? How can I get those? I have a the North Face Goretex machine jacket and notices when I try these type of tricks that my jacket is getting scrapped. Any tips on how to care for my jacket? Besides replacing it.
very good
im going to ry try this and get footage tomorrow
Hey Ryan, do you turn your knees inward/outward on turns? Huge fan of your vids btw.
Which is more legit bending your knees to go down in an extreme carve like the worm movement? or let your hip drive you down and whole body tilting forward? Or it is a matter or preference? And one is for quick small turns and the other is for large turns?
Ryan. Just wondering if you do any strength exercises or routines when you aren’t making us all look bad.
Hey Ryan, awesome video as always! Very likely you've been asked thousands of times, could you please recommend parameters for carving snowboard? In terms of length, stiffness, sidecuts, geometry? Or just share a link to spec of your snowboard, would be great reference :)
+seekeyk it really just depends on what you want to do. I use low stance angles so I go very wide so that I don't 'boot-out' while carving. If you ride with positive stance angles you can use a board less wide. Of the Donek boards mine is the best for carving with a freestyle approach. If riding only one direction, the the Incline and Flux both ride incredible. Width is the more difficult spec to choose... (All boards can be customized to length, width and sidecut radius). Check out my work in progress website www.nextlevelsnowboarding.com for some extra insight and if you have questions for a future potential order and want to bounce the specs your thinking of off me, then email me at cofooser@gmail.com
Ryan Knapton thanks a lot for reply, Ryan.. That's exactly what im looking for.. I want to get next board especially for freestyle carving, learning something you do.. As far as I get from the site, you prefer a bit longer and wider boards. If you use 160cm board, that sounds pretty long as for me.. I'm 177cm and 70kg, my current board is lib Tech banana 156.. I feel the lack of stability on speed (the biggest problem is my skills though). So I thought about getting something longer (maybe 159?) and bit harder (maybe 6). I just assume it should work a bit better.. What do you think? Also, do you prefer twin tip or directional for carving?
what do ya know, just adjusted my heels yesterday! kablaow!
Ryan is decent in ability, in is prime, now. I was There, BEFORE HE WAS Born. And I SAID as Much, on freecarve and bomber forums. It's 'Nice' that Sean has gifted Ryan. It makes it 'Fresh' . But IMHO, Chris Karol should have the Vox. Matt Beck, or Ian Price.. I could name SO many Others. I'm not upset about any, ever, money; I am upset that those that Gave Modern Carving it's Base are 'unknowns'. "PSR"
Ryan, can you tell, what side cut radius on this board?
Happy shread!
Hey man. I’m pretty much a beginner, only been about 4-5 times. I can heel and toe edge pretty well but when it comes to carving and controlling my speed I kinda chicken out and make really wide toe and heel edge carves to slow down. What do you recommend I do to improve my carving?
Also I’m 6’4, 220 and my board is a 165cm length and is a lib tech emmagator. I’m not sure but I think that board might be too small for me and I even think it might be a park board but I’m not sure. What do you think about the board and size for my height and weight?
For some people snowboard is all about park, jumps, rails and stuff. For you Ryan feels like its 99% turns only ;p Have you thought about starting in slalom races or snoboward cross (olympic style) ? :DD
Ryan Knapton: All the carving action of a Red Bull Air racer while invoking the calmness of a Bob Ross painting session. When you are pushing out of the corners extending your legs, it looks like your uphill legs provides more rebound. Is this a correct observation?
+AzizaVFR I think you are right. It's not something I activily think about, but my Thursday Thoughts vid of today does describe how I think (or lack of think) about certain amounts of pressure that I use. Thanks for the kind words and happy shreddin!
Thank you for the tips Ryan. I am excited to try it soon. :) Which slope do you recomend for a novice rider to practice your tips? I am thinking about trying it out in Silverthrone (Breckenridge) but might be too flat ?
Breck is a pretty flat mountain, but hell, I still go to the bunny hill sometimes and work on my carving! It's often the best snow because it doesn't get skidded off and icy.
I might get lucky one day and see you riding there :D
the song playing is (SKYLINE-SKALE-E-TRON) you can find on youtube
Sir, I watched all of your videos and try to learn your carving. However, I found your moves are draining my energy very quickly. My foot and legs got tired after 1 or 2 runs if I perform aggressive turns (body up&down, lower stance). If I do my usual lame turns, I can stay on the mountain all day... Any suggestion on not getting tired too early? Thanks!
What is the model of the board ? , nice video ;-)
Ryan, do you feel that above average ankle flexibility is required to get to that low position like you do? Can you get into a resting squat postition (feet flat on the ground, squatting all the way down)? I can't and I think the reason is that my ankles could use some more flexibilty. When carving, I always feel that I can't push my knees forward enough and I end up tilting my torso forward to compensate or sit back too much.
My rear leg ankle range of motion is fairly limited comparing to my leading leg. I found that going low quick/dynamic helps, almost like you'd be landing from a jump. Look how Ryan's board is coming off ground when he comes out of turn in the first part of the clip. That is (one of) effect of dynamically lowering your body in knees, the fastest you do it, the more power applies to carving edge and the more power you get back - once you come out of turn with high energy, it is easier to get low with higher energy. That makes it easier to actually bend knees and ankles and go lower. Another thing I found is to not to tighten boots too much to avoid very stiff support. I mean, it's good to find balance between boot flex, how tight you lace them up and still keep them tight enough to keep foot/ankle in place (no vertical ankle movements inside boot). I use Deeluxe with the velcro around shinbone (some Vans have the same) and I never tighten the velcro, that enables my boot to flex enough in ankle joint.
However, I'd love to hear Ryan's opinion on that too.
I'm not super flexible, and cant have my feel all the way flat when doing a full squat, but just even trying to get more into that position while riding, really makes my turns a lot more fun cuz of what I can do from being in that body position. Good luck and happy shreddin!
ppjra Sorry to jump in.
Look on RUclips for videos of "downward facing dog" try that 😉
Also stand with balls of your feet on a step, with your heels hanging off. Then lower and raise your heels.
Finally, Google stretching for snowboarding or snowboard specific exercises 👍
I need to do some myself 😐
@Mateusz Łoskot Thanks! I actually switched to softer boots in the end of last season. I felt that the stiff boots prevented me from using the ankles-knees-hips chain like I should. Haven't really tested the boots properly but I hope they will help a little.
@1Flyingfist Thanks, that's pretty much what I have been doing already :D
DO you also keep your back straight the entire time as if you’re doing a wide squat.
I asked because I didn’t and now I am in need of a chiropractor....
ryan please tell me what song is playing along with this video
I just realized I think I need to probably go 30 degrees open on my back foot. I know my biomechanics are not very normal and when I squat in the gym my toes have to be pointed way out in order for me to get the full range of moition. And when I try to carve low I feel as if I can't get super low because my legs feel locked up. Gonna have to mess with my stance this Thursday at keystone! Yes!
I couldn't make out what you said about the high back on the binding. are you saying if it's straight up and down that is not good for carving (as opposed to it being angled toward the toe side)?
he said riging with a straight highback feels bad as opposed to great turns with the highback angled to the toeside. Hope i cleared it:)
Канал имени отвертки1337 you did thank you
It is not good as in it takes more time to engage the edge from toe to heel, and you are more likely to slide out on the heel side if there is no forward lean.
Chao-Hung Sun thank you.
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Watch Ryan’s How to Really Really Carve Pt 2
ruclips.net/video/3ua4VRvrxGY/видео.html
Hi Ryan, I have noticed that mostly in toeside turns, your back knee is more bent than the front, like you are putting a bit more weight on the back (you can see it in 3:35 when you start the dynamic turns). Is there a purpose to it? Also, could you explain in one of your videos, the difference between down unweighting and up-unweighting in turning? Thank you.
+giannis_ch My primary focus and basically all of my turns is putting the most even pressure I can into the sidecut. And then with that, my thoughts are literally 'bruce lee's' flow like water... And let my knees and upper body to try to be quite and fluid with the direction the board wants to take me. And then when I want more action out of the board or do a pop trick out of a carve, then I think about making the water 'crash' and jam extra pressure into the edge, nose or tail. As for the unweighting and such, I really don't think about that at all, so can only explain what I think of while riding. I'll say for sure my back knee is always the one that gets some drag on the toeside like you noticed... It's not something I consiously (sp) think of, but it's what happens for me with my 15,-15 angles. I'd actually assuming me that would be the case with more forward angles, but not 100% sure. And as for weight distribution.. I often hear 60/40... But again for me, I try to direct pressure towards the middle of my board as much as I can. It'd be cool to know how even it actually is! Hope my thoughts help and happy shreddin!
Hi Giannis and Ryan.
Besides what Giannis said what is seems to happen when you are carving really tight turns is that the front leg extends and the back leg contracts (you can clearly see this in most of your gopro footage from the front (aka when the gopro is on top of the nose filming you)). Its like the board accelerates forward on the turn while the body stays back and after the turn starts straightning (when already going in a straight line from right to left or left to right, at about the time of the little hop, or when the board decambers) then the body catches up and goes again on the middle of the board. I had found that interesting, like Ryan, with his expertise does this automatically and unconsciously, to kind of kick the front foot out to give this appearance.
However, I tried several of the tips from Ryan on this channel on how to improve my carving during this christmas holidays and I noticed how after you start understanding how to feel the edge biting on the snow and the sidecut start pushing you into a curve, how on tight turns this happens naturally. In wide turns it doesnt.
I think this is just the fact that you are going one way, and when you engage the sidecut strongly, the board starts turning really quickly and pulls your front foot out while compressing your back leg in, before your body starts following the same curve. However I must say that I still do many things consciously and it seems that I do indeed put more pressure on my back leg (not a huge amount though) as this allows me to be quite flexible steering the board with my front foot and engaging the edge in a more fine tuned way if I could call it like that. But I cannot say if this is the right way or not, I simply changed a bit my riding after a day with quite some powder where this was working wonderfully and it seemed that also on hard pack snow my riding was smoother by shifting my weight slightly to the back.
I cannot say much, because I am still just starting to paying attention to my posture, carving and not sliding, etc., I am still a far world away from being completely comfortable at every speed/run.
Visit Kevin in Whistler! That would be awesome! Shredding together!
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Hi. You r a amazing snowboder ever i seen. Can i know ur binding angle? Duck.
Just only see your youtube and copy position its too hard to me. T-T
Do you have knee problems? How do you protect them?
+Wensheng Sun Luckily I don't have any knee issues. It's mostly hitting big jumps and the repeated impacts from that, that lead many to have hurt knees. Most of what I do is very low impact.
Wowww
What jacket is that? Volcom?
+bigmack10 Quicksilver
What bindings do you ride?
Burton cartels
If you're after feedback, i'd say switch your weight distribution looks ever so slighlty more on the back leg. Really need to practice switch myself as my carving is poor, but hey just thought i'd give you my thoughts for what it's worth.
great content but you need to work on the sound vs music levels.. I had to manually increase and reduce the sound between cuts which lead to a poor watching experience
Anyone know what song that is?
go on yuotube type ( SKYLINE-SKALE-E-TRON) thats the song
I’m just the average nerd side-slipping down the hill :c
How much forward lean do you like?
I use like f5 I think
Ryan how old are you mate ?
does anyone know the song?
go on youtube and type ( SKYLINE-SKALE-E-TRON) thats the song
Your tips did not help me
But...
I liked your skills ripping the snow so I liked the vid.
YOU ARE INSANE
Qapla!
Great into but please make it shorter. 5 seconds max! Otherwise people will always skip it
the truth 🙏🏼
Just wondering what kappa means? You've been saying that a lot lately lol
+freemanfanmao Thanks for asking! Oddly enough the first vid I made that I randomly said that at the end, numerous people knew... But I think I'm a bit too nerdy and the majority don't... So I'm looking forward to making a vid explaining it! Very soon. Till then Qapla'! (Success! (More like wishing /granting success upon, in the Klingon language).