That’s crazy that’s your first run!! Most people don’t learn to go edge to edge or link turns for like a few days. I can’t believe you felt like you had to justify that run! It was super impressive! This is really amazing!
I can't wait for this! I went snowboarding essentially at the same time you did after spending almost a year on the Freebord, and it REALLY has dramatically improved my skills on the slopes! 😮
Such an awesome video to see after doing it the “opposite way”. My 1 and only snowboarding day definitely never looked that smooth, but I’m excited to go again at some point. Also it was good to see an overslide in the snow finally.
man, your camera quality, editing skills and overall layout of the video is CRAZY! i feel like this channel is gonna blow up real soon, u deserve way more likes and subs keep putting in the hard work
Fun vid. Congrats on first trip. I expect you will be eager to get on the snow again. Be disciplined when you get back on the freebord. Snowboarding is so forgiving in comparison. 👊
lets goooo :) your snowboarding skills look quite nice man! so smooth. And like you said it, its alot smoother to make transitions because you have just 1 flat board. Your 360 looked great :) good think on snowboarding, you can fail more thinks and dont get hurt to much. if you to it with a freeboard and concrete, the risk of injuriy is quit higher :)
You've totally convinced me to start saving for a Summerboard! I've been snowboarding a few times, but I live in the southern United States (Florida), where there is no snow or hills to speak of. Freebord isn't really an option, so I've been considering a Summerboard for a long time. Keep shredding it! 🤙
I have owned one and really didn't like the inconsistency of the centre wheels. They had a tendency to lock a bit on me at random. So I would be transitioning edge to edge fine then all of a sudden it's like it would stick half way through the transition. I got chucked at 18mph due to this. Not fun. Freeboards look more interesting to me now, less mechanical components to go wrong
I really Hope this video gives you a push off visibility for your amazing job. You convinced me to get a 5X some months ago, recieved It yesterday, and the first slide felt amazing. I come from skate, and surf, but never did snowboard cause of cost and opportunity, so I have never got to complete the holy trinity of 'boarding. Now I am a step closer. And living in Tenerife... Soooo many heaven spots. I can't wait to get decent at It. Greetings from Spain, keep shreddin and inspiring 🤙
Thanks a lot man. Im glad you decided to start bording, I hope my tutorials can accelerate the learning process so you can shred the awesome roads around the world!
Dude that's cool-You won freeborder rookie of the year? Congrats dude! And it looks like you are snowboarding with a freebording legend. You are IN dude! Such a cool community! When did they announce the awards?
Yeah I'm very lucky to be mates with Quentin, the crew were legendary and if I made fast progress it's thanks to their help! The awards were posted on the Freebord Europe social media pages! I Can't remember when, but you can see my submission on the channel (1 Year Montage)
@@easy_riders just watched that video- such amazing progression! You had some cojones to do that 360 off the 6 steps! I won't do it beyond a curb, lol. Have you had any big whiteouts? I broke my hand early on but wrist guards have protected me since then. Clearly you are passionate about this! Do you have to travel far to ride with people like Quentin? I love the sport but I'm just in a different stage of my life where I can't be as committed- 44 in a month, married and 3 kids and I can't afford to get injured. Plus there's no one else to ride with. But I do ride by myself, mainly downhill. With the scarcity of parts I'm reluctant to do much flatground street as I already cracked a baseplate pretty easily on a g3.
you’re pretty much as good as it gets when it comes to riding & doing flat ground tricks. Only thing you need is nose/tail presses & you’ll be the steeziest on the mountain
Damn you were shredding so hard! Well done man. I actually live where you were in the french Alps so I've been going snowboarding every weekend this winter season. I'm not doing jumps or black slopes just yet. Crazy how freeboard gave you such a high skill level already. This really inspires me to keep going. Gotta catch up to you now. ;-)
Thanks a lot! Yeah after a few little changes it really is very similar to Freebording. I'm hoping I can learn the harder freestyle tricks on snow before concrete now! P.s you should get a second hand Freebord over the summer, you'll love it 😎
This was absolutely awesome to watch and I had a fat grin on my face watching you bomb the hill with full confidence on the first couple rides. Yo that’s crazy man you literally hacked the progression tree and skipped right to intermediate snowboarder. I just got back from riding snowboards today, and I want my older brother who’s never ridden to ride next time. This is inspiring I want to get a board, I know I can learn to ride it an, hopefully get my brother to ride it… and give him some confidence to finally come ride the mountain with me. Edit: I found a used “freebord riot 1985” fs locally… would this be a good beginner board? it has red wheels.
I mean yeah, if you want to improve your snowboarding then Freebords are second to none. Theyre sick, you can learn switch, freestyle and all kind of carving tricks (reverse carves ect). Here's an affiliate link if you're looking to buy new (I'd suggest Freebord 5 with DaBlues is the best): eu.freebord.com/fb/EasyRiders/ Otherwise if that's too much then Id recommend looking for second hand G3R boards. I have some comprehensive guides and stuff discussing this! Let me know how it goes bro! 🤙
Freeboarding should be considered a tutorial and primer to snowboarding. The same way Surfskating is a tutorial and primer to surfing. While first Skateboarding is a primer to Freeboarding and Surfskating.
i think it was awesom-er becauseof it , so there. also i do that freebording and you're saying i don't have to? but i like it. i see some folks not doing it and it looks super smooth. i call it loading up. do you just practice not doing it? is it that it has you out of optimal position? what's the downfall?@@agenttank
@@johnmraz4000 they say it is hindering from progress but for sure you lose the neutral Position when doing this and then you have less room to counter-akt pumps or even own mistakes
ok that makes a lot of sense. when i'm slaloming trying to control speed i feel like it helps me stay in the groove and not brain fart how to turn because that happens sometimes but it also has me out of position to come out of a turn backside. thanks for the info@@agenttank
Its incredible that you got this good this fast, but I'm guessing you cant really ride on the edges of freeboards, can you? A very important skill in snowboarding is to ride on them, it's kinda like just going straight while carving, and you never mentioned it in the videos. I'm guessing you just can't really do that on freeboards, so you didn't really care about it. Anyways, next time you go snowboarding try to do it, you basically just tilt up your board and ride with it while carving at a slight angle (or really large if ur really good at it), your snowboard should leave a straight mark edge, like if a knife was cutting through the snow with how good u alredy are, this'll take no time to learn EDIT: Also, you're also counter rotating (bad form). Technically the proper form is to just stay in line with the snowboard, and start the turns by putting your weight on different parts of your front foot. It works for casual riding and having fun easily tho. Proper technique is something like: Heel side --> put all weight on front foot --> going straight --> weight on your front toes --> toe side. If you don't do this riding straight isn't really possible, but it should be an easy correction
Yeah you can in the sense of taking long lines on your heel or toeside. However my Freebord riding tends to be in urban spots (narrow roads, with cars) so theres never the opportunity to take long periods on one edge (if you do you tend to turn one way, rather than go straight). I guess this related to what I say during the black run (that the slope is so wide ect). Much appreciate the detailed riding tips/detailed comment, I'll work on this stuff on my next trip. 🤙
@@easy_riders It's not really about taking long lines, the duration can be pretty short, it's about not "drifting" as much and turning on the actual edge of the board. I swear this is like night and day and feels amazing When you get passed by someone at mach 10 on a snowboard, this is what they're doing, riding on the edge (or straight if they can lol) the whole time, no drifting Also, you're way better at switch than I am, and I can't do 360's either lmao. The freeboard did you really well. My biggest accomplishment on my first 3 days was not eating shit every 2 minutes lol
Pressumably you live near mountains in that case, which unfortunately is a privelege that isn't available to everyone. If you didn't live near mountains you'd have to pay for a full trip abroad to learn.
That’s crazy that’s your first run!! Most people don’t learn to go edge to edge or link turns for like a few days. I can’t believe you felt like you had to justify that run! It was super impressive! This is really amazing!
Welcome in the snowboard family 😁
It's so impressive to see you snowboarding like that for the first time. Great video 🔥🤙
Thanks a lot! Can't wait to go again 🔥🤙
You killed it!
Thanks a lot man!
3:19, many people struggle a TON on their first time, but you're doing great! 😊
Thanks a lot! 🤙
Was waiting for this 🙏
I hope it lived up to expectations!
I can't wait for this! I went snowboarding essentially at the same time you did after spending almost a year on the Freebord, and it REALLY has dramatically improved my skills on the slopes! 😮
I hope you enjoy it dude, I spent a lot of time on this one! 🤙
yes! so nice that you captured that moment in a video! learning freebording and then just go riding a snowboard is the way!!! :)
It's been something I've wanted to do for a while, I was surprised no one did already!
Such an awesome video to see after doing it the “opposite way”. My 1 and only snowboarding day definitely never looked that smooth, but I’m excited to go again at some point. Also it was good to see an overslide in the snow finally.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully it’ll encourage more people to try Freebording first 👌
man, your camera quality, editing skills and overall layout of the video is CRAZY!
i feel like this channel is gonna blow up real soon, u deserve way more likes and subs
keep putting in the hard work
Comments like these go a really long way. I'm always glad to hear the quality of content is improving from the viewers end!
Thanks a lot! 🤙
Would be nice to see your first ride back on a freebord
You won’t have to wait long for that. There’s some very interesting Freebord content in the making (Testing the best, most expensive Freebord set up).
Fun vid. Congrats on first trip. I expect you will be eager to get on the snow again. Be disciplined when you get back on the freebord. Snowboarding is so forgiving in comparison. 👊
lets goooo :) your snowboarding skills look quite nice man! so smooth. And like you said it, its alot smoother to make transitions because you have just 1 flat board. Your 360 looked great :)
good think on snowboarding, you can fail more thinks and dont get hurt to much. if you to it with a freeboard and concrete, the risk of injuriy is quit higher :)
Yeah they're so similar, it's quite crazy. The trip made me not only want to snowboard more, but also freebord more 😂
seeing that much joy on your face and hearing it in your voice was awesome bro!!!!!!! f man you killed it!!!
Ahh I'm glad it came across! The hype for this one was real and it really was incredible. Freebord + Snowboard is a killer combo 🤙
The video is mentaaal 🔥🔥🔥😍
Incredible trips make the best content 👌 We'll have to get planning for the next one 😂
7:30, WHAT?? You're going down a black?? That's nuts dude! That's really impressive, especially since you're new to this! 😊
It was on the easy side for black slopes, it definitely felt challenging!
@@easy_riders Black slopes are designated as the most challenging slopes you can undergo, so the fact that you even DID one is nuts! 😁
being able to do that on day 1 is seriously impressive!
Awesome to see the benefits of freebording on snow. I really love those 6 wheeled bombing maschines 🤘😁
You've totally convinced me to start saving for a Summerboard! I've been snowboarding a few times, but I live in the southern United States (Florida), where there is no snow or hills to speak of. Freebord isn't really an option, so I've been considering a Summerboard for a long time. Keep shredding it! 🤙
I have owned one and really didn't like the inconsistency of the centre wheels. They had a tendency to lock a bit on me at random. So I would be transitioning edge to edge fine then all of a sudden it's like it would stick half way through the transition. I got chucked at 18mph due to this. Not fun.
Freeboards look more interesting to me now, less mechanical components to go wrong
Such a great weekend 😍 Amazing vid congrats for your progression, see you this summer on concrete!
Oooooo that 360 you landed was fast
Its gnarly how the abilities have transferred so consistently
My mind was blown at the similarity when I first got on... and it kept getting better 👌
great editing, cant believe you only have 800 subs... should definitly make more videos trying stuff for the first its interesting
Thanks man! I'll keep that in mind, maybe it'll become a regular thing 👌
@@easy_riders definitely, i never heard of free boarding till i watched this, should think to make more diverse content! loved it
I really Hope this video gives you a push off visibility for your amazing job. You convinced me to get a 5X some months ago, recieved It yesterday, and the first slide felt amazing. I come from skate, and surf, but never did snowboard cause of cost and opportunity, so I have never got to complete the holy trinity of 'boarding. Now I am a step closer. And living in Tenerife... Soooo many heaven spots. I can't wait to get decent at It. Greetings from Spain, keep shreddin and inspiring 🤙
Thanks a lot man. Im glad you decided to start bording, I hope my tutorials can accelerate the learning process so you can shred the awesome roads around the world!
Dude that's cool-You won freeborder rookie of the year? Congrats dude! And it looks like you are snowboarding with a freebording legend. You are IN dude! Such a cool community! When did they announce the awards?
Yeah I'm very lucky to be mates with Quentin, the crew were legendary and if I made fast progress it's thanks to their help!
The awards were posted on the Freebord Europe social media pages! I Can't remember when, but you can see my submission on the channel (1 Year Montage)
@@easy_riders just watched that video- such amazing progression! You had some cojones to do that 360 off the 6 steps! I won't do it beyond a curb, lol. Have you had any big whiteouts? I broke my hand early on but wrist guards have protected me since then. Clearly you are passionate about this! Do you have to travel far to ride with people like Quentin? I love the sport but I'm just in a different stage of my life where I can't be as committed- 44 in a month, married and 3 kids and I can't afford to get injured. Plus there's no one else to ride with. But I do ride by myself, mainly downhill. With the scarcity of parts I'm reluctant to do much flatground street as I already cracked a baseplate pretty easily on a g3.
you’re pretty much as good as it gets when it comes to riding & doing flat ground tricks. Only thing you need is nose/tail presses & you’ll be the steeziest on the mountain
Damn you were shredding so hard! Well done man.
I actually live where you were in the french Alps so I've been going snowboarding every weekend this winter season.
I'm not doing jumps or black slopes just yet. Crazy how freeboard gave you such a high skill level already.
This really inspires me to keep going. Gotta catch up to you now. ;-)
Thanks a lot! Yeah after a few little changes it really is very similar to Freebording. I'm hoping I can learn the harder freestyle tricks on snow before concrete now!
P.s you should get a second hand Freebord over the summer, you'll love it 😎
You nailed it🤯
Great video !!
This is so sick dude 😮 You earnt your self a sub 🙌
Amazing, I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to stick around! 👌🔥
This was absolutely awesome to watch and I had a fat grin on my face watching you bomb the hill with full confidence on the first couple rides.
Yo that’s crazy man you literally hacked the progression tree and skipped right to intermediate snowboarder.
I just got back from riding snowboards today, and I want my older brother who’s never ridden to ride next time.
This is inspiring I want to get a board, I know I can learn to ride it an, hopefully get my brother to ride it… and give him some confidence to finally come ride the mountain with me.
Edit: I found a used “freebord riot 1985” fs locally… would this be a good beginner board? it has red wheels.
Thanks a lot man! Yeah a freebord riot with red wheels (low riders) would be fine, Id look for $80-90 for that 👍
@@easy_riders thanks, it is listed for $100. Im sending all these snowboarding trip videos to my bro hope he gets motivated lol.
I'm a skiier, but I hope you continue snowboarding.
Ah that's nice to hear! There will be more snowboarding next year for sure 👌
Hi i got stakeboard which i never done before, to make my snowboarding easy should i switch to freeboarding
I mean yeah, if you want to improve your snowboarding then Freebords are second to none. Theyre sick, you can learn switch, freestyle and all kind of carving tricks (reverse carves ect).
Here's an affiliate link if you're looking to buy new (I'd suggest Freebord 5 with DaBlues is the best):
eu.freebord.com/fb/EasyRiders/
Otherwise if that's too much then Id recommend looking for second hand G3R boards. I have some comprehensive guides and stuff discussing this!
Let me know how it goes bro! 🤙
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Freeboarding should be considered a tutorial and primer to snowboarding.
The same way Surfskating is a tutorial and primer to surfing.
While first Skateboarding is a primer to Freeboarding and Surfskating.
unlike a free board, snowboards have a lot of fling to it. I like to pretend im a butter knife spreading butter on a warm slice of toast
Aha yeah I definitely didn't get to try butters but that's definitely on the list to try next time!
ima assume the board u rented was reverse camber (rocker) i wouldnt recommend it, get on a camber board next time youll like it more
Thanks for the advice dude, will do 👌
impressive apart from the counter rotation in every turn
What does that mean?
@@gabsskater winding up torso/arms and make the turn come by unwinding...
i think it was awesom-er becauseof it , so there. also i do that freebording and you're saying i don't have to? but i like it. i see some folks not doing it and it looks super smooth. i call it loading up. do you just practice not doing it? is it that it has you out of optimal position? what's the downfall?@@agenttank
@@johnmraz4000 they say it is hindering from progress but for sure you lose the neutral Position when doing this and then you have less room to counter-akt pumps or even own mistakes
ok that makes a lot of sense. when i'm slaloming trying to control speed i feel like it helps me stay in the groove and not brain fart how to turn because that happens sometimes but it also has me out of position to come out of a turn backside. thanks for the info@@agenttank
Its incredible that you got this good this fast, but I'm guessing you cant really ride on the edges of freeboards, can you? A very important skill in snowboarding is to ride on them, it's kinda like just going straight while carving, and you never mentioned it in the videos. I'm guessing you just can't really do that on freeboards, so you didn't really care about it.
Anyways, next time you go snowboarding try to do it, you basically just tilt up your board and ride with it while carving at a slight angle (or really large if ur really good at it), your snowboard should leave a straight mark edge, like if a knife was cutting through the snow
with how good u alredy are, this'll take no time to learn
EDIT: Also, you're also counter rotating (bad form). Technically the proper form is to just stay in line with the snowboard, and start the turns by putting your weight on different parts of your front foot. It works for casual riding and having fun easily tho. Proper technique is something like:
Heel side --> put all weight on front foot --> going straight --> weight on your front toes --> toe side. If you don't do this riding straight isn't really possible, but it should be an easy correction
Yeah you can in the sense of taking long lines on your heel or toeside. However my Freebord riding tends to be in urban spots (narrow roads, with cars) so theres never the opportunity to take long periods on one edge (if you do you tend to turn one way, rather than go straight). I guess this related to what I say during the black run (that the slope is so wide ect).
Much appreciate the detailed riding tips/detailed comment, I'll work on this stuff on my next trip. 🤙
@@easy_riders It's not really about taking long lines, the duration can be pretty short, it's about not "drifting" as much and turning on the actual edge of the board. I swear this is like night and day and feels amazing
When you get passed by someone at mach 10 on a snowboard, this is what they're doing, riding on the edge (or straight if they can lol) the whole time, no drifting
Also, you're way better at switch than I am, and I can't do 360's either lmao. The freeboard did you really well. My biggest accomplishment on my first 3 days was not eating shit every 2 minutes lol
im poor as shit but i can still snowboard once a week if i manage my money well
Pressumably you live near mountains in that case, which unfortunately is a privelege that isn't available to everyone. If you didn't live near mountains you'd have to pay for a full trip abroad to learn.
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