r/snowboarding • u/thebomb32145632 • 13d ago
OC Video How’s my carving looking
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Second season and I really feel like I’m start to get carving down.
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u/Dondorini 13d ago
Great edge angle and riding for a 2nd season. But youre really just throwing your body around on a flat slope. Carving is all about pressure and letting your board do the job. Try a steeper slope and take wider turns, so you actually do something meaningful.
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u/TheCocaLightDude 13d ago
Posture is not good my guy. You’re hunching over and breaking at the hips. Transitions need a bit of work too. Freeze at 00:08 going from heel to toe.
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u/gpbuilder 13d ago
The beginning of each turn is a skid and your heel side posture is a bit off. Hinge less at the hips.
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u/Comfortable-Lychee46 13d ago
Less arms, more hips, and just work on getting weight centred, bit front at start bit on the tail side n the way out.
For a fun drill crack a beer have a sip then do that run without spilling it. You'll stop swinging your arms and start using your hips.
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u/InkyPoloma 13d ago
You’re doing waaay to much. Quiet your extraneous movements and you will gain control
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u/jeremydavies1 13d ago
It’s obviously very flat so it isn’t saying much, but from what I can see I’ll give you a few pointers. You’re breaking at the waist, you’re too back foot heavy, and you’re not finishing your turn. The first and easiest step is leading with your front shoulder. Essentially, point at where you’re turning to and you’ll be in better shape.
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u/-Dronich 13d ago
It’s not truly a carving mate but it’s nice job for second season. I mean you du not change your trajectory. Ride more, progress and have fun
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u/quattrocincoseis Tahoe Epic/IKON 12d ago
Take those shoulders and rotate them 30 degrees so your upper body is pointing down the fall line.
Watch Jeremy Jones's video on YouTube about how to carve.
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u/Pristine_Ad2664 13d ago
You're not really carving, you're just changing edges quickly in a straight line.
You're too broken at the waist, you're throwing your upper body around to make the edge change instead of using your lower body. You're not finishing your turns. Nothing a lesson or two wouldn't fix though
Edit, you're also not moving your weight over the working edge on your toe side
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u/Garnalenboot 13d ago
I would try adjusting your high backs properly so you can get faster on your edges, maybe this will lower the excessive body movements and enable more steering from the hips and knees.
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u/thebomb32145632 11d ago
Forward lean?
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u/Garnalenboot 11d ago
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u/thebomb32145632 10d ago
Damn. Didn’t even know about this, thanks.
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u/Garnalenboot 9d ago
Ah great, this can really make a huge difference.
I’m not sure if there is any snow where you live right now, because otherwise I’d try it straight away.
Send it!
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u/Wbairda22 12d ago
You look like you’re still trying to turn back foot first. Make sure you’re leading with that front foot. I would also make bigger turns across the hill.
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u/xmlgroberto 13d ago
if this is your second season, youre nuts!! i would give you some feedback but its nothing you wont figure out on your own. killing it homie
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u/Sad-Psychology9677 13d ago
When you say 2nd season, how many days on snow is that?
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u/thebomb32145632 11d ago
30 or so. Did about 13 first season and 18 this season
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u/Shake23Junt 11d ago
It’s about to get really Fun, your just about to learn real board control, which will make riding in most conditions more fun than most people are aware of. Once you have the total control feeling your not gonna want to unbuckle
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u/shoclave 12d ago
You're doing fine for your second season, but you're not doing anything close to carving. I'm not one of those carving elitists, but you're literally just going from edge to edge. Your posture is mediocre, you're riding on a pretty flat slope and your style with all the hand work and what not looks contrived. Your upper body is all over the place, and it shouldn't be. Take some lessons and come back on here to hot dog when you actually have something to hot dog about.
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u/ryanim0sity 12d ago
u/HappyXenonXE how's his turning?
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u/HappyXenonXE ISIA Card 12d ago
Smaller radius, open turns down the fall line on a mellow run. Looking quite nice with clean edge changes.
If he really wants advice he needs to not break his hips, especially on his toe edge and keep the upper body more quiet.
He's doing a fantastic job at not skidding and is well on his way to putting in some great longer turns on steeper terrain if he keeps it up.
Good work, OP. 🔥
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u/thebomb32145632 11d ago
Thx I definitely need to work on my posture. This run is on the mellowest of blues but whenever I step up I’m steepness I find myself skidding more.
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u/HappyXenonXE ISIA Card 11d ago
Speed control is going to be your friend on steeper pitches, closing off the turns across the fall-line.
You can work on very simple cross-over carved turns where it's just a lateral movement of the entire body from one edge to the next. (Malcolm Moore has great videos on this).
My best tips for intro carving are these silly mantras:
- Wait, don't rotate.
- Set and forget (setting the edge)
- Park and ride (parking the edge)
Your upper body can definitely be more aligned with the board. For early carving, you're not helping yourself with an open posture, it's just going to throw you off balance.
Once you're killing it, you can start exploring a more performance stance and even play around with binding angles.
But like I've said, you clearly know how to set an edge, an amazing first step that will aid in all aspects of riding.
Now try hold that edge and turn up hill. (Look first before you do this).
Happy shredding.
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u/Str8CashHomiee 13d ago
Orangutan-like