Snowboard Turn Exercises (RANKED WORST TO BEST)

Best and worst drills to help you turn your snowboard. Let me know your favorite, and least favorite, exercises down below!

Tricks Using Counter Rotation:

Knee Steering:

Ski Pole Drill:

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00:00 Turning means changing edge
00:45 Counter rotation trick
02:40 Leading with the front arm
04:31 Standing up to change edge
05:31 Knee steering
09:09 Ski Pole Drill
11:21 Carved edge wiggles
13:11 What are your suggestions?
13:33 Bad drill, real life example

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[AndyTune]

Not only I've learned how to make turns but also for the first time I saw real clean UFO sighting, not some unidentifiable dot or smudge on the picture. Well done, you got them. It's official we're not alone.

[Raiders]

That counter rotation one is what is natural to go to as a new rider. It just feels right. Once a guy stopped me on the hill and told me and asked me if I catch a lot of edges and I told him yes, he explained it to me. Changed my boarding forever. Thanks to whoever you were.

[kevinjanicki]

@8:38... Hahaha. Did anyone else even notice? 👾

Once again Malcolm thank you for the tips. Thank you

[mancans]

Imagine if all instructors taught snowboarding like this.. When's the Malcom Moore school of snowboarding (the centre for kids who can't snowboard good) coming.. The hero the world needs.

[BlackCloud]

I swear this channel is so criminally underrated.

[scaredwolf]

I didn’t realize how terrible I’ve been snowboarding for the last 8 years until watching this. I’ve mostly done counter rotation and always wonder why I can’t progress much further. Thank you for this video!

[benibf]

Can confirm: took lessons with Malcolm in Alpe d'Huez last season, went into it having real trouble staying in alignment on the toe edge. After trying some of the other exercises on this list, he eventually got me to do the ski pole one, and it basically worked like magic. I went from struggling on anything beyond blues, to being able to do just about every black run except for the super moguled ones - still working on that! Now, every time I go for a trip after not having ridden for a while, I do this drill for the first couple of runs (usually don't even use a ski pole if I don't have easy access to one, but just keep my hands resting against my thighs where the pole would be, and make sure to never move them). Found this really useful to ensure that bad habits don't creep back in.

Now I'll only have to master those carved edge wiggles! - it's harder than it looks!

Cheers Malcolm, and thanks again for helping to take my riding to the next level!✌

[jordantalbot]

As a brand new snowboarder all i can say is this video helped me more than any advice or lessons i got from friends! Thanks man!

[iandvorak]

I have 2 days of snowboarding under my belt and I have to say your videos have helped more more than any advice I got while actually out there, I managed to clear a blue square on my first day of taking the lift up, I spent the whole first day on the begginer hill because I was scared of the chair lift, thank you for your videos, and I hope you have an amazing day.

[nambest]

Great video Malcolm. I've been snowboarding for 20 years and even after snowboarding for so long, I've learned so much from your videos. You teach the fundamental techniques in a simple and practical way that few other snowboard channels do. Keep up the great videos. 👍

[HdeHate]

I'm still learning a lot on how to turn and carve, but it's really amusing to realize that I can do better the knee turn than a basic one cause I'm so afraid of speed that my body learnt how to drastically stop... Thanks for all these tips 🥰

[BillyMatsunaga]

I’m still a beginner snowboarder starting into my third season. And all the bad exercises you have mentioned in this video messed up my snowboarding completely that I’m struggling right now to break the bad habits that I have built up. Btw, your videos were the best piece of advice I could find anywhere to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I was starting to exercise with your videos in the end of last season and I was working on posture and knee stirring and I’m way more confident on the board. Biggest achievement was a consistent early edge change to the heel edge. Now I can’t wait for the lifts to open here in Japan to practice more! Anyway, thank you so much for all your videos!

[MMMitre]

Turning with your knees as levers - the best piece of advice I’ve ever had. Took my snowboarding to a new level - made my riding more solid and in control, especially at higher speeds. Love your videos❤❤❤❤

[valerielanglois]

tks!! on my first day the person showing me how to... turn was telling me to JUMP to turn... and brought me directly at the top of the mountain to practice instead of the learning hill. 😢 but I countinued and some other cool friends helped me and I'm getting better ...7th time this year !! Started this year at 47 yr old ooh yes!! living my best life! tks for the knee trick to turn I'll try it nx we. Defenetly struggling with toe turns. 😊

[jansolo]

I'm happy to see more and more instructors talking about knee steering. It's the best and only technique and I first came across is by the youtuber SnowProfessor about 10 years ago. No one explains the first steps better than those two. This is the way.

[s.s.]

I especially love the ski pole drill. I've whispered "hold the pole, hold the pole" to myself on runs to keep focused on my hand position and posture. Your videos are so helpful, thank you!

[jayy_kayyy]

I had lessons with Malcom last feb to start out boarding - now i’m out in Whistler doing a season and slowly building my skills. The knee turns I was doing hours ago and it was really helping me get into it.

Thank you Malcom, can’t recommend you enough keep up the good work! 🤟🏼

[icandoitinthemix]

Thank you for this video. I took some snowboarding lessons in Poland last year and finished them and thought i'm a snowboarder. Then I went to Georgia, Gudauri ski resort and had a lot of troubles with doing turns. For the first time in my life, I know what I was doing wrong and all the private lessons I took were simply bad. I did learn much more from your vids than during my private lessons and it also saved me a lot of money and I guess avoided some pretty bad injuries!!!

[nicholerenzi]

I really appreciated the "knee steering" exercise since I have a tendency to focus on my foot action (as you pointed out!), as if I'm driving a manual. I am a beginner, I only get to go maybe 3-4 times a year in the poconos at most, and I only started 3 years ago! I always focused on looking where I wanted to go, trying to keep my shoulders aligned with my hips, but this gives me a new perspective, and I can't wait to try it!! Thank you!

[bruXX]

Stumbled across your videos, I'm snowboarding since I'm twelve years old and I LOVE to ride. Did not have the chance to use my snowboard this season, so your videos made me realy jealous. In the same your videos confirmed my skills and this made me realy happy. Thank you very much for your uploads!