Learn snowboarding - Drift turn with up-unweighting

In this video we are going to show you how to make a drift turn with up-unweighting.

Once you've safely mastered the drift turn you can combine it with an upward movement. This will help you cross the fall line more easily and quickly on difficult terrain and at higher speeds.

The following exercises are quickly learned:

+ Bend and stretch your legs, firstly while you're sliding in the fall line

+ Then during side slipping

+ Now integrate the high-low movement into the so-called garland turn: While you're steering the board towards the slope, your hips, knees and ankle joints are bent – then straighten up - and at the end of the upward movement the pressure leaves the board and can now easily be turned downhill towards the fall line.

Now you're also ready for the first drift turn with up-unweighting: It's best to begin with a normal drift turn in which you begin a downward movement shortly before the fall line – at the end of the turn, the upward movement starts, combined with the weight shift onto the front leg – and as usual you also have to make the board flat. The turn is initiated by an impulse via the knees. Before the fall line, switch edges and now put equal pressure on both legs.

Have fun! Your Bergfex team.

[ethereal_llama]

Great! Only after your video I've understood how to make it properly. Thank you :)

[wei-huatseng]

Thank you for the vid. It helps me to control the turn and speed, and move to carving ride. Good vid!

[hoangmdao]

Thank you. Now, I understand this up and down motion. It is helping me to feel stable and more nimble at difficult trails or when I have to go a bit fast to follow my teenager boy...:)

[ose]

Hi bergfex, thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial. Before I was having trouble doing the toe side turn on steep terrain. My lower body always had a difficult time following the upper body to get through the fall line. I tried methods recommended by other youtube videos and nothing worked. After I implement this up-unweighting technique, my turn is much smoother and linking toeside heelside turns on black is as simple as on green trails. Thank you and looking forward to more awesome videos (with English narrative plz)

[kaleekiluu]

What is the point of this? I can turn without bending my knees.. this eats up way too much energy!