How to Snowboard in Steep Powder - How to Snowboard

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Whistler got 35 cm of powder and I wanted to make a snowboard video to give you guys some tips on how to riding powder on steep terrain. Big mountain riding is my favourite thing to do on a snowboard and I think these tips will help get you guys ride some amazing steep powder. There are two things that I am thinking about while snowboarding in steep powder which really keep me in control and balance on my snowboard.

[SnowboardProCamp]

It could be that your binding set up is hurting your ankle. Experiment with different angles on you back foot, or moving you stance more wide or narrow. What's your are you binding angles and stance width now?

[proconsumersafety]

Jim here with Pro Consumer Safety. As an instructor, you provide great tips in your videos. When I am teaching and reviewing videos to show others, I am also looking how the viewer interprets these on the hill. Great tips.

The deepest powder I have boarded in, and have done many times, have been waist to chest deep at resorts in Utah. With this deep of powder I'm usually on black diamonds, so pretty steep. Sometimes on my all mountain board which you really have to dig your back foot in to keep your tip up and sometimes on my powder board, of course is easier. For deep powder on boards you really need steeps, but know your limits. On some intermediate areas with powder at waist deep I have purposely leveled my board (still tip up), but submerged under the snow. The only thing I could see is my knees and waist moving through the powder. Its a pretty awesome feeling. I would not try this unless you have ridden in powder often and on intermediate runs, not steeps. For steeps, keep your tip up.

Note of caution in deep powder, always have friends to follow and keep track of each other. We have had cases of snowboarders being turned upside down and they panic. If you do not panic you just dig out, unstrap to get out and reposition. But there is a process, but having friends follow is a benefit. In Utah this is common. Maybe SnowboardProCamp can discuss this in a video sometime.

[SnowboardProCamp]

I think it's $90. You'll be good, the mountain is open until May, and the Glacier until the end of July. Spring is a great time to come!

[NateDogg]

Whistler B.C for sure is my dream snowboarding destination....I definitely will have to make a trip eventually

[SnowboardProCamp]

Very cool videos man! That Japan powder looked like fun! I shot this video in bounds, so I didn't need a shovel and probe, but It's definitely a good idea to have.

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Chest deep untouched snow on a week day late in the season last year at Keystone.

[MichaelHall-mxwg]

Nice instructional video. Thanks for posting. The sharp, short turns are important on the steep terrain.

[TheSnowboard]

awesome video! this is the easiest instructions for steep powder riding that I ever came across! can't wait to try this tomorrow! thanks

[eugene]

only got to ride fresh power twice. about 15 cm, it was great for learning to do turns. But I took what I learned from your video and used it to control my speed and turns on the intermediate runs. It was the first time I could do blue runs with full confidence that I wouldnt fall.

[XoneSpecialsGaming]

Hey Kevin. After I learned the basics a long time ago I just adapt by myself to different conditions but I do like to watch tutorials because there's no such thing as perfect. And by looking at this video I realized that I snowboard differently in steep powder. What I do is use my shoulders and feet to twist in order to make a turn without stopping at all. Now I don't know if it looks different just because you worked your way down the slope slower in order to showcase the movements or not. On the 29th I'm heading in the mountains and I'll record some stuff and you could give me some feedback if possible.

[ispo]

i like your videos! they are really simple and your English is easy to understand :) thank you!

[helenyam]

Hey Kevin! Can you do a video on how to ride in rutted out powder? Sometimes it's difficult to get first tracks and being in SoCal, by the time I get on the mountain, the powder is pretty rutted out. I feel like I don't have much control of my board. Help?

[SuperZbx]

any tips on riding carves like the big mountain pros? They seem like always riding fast on deep powder and steep runs.

[DMCcryptik]

I was up at whistler over the christmas break, really enjoyed the inversion :)

[VIGGYVIBES]

i would love to come. btw do u still give snowboard lessons?

[quique]

I was just in whistler blackcomb last weekend, which run is this? Looks sick

[Battery]

The deepest pow I've ridden was 3 ft December 26th, 2012 in Steamboat Springs, CO. First powder run ever. My camber board was not having any of it and I did not even know the word "float" yet. What a difference two seasons makes. I'm a powder hound now! Can't live without it! What was I even doing the first 20 years I rode?

[SnowboardProCamp]

I'm using the Go Pro 3 Black Edition

[corckyboy]

Hi, could you make like a snowboard video with 180s 360s powder snow, rails and stuff? :D

[jeroen]

Deepest snow i've ridden in was 1.80m. Had to maintain insane amount of speed not to sink in it away. Was last year in France, Avoriaz.
My dream destinations are all in France: Avoriaz, LaPlagne, Val Thorens and Tignes.

Greetings! :)