TRAVERSE ON A SNOWBOARD | HOW TO XV

Traversing on a snowboard is tricky, it can easily ruin your day and it can also bring you you to exposed situation which can be dangerous .
In today’s episode of How To Xv I go through some of my tips and tricks for making traversing on a snowboarder easier so that with the right gear, technique and line choices you will be able to increase your range of action and all of that with a good safety feeling.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.
Edit by: Tim Burgess
Motion Graphics by: FX Pergola.
Thanks to: The North Face, Rossignol, Fatmap & Smith.

[Icey]

How are you not a bigger youtuber? Your content is better than 99.9% of the snowboarding videos out there! Amazing!!! Request: Please make a video on "pumping" a snowboard to go faster! :) SBX tips

[russman]

These are actually extremely useful tips for us shredders... The 1 dude who disliked this is probably a skier.

[EmyWou]

I probably missed it missed it in the video, but one of the first thing that comes to mind is learn how to traverse fakie so you are always on a toe side edge.

[mackakiwinz]

That one vertical traverse you were on with others scared me sitting in my living room I cannot imagine bring being in that position. Keep carving awesome videos thank you 🤙

[davidvigneux]

Think like a Snowboarder, NOT a skier! (do it everyday and TWICE on sundays!)

[connorball]

Killer video, great watching you explain stuff like this from a very practical, efficient perspective👍🔥

[MrMountain]

Please do a video on strapping and unstrapping on an extremely steep line

[ClimbFit]

Thank you for adding English subtitles to your videos. As a deaf rider, it has made the videos accessible for me, and I'm able to ride harder because of that!

This video's English option seems to be in German. I think this is some kind of mistake, can you let me know when it is fixed? Thank you so much!

[JAVICRUZ]

Muchas gracias todos tus videos son de gran ayuda

[arirahimzadeh]

THE Boss ! Thank You very much for the Teachings

[gregorycoudrier]

C'est vraiment top ces conseils. Merci beaucoup.

[LG-ljxt]

T’es le boss, les vidéos sont ultra-quali 👍

[Garthgoyle]

I started using poles when I started splitboarding. Now I feel naked if I don't have them even on my solid board. I don't go out without them either in the resort or bc. And since Japow in Hokkaido is deep, they come in super handy.

[elcap]

Love these videos! Would love to see some of your tips for skinning up steep switchbacks and how to do the leg-cross kickturn, that skiers make look so effortless, on a splitboard.

[SailingLearningByDoing]

Another good one man, lots to learn from you

[ianwoulfe]

.7 If there is a slow skier in front of you run them over, stop for nothing!

[LukenZB]

Great video dude! Only one question (which I don't know if you've answered in previous videos), what boots do you use most? Soft, hard, splitboarding specifical, ... Thanks!

[julianpajarola]

Hi Xavier. do you have any video explaning your porcedure, or technique on how to change from crampons to board and viceversa on a steep hard slope. In case you are riding down and get into a hard tricky section and you need to take your board of to put it in your pack and put crampons on for unclimbing or move to look for an anchor. Thanks for sharing your knoledge

[losanna]

very good advice! Have you ever considered going switch for heel-edges traverses?
I always do that when needed and, of course, you need a twin tip board or at least very good in switch!

[SnowyMountainMan]

Hey Xavier,
Ive been in the backcountry for the past two years and decided that I would join a mountaineering school to help get me to the top of awesome lines on awesome mountains! I was planning on wearing my K2 Darko snowboarding boots for the class but in our first meeting with the school they told me that my snowboarding boots were to soft to mountaineer in. I searched the internet and there aren't any snowboarding boots with a metal shank in them. Just wondering if you could do a video on mountaineering in snowboarding boots?