Advanced Snowboard Carving Tips // Mastering The Art Of The Turn

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Video description / background:
Body Position / Rotation / Angulation / Weight Shift / Using Momentum / Timing / Edge Change / Turn Shape / Turn Symmetry /Japanese Style / Surf Inspired Boards /
Carving on a snowboard means turning the board by its design.
The dance between the edges where biomechanics and physics create magic, over and over again!
Nothing can touch the sensation you get when body and board align with the forces.
Developing good edge control and turning skills is important for every aspect of snowboarding. Whether you're riding park, hitting jumps or the pipe, or whether you're freeriding or cruising corduroy... you're likely going to be on one edge or the other! So take some time to develop this skill! You'll appreciate it later on!
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"I hold the energy, let it grab me and then use it to project me into the next turn... no wasted movement, no wasted energy!"
- Jeremy Jones

[Justaride-Snowboard-Channel]

Only 6 months in and already 7.300 views with very kind comments... This video has seemingly helped many people to improve their turns.
If it changed your world and you want to express your gratitude and support my channel, you can do this here:
Thank you so much, and don't forget to check out my other content! ;-)

[malcolmmoore]

Lars I've got stuff to be getting on with and you've got me 20 minutes deep into a carving video again!

[razvanhalmaciu]

Another priceless masterclass.
Thank you, Lars!
The carving learning community owes you big time.
Really appreciate it.

[carvesnow]

Lars, I love this channel! There is nothing quite like it on YouTube.
Finally, a snowboarding channel for thinkers. Love it!
I have been snowboarding for 25 years. I have an aggressive carve style and am learning so much from you on many topics.
Thanks.

[great_lakes_ryan]

Love your style, Lars! Thank you for putting out your videos - they're a game changer. This has been my best season on the snow thanks to your educational efforts. I'll reach out next season to see if you can do a video review for me.

[martinbailly]

Absolutely fantastic ! Best carving analysis ever produced! Also, great pointers concerning why my knee sometimes hit the snow before I fully tilted my board (hip conter rotation needed) or the one on bringing the chest over the front knee in a heel side turn . Also, more back knee action is needed on board with back seat camber, like the Salomon super 8 in my opinion. Thank you Lars fantastic work !

[lawnchair]

Glad you mentioned Korua towards the end! I was almost ready to post a comment to ask. I ride the older version of the Tranny Finder (which had a 26mm taper) and I definitely feel like I'm in more control if I lean more on the back foot in turns. Now I just need to work on all of the other stuff you go over here...especially hinging at the waist instead of hunching...Thanks for the great videos!

[bestrongphysio]

Thank you Lars! Brilliant video. I have so much to work on and so little opportunity to practice but when I do get to the snow I love looking up your videos before I go! Thanks mate

[lluissala]

Thanks for the detailed master class. I am a new follower and so far all presented in the channel is helping me. Regards!

[jg-iniv]

Excellent stuff! Exactly what I needed to hear. I think this extra back foot weighting definitely applies to my board. Thanks!

[lukejuras]

This is great! One thing I noticed in my wild riding, that if I let myself relax more, everything is smoother AND better control. But if I try to control everything, it is wild and out of control. That agrees a lot with you saying "quiet upper body".

[mqovljs]

Great breakdown! I got a used Nitro Pantera 163W, cant wait to practice the moves!

[nemaemanema]

Thank you for the content, it's amazing!

[brianp]

Bro stop stealing my style lol. Its cool you made this discussing different styles because ‘surf style’ is more of the carving I try to do. I really enjoy a nice tapered board. I like how they usually work with my size 8 foot too.

[ferryman]

Love it! My new fav reference vid...you should have been a teacher mate, ...great stuff.

[jacobseeman]

Only recently found your channel. I love your videos! Thank you for the education! I plan to use carving groomers as cross training for surfing and making turns. May I suggest using front hand and back hand as references. Front arm is always the same as front foot, etc. I find this thought process as more intuitive than outside/inside when making turns. Therefore, when initiating a toe side turn, the BACK arm reaches out to direct the turn.

[ericmikkelsen]

I'm going to be studying this... Hitting the back button repeatedly... This is like summer training camp for me right now being able to watch these in the offseason! 🤓

[martinbailly]

I keep looking at the video and your technique, it is simply amazing ! My ultimate reference ! It’s September and I can’t wait to get back on the snow !

[jaimepardo]

This great stuff. I noticed your back knee tucked. I tried this recently going posi/posi with +9 on the back foot. When I turn my hips forward & try & tuck my back leg in behind the front it puts strain on my knee in the same direction that I tore the medial collateral ligaments a few years ago...so it doesn’t feel good at all...like I could injure it again very easily. The only way round this is to increase the + angle of my back foot so there’s less side ways strain on my knee or to go duck with a slight negative angle on the back foot (-3/-6). I opted to go for negative on the back as increasing the positive angle meant It felt good for specialist carving but not so great for navigating other aspects of the mountain. So I will have to try and improve my carving with a duck stance unless you have any other suggestions?

[TheDerekHyde]

Awesome stuff! It’s great to see some analysis of more regular riding, and not just those beautiful laid out carves.

I had to watch it 3 times to fully process it. Skiers would say that hip dump is bad, but I see why you do it. The ‘extreme carvers’ do the push/pull to keep the knees out of the way and I think I do that to some extent on good terrain. But when things get sketchy/dicy I try to keep my COM closer to the board. I do find myself doing that hip counter rotation as well and have really wondered about it. I don’t do it for long drawn out GS carves, but it seems very effective at getting an early edge angle for a quick, tight turn. Unfortunately I do think it puts me in a less stable body position.