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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. - Jak na to + styl
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.
Nice instructional video. Thanks for posting. The sharp, short turns are important on the steep terrain.
awesome video! this is the easiest instructions for steep powder riding that I ever came across! can't wait to try this tomorrow! thanks
Whistler B.C for sure is my dream snowboarding destination....I definitely will have to make a trip eventually
i like your videos! they are really simple and your English is easy to understand :) thank you!
Great video! Thanks!
I was up at whistler over the christmas break, really enjoyed the inversion :)
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.
Thanks, very helpful!
Great tips!! Going to try it out tmr :)
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.
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.
15 inches fresh on top of 10 or so from the week before. I've always wanted to do Argentina and Chile.
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!
amazing powder day!
Thanks for the video - I'll totally try it out next time :D
I always fall during the curve or right after cause I get to fast and have to watch out to not drive into a bumb... Ou man my friends just take me to so harsh places lol
any tips on riding carves like the big mountain pros? They seem like always riding fast on deep powder and steep runs.
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?
Chest deep untouched snow on a week day late in the season last year at Keystone.
Must have been one of the most amazing feelings of floating on top of that powder.
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?
I was just in whistler blackcomb last weekend, which run is this? Looks sick
Seven years old? How come I'm only seeing this now and not before my Niseko to last February?
;)
I could have used the tips.
Whistler BC is my dream boarding destination! :-)
Hey Kevin, great vid! I have a question I would like to ask you. I tend to bent at my waist when I ride steep to slow down my speed. Is bending at the waist wrong in general for snowboarding? Should I instead bend my knees more?
thanks dude
I remember my first powder run it was about 7 inches deep and I fell straight to my face and I really want to go to any resort in Alaska :D
Great thanks
Hello! I was trying your tips and now i'm falling from the rock. I have one question. What should i do? Thank you.
Like 30-40 cm probably. I would love to go to Austria for my next snowboarding trip. I’ve been there twice on holiday but it’s so fun and would like to try it again.
Hey Kevin, I got a problem when I'm riding in powder, I lean too much on my back foot and it damage my ankle, it hurts when i'm riding frontside in powder I think I'm using wrong technique?
Great vid! No questions here aboot it. ;)
Hi, could you make like a snowboard video with 180s 360s powder snow, rails and stuff? :D
i would love to come. btw do u still give snowboard lessons?
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! :)
3-4 ft of powder at crystal mtn, WA. It was a great day, pushed our limits because we knew a soft landing would follow
thanks dude for explaing ... I´m sorry , my english is not that good :(
but now after I understood the question , I am even more confused :D
is there any other way to slide on toe ?!
my problem is when Im sliding on the toe edge , I cant turn left to slide backside . U know what I mean ? Im sliding to the right side on my toe edge and at the point where I have to turn back I get the problem .
Heavanly Mountain in Colorado... beautiful place to ride!!
thanks a lot, dude. I've learned a lot from watching your videos.
+Moonrage Javier Awesome! I'll keep the videos coming!
+SnowboardProCamp thanks a lot I'm an advanced snowboarder but I have not been in much powder but I'm heading down to lake Louis and these tips are gonna be helpful. Again, thanks!
Jizzmo seymour --advanced snowboarder ? not been in much powder? Are you a special olympics competitor? DO NOT DO THIS ON THE SNOW AT A RESORT!!! Slap your parents for inbreeding you into existance.
I'm using the Go Pro 3 Black Edition
Hello Kevin , I´m a beginner and I want to ask you how to turn left or right on iced mountains . I drive regular with left feet on front . my problem is mosty when I do frontside I cant turn left to backside without stop completly :( sometimes when I do frontside I´m going again up .. ( on the mountain ) maybe you can help me :)
20+ inches in Austria, awesome day! My dream destination is whistler BC, maybe I'll go in 2015 :D
are those forum shaka bindings?? if so i have the same ones haha
Hey kevin! im wondering how much money you make for your job because
im thinking of being a instructor in whistler.
thanks a lot
Basically like carving on a longboard?
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?
waiting for the moment you were able to experience pure joy. Now that you've found it, it will consume your every waking thought. Most for me is Mt Washington, BC, Canada. Right around 3.5 feet. we were hitting the cornice of the top and getting a good 25 feet of air. no worries when landing in that much powder.
Jason Lewis ....so true, damn addiction
i would have to say that the deepest powder i have been in was mid torso and i have always wanted to ride in the himalayas or Swiss alps
Yo Kevin how much is a one day ticket at whistler I'm coming over spring break it's still open in spring I mean come on its Canada xD
I don't really have a dream snowboard destination because I'm still a beginner, so just a simple slope that i can hnadle would be enough for me! :)
@SnowboardProCamp yeah, Ive seen them, but could you make like a montage? : )
Bout a foot and a half at Skibowl season 2010 cross from mt hood. I would like to shred Valle Nevado in Chile.
30 cm, at Lake Louise Resort. Would like to get some days at Big Ski Resort
Kevin, you would love the powder days in Summit County. Any bowl you hit, nothing but fluffy powder! A basin though is definitely my best experience, but I've always wanted to ride in Alaska!
I'll look up Summit County. I would love to tour around different resorts for a winter. Alaska is a dream destination too!
Snowboardslowcant STAY OUT OF ANY RESORT AFTER POSTING THIS HOW NEVER TO RIDE POWDER AT A RESORT!!!!! You powder destroying short buss education descrace to humanity and hated by powder boarders reject !!!!!
Im 85-90lbs and Im 5' 2'', what size board should I ride?
Was riding through waist to chest deep pow in niseko last weekend. It was fucking epic. Niseko should be at the top of any snowboarders wish list. Would also love to go to AK.
50cm in Braunlage (Germany). It was the first time I ever stand on a snowboard, and it was amazing. :DDD
Kendizzle wir deutschen haben es halt leicht xD
24 inches in 24 hours at beautiful Monarch Mountain in Colorado.
of course i would love to go anywhere in BC
Mid-thigh deep and oh so fluffy at Hakuba Happo-one, Nagano.
Best Fun Evar!
Would love to go a little further north to Hokkaido. Maybe next season.
Japan pow rocks!!!
It´s sliding well , I got a brand new board and before the start I let it in service for waxing .
36" Park CIty, And I look forward to the day I get to ride in BC.
What camera do use?
Dream snowboard destination is definitely the alps in Switzerland
where is this place?
52cm up at big white I want to go to whistler or the alpes
30+ @ steamboat dream? Northstar or burton stash park
About 3 meters of powder in saas fee, switzerland.. my dream destination is probably alaska for doing some backcountry heliboarding :D
yeah my home its grate
Whistler !
Hello, how can I avoid the front of my board sink /slid in to the powder when the powder is very deep? thanks
Deep powder snow= Speed up and tip up. For deep powder snow. You need more weight in the back of your board and less weight in the front. If you always ride with same leading leg than set your bindings all the way to the back to keep your tip up. If you like riding with no setback or like to switch leading legs alot, lean back and put weight on your back leg to keep the tip up. If the snow is very deep, you will need to keep riding very fast to keep from sinking. You will not need to worry about slowing down because your board will always be sinking in deep snow causing it to slow down. If your back leg starts to feel tired, switch legs or go faster so your can rest at the bottom of the lift quicker.
I got a question
foot and a half on friday in big bear, and definitely niseko japan
Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
about 50 cm deep in Formigal resort, Spain.
Destination of my dreams... Avoriaz (hope to go this season)... In USA, I'd love to see Baldface
Cheers! and thanks for the videos!!
+Fran Fernández Baldface in is Canada.
same here
i really hate riding steep powder like this way.i feel stuck almost.so i just follow the terrain and only thing i do to slow down is slashes
I did this but going between trees and over trees that fell down! It was not easy because it was almost vertically down! I am only 10
Hi!
I allways tend to nosedive trying to make slide turns. Any tips to help me?
Siã Corrêa Remember to get weight onto your back foot to help keep your nose in the air.
Thanks bro!
I'm in alberta and I only go to a resort like marmot basin or sunshine like twice a year other than that I just street ride it sucks!
Dude I lived in Banff for 3 years. It was insane. Lake Louise on a powder day is like nothing else. Plus, Kicking Horse, Fernie, and Revy are just around the corner.
hello... well i didn't measure it but it was chest deep, and this was last week in april.
It's funny that the winter was shit , very worm, almost no snow for 3 months untill last week when it snowed really hard. They already closed the resort so the slopes where not groomed enymore and you could ride powder everywhere on and off piste. It was a bit of a problem with the flat areas and the mild slopes you could easealy get stuck there in the powder if you didnt had enough speed. But the blacks and the forest....wow it was like a dream. I love turning in powder and the tips from this video helped me, but i also like to streight bomb down a steep slope, in powder is great. At the end of a powder day you need to be wet and soaked to your underweare and as tired as posible, your back leg must hurt ....give it all .
But the dream didn't last for long becouse the spring came back and the snowfall turned to rain and all the snow became to heavy to ride so now i am a powder junkie in need for my dose...
BTW this happened in the Carpathian Mountains, Roumania, Brasov City - Postavaru ...its really great place and i am so lucky to have a great ski resort and all kind of other mountains just outside my back yard :)
Peace and powder for all of you...
Hi I tried this without a snowboard on a similar run and it didn't work... Please help me as I don't know what to do!
Zulu Here is what you NEED to do. First DO NOT ski in any powder!! Second DO NOT board powder like this powder wrecker is doing here or anywhere!!
When I witness people ski powder I yell beat it. When they make holes having their typical yard sale I go very fast and spray them hard with snow and yell rude coments. If you are in your snow boots just stay on the short buss to schol.
26in. Crested Butte, Colorado.
Yeah, you can.
25 cm in Valle Nevado - Chile in the south america. :D
🇯🇵 Japan
🇨🇱 Chile
🇳🇿 New Zealand
Dream shred destinations
Deepest powder I've ever ridden in was 5 inches. My dream snowboard destination would be Keystone, Colorado.
Where I live all the snow just melted
need to answer the questions: deepest pow, bottomless 15ft of fresh at june mountain '11, niseko, japan or valdez, ak
2 Inches, cuz Connecticut side East coast ski resorts are bad. :(
Deepest pow ever was about a meter, and my dream resort is Obviously BRECKENRIGDE ! ! ! A holl slope just for snowboarding on pipes and stuff...
How is your toe sliding? That's the most important thing to get your toe turns down.
5 feet of powder alaska alyeska ski resort 2k16
up to my knees only but nelson bc is were i want to board powder ...
3 1/2 feet i love colorado
i wish we had big mountains from where im from
i wish i would have a lokal resort :(
How can i become a paid "pro" snowboarder? Do i need to make it to the olympics or is their an easier way?
I think you need to enter some conpetitions and make yourself known.
Elko Ruby MT.
Okay now how to do you go faster than two miles per hour
they are full out and the angles is 15
Nice video... Are you a professional...
Yes I am.