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You just made every intermediate riders day with this video
Awesome! Hope it helps to progress!
i think you missed the point of the comment, champ@@SnowboardProCamp
Intermediate rider upgrading skills by changing the definition of intermediate skills to advanced.
I love how you completely washed that skier out at 6:25 and then his friend did it to him right after again just for fun.
😂fuck yeeees. I rewatched it 😂 and hell ya. His dude did the Same 😂
These are maybe intermediate qualities if you ask me. Advanced makes you see opportunities to get jumps in knowing you can slow down. To be able to straight lining to save energy in places others have to make turns to stay in control. For intermediate riding I agree with all in the video :)
I disagree, I feel like knowing how to stop if a beginner mastery and jumps are more for the park and up and down terrain, being able to comfortably navigate and speed on any level of steepness is more advanced
I agree. Especially the heel side traverse which I see as something for someone breaking into intermediate level. I see advanced as someone who is no longer just going down the mountain, but is also looking to turn the mountain into a playground. That could be looking for side hits, tree runs, throwing out butters, laying massive trenches, etc
@@dagreatghosfaceAgree. Talk to me when you can ride a flat cat track on your switch heel side, fast, all the way to the end. That’s advanced.
@@23JMRHthats not advanced….
@@Nice-nl4huthen what is it lol
It's crazy that you're still pumping out these quality videos over the years. I remember watching your videos years ago when I first started snowboarding. I decided to check in again because one of my friends was learning to snowboard and I wanted to share your videos as a resource. Thanks for all your awesome vids!
You're only advanced if your Clews eject you from your snowboard while you're riding. Only then do you know you're riding advanced enough. On a serious note, another advanced skill less talked about is riders with great situational awareness, that don't ride as if they have horse blinders on. Keep tabs on your surroundings, behind too.
yeah, especially when you're gonna cut across the slopes for tricks, wall widing etc... always look behind!
As an Australian, I feel like you're a advanced snowboarder if you can do so this on ice/ ice bottom layer or fake snow 😂😅 snowboarding on powder is so much easier, you can send it without fear of breaking your wrists or collarbone if you fall haha
Me, breaking collarbone on front valley perisher, catching ice and landing only on my shoulder
Being from New Jersey I learned on ice and that's mainly what I ride. Even bought my board based on that as the main feature. Have been in powder maybe twice in the last 5 or 6 years and it was definitely waaay easier but so different. Wish we got actual snow here, the ice is so unforgiving and makes what should be a light fall so much worse. I've had a few bad ones resulting in multiple shoulder dislocations and rib fractures, but for the crazy cost of lift tickets I just keep going until the adrenaline and advil wear off making the pain too much to push through. In contrast, I skiied for about 20 years before switching to snowboarding and like you said, with powder you can send it. Especially when learning and practicing some higher risk tricks like spins to get your timing and form right.
@@Lex1uth3r Jeez man take a trip out to the northwest, there's so many great resorts all over the continent! American dollar goes a long way in Canada these days...a mountain like Big White (basically world class) is pennies on the dollar for you
As an Australian I can fully agree with you. I Learned to ride up at Hotham which has decent snow (for Aus anyway) but also has alot of ice patches and fake snow aswell. f i was on powder like anywhere else in the world I probably wouldnt have fratured by back haha
I’m 62. I’ve been riding for 40 years. I can do all this. I guess I’m an advanced snowboarder 😂. I just want some deeper pow that’s all. Japan next year 🤞 Love your channel, thanks for the tips!
yeeew have fun in japan brother!
just rewatched the part where you sprayed the skiers 5 times lol
thanks for this video.... it gives me a better idea on what skills I need to work on .... Appreciate that...
Riding icy moguls is a whole different level of skill lol.
It's a whole different level of fun.
It is amazing to watch this kind of snow boarding.
As a rider that started in the 80's it is strange to me to hear all the verbal descriptions... We didn't have KZhead... 😁
lol right, I can’t teach worth shit. You learn by doing it’s that simple, if your watching KZhead videos on “how to” your overthinking it
It's funny, linguists have recognized an actual language that has slowly developed to talk about and explain skate/snowboarding. I'm sure before the internet it definitely wasn't prevalent anywhere but the meccas for board sports. I grew up in the 90's in the coastal towns and cities of SoCal where skateboarding and its culture was extremely prevalent, but watching it spread like crazy with the advent of the internet has been wild. You were an obvious early adopter of the sport if you started in the 80's!
Thanks for all your videos champ..
You’re loving that John Paul side at Snowbasin🙌🏼
A real expert just gonna ride that traverse switch to avoid having to traverse on your heels
Or switch it up mid-traverse to avoid fatigue
im curently learning riding swich. got any tips
@@nejcblatnik3618 If you have a true twin set your stance symmetric. I ride right in the middle of my board with a duck stance of +12 degrees on both feet. Besides that, just ride switch a lot. Pay attention to how you ride normally and try to do it switch.
@@nejcblatnik3618 spend two days at the resort riding exclusively in switch, and you're set. it worked for me many years ago.
@@nejcblatnik3618 use duck stance, 15 degrees each leg
Snowbasin on showcase! Very nice! I was probably riding there that day.
I love hearing the sound of actual snow spraying on those turns, its its granulated snow here mostly and hearing that solid ice base scraping on every turn. Woo east(ice)coast
If you're spraying snow you are not carving snow. The dude in this video doesn't smoothly carve on his heelside. He makes quick direction changes by skidding the tail and twisting his body to return to toe side. These are far from advanced turns.
These r def just intermediate skills tht everyone should be able to do
Every intermediate yeh?
I agree
Awesome video! Next do expert level rider and levels of freestyle riders as well.
Great video 😊
6:27 poor skier you just spray him hahahahahaha
Moguls are like Kryptonite to a boarder
True!
Until one day you get a shorter board to hit occasional park jumps, you come well fit, and suddenly you discover you can actually have fun on them 🙂 and then, when one day you ride in positive temperatures and encounter a huge messed up bottom of the slope coming down to the town looking like the worst version of moguls, you pass it without even noticing.
I'll take kryptonite all day long. Bumps are where the fun is.
In my eyes you’re advanced when you know when and how to apply which technique. Using a mix of carving (using several ways to initiate the turn) and gripped turns, down and up unweighted turns and torsional/knee steering. Curious to know if anyone knows more advanced techniques than what I just mentioned :)
Avoid moguls? Thats where a lot of the fun is! A directional, backset board certainly helps
I would add going straight on flat, for many it is really difficult (eg my 12y old son it is the most stressful part, he is great in powder, steep, even moguls).
How do you like that United Shapes board? Have you ridden any of the others? Horizon? Cadet?
on the mogul section, I get that you use the face of the moguls to control your speed, but when do you execute your turns? going up on, on top, in between?
I am definitely not an advanced rider but by this criteria I am. I would have thought riding switch comfortably would be key for an advanced rider.
It is. These are low intermediate skills not advanced by any means
With these skills you can handle advanced terrain with confidence. As in handle black or double black runs which is "advanced" and not "intermediate". You do not need switch to do so. I think that's all he is getting at.
@@born2drum1Well many advanced riders don't do switch ever and it's more freestyle/park thing.
@@pjk-rips wrong again...
@alynjones9626 Which level is riding reds one footed then? 😅 That is one thing that I won't be attempting, along with riding switch one-footed. 😮
Thanks for the video! Out of curiosity, what board are you riding? I am a lot into surfing, and snowboard once or twice a year (don't live anywhere near snow). I was planning to buy a snowboard that has a surfy feel, not interested in going switch or freestyle, I would like to surf on snow 😂 Any suggestions board wise? I was thinking the Rossignol Sushi 🍣 Thanks! Oh, I am intermediate I would say.
It’s in the description, capita indoor survival:) I noticed the board too, looks thin and flexy doesn’t it, looks fun!
Oh he has two boards in the description sorry, it’s a united shapes deep reach
I can do all of that very well and more, so I guess that I must be an Advanced Snowboarder! Yey me!! It also helped that I had a Ryan Knapton lesson here and there! haha
Nice. Welcome to Basin, my home resort.
that cameraman is on fire
My legs and mental focus was 😂
🔥 really nice! Could you please mention the location from this video
Why traverse oh your heels when you can do a switch traverse on your toes? :)
Amen!
Not sure... when I approach a traverse, I don't think much about choosing between toes or heels. Both do the job just fine, and both lead to fatigue if the traverse is long enough.
Exactly!!!
Nice, I can do all these but I feel like it takes more than these simple things to be advance
If you can turn down blacks, carve, ride with speed, do hard heel traverses and ride with flow and do tight turns you’re definitely advanced. Maybe you’re next level is expert.
The key is being able to do all this easily and comfortably. I can do all these things too but my brain and body are working overtime. I’d love to ride a black as comfortably as a green one day.
When are we getting the review on the United Shapes???
Secret to ride moguls: Completely send it at full speed using them as a kicker to do crazy jumps and then destroy yourself hitting the next mogul or somebody! 🤠🤙🏻
😂😂😂
Man..that's no secret. I already knew that. Geez.
What board is that? Looks like the nitro dinghy maybe?
How can I get in touch with you? I have some business to discuss.
Why do I feel like your back leg is doing all the work? Do you think that knee steering + initiating with front foot and putting your weight on the front leg accordingly might help you carve more smoothly?
100%
My favorite ski resort in utah 👍
I think I'm a solid intermediate these are my skills. However I'm not good at riding switch, landing jumps or keeping up good speed in whop de wops. Not I'm a fluid in the trees. I will be advanced imo when I master those skills. Either way great video! I'm glad I'm doing OK at almost 50! 😂
Am I also advanced if I can do all of these but I usually point it straight on moguls?
the difference between intermediate et advance rider is slight and most of time it's the confidence in your own skills makes differences, and times on slopes 😉 imo. what is certain is that many remain intermediate or advanced. will never be an expert. according to your criteria I am well advanced 😅
good snow
This is a loooooow bar for advanced riders lol. This is probably how to tell you're an intermediate rider. Advanced riders: - carve switch - comfortably pop natural features - land side hits in variable terrain - experiment with butters and 180's
If you need a YT video to tell you are advanced,... you are not. Also, avoiding moguls on a snowboard is ridiculous! Learn to ride the moguls so that you can ride trees safely. Moguls are a total blast once you figure them out and a great way to get your legs in shape for all other conditions.
Ive been riding for 15+ years and still cant ride switch comfortably 😂 something to do with my bad hips and uneven pelvic tilt/leg lengths. I just dont move the same way other foot forward.
Man, either I have been selling myself short or these arent advanced qualities, cos I consider myself mid/low intermediate, and can do all of these plus some basic free style stuff (ollies, nollies, heel/ toe presses, frontside 180) 😅
Good job here getting intermediates thinking they’re a advanced
I consider myself solid-beginner/early-intermediate and I can do 4/5 of this, the only skill I am lacking from the video is 5. Good carving heelside, I only can do solid carves on toes.
YOUR THE GOAT BRO KEEP UP THE GREAT CONTENT
I love gapping the moguls. Just us them as "pumptrack" :D
This is definitely all intermediate stuff. Would be good to see a video like this for actually advanced stuff
These really do seem like intermediate qualities, except maybe the moguls. If you want to become advanced though, take that bonus tip and focus on the flow! Develop that symbiotic, spiritual relationship with the mountain and don't turn your board, let the terrain turn you. Loosen up enough to be able to follow the fall-line of least resistance, and this will free up SO much mental energy that can then be focused on fine-tuning: form/posture, weight distribution, keeping your core tight and your extremities relaxed, etc. Do this and miracles will start happening on your board. Difficulties like sheet ice and washboards will become much easier. High traffic cat tracks will no longer feel squirrely. Jumps will just happen unplanned, and falls will turn into really cool accidental landings. And remember, as much as it is true that more mileage means more experience, also remember: practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Do whatever it takes to stay in that mental/physical/spiritual flow. For me music is a huge part of that, being a good steward on the mountain, eating enough ahead of time, and starting the day with a positive mindset. Stay shreddy my friends 🤟🙏
Huh? Call those moguls?
Secret to moguls on a board imo: *go over the top of them and use them as a pivot to turn into the next gully* as you go down the gully you either have the choice to turn as a skier would between the moguls (if it looks nice), or you do the same again, instead of turning go over the next mogul and use it to pivot into the next turn/gully. Trust me, it makes them way more fun, and you can start adding v small ollies when you go over the mogul and pivot into the gully. I genuinely choose mogul fields now XD
Ya moguls aren’t hard to figure out they just take a lot more energy to maneuver threw
I saw a guy straightlining a mogulfield buttering on the tops of these moguls, never saw anyone else do that. Its possible and looks crazy
Check!
I used to hate moguls, but turns out I just did not know how to properly ride moguls. I watched your videos, and couple others, trained a lot, and now I absolutely love moguls (when they are not icy though). The only things that are better than moguls are trees and especially fresh powder in the trees ;)
Yeah Soft moguls are fine. Its when they turn into rocks that they truly suck
@@dagreatghosface can’t agree more… but to be honest, icy groomed run also suck. A little less than icy moguls, but still suck.
Heel traverse yes, toe no. That's something hahah
People who call this "intermediate" have never taught, and had to size up and sort out students. 🙂 If you're an instructor, you have all those random people who show up, and you have to get more granular about their fundamentals. What can they do? Where do you start a lesson? You get street skater types who are pretty good at tricks on park features, but can't do dynamic turns. I had a group of college kids who were afraid of powder. One drill on the way to a good powder run, and they all learned to enjoy it. They were advanced in their board handling skills, but needed a little coaching for certain scenarios. There are marginal riders who get air off side hits all day. And there are riders like me who came from surfing, not skating, and tend towards putting effort into a big, long slash spraying snow, not really thinking about something to jib off of. I do go off some side hits, but it's not what I'm usually thinking about, especially on a longer, stiff swallowtail. But anyway, if you teach people, you learn to see things in terms of body positioning fundamentals, weight shifts, edge awareness and use, etc. It's not about what tricks someone has practiced, but how well they actually handle the board at speed, that puts them in "advanced" status.
Super vid. I am ticking 95% of the boxes. You helped me develop over the years to this level. So thank you very much. But I think riding switch is a 100% must to call yourself an advanced snowboarder.
I disagree, its an unnecessary way of getting down the mountain. I.e you don't need to ride switch. I think its just an added extra like doing tricks.
I don't know. I'm not a trick rider/park rat but I have to switch sometimes when I end up on icy blue or black moguls and don't have the angle to safely execute a left toeside turn. @@bob6693
@@bob6693I can say for certain that almost all advanced riders can do tricks. The goal is not "getting down the mountain" to become advanced; it's achieving mastery of the sport and having utmost control over your board. If you can't use your board with your other foot leading, then you are not advanced. Alexander is correct.
@@jamescozzo3914 I disagree
@@bob6693you're wrong. advanced is about turning snowboarding into an art and being creative. if you can't do any tricks at all you aren't advanced. "getting down the mountain" is for beginners. If you can't ride switch you can't do 180s which severely restricts your creativity on the slopes
This video says I’m advanced.😅 but I feel more upper intermediate on my best day.
I tend to think of advanced as riding switch comfortably in most terrain, even if at lower speeds. If you can zoom around any terrain, powder, moguls, trees, switch or regular, id label that ‘expert’
screw heel traverse, ill ride switch on toe edge!
These are intermediate skills. Those moguls are mellow too.
In addiction I think that advanced rider has to be confortable in riding switch
Doesn't look like there's enough snow for that Deep Reach to do it's thing. Isn't that a deep pow board?
This is a great video, but I feel like one of the most important ways to tell if you're advanced is your ability to ride SWITCH. I do not think you become advanced until you can do everything you mentioned in this video with both sides of your body.
I was just up there I wish I saw you
Is advanced, but out of shape a category. I can do basically any trail on any mountain (outside of absurd stuff like shutes and bananas back country), but it won't look pretty because I don't have the strength while I recover from injuries.
I'd say that's intermediate. Advanced is air and transition manoeuvring. My 2c.
To me "advanced" is a relative term when it comes to snowboarding.
Damn the bar has been set so low haha
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Awesome!
6. You don't ride every pseudo-innovation that comes along like Clew binding or buy Dope snow; you know buying stuff from the past season is often better than going with every year's pseudo-innovation 7. You mount your board while standing after a lift 8. You wax you board every few days, remove your liners of your boots when wet to dry at night 9. You check for Jerrys while crossing/speeding 10. You can Penguin Walk very effectively 11. You gap every "slow down" banner-flag 12. Mittens > regular gloves 13. You have no idea the color of the slope you're riding
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Points 12 and 13 made me smile 🙂 12 because my wife has been doing it since ever and I've been disagreeing with her for the last 15 years, until this year I finally came to the same conclusion 😀 and 13 because it just popped up in a recent conversation at work. And maybe point 7, because I've cheated around it twice - first with Flows, and now with Supermatics 😀
What is the point in being a "advanced" snowboarder?? Besides I can say "I am an snowboarder!"
You should never tell anyone you're advanced unless you're a sponsored pro then you can just say you're pro. Always be humble. "I'm ok" is the correct answer.
Damn I'm elite by those standards
This is like very intermediate snowboarding skills. Almost bare minimum
I would say you are advanced if you ride without deliberately thinking about your next move, it comes naturally.
So I guess I might be an advanced rider now.
is this my riding feedback video? hahaha
Not it…CASI Level 3 Standards Video - that’s advanced riding. Or go watch Ed Shreds video on this topic- way more accurate and comprehensive. And just remember folks, there’s a difference between best “selling” authors and best “writing” authors.
I would say this is more about intermediate snowboarders...
If you can avoid those trees on steep terrain you're advanced.
i feel most of these are more along the lines of intermediate
I just found out Im a pro!
Small hops on advance terrain is a bad idea. You should increase torsional twist to maintain edge control, not jump off your edge. This is intermediate riding.
"5 ways to tell you're a snowboarder" would have been a more accurate title.
I advanced back to beginner...
I'll like to ride in-between moguls. Seems way easier to get through them quicker.
5 ways but really 7 ways
Switch?!
An advanced or expert snowboarder tries to avoid moguls because they suck. I can float over moguls but ultimately like I stated they suck and are a skier thing.
"If you need a video to tell you that you're an advanced rider, you are probably not one"
After watching this I realized I am a pro and I’ve wasted my time watching someone carve 😂
I think advanced level must be riding deep powder trails with trees in between on a very steep slopes, doesn’t it ?
Advanced riders should be able to ride powder, but powder is rare for most riders so it’s not something you need to do first.
If people really want to know advanced techniques watch Malcom Moore.
How about navigating busy groomers but still riding with speed.
Well obviously you are an expert………..Is there anytime that you will do a video where you will steer the snowboard? Instead of pivoting around the front foot? Do you understand that traverses require board twist?