We challenged a group of surfers to try to keep up with snowboarders. These athletes take the ultimate test and see if their endurance, strength, and balance are enough to keep up with the pros!
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Surfers Try To Keep Up With Snowboarders | SELF
It’s water but it’s frozen water 😂 How tf did I get 4K likes on this lmao
Good to know
@Hedgieplayz are you an idiot?
@Mahdi Afrasiabi It's snow...cold water...yay....
That's how it always is when snowboarding
Well frozen water is ice 🧊
I'm impressed that the snowboard instructor either knew enough about or had looked up enough about surfing to be able to explain the difference in weight distribution to the surfers
Kiapet 2 I’m an avid snowboarder and I felt like when I tried surfing I was the opposite of what he said. My weight was shifted much more forward
It is in california, good chance they've had experience with surfing. With snowboarding you only really care about weight on front leg at very beginning, once you get mild speed down even a green its more neutral weight, and when you get to powder you're putting all weight to the back
Many Snowboard instructors have there aasi certification. During that proccess I learned weight distribution that connect with snowboarding like surfing, wake boarding, skiing, skateboarding, etc
Mike Chin what’s powder?(fresh snow) and i assume green is a level of slope, but what are those levels like?
@@Charlie-hv3dh powder happens after a fresh snowfall and before it gets condensed and settles to the mountain. basically you end up skiing/boarding THROUGH it. it's really soft and thick and can be tricky to master but super soft if you call. on mountains there are different levels of slopes. traditionally the order goes "green" "blue "black diamond" "double black diamond" "extreme terrain" in order of difficulty. the mountains i frequent are a little different though, going "green" "blue" "blue/black" "black diamond" "extreme terrain". a green slope is a fairly flat and wide run. lots of space to turn and stop! hope that helps
The surfer guy is like that typical surfer you imagine , you know the surfers that go up to you and say “ that’s raaaaddd dude”
😂😂😂😂
I always get that beach boys song "surfin USA" when i watch the surfer dude.
🤙🏻that’s 🤙🏻raaaaad🤙🏻duuuuude🤙🏻
🤙
"Suuuuh dude"🤙
I've been snowboarding for 8 years and you would never catch me on a mountain without a helmet
@@The_Corridor thats why you have seat belts and air bags 😂 you don’t have that with snowboarding so you have helmets and wrist guards 😂
@@The_Corridor where did sledding come in to this lmao
It’s cause people thinks it’s cool but I personally thinks it’s dumb like pls protect yourself and wear a helmet
You don’t need wrist gards as much as helmets in my opinion
i just tried skiing for the first time recently with a couple friends and i was shocked that none of them were wearing helmets but me. i’d rather look “dumb” then risk getting hurt
Should have had a group of skateboarders also
I feel like skateboarders trying to keep up with snowboarders would have been more accurate
@@Verinexa i feel like my skateboard experience didnt help me at all with snowboarding
@@hockey215r I agree, i've been skateboarding since childhood. I went snowboarding for the first time a month ago, my skateboard experience didn't help me at all. I hurt myself alot.
Anhure I agree as well. The only thing that my skateboarding experience helped with was my sense of balance. Other than that I couldn’t really translate my skateboarding experience into learning how to snowboard.
Anhure i skate boarded as well before snowboarding and it didn’t help me learn but once i did and started doing tricks it helped a lot because a lot of the tricks are similar
Day 2 is when they've all built a little confidence and speed and then catch a massive heelside edge that makes them reconsider their headgear choices.
That's exactly what I did when I started like 7 years ago but where I live you have to wear a helmet by law
@@kaydenupshaw2401 And where is that?
@@ShainAndrews nova scotia canada
did that and broke my wrist :')
i learned to always lean really far back because i caught a big toe side edge and really hurt my wrist
“I don’t care if a fall as long as I don’t hurt myself” You see that’s the point
The whole point in helmets
I’ve hit the ground so hard snowboarding I shattered a helmet ON my head, completely broke a nice Wilson helmet. Got out with a concussion, passed out once I got to the bottom of the mountain. Wearing a helmet probably saved my skull that day.
UUUUUH how do you break a helmet. didnt even know thats possible luckly you wernt on like a black or double black were if you pass out your falling of a cliff.
@@gr1ff1x37 probably at the terrain park, was doing a flip then landed on his head or hit his head on the rail, then he could barely get down and then passed out at the bottom
@@gr1ff1x37 you catch an edge hard enough going fast it’s not as hard as u think
@Gr1ff1x I have broken a helmet as well. Was a rental so maybe it was a bit worn but would have been my skull.
Yikes! Good thing the surfers were on the bunny slope.
They need to ride in deep powder and they would see how much its like surfing
Yeah night and day. You don't ride on your nose in pow you'll end up rag dolling down the mountain lol
@@foundwheels1939 The first time in fresh powder is something u never forget.
I've been snowboarding for over 6 years and still sometimes I get stuck in snow on powders, but still fun
@@Shiftry87 my first was in the trees with no experience in the trees. Needless to say I had an experience in the trees that day.
Was also thinking that, pow is an easter egg for surfers that learn to snowboard and return on a pow day...
Why aren't they wearing helmets? It's so important, especially as a beginner
I was about to comment that then I saw your comment
Yeah that is a good question. The instructor should probadly have reccomend it and them being total beginners the instructor should have demanded it.
Because they want to be cool
Last time I went snowboarding was like 16-17 years ago and nobody wore helmets back then.
Ben Nathan I beg to differ
Johnny is honestly a natural he could probably be pretty decent if he kept going
I'm noticing hesitation to go toe side though unlike the other 2.
I think he's done it before...
Well he is a man
@@akbinnn2106 please tell me you're not serious
@@akbinnn2106 We found the sexist
As a mostly self-taught snowboarder, it was really cool to see how real instructors teach it.
Yesterday an instructor and student boarded by me and I totally eavesdropped ngl.
I had one issue with this, though. Telling your students to ride the board flat? You're always on either your toe side or the heelside. Unless it's powder. But that's a completely different thing in terms of weight distribution in general. With "keeping it flat" you're bound to have your edges get caught, and fall. Fairly skilled riders may be able to compensate some of it, professional riders actually use it as leverage. Beginners end up in some sort of train tracks. No matter what you do, one of the edges will catch.
@@noneofyourbusiness4294 glad I wasn't the only one thinking this. Basically encouraging edge catches
@@cybernedlytedlythewise7499 yeah. It's not something I'd actually get mad about, but it's potentially a lesson learned by pain. Been there. Toeside got caught, I flipped over and my chest hit the board. If you ever got hit in the solar plexus, you'll know what that was like. Not a fun experience. What I did there was a mistake, or rather an accident. I didn't intentionally invite the edge to catch
yea for sure
3 new snowboarders + 1 chair lift = 1 pile of snowboarders at the top. I'd like to see Ice skaters vs skiers
Victoria Lia most ice skaters probably already know how to ski and vice versa, maybe not well, but they wouldnt be like most of these ppl who have zero experience
Yep - we CRASHED!
I think park trick skiiers vs aggressive inline skaters would be interesting
Victoria Lia I played hockey my whole life and my first time skiing was really easy for me, the only things that I had a tough time with were the moguls
TREV yes definitely, I tried going in the park last time and just killed myself on everything but the jumps, yet double black diamonds I have no problem with
This series is so underrated
Viewed this one video. I'm good. Enjoy the underrated.
@@ShainAndrews grow up
@@ArnoldsKtm Oh... I'm sorry... did I hurt your feelers?
@@ShainAndrews you are proving my point with this childish deflection.
@@ShainAndrewssomeone's a triggered surfer
"That was really fun. I just have to not surf!"so cute lol
People who argue against wearing a helmet are the same people who smoke cigarettes and say “My dad has smoked for 20 years, never had lung cancer so neither will I”. It only takes one accident.
All the instructors have helmets and the students don’t? Something is wrong here..:
the instructors might have helmets because they would ride the whole mountain, helmet not really necessary on the beginner slopes, more for collisions with trees on advanced runs or jumps in the park
@@coreysuffield Not necessarily true. My brother's boyfriend was wearing a helmet while learning how to snowboard and still managed to get a intracranial hematoma. Definitely was not a fun experience for him and there was complications that caused temporary paralysis that required physical therapy. Always wear a helmet, but more importantly should you fall you gotta learn how to fall properly. He fell straight back and smacked his head, which is not something you see very often.
@@lilazntown that is unfortunate, but it does sound like an edge case, that is probably the reason they have them start off learning heel edge maneuvers where catching the heel edge on the down slope(fall backwards downhill) is highly unlikely and at low speeds it is no more dangerous than running without a helmet, it would be like seeing runners on with helmet. but I would agree that young kids should probably wear a helmet
the instructors are required to wear a helmet when they're in uniform, helmets aren't required for guests if they're over 18
Everyone should be wearing a helmet it doesn't matter what kinda slope your on you can still hit your head on hardpack/ice, I personally suffered a bad concussion on a easy hill just because I hit hard pack and I was wearing a helmet
6:05 he's naturally gifted! I was clapping my hands, gj for first time. Been snowboarding for 20 years here.
Aaa Gee 20 years? i just hit 22. all these helmet comments are ridiculous
Ms. Angela this isn’t a helmet comment?
I love how you guys always find the nicest people so far I havent seen anyone in this series act like annoying or mean.
I have been snowboarding for about 14 years and you can clearly see that their surfing experience helped them a lot here. They figured out the weight distribution very quickly and made progress way faster than most beginners. Props to the instructors too.
The shark lady is so cool
Thank you :)
@@ElPortoShark omg i love u for being in these comments haha. you did amazing!!!
@@bitweedy your comment made my day! Thank you. 🧜♀️🦈🤙
Love how the noobs don’t wear helmets but even the coaches do😂
Weston B. #helmetgang
Grass Tastes Bad yeeeet bro protect that head brother
Instructors have to as part of PPE
The first and only time I went snowboarding I didn't wear a helmet. No one did. I almost broke my wrist running into a brick wall getting off of the ski lift 😂😂
They dont respect how much trouble u can get yourself into
Scott was such a good instructor. Very patient and mellow. He was encouraging without being condescending. I enjoyed him most!
I’ve tried snowboarding once in my life and it was hands down the worst experience I’ve had. The instructors were rude, I nearly broke my tailbone and I probably cried like 7 times on that trip. It was a school trip we did and it seemed like everyone else was having fun but me. But after seeing this video I kinda want to try it again.
You should definitely try it again! After my first try at snowboarding, I swore I would never do it again. I tried again reluctantly with my daughter about ten years later and fell in love with it. I've been riding for about 15 years and have been an instructor for three years.
That's how I felt when I first tried skiing.
@@eljones930 hehe, quite the same here... they gave me hard boots as a kid (in 1998 or so) and i was too anxious or whatever so I couldnt make turns even after 2-3 days, crying (a bit) and all that... still dreaming about snowboarding and loved it in my dreams though. I tried it again with my son a few weeks ago and fell in love with it :)
Try it again, almost everyone has that experience the first time. Once it clicks its one of the most awesome things you can do
You're better just learning yourself. Instructors usually aren't very good riders anyway. Decent riders don't waste the day teaching others, they're out there finding powder.
As a snowboarder who tried surfing for the first time i couldn't even catch a wave
Oh but warren cbsc nailed 5footers on his first try. I think you are the honest one here my friend
Same. Been snowboarding for 12 years, just went surfing the other day. I wiped out so many times that some dude came over wanting to fight for getting in his way, lmao.
It took me a about a days time to finally get it. That was in feburary out on the french shore of nova scotia. Falling sucked as it was stupid cold and I spent majority of the time in my buddies cottage getting warm. I did get it eventually comfortably down as I was tired of falling in the cold water lol. I snowboard alot and swim alot, I find it helped. I'll go river surfing friend whenever he has no one to go with. It's not easy, but it's not nearly as hard as people think. Only hard part is getting up, but if you have good board control snowboarding, it's easy to pick up after that.
Thanks for be so honest & telling the truth. I'm getting tired of it here of responding to these clueless people about this video. See my squabble with others here on the subject.
@@jasonwillows5239 lol that's surfing & thanks for being so honest.
please never stop making these. they are so fun to watch and it looks like the athletes have so much fun too
Agree. And I'd love some more supportive sharing and sportsmanship.
"it's water but it's frozen, so it's really different" killed me xD Edit: "I don't care if I fall as long as I don't hurt myself" "looking with your eyes is really important" What's going ooooon xD
"the hardest part was standing up" "The hardest part is not surfing"
@@HimanXK I think these 2 things are actually the same (apthough different people said them), standing up is all about the weight distribution, which is totally different to how you stand up and distribute the weight in surfing.
I swear getting on and off the chairlift is the hardest part 😅😂😱
as a snowboard instructor ive noticed that any board sport helps (skateboarding, wakeboarding, surfing), while many times people who knew how to ski were not that good first time around.
Being a skier first has an advantage. It's a lot easier to learn switch, since there's no real equivalent with skiing.
@@AuroraBoarder1 I said many times which doesn't mean everyone. ive taught lots of people of different ages and the majority of those doing board sports were better than the majority of those who were skiers. and then again the majority of those doing ANY kind of sport were better than those doing none at all (one of my best students ever was a track and field athlete with no skiing experience at all and has never done any board sports either, so there's always exceptions). when it comes to switch - first you need to learn how to do fs and bs turns, cuz some people just tend to do the bs turn with a different foot in the front every time. if you mean they'll be better doing a switch 1080 with a previous skiing experience, that's way beyond the beginner classes and that's a different story, I'm talking about beginner classes here - like how the guys in the video were ;)
What I meant is that a skier is not hardwired to ride a certain way. The way I discovered I ride regular instead of goofy is, on my first snowboard lesson, my board was set up goofy. My right foot kept charleyhorsing. So the instructor switched the bindings around, and I was fine then. I can ride switch easily, as long as my board is set up regular.
i’ve been skiing since i was very little and i’ve tried snowboarding recently and i am absolutely terrible, it’s taken me at least 3 days to actually be able to be somewhat comfortable, but i still cannot even get off the chairlift, or go without falling ever 30 seconds
@@AuroraBoarder1 ice-skating suits as an OK equivalent
Every surfer I've been with when they started snowboard picks it up and starts linking turns within the first 10 minutes if not immediately, it seems once they figure out the opposite weight distribution it clicks. The only thing they struggle with for the first few hours is coming to a stop on an edge (aka slowing down).
Exactly see my rather long comment above. 3 years to learn how to be just a okay surfer & 3 hours on a snowboard & I was ripping down double black. Not even close. Bought an eskate & have the best of both anytime I want. kzhead.info/sun/rKaHj7GSbaqcdYk/bejne.html
@@benriding8678 DO you mean an ok surfer can learn snowboarding fast? double black diamond track took me years to accomplish.
@@ipken9464 not sure, probably not. When I responded to the video I was only stating that it took me 3 hrs to learn how to snowboard but I've been surfing & skateboarding consistently for 15 years before I went on my first snowboarding trip.
Im a skateboarder and snowboarding seems incredibly easy to me.
@@iaganfoss have you actually tried it?
I started snowboarding when I was 5 and I swear, gliding down after the lift was terrifying. I hated it until I reached 8 and got a little more comfortable. Really harder than it looks, especially if you get afraid, obviously then you would lose control lol
Really? Idk why but when I glide I usually just put my free foot into the second strap but dont close it, I feel like it gives me more control over the board with the possibility of just getting my foot out of it in case i need.
All of these "keeping up" videos are legit some of the most interesting, fun and informative content I've watched on youtube, kudos to SELF
It's not a knock, I love snowboarding, but it's just about the quickest of all extreme sports to learn. Figure out how to stop on your first morning, eat it a few times, and start ripping down the mountain in the afternoon. I have taught many uncoordinated nerds (friends) in a weekend. Surfing is probably among the hardest of all sports to figure out. Everyone still sucks after 6 months.
Nalebi100 yeah that’s very true I taught myself s turns on my first day of snowboarding without an instructor, but I still can barely get up on a surfboard after 2 years of surfing
Been snowboarding for 10 years. Tried surfing last year. Got the basics standing up and doing small turns in 2 days. But i’m still eating it while swimming out to the waves. Mad respect for that 😂
I’m an instructor and I’d have to say that skiing is easier, but I do agree that surfing is very difficult to get good at
I learned surfing in a week at a beach house in mission beach and my cousins couldn’t believe it, neither did I but my whole family is all super comfortable in water sports like wakeboarding and wake surfing, all my friends have learned how to wakesurf usually within two days, SNOWBOARDING TOOK ME 6 DAY TRIPS, and it was the most frustrating things I’ve had to learn ever, and snowboarding is way tougher on your body, soar tailbones for days.
heres why, in snowboarding, the slope is always the same, and there is no variables, you can go as many times as you want. In surfing, 80% of the time is waiting for a set, you may only get a few waves each time you paddle out. Less reps means it will take longer to get better.
it would be cool to see these two groups skateboard
And also skateboarders to snowboard and to surf
@@1Jasmin I do skateboarding and surfing and it’s not way too different
For me the hardest thing about snowboarding is the fear factor Cause falling freaking HURTS I've fallen on my head wearing a helmet several times and it just feels like your brain clashes against your cranium I've also fallen on my knees and got a tennis ball sized hematoma Man these professionals are admirable to me
This was me about a month ago, haha. I've done a lot of surfing in my life but I had never snowboarded before. I very quickly learned that falling in snow hurts a lot more than falling in water. Also, I was alarmed at how fast you could go. Usually, when you're surfing, you slow down because its the water that's carrying you and the water loses momentum. That's not the same deal on snow. Snow doesn't have any resistance, so once you get going, you get going. Needless to say, I had some pretty gnarly wipe-outs. Also, getting back up on a snowboard is so much harder than a surfboard.
No helmet is a Nogo.
I love how the instructor is wearing a helmet and they're all not. Absolute bums.
They are going 2 miles an hour when they fall on an open slope guided by instructors. I think they will be fine. If they start going by themselves then yeah strap a helmet on them.
Pat John it doesn’t matter how slow you’re going. If you fall hard enough you can give yourself brain damage.
Clayton Fair if you think like that anything can be dangerous and we would all be in a bubble. let’s be honest nhl players play without visors with hundred mph pucks in the air. That’s a risk. This is not. This is no more dangerous than driving a car on any road
@@patjohn775 It dosent matter how fast u are going u should always wear a helmet. I would argue that unless u are doing jumps/tricks then slow speed is more dangerous then high speed as if u fall and hit your head in low speed then the angle u hit your head is very mutch straight down. As if u were to hit your head in medium speed then u are moving forward and down so the angle is not as sharp. Ofc with speed other dangers come in to play. It is also mutch easier to control your board in medium/high speed then it is in low speed so once ppl get used to balancing the board and then picking up some speed the easier it will become.
We need a skateboard/surfboard/snowboard/wakeboard combo
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Not gonna lie as a snowboarder going wakeboarding felt really similar since you go at a decent enough speed the water tension is high enough to use Snowboard techniques. Surfing probably feels like going through a deep batch of powder gotta keep the weight more on the backside or you're gonna get stuck.
surfboard/wakeboard the best
When i was a snowboarding instructor i always found the surfers picked up snowboarding quickly in comparison to someone who has never done a board sport! I love this
I was surprised when they talked about the snurfboard. I got one back in the day. There was a local 'big' hill everyone used for sledding. I actually became pretty good on my board. We didn't have any runs close that I could have tried skiing or learned snowboarding later. FYI, a snurfboard had a nylon rope attached on the upturned nose and a V shaped tail with two rough areas spaced apart for your feet. No attachments.
SELF should do an episode on ice skaters attempting to ski. The movement is increadibly similar
Cassandra Ford I’ve always thought about that too
I kinda did it when I was a kid, I used to ice skate (not a high level) and when I went skiing for the first time they asked me to change group because I was too good for beginners
Camux same I think skiing is way easier to get th hang of
Summer Craig agreed. im a snowboarder who swapped gear with my skier friend for 2 hours just for fun. Within minutes I was already on blue and black.
Bruh. Try to find an ice skater who has never skied in his life haha
As a surf beginner watching very experienced surfers learn a new skill and sport reminds me of how these guys started to learn how to surf and practice made then be where they are today
The way they’re falling makes me nervous, thats how you break a wrist 😬
Taught myself how to snowboard, and it took me many many trips. I’m jealous of their awesome instructors!
First beginner lesson I've seen where they mention the secret ingredient: Keeping your weight forward
Nah, keep weight center over mass.
@@Red1676 So the instructors are wrong?
@@Red1676 yup totally agree, when you go into powder or start doing carves you want to be centered or even leaning back
Weight forward in pow = getting stuck
I NEED TO SEE THESE INSTRUCTORS SURFING THEY'RE SO CUTE AND SMOOTH, it's going to be funny hahahahaha
"Im so stoked to see how to snowboard today". Definatly a surfer quote 😂
Yeah the emphasis on Stoked 😂
Now I want to see three snow boarders try to surf for the first time. I'm sure it will be just as hilarious. Water is not snow and I think surfers are smart enough to know this. Incidentally I do both. I live in Southern California and I can go surfing, snowboarding, and motor biking in the desert all in one day :).
You're living my dream haha I've always wanted to learn how to surf and snowboard and motor biking would be epic to try too! Do you recommend any specific surfing or snowboarding schools or places to learn at ?
As a snowboarder who has tried, and failed, to surf, this really boosted my self esteem.
I feel like if they took big wave surfers they would do better, as the bigger waves are far steeper. When they showed clips of the girl surfing she was on like a 2-3 foot wave. Nothing steep or hard, that wave isnt even a green in terms of slope steepness
Maybe they should wear helmets when snowboarding for the first time...
when they said mammoth mountain i got so excited, i grew up skiing there with my grandparents.
These instructors seem so great! I went skiing once and got left on the mountain alone by... Everyone and it was terrifying... Would have been great to have had such good instructors
I’d love to see ice skaters try roller skating and vice versa
Omg I love you’re doing this cause as a skater is always humbling to try other things like surfing and snowboarding
I really love this channel because you see these 2 sports you think are connected, and you find out all the ways they're different, and it really makes both make more sense.
I tried snowboarding once and watching this video makes me realize how much i didnt understand and that this teacher explains it better plus the slope is a lot smoother so it makes it easier to learn. I think.
Both the snowboarders and surfers had such great personalities, they all seem like they’d be just as cool off camera. Both sports seem to have cultures that really value patience and a willingness to laugh it off and try again. Those traits lend themselves really well to both teaching and learning and make for a really fun video to watch!
Yes, and they seem to understand that falling is a part of both sports, at all levels but especially at the beginning. So there's no embarrassment, just a laugh and then try again.
I guess the main difference and difficulty is the fact that with snowboard you can't move your feet like in surfing and if you get out of balance, your instinct wants to move the feet and you can't. It looks a lot of fun.
i think that the first thing they should’ve done was teach them how to fall properly, they were all making me a little nervous when they were landing on their hands 😂
Johnny nailed that falling leaf. I remember how long it took me to "get" the movement with the heels and toes. Especially the sitting back onto your hips and steering.
Why’s nobody talking about the fact that the girls name is CARRIE WHITE???
Whose that?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Stephen King has ruined us lol
@@katherinerosemore274 "Carrie" book by Stephen King
Ophelia H. Carrie white is no ordinary girl.
Has anyone mentioned Johnny Tsunami yet?
Mahalo. This is Jonny Tsunami, they stole my life story!!!
LMAO.
The comment I was looking for! Surprised how long it took
Hats off to the instructors, they were excellent & must have nerves of steel to teach in front of cameras, Well done.
this is fun to watch. it's like learning to ride all over again. I've actually never heard that called floating leaf. my instructor called it a snow plow. and gliding was called scootering. I''m really surprised they didn't learn toeside. I used to go down the whole bunny hill toeside just to practice it
Vanessa putting in some nice smooth S turns on the first day, very impressed!
15:26 that was the most surprising thing ever when I went skiing in the US... they don’t always put the SAFETY bar down! America EXPLAIN? Also gotta love the nostalgia of seeing folks stand on a snowboard for the first time, my thighs hurt just remembering the day I did that
We just typically don't unless there's a trail map on the bar. Never understood it but I've also never felt unsafe
In what situation do you find yourself leaning so far forward on a chair that you are going to fall off?
Aaron Lieberman kids are usually very active and could easily fall off (I was maybe 12 when I went over there) and I do know some adults which don’t have anything better to do then move way too much
Richard Powers are the lifts quite low down... I don’t have any problems with heights but I do know that if I fall off bc of maybe some very heavy wind or some idiot doing stupid stuff I’d probably have some urgent medical emergency/die
You can put it down if you want. Just give everyone a heads up. Getting hit by the bar isn't a nice surprise
The dude is a natural. Fast learning!
snowboard instructor !! so patient and so calm to explain every single detail great!
I love that you can see one of the most universal experiences of learning to snowboard as an adult, which is watching children under 10 go downhill better than you.
tried my first day of snowboarding yesterday and i killed it! my family and i ski always so i had to teach myself but did super well regardless. snowboarding is almost exactly like riding a ripstik
I’ve been skiing for 18 years, I’m 21, and I also surf, for 12 years. I love both and am fast at both. Living in Southern California, so happy can continue this!
These guys have such a high quality of content, I would watch this as a TV show.
Can't wait for the snowboarders to try and learn surfing
ML PRO surfing is way easier than snowboarding
You'll be waiting a long time! Depending on the surf conditions they most likely won't even make the paddle out beyond the white water.
i have been snowboarding for 20 years and thought it would be an advantage in surfing. i was totally wrong. it was like snowboarding in an avalanche, i didnt felt comfortable with the element controlling me instead of the snow laying still.
Once they figure out to treat it like riding through powder they'd get it. (estimation with no experience in surfing)
My favourite episode so far! 😍🙏🏻
Easily my favourite series I can’t believe I just discovered these videos
I would LOVE to see these guys try quick carving. It’s kinda hard but it’s so worth learning
I'd like to see synchronized swimmers and water polo players!
I'd like to see ballet dancers trying rhythmic gymnastics and vice versa as well
They both look dope ! My 12 year old is a fantastic skier- he started boarding last winter, he said mum skiing is lame . He loves boarding, he’s still pretty new but he’s gotten the hang & loves it .
The instructor is so nice and working with them. My dad's friend just took him to the top of the mountain and said have fun getting down
I’ve tried almost all major board sports. And I would say surfing is by far the most challenging and time consuming one among them. Top reason for this is because in surfing, there really isn’t any constant playground for you to practice as in any other sports where you get to figure out your mistake every time you fall and try again. Every beach is different, same beach is different in different parts, condition can change very quickly in one spot which mean you have to adjust to it, and every single wave behaves differently. In short, everything keeps changing in this sport, it takes time and love to be called a surfer. In contrast, I tried snowboarding for half a day without any previous board sports experience. Hard falls to begin with and nail normal cruising and can do some proper carving, beginner tricks and low jumps in 2days.
Nah disagree
This is so true
I'd like to see a follow up on those who returned a few times to see how fast they progress and if they think being a surfer has helped them get it quicker. Plus it would be nice to see them choosing to wear some safety gear. Do they wear safety gear on the surf?
Thanks guys, this really is a great intro video into even thinking about taking that first step and getting out there.
It's great they gave all the surfers Never Summers. Such an awesome company who builds awesome boards
Johnny and Scotty are fabulous. They have such infectious personalities, they're kind and encouraging and happy. They're everything you want in an instructor because if they make it light and fun and keep you positive, because learning new things can be very discouraging sometimes, then it makes the person learning much more likely to not only learn, but to want to keep pursuing the topic.
Skateboarded my whole life, went snowboarding and descended the whole 6'800 ft. Wasn't that hard after falling quite a bit, that biggest thing I had to adapt to was the weird feeling of having my ankles locked in without any movement.
Vanessa was vibin!! Watching her fall in love with snowboarding warmed my whole heart
Boarding is so much fun! Skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, skimming, wakeboarding and more!!!! Shred for life! Ahaha
I found snowboarding to be pretty easy and I caught in very quick though it could be because I skate and surf. I personally didn’t but I’m rather surprised that the instructor didn’t make them wear helmets especially as a beginner
When I started snowboarding last year I had no idea what I was doing and my dad usually skis and he wanted to try snowboarding. We both got knocked down by the lift getting on and off. My dad thought “oh let’s do black diamond first! We can do it!” I was terrified. When we got to the top and fell off the lift, my mom saw a guys who looked like he knew what he was doing, and he supposedly was an instructor on that mountain, so he stayed with me for 2 hours teaching me basics for free. He told me one way to stay on your heel edge was to pretend like you r sitting in a chair. That was very helpful. Now I’ve only ever gone snowboarding 5 times and got my first board and boots for my birthday. I love it. I’m learning fast and now trying to practice toe edge😊
This is one of my favorite series ever!
Mammoth is sooooo fun definitely my favorite mountain.And yes mammoth instructors are really like that.
Nah montage mountain
wish we could see them progress beyond a day and try to carve!
Again I really love how sweet they are to each other 😊❤
The dude was a total natural. That’s the guy you love to teach
Lol it made me laugh that Ollies were the 4th thing to learn 😂 such a fun video idea!!
Me : First time trying snowboarders, I've got bruises a lot, but it worth it! Good experience :)
great video - i was self taught, not looking up on how its done and just doing what i saw on the slopes and the feel (obviously alot of falls), snowboarding since 2014 and couldnt love any other sport more. irony of this channels name
shouldve let them loose in some pow, alot more of a floaty feel, like surfing
I would love to see skateboarders and wake-boarding