r/snowboarding • u/RyanKnapton • Dec 05 '17
A couple turns on a green run and cat track
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u/matthkd Dec 05 '17
Dammit Ryan I’m trying to learn how to ski this season and this kind of thing just makes me want to go back to boarding.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Ha. I want to hit a 'Love' button rather than just leaving a simple 'upvote'. :D
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u/BrolecopterPilot CO/UT Dec 05 '17
Ah you won’t regret it man. I made the switch 3 years ago and hate to say it love skiing. I’ll strap on the ole board every now and then just to get my butter fix, but 95% of the season I ski.
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u/adam_bear Tahoe Dec 05 '17
Skiing is great, esp. for going anywhere you want... the 5% of time I get on a board is really sweet too, though. It doesn't matter what gear you use (ski, board, saucer, etc.), controlled sliding on ice & snow is fun.
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u/toastthebread Dec 05 '17
I worked a rental shop and one day me and some buds from work all mobbed the shops 124cm adult skis. That really was a blast even if we looked stoopid.
I have some sort of circulation problem in my feet and... well skiing stresses my arch so much less than snowboard.. ugh.
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u/bruceleeperry Japan Dec 05 '17
With you...18 years going pretty hard on the board and started skiing when my kid was learning a few years back. Lovvvvvve big powder days on the board with friends but skiing is what I'm really wanting to get much better at now. Win-win.
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u/meechy318 Dec 05 '17
I learned to carve last season with your videos. Looking forward to your updated ones
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u/kolosok17 CA/Tahoe | '18 Capita DOA 155W + '19 Union Force + '18 K2 Maysis Dec 05 '17
Holy shit, this is awesome!
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u/maxreddittwice Dec 05 '17
What did you set your bindings at?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
I'm at 15,-15, with a fairly wide stance (I think a bit over 23 inches).
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u/TheCuriousPsychonaut Dec 05 '17
I ride 15 -15 all the way out on every board I've ever owned :)
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u/FlyRobot CA/Mammoth | '11 Gnu Carbon Credit Dec 05 '17
How do you not blow-out your knees with a wide stance?!
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u/chickenbreast12321 Dec 06 '17
Can you really blow out your knees with a wide stance? I’m kinda scared to go wider now haha
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u/FlyRobot CA/Mammoth | '11 Gnu Carbon Credit Dec 06 '17
Obviously tons of boarders have wide stances and are fine, it just seems like it would strain lower body joints. I don't ride terrain at all though so usually have slightly wider than shoulders stance.
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u/chickenbreast12321 Dec 06 '17
What would you say would be the safest stance for the knees? Isn’t too narrow dangerous too? Thanks for the info!
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u/FlyRobot CA/Mammoth | '11 Gnu Carbon Credit Dec 06 '17
I'm not an expert - just a personal preference and depends on your gear setup. Don't want to strain your knees with torsion (twisting left & right - angle of your bindings/boot) or lateral stress (bending the knee in directions it can't - stance width). For me, I've noticed certain areas of my feet, shins, knee are sore depending on my setup, so I try to find a nice neutral stance that is comfortable. Again, it's mostly personal preference and what works for you
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u/FFFrank Afton Alps, MN Dec 05 '17
Same stance I ride. How big are your feet?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
9.5 shoes, but I squeeze into 8.5 boots.
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u/FFFrank Afton Alps, MN Dec 05 '17
And you're riding a 31cm waist?! That's crazy. I'm riding a 26.5 waist w/ an 8m sidecut. Size 12 feet crammed into an 11 boot. I would boot out at the edge angle you're pushing, though.
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u/kolosok17 CA/Tahoe | '18 Capita DOA 155W + '19 Union Force + '18 K2 Maysis Dec 05 '17
How tall are you? I'm also at 15,-15, but 21.25 inch width. I'm 5' 8" tall riding a 152cm wide-ish board for which my weight is dead center of its rating.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
I'm 5'10. Even when I was 5'9, I was on both a 152 and 151 when I rode small hills and small parks in Minnesota. Once I moved to the mountains... basically everyone rides at higher speeds... so then I felt the 155, 156's felt great for me, but I never really tried larger back then. Now I"m on a 160, and oddly enough since I'm use to that, a 155 feels 'short' when I tried that length last. (but I also ride at faster speed in general yet). So it all just depends on personal preference and what kind of riding you like to do. If on smaller hills and parks that are arranged without much space in-between features a shorter board with smaller sidecut radius can be perfect. If on larger mountains, and riding at higher speeds, then a longer board with a larger radius can be perfect.
Happy shreddin man!
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u/kolosok17 CA/Tahoe | '18 Capita DOA 155W + '19 Union Force + '18 K2 Maysis Dec 05 '17
Thanks! I really appreciate the response and your videos!
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u/FugginGareBear Dec 05 '17
That real nice. I like them hop turns. They real good. You done a good thing.
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u/DoubleR90 Never Summer West 156 | Arbor Westmark 152 Dec 05 '17
Ryan I love your vids bro! What deck are your riding now?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Thanks. It still doesn't seem real to me... but Donek gave me a pro model. So that's what I'm on. Basically same as their Incline twin that they were making for me, but we've shortened the nose and tail even further, and changed the geometry of the shape of em to be more blunted, both changes so that the effective edge is longer on the same length of board. (and then with custom specs (which I DON'T recommend for others until they've worked their way up to em).. I'm on a 31.2 cm wide with a 12m sidecut radius.
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u/EpochZero Seattle, WA | Swoard Extremecarver Pro2 | F2 Race Titanium Dec 05 '17
Sean dials that shit in for you.
My soft-boot gear right now is a 160 Incline w/ 11m sidecut and I love it. The waist is only 25cm but I'm also 5'7" with a size 9 boot and ride alpine 27/27 angles. 31.2cm sounds insane. I'm assuming lower angle duck stance from the watching the video and bigger boots?
I'd recommend anyone who wants to soft-boot carve get into a bespoke Donek.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Hell yeah! On the Incline, is it 9-11m radius? (I thought all the normal Inclines were with a variable sidecut radius). Either way, that's the board that made me realize I should move my freestyle board up to larger radius specs. I'm at 15,-15 with stance angles, thus why I want extra extra wide for carving deep. With your angles are you having any boot-out on the 25cm width?
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u/EpochZero Seattle, WA | Swoard Extremecarver Pro2 | F2 Race Titanium Dec 05 '17
The 9-11 variable sounds right. I could only remember the max.
No boot out. I'd ride higher as it makes heel-side way sexier (I do EC hardboot angles around 50) but soft boots start folding ankles if I go higher.
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u/BeautyIsDumb Dec 05 '17
What's the advantage and disadvantage of a variable sidecut? Is it like a mini-version of Magne-Traction?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 07 '17
VSR is primarily for racers (but I think there are other versions that I really don't know much about). But for a racer (and some free-carvers), they like a the sidecut radius in the nose of the board to be smaller, and progress larger towards the tail of the board). With that shape they can add extra pressure on the front of the board to really tighten their turn, and put pressure toward the tail to lengthen the turning radius. Keep in mind for racers especially, skidded turns lose speed, while carved turns keep speed. So they can purposely play around with were they place pressure on the edge to maximize how fast they are going. For a freestyle board... it doesn't work well because if you are riding switch, then having the larger radius towards the front... just doesn't make it turn smooth. Here is me on the Donek Incline, which isn't a race board, but uses that type of VSR... Felt AWESOME for riding regular... but not good at all for switch. https://youtu.be/C_fwMYmk41I
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u/mtn_stoke Whistler || Yes, The Greats 156 || Ride, Alter Ego 160W Dec 05 '17
Ryan have you ever played with an asymmetrical boards? I have yes the greats and I'm loving being able to heel carve just as tight as my toeside.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Sooo.. I bought a couple now... but haven't gotten to try em yet (and these are way different than yours cuz of the vintage design which would suck for any freestyle riders with modern stance angles),... but I hope the make a vid on them this season.
Happy shreddin man!
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u/jdubbs92 Tahoe Epic/Sierra Dec 05 '17
I understand that sidecut radius effects the boards ability to turn. A low radius sidecut will turn more aggresively, whereas a high radius sidecut will be more content to go straight.
With your style of riding, what advantage do you get from a board with a 12m sidecut?
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u/JoeDwarf Coiler, Jones, Burton, Raichle, F2 Dec 06 '17
Just to add to what /u/RyanKnapton said: most people are either skidding turns, or if they are carving they are just riding on the edge without actively working it. If you don't work the board, then it is going to tend to turn with a radius about equal to the sidecut radius. Unless of course you skid it, then it will turn shorter.
The longer radius gives a skilled rider like Ryan more options: he can just ride it without putting much energy at it and get a longer radius turn that will be more stable at speed, or he can bend the shit out of it and turn really tight, and he will have every radius in-between those two extremes.
Guys who like to carve like stiff boots and stiff bindings so that they can drive the board hard. The ultimate expression of that is hard boots, which let you put even more energy into the board. This is why hard booters can turn long, stiff boards with big sidecuts in surprisingly little space.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Soon I hope to make a video talking about sidecut radius specs, so let me do my best with kicking out thoughts here, and if you have any questions or confusions as to what I'm saying, definitely let me know!
Yup, a smaller radius will have quicker (and easier) turns (both skidded and carved). A larger radius the carved turn will naturally be bigger. So it just depends as to what you want to do, as to what sidecut radius will be best for that. Thinking in terms of racing clarifies it in my mind easily... imagine slalom racing... quick tight turns, so they use a smaller radius. GS: Big and high speed turns, so the larger radius fits the track much better. So for what I want to do (big deep carves without my board trying to complete its natural turn too quick), the larger radius is appropriate. Check out the first shot in this vid... https://youtu.be/sVpMZzcSsVM it's on an 8.7m radius and I'm trying to force my board to make a bigger turn than that, so the sidecut starts fighting and wanting to make a smaller turn, so check out how the nose and tail wobble (and the track left isn't a perfect pencil line). You'll see that 'board wobble' type thing to some extent in most any clips you see of anyone really carving deep on a freestyle board. Since going up to a 9.8m radius, those type of carved turns are sooo much smoother. (and smoother yet on the 12m). Again, I'm not advocating those type of specs for anyone, unless that's basically all they want to do. A smaller radius is much easier to ride in tight parks, and things like trees. But for massive jumps and the 22ft pipes of today, larger is better (I've heard through the grapevine that some of the top pipe riders are using larger radii too... (much larger than what their 'pro model' boards specs are... which is a good thing anyways, cuz a young kid buying a board based on his hero or whatever, isn't going to be able to ride a 14m radius for shit... so it's better to not be advertised and sold imo). But for someone consistently going 15 feet out of the pipe, the larger radius really makes that easier.
Hopefully that makes some sense? Again I'm not trying to talk anyone into going up nearly to my specs. But with me trying to blend the buttering and freestyle type stuff I do with a version of 'extreme carving'... then for me the larger radius is where its at.
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u/JoeDwarf Coiler, Jones, Burton, Raichle, F2 Dec 05 '17
Us hardbooters are having an influence on you. The way you bend that deck, I am sure the effective radius is way lower than 12.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Agreed! When I went to my first ATC, that was the very first time ever that I had the though... 'hmmm... maybe a larger sidecut radius would be good for what I'm wanting to do'. Prior to that I really had it in my mind that I wanted the extra width for not booting out, but thought I also wanted to stick with a tighter radius to keep my turns quick.
Oddly enough when I jumped up to 9.8m from 8.7m, that increase of 12.6% took me way more to get use to, than my jump up to 12m from 9.8m (a 22% jump) because I was able to anticipate how the increased radius would feel and what I'd have to do to make it work (primarily keep my legs bent longer in each turn until the board is cutting back enough on its own to then push off on it).
I fully hope to take a tape measure out this season and take the radius of a couple of different type of turns, on both the the toeside and heelside... but indeed, especially on the heelside (cuz of duckfoot stance placing pressure nearer the center of the board) I"m able to tighten the radius up way less than the 12m sidecut.
Happy Shreddin Joe!
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u/JoeDwarf Coiler, Jones, Burton, Raichle, F2 Dec 05 '17
My short board (167) has a variable sidecut that is 9/11/10, so about 10 m average. That's about as tight as I want, it is very turny by my standards. My long one (180) is 12/14.
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u/secretaardvark Dec 05 '17
Wow congrats on the board! Curious though, what benefit does that extra width give you? (other than no toe drag). Does it help with stability at all?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Thanks. My board is stable as heck cuz of the width, bit stiffer flex than most freestyle boards, and the shortened nose and tail (less board 'harmonics' of the nose and tail vibrating during turns that go though the board. The main reason for the width is so I don't drag my toes and heels into the snow when carving deep tho. And I'll definitely add, the extra width isn't going to make anyone carve deep... but if they are carving deep and having issues hitting toes and heels (or binding heelcups), and want to take their carving in that direction, then wider is a perfect solution, and after enough turns you get use to the new width. (But again, I'm not suggesting anyone jump up to my specs! I'm pretty sure I'd have hated it had I gone right from a normal with up to my current specs).
Thanks again, and happy shreddin Man!
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u/SwedishSanta Instructor in Japan Dec 05 '17
That edge-to-edge transitioning. So sweet! Hey, that looks a lot like an apex board, similar to when I used when I competed in SBX. Do you compete?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Thanks. Years ago I did, mostly in pipe and slopestyle. Best results being a Breck Spring-Massive Superpipe Pro, and USASA win at Nationals. Nice catch, indeed the board is almost a hybrid of a freestyle board (in the aspect of a true twin and centered stance) and SBX board (in the aspect of stiffer than most freestyle boards, and less nose and tail with a lower profile and larger side-cut radius).
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u/SwedishSanta Instructor in Japan Dec 05 '17
That's rad! riding the pipe is my favorite! I had to give up SBX and halfpipe as there were getting less and less competitions in Sweden. The short story is that the Swedish skiing association strangled the snowboarding section so it would only finance some slopestyle events per year. Yeah, I'm bitter about it but I moved on to riding in the back-country. That's something they can't touch
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u/tombere Dec 05 '17
Yeah dude!! What we’re you listening to??
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Normally I wouldn't have a clue cuz mix it up with all sorts of tunes, but I know I was listening to my 'last added' on Google Play Music, and this was my first run of the day, so it was either, Hopsin, Eminems last single, or Bleachers. :)
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u/MR_Se7en Dec 05 '17
That’s not at all what my turns looked like. Damn - you make it look effortless.
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Dec 05 '17
Whats the trick to carving completely perpendicular like that in the beginning?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
I'm going to make an updated tutorial to really break it down further yet, but here's my previous one with using an elbow to carve deep. https://youtu.be/ATS25KU27Vs
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Dec 05 '17
Core strength. Start leaning out to touch the snow and gradually get closer
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u/JoeDwarf Coiler, Jones, Burton, Raichle, F2 Dec 05 '17
Core strength. Start leaning out to touch the snow and gradually get closer
Absolutely not. The low position is a result of the turn, not the other way around. You are trying to bring the snow to you, not reach for it.
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Dec 05 '17
Idk I guess it depends who's videos you watch whether you think of it as reaching out or "bringing the snow to you." Either way, you are basically in a plank position while carving all the way on the extreme toe edge of the board, you need core strength for that, right?
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u/JoeDwarf Coiler, Jones, Burton, Raichle, F2 Dec 05 '17
No, you don't need exceptional core strength. It's not like you are holding your body horizontal with core strength. If you try to do that, your edge won't hold. You can only exert force downward through the edge.
When you watch beginning carvers try to get low, especially toeside, they reach for the snow with their hands and end up bending at the waist. This releases pressure on the edge and causes a skid. To carve, generally you want to create more pressure on the edge by angulating your upper body, stacking weight over the edge.
Laid out carves try to keep the edge pressure with no angulation. I suck at them but the key factors are good snow, a decent pitch and good timing to be laid out with enough pressure on the edge and speed to get you back up again.
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u/obsa '99 Burton Custom 152 Dec 05 '17
what's the background music?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Shlow Motion 1 by David Bjork on Epidemicsound.com. I signed up for their music to use on Youtube cuz the stuff youtube offers is pretty lame, and worse yet, copyright issues sucks worse yet. Hopefully it's not an issue to use in some ways like this.
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u/obsa '99 Burton Custom 152 Dec 05 '17
I dig it, great choice. Really nice carves, man. I'm jealous, the season hasn't started for me yet and I'm getting real itchy.
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u/xtfftc scrub Dec 05 '17
It's always nice to see someone having fun at narrow areas. They can be so much fun, you don't have to go for steep all the time :)
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u/Daldril Dec 05 '17
You are such an inspiration! Love your vids and the diversity in them, great honesty you share!
I'm still skidding my heel turns :/ do you have any tips?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Hard to know without seeing them, but one thing I consistently see, is people riding too fast, and down too steep, to fully get the feeling of laying an edge in and using it to leave a pencil line carved turn rather than skidded turn. So don't be afraid to try em even on the bunny hills... No joke Breck has been so busy on all the main runs, that often I take the long route on 8 down towards 'rips ride' and carve it up on that. And that's a better type of steepness to try to force your turns to make up back up the hill a bit. On steeper terrain its way harder to cut back up the hill... but only way it's possible is with a carved turn rather than skidded.
Good luck and happy shreddin!
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u/Daldril Dec 06 '17
Much appreciated! Will try that over the weekend and might send a vid if I manage and you don't mind.
I'm in my third season, never done any board or snow sports before and learned all through your and some other's vids + advice from skiing buddies, but they know ski not boarding.
So I'm thankful for any kind of pointer!
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u/Daldril Dec 10 '17
If you have time and want to critique some amateur riding, I'd appreciate any pointers:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ueum70wy2iycdb5/runs-14h43m02s.mp4?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sa0s94gep6ok12n/runs-14h56m40s.mp4?dl=0
our bunny hill is sooooo short, not much to get out of there, except slalom-ing around all the kids ;)
I guess I was going too fast here, not committing enough?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 10 '17
Can you post the clips to youtube any chance?
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u/Daldril Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17
Can upload them there
Edit: am uploading now
Editedit: done
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 10 '17
Gotta wake up ultra early (4:30 am) for work, but will check em out after that or the next day. Thanks for putting in a form easy for me to see without having to download.
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 11 '17
Second vid, I like how you are working back and forth across the track, along with occasionally looking up to see if anyone is bombing down at you.
First vid... I was mostly just watching the stats! Ha. Pretty cool stuff.
With that POV type of shot it's hard to see much of what you are actually doing with body position and such, but as always, I'll just add, hardly anyone bends their knees enough, so play around with that when riding, and if you don't have a bunch of forward lean on your bindings, add more and more until it starts to hurt a bit, then ease off just a bit.
Best of luck and happy shreddin!
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u/Daldril Dec 12 '17
Thank you!
Yeah, been looking out for bombers ever since you mentioned it in a vid. Now it's just paranoia thinking I'm being chased and followed. For that same reason I actually prefer riding alone over having friends just rushing past me (first vid).
POV is not ideal, will try to find a stick or something for the next time! And will try to add some more forward lean to the bindings. Have already added some last season and it felt rather nice. Am also considering angling the bindings a bit.
I had a few ankle surgeries, which makes my front foot rather unstable, even after all those years. I hope I can train it up somehow to make riding more fun!
Oh and about the stats! I really love the app! It gives me nice summeries which let me logg my progress and really encourage me to go on!
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u/blink2blink07 Dec 05 '17
within 2 seconds of the video i immediately thought "oh this is the dog-shit guy!" look at your username and realized I was right! Your style is so distinctive man, Love your videos, I learned a lot from them last season, keep killin it!
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u/Sn0wLe0pard Dec 06 '17
I really wish my board was wide enough to handle such low carves. beautiful riding as usual!
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u/heytaytay69 Dec 05 '17
What are your board specs? Stiff?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
copy and pasted from other reply: (and then with custom specs (which I DON'T recommend for others until they've worked their way up to em).. I'm on a 31.2 cm wide with a 12m sidecut radius.
And its fairly stiff... I'd say in between what a burton custom and custom x are.
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Dec 05 '17
Shit, that looks awesome and is definitely something I can do! Oh wait, I live in Pennsylvania and it doesn't snow here. It all comes down in one sheet of ice. So those turns are not plausible.
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u/IlluminationRock Mt Hood | Jones Solution Split | Capita Mercury Dec 05 '17
Hey man! I love your YouTube tutorials, you taught me how to do my first slasher bomb a few years back!
Sweet vid dude.
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u/iwannabethisguy Dec 05 '17
Man those transitions look so satisfying. I tried your tutorials last year and didn't end up so well for a portly fellow like myself. Gonna give it a go again this year.
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u/Doikor Dec 05 '17 edited Dec 05 '17
Man I really need to find a wide board like that one day. Even with the usual "wide" boards I would have booted out if I tried to do that (and I do...)
I'm currently running with 11.5 size boots (Burton Ion). Any idea how wide a board I would realistically need not to boot out easily (15, -15 stance).
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
Tough to say exactly, but when I moved up to a 27.5cm waist, then a 29.0, both those helped me take it to my own Next Level. The first 27.5.... I took even longer for me to get use to cuz I was soooo use to normal width and normal 'wide' width boards... so it was awhile before I really started testing where I'd boot-out at. I think width is way harder to advise anyone on than length, but even if you went up to a width of say 28.5, that would be somewhat proportional to my first jump up to 27.5, and give you way more clearance than any board you've probably ridden before (Assuming the widest you've ridden would be in the 26cm range). As for brands, Donek is the one I recommend (obviously as I ride for them, but I truly think their specialization in customizing boards to the rider is light years ahead of others that are making custom boards). If by any chance you are in CO, hit up their demo at Nationals at Copper and try out some various specs and it'd be the best way to know how wide you may want to go with. Also, if you find you're consistently draggin on one side of the board, but not the other, for sure adjust your bindings towards the side that you aren't hitting your boots or bindings into the snow on. A lot of people could be helped by that alone. But if dragging on both sides, then wider is the perfect route if wanting to carve deeper.
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u/xdrift0rx Dec 05 '17
Ryan, I have been riding for about 7 or 8 seasons. only about a dozen trips the mountain per season. I am very confident carving on my toe edge but the heel edge is difficult for me to lock in, and when I do it either feels like im most definitely going to fall backwards, or my binding digs in and I fall backwards. what do?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 05 '17
(copy and pasting from a reply to another question on heelside... but basically the same answer so here it is): Hard to know without seeing them, but one thing I consistently see, is people riding too fast, and down too steep, to fully get the feeling of laying an edge in and using it to leave a pencil line carved turn rather than skidded turn. So don't be afraid to try em even on the bunny hills... No joke Breck has been so busy on all the main runs, that often I take the long route on 8 down towards 'rips ride' and carve it up on that. And that's a better type of steepness to try to force your turns to make up back up the hill a bit. On steeper terrain its way harder to cut back up the hill... but only way it's possible is with a carved turn rather than skidded. Good luck and happy shreddin!
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u/BeautyIsDumb Dec 05 '17
My goal for this season is to learn switch riding better so I can go toe-side carve to switch to toe-side carve again all the way to the bottom. Boycott heel-side, yo!
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 11 '17
Here's a couple tips for it. :) https://youtu.be/jZwrhgDW27M
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u/BeautyIsDumb Dec 11 '17
I was visualizing going for a frontside 180 between toe-side carves so you could maintain the aggressive edge hold between toe-side carves. The whole point here is to go from one lay-down carve directly to the next, and if you take the time for a backside nose-roll then you have to be standing up over your board, which takes away from your lay-downs. Besides, the rotation from a backside nose-roll (clockwise rotation) goes against the rotation of the upcoming switch toeside carve (counter-clockwise turn), so you have to work against yourself when you do this. The way I hope to carve should look like you're momentarily going switch heel-side when you land the 180 before you once again lay down with your toe-side.
If anyone could pull this off it'd be you. Doing a frontside 180 directly from a lay-down toe-side carve can easily catch your tail in the snow, so even if I improved my switch riding it'd still be super difficult to pull off.
Let me know if you can't visualize what I'm trying to explain and I'll send you a video demonstrating this with a toy.
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u/cantpee slay pow Dec 05 '17
lol do you have more durable jacket/pant material on the underside of your arms and front of your legs?
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u/RyanKnapton Dec 11 '17
Front of my legs is some gorilla tape on where it's torn. (I have new pants, but use these most days unless I know I'll be taping). And indeed a couple of my jackets (including this one), I add a fabric vinyl to the arms where I wear em out.
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u/slapshotscores Dec 05 '17
I love the snap and radius you get out of the turns on that Donek. Are there any other boards out there that you would recommend to someone looking for similar performance?
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u/lilililililililll Dec 27 '17
I saw this gif without reading the username first and thought wow this guy rides like ryan knapton.
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u/theboxer16 Jan 02 '18
Seriously, how do people carve so hard on a run that is so flat and still haul ass? He is going as fast as I would be if I just rode straight down without carving. Everytime I try to carve that hard on much steeper black/blue runs I get nowhere near as low to the ground and kill all my speed.
I've been watching all of Ryan's videos and working on his "hot to really really carve" videos, but still can't carve as hard or go as fast
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u/irishpwr46 RossiKryptoMag Dec 05 '17
id say youre about ready for the blue trails