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Let me know when you get sick of untracked pow ree

Let me know when you get sick of untracked pow reels!

Freestyle Friday clinics are back!* *When the sno

Freestyle Friday clinics are back!*

*When the snow is this good, Freestyle Friday clinics might take place outside the park

🎥: @itstheivan

Contest: Win some Phunkshunwear gear! Regardless

Contest: Win some Phunkshunwear gear!

Regardless of the conditions, you’ll find me wearing a @phunkshunwear mask - keeping my face warm on the cold days and out of the sun on the sunny ones.

5 winners will be chosen at random and prizes. can range from a tree facemask to a $200 PhunkshunWear.com gift card to free lift tickets to Winter Park / Palisades /
Steamboat

Contest rules -
~ Follow me @livewntr
~ Follow @PhunkshunWear
~ Comment on this post and tag 2 friends
~ include hashtag #PhunkshunWear in your comment

The contest officially ends on January 31st at 11:59 pm

You can enter multiple times until the contest ends!

Sometimes you have to take a break in the middle o

Sometimes you have to take a break in the middle of an exam day to make some turns. @vailmtn opened Sundown bowl yesterday, the pow was bottomless, and the crew was all-time!

First bit of 2023 has been pretty great! And there

First bit of 2023 has been pretty great! And there’s more snow in the forecast at @vailmtn

2022 was alright. Did a few things. Snowboarding,

2022 was alright. Did a few things. Snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, atving, whitewater, surfing, traveling, got engaged. Yeah, all in all pretty okay! 👌

#2022 #yearinreview #heresto2023

The Christmas pow just keeps on coming at @vailmtn

The Christmas pow just keeps on coming at @vailmtn!

Happy New Year!

#snowboarding #skiing #snow #vail

Stop by the @vailmtn Legacy Hut at the top of Chai

Stop by the @vailmtn Legacy Hut at the top of Chair 4, 5, and 11 for a free pre-stamped postcard featuring @graymalin’s amazing photography celebrating Vail’s 60th anniversary. You can fill it out and mail it from 11,250 feet! One of those retro ski shoot models sure looks familiar 😉 @chloeroseelliott

Super stoked to be upping my baselayer game with @

Super stoked to be upping my baselayer game with @wsisports Heatr gear! I’ve been wearing the Hexacamo Hoodie for the last few weeks, and love all the benefits of WSI’s gear. In particular with this layer, I love the built in face mask and the longer sleeves with thumb holes. Makes for a super functional, warm layer, to wear on the mountain or out and about!

Their baselayer bottoms are just as great, and if it’s cold out you can bet that’s what’s on under my bibs!

Interested in getting some WSI baselayers in your gear closet? Check them out here or find the link in my story or bio! https://bit.ly/3GehrIv

#snowboarding #wsisports #snow #snowpros

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Learning to steer your snowboard with your lead knee is a crucial step to smoother turns and more efficient riding! If you’re looking for one tip to help unlock the whole mountain, this is it!

1. With your board off, draw a boot-sized C in the snow (goofy riders, draw a backwards C). Step on the C with your lead foot and trace the shape.

2. Drive your knee over your toes by allowing your ankle to flex, collapsing the ankle. You should feel your shin pushing into the tongue of your boot and pressure on your toes. Move your knee out to pressure the outside of your boot, and then flex back to move pressure to the heels.

3. Repeat this in reverse: roll your knee out to the edge of the boot and then across to the toes, collapsing your ankle again to press the top of the C.

4. Now in a fresh patch of snow, see if you can leave a C-shaped mark just using your boot!

5. Time to try this movement on some green terrain! From the toe edge, with your knee over the toes and the ankle collapsed, drive your lead knee towards the nose and feel the pressure on your foot move from the toes to the outside of your foot. As you make this move with the knee, look where you want to go, and allow the snowboard to steer into the fall-line. Roll back to the heels just like you practiced.

6. From the heels, roll the knee out towards the nose, and then forward to the toes collapsing the ankle. Look across the hill, and gently reach your lead hand over the toe edge as you allow the board to pivot across to finish the turn.

7. Now link them together, keep the focus on driving the front knee through the turn. As you get comfortable with this movement you’ll find the snowboard is doing the work for you!

Front knee steering unlocks snowboarding, minimizing the amount of movement it takes to steer the snowboard, and allowing for efficient turns that will keep you riding all day long! As you explore the movement, you’ll find it will improve your riding in steeps, bumps, and trees too!

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For this spin combo we’ll be using upper/lower body separation and spinning a flatland frontside 180 followed by a switch “bad ollie” and a switch backside 180.<br /><br />1. Warm up by spinning some flatland frontside 180s using upper body rotation to start and scissoring your legs to bring the 180 around. Then put it together with a switch backside 180 to complete the sequence into a 360.<br />2. Next, work on your switch “bad ollie.” In our ollie trick tip we worked on landing with a clean two-footed landing. For a “bad ollie,” you want to take off on from the tail like normal, but land on the nose. This move is essential to giving the full trick it’s stalled out late switch backside 180 style.<br />3. Now put them together. It helps to sequence them out for your first couple of tries. Rotate the frontside 180 with you upper body, scissor the legs around to switch, pop the switch bad ollie, and then complete the trick with the switch backside 180. <br />4. Now that you have the framework for the whole trick, start adjusting the timing of the movements to blend them together. Use the upper body rotation to start the spin, but also to get your shoulders ready for the switch bad ollie. <br />5. As the board comes around through the first 180 you should already be starting the movements for your switch ollie. <br />6. Continue the rotation of your shoulders through the bad ollie so that by the time the nose is hitting the snow to land the switch bad ollie your shoulders are already halfway through the second 180. <br />7. Scissor your legs to finish out the switch backside 180 and come back into alignment to finish the trick as a full 360.<br /><br />Flatland spins, butters, and jumps are a great way to practice edge control, balance, and spin awareness. You can combo all sorts of other movements into and out of this basic trick to put your own style on it!<br /><br />If you like this post, hit Save so you can watch it next time you’re out riding. Comment below what other trick tips you’d like is to film, and tag your friends that want to get better!<br /><br />#snowboarding #snowboard #tricktip #snow

A tripod is a fun flatland move to add to your bag of tricks.

For this variation of the tripod, we’ll be turning toeside and flexing over the nose of the snowboard. Most directional snowboards have softer noses, and as a result, this tripod can be easier to learn.

1. Warm up by moving over the nose and tail of your snowboard. Hit up our videos on nose presses and tail presses for some drills to start with.
2. On flat ground, flex your front ankle, knee and hip, and lean over the nose of your snowboard. Put your hands on either side of the snowboard and tighten your core like you’re doing a pushup while you lift the tail off the snow. The balance gets easier when you’re moving, but trying this on flat ground will give you an idea of the arm and core strength necessary to hold a tripod.
3. On some gentle, groomed terrain, make a toeside turn all the way back up the hill. Just as you’re about to stop, go into the tripod just like you practiced. As gravity takes hold, allow the snowboard to start to slide down the hill, dragging your hands in the snow.
4. To get out of the tripod, pull your rear knee back towards your chest, bringing the toe edge back into contact with the snow. Straighten out the board and stand up to keep moving.
5. Once you’re comfortable with the movement of getting into the tripod, you can make the turn smaller and smaller until you’re turning and popping up into the tripod. Explore flex and extension of your legs to change where your tripod is sliding!

One last pro-tip: Note how I tuck my chin so that I can still look downhill while in the tripod!

There are many variations of tripods, as well as ways to get in and out of tripods. Try them over your tail, or try spins or butters into or out of the tripod to increase your repertoire!

If you like this post, hit Save so you can watch it next time you’re out riding. Comment below what other trick tips you’d like is to film, and tag your friends that want to get better!

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For this spin combo we’ll be using upper/lower body separation and spinning a flatland frontside 180 followed by a switch “bad ollie” and a switch backside 180.1. Warm up by spinning some flatland frontside 180s using upper body rotation to start and scissoring your legs to bring the 180 around. Then put it together with a switch backside 180 to complete the sequence into a 360.2. Next, work on your switch “bad ollie.” In our ollie trick tip we worked on landing with a clean two-footed landing. For a “bad ollie,” you want to take off on from the tail like normal, but land on the nose. This move is essential to giving the full trick it’s stalled out late switch backside 180 style.3. Now put them together. It helps to sequence them out for your first couple of tries. Rotate the frontside 180 with you upper body, scissor the legs around to switch, pop the switch bad ollie, and then complete the trick with the switch backside 180. 4. Now that you have the framework for the whole trick, start adjusting the timing of the movements to blend them together. Use the upper body rotation to start the spin, but also to get your shoulders ready for the switch bad ollie. 5. As the board comes around through the first 180 you should already be starting the movements for your switch ollie. 6. Continue the rotation of your shoulders through the bad ollie so that by the time the nose is hitting the snow to land the switch bad ollie your shoulders are already halfway through the second 180. 7. Scissor your legs to finish out the switch backside 180 and come back into alignment to finish the trick as a full 360.Flatland spins, butters, and jumps are a great way to practice edge control, balance, and spin awareness. You can combo all sorts of other movements into and out of this basic trick to put your own style on it!If you like this post, hit Save so you can watch it next time you’re out riding. Comment below what other trick tips you’d like is to film, and tag your friends that want to get better! ... See MoreSee Less

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Let me know when you get sick of untracked pow ree

Let me know when you get sick of untracked pow reels!

Freestyle Friday clinics are back!* *When the sno

Freestyle Friday clinics are back!*

*When the snow is this good, Freestyle Friday clinics might take place outside the park

🎥: @itstheivan

Contest: Win some Phunkshunwear gear! Regardless

Contest: Win some Phunkshunwear gear!

Regardless of the conditions, you’ll find me wearing a @phunkshunwear mask - keeping my face warm on the cold days and out of the sun on the sunny ones.

5 winners will be chosen at random and prizes. can range from a tree facemask to a $200 PhunkshunWear.com gift card to free lift tickets to Winter Park / Palisades /
Steamboat

Contest rules -
~ Follow me @livewntr
~ Follow @PhunkshunWear
~ Comment on this post and tag 2 friends
~ include hashtag #PhunkshunWear in your comment

The contest officially ends on January 31st at 11:59 pm

You can enter multiple times until the contest ends!

Sometimes you have to take a break in the middle o

Sometimes you have to take a break in the middle of an exam day to make some turns. @vailmtn opened Sundown bowl yesterday, the pow was bottomless, and the crew was all-time!

First bit of 2023 has been pretty great! And there

First bit of 2023 has been pretty great! And there’s more snow in the forecast at @vailmtn

2022 was alright. Did a few things. Snowboarding,

2022 was alright. Did a few things. Snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, atving, whitewater, surfing, traveling, got engaged. Yeah, all in all pretty okay! 👌

#2022 #yearinreview #heresto2023

The Christmas pow just keeps on coming at @vailmtn

The Christmas pow just keeps on coming at @vailmtn!

Happy New Year!

#snowboarding #skiing #snow #vail

Stop by the @vailmtn Legacy Hut at the top of Chai

Stop by the @vailmtn Legacy Hut at the top of Chair 4, 5, and 11 for a free pre-stamped postcard featuring @graymalin’s amazing photography celebrating Vail’s 60th anniversary. You can fill it out and mail it from 11,250 feet! One of those retro ski shoot models sure looks familiar 😉 @chloeroseelliott

Super stoked to be upping my baselayer game with @

Super stoked to be upping my baselayer game with @wsisports Heatr gear! I’ve been wearing the Hexacamo Hoodie for the last few weeks, and love all the benefits of WSI’s gear. In particular with this layer, I love the built in face mask and the longer sleeves with thumb holes. Makes for a super functional, warm layer, to wear on the mountain or out and about!

Their baselayer bottoms are just as great, and if it’s cold out you can bet that’s what’s on under my bibs!

Interested in getting some WSI baselayers in your gear closet? Check them out here or find the link in my story or bio! https://bit.ly/3GehrIv

#snowboarding #wsisports #snow #snowpros

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