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Carving is when you tilt your snowboard on edge and let it cut through the turn instead of skidding. A good carved turn will leave a pencil thin line in the snow showing the shape of the arc. Learning to carve turns is a great way to improve your riding. You should be comfortable controlling your speed with skidded turns on both toeside and heelside before trying to carve.

Put your board down on the snow and then tip it up on the toe or heel edge to feel how the edge engages in the snow. Try sliding it back and forth on its edge and see how it cuts a line through the snow.

In the flats, strap in and try tipping your board up on both to edge and heel edge. It’s helpful to hold onto something for balance while exploring your edge angle.

It’s best to begin working on your carve turns on gentle terrain. We’ll start with a J-turn.

For the heel side, point your board down the hill, flex your legs as if you’re sitting halfway into an imaginary chair, and tip the snowboard up on edge. Resist the urge to extend your back leg to turn the snowboard, and allow the edge of the board to carry you down, across, and back up the hill in a J shape.

Similarly on the toe edge, point the board down the hill and tip your board on edge by flexing your ankles and knees and leaning over the toe edge. Try to let the board turn only through that tipping motion, don’t push the back foot through to skid the turn.

Look back at your track in the snow. Where is it pencil thin, and where can you see the skid? Feel for the different sensations of the board cutting through the snow versus skidding across the surface.

Once you’re consistently carving your J-turns, start linking from one carve to the next.

Carving will help you carry speed through flat terrain. Since you’re not skidding the board through the snow there is less friction to slow you down.

Save this post so you can watch it while you’re out riding! Let me know if you’re having trouble carving and DM a video of your carves if you want feedback. Comment below what other trick tips you’d like us to add, and tag your friends!

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We can use the skills from our video on Ollies to style out a frontside 180!
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First, make sure you have your Ollie on lock. You should also be comfortable with basic switch riding before working on 180s. Rewatch the Ollie video, and make sure you’re dialed with the movement over the tail to spring into the air. On flat terrain, warm up with a couple of ollies, popping into the air and landing flat with both feet.
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For the 180, we’re going to add rotation from the shoulders and then hips. The timing of this movement is key! The movement begins just like an Ollie, flexing down and shifting towards the tail. However, when you begin to extend and spring off the tail, you’ll also start rotating your chest towards the board’s nose (counter clockwise for regular riders, clockwise for goofy riders). Think about bringing your rear hand to the nose of the board - when you land the 180 that will now be your front hand riding switch.
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The moment you reach full extension you need to tighten your core (imagine getting punched in the stomach) and pull your hips back into alignment with your shoulders. You can also think about pulling your rear knee and foot around to your shoulder with your hips.
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Just like with the Ollie, as you pop into the air, pull your knees up to bring the board further off the snow. Extend your legs to land with both feet simultaneously, flexing to absorb the landing. Really focus on maintaining a parallel relationship between your shoulders and the terrain.
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Once your feeling comfortable with the timing of the pop and rotation, it’s time to take it down a gentle slope. The big difference is when you land you’ll now be sliding switch. Flex down as you land and commit to riding it out switch with equal flexion in your front and rear knees and ankles!
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Experiment with your Ollie 180s by timing them off bumps, rollers, cat-tracks, and other terrain features!
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Nose Press

This week’s trick tip is a Nose Press. Dialing in a nose press requires you to practice controlling pressure under your front foot while pulling your back foot off the snow. These are key skills in taking your riding to the next level!
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On flat ground, practice flexing your lead leg and shifting your body over the front foot while pulling up on your back foot. To accomplish this, you can move your body over the board, or pull the board underneath your body. Try this movement with different amounts of intensity to find a smooth press that works for you.
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The goal is a gradual press that let’s you hold the tail off the snow. Move too quickly or make the movement too intense, and you’ll build pressure in the nose, causing the tail to slap back down on the snow.
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Notice how my shoulders and hips stay fairly level with the snowboard as I move into the press. This helps you flex over the nose without losing your balance. Dip your shoulders too far and you’ll find yourself going over the nose - not enough and you’ll have a hard time committing to the press.
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Once you’re comfortable moving into the press and holding it, find a gentle slope and try it moving. Flex your front leg, shift your hips over the nose, and pull up on your back foot. If you’re struggling to hold the tail off the snow, try quickly lifting your back foot and letting it back down again - tapping or patting the snow with your back foot. As you get more comfortable, try to hold the tail off the snow for longer counts.
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Once you’ve got the nose press dialed, begin trying it in different places and at different speeds. This is a great trick on boxes and rails too!
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Ollies are an efficient and effective way to get into the air on your snowboard and are one of the building blocks to freestyle progression. By shifting your weight over the tail of the board you can store energy in the board and spring into the air. This allows you to jump higher and further than just jumping off both feet.
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1. On flat terrain, practice flexing your ankles, knees, and hips to drop towards the snowboard while keeping your shoulders parallel to the snow. As you reach the bottom of this flexing movement, begin shifting your hips towards the tail of the snowboard by flexing your rear knee slightly more than your front knee. As your hips move towards the tail you should feel more of your weight over your back foot, this is your cue to begin pulling up on your front foot while extending your rear leg. Extending the rear leg loads the pressure into the tail of the snowboard, and you’ll feel the board pop you into the air.
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2. As the board pops you into the air, pull your knees up towards your center of mass - bringing the board further off the snow. You can then extend your legs to land with both feet simultaneously, flexing to absorb the landing. Really focus on maintaining a parallel relationship between your shoulders and the terrain. This is the time to dial in the two-footed landing. If you’re landing on the nose, you’re jumping too hard off the back foot and dipping your lead shoulder down towards the snow. If you’re landing on the back foot, your weight is too far over the tail at takeoff and you’re not getting the snowboard to level out in the air.
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3. Once you’ve got the movement dialed, you’re ready to try it with some movement. Find a gentle downhill slope that allows you to ride straight down the hill without picking up too much speed. While sliding down the hill, begin just shifting towards the tail and pulling the nose off the snow. This gives you the initial feel of the flexion movement and how it stores energy in the tail, without worrying about the pop just yet.
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4. When you’re comfortable flexing towards the tail and storing energy in the board, you’re ready to pop into the air. Just like you did in the flats, shift towards the tail and pop into the air. Keep those shoulders parallel with the terrain and as you pop pull the board into the air. Extend your legs to catch the landing, flex to absorb, and ride away!
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5. Experiment with your Ollies by timing them off bumps, rollers, cat-tracks, and other terrain.
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