Learn Down Unweighted Turns To Greatly Improve your Snowboarding

Hey what's up everyone Kevin here. In this video I want to show you guys a new type of carving turn that's really going to help to bring your snowboarding to the next level. And this type of carve is called down unweighted and basically what that is is as you come around a carving turn you're extending your legs to put more pressure on your edge which is going to give you a lot of energy and aggression out of your carving turns. So this type of carve is really effective if you want to get over to one side of the run really quick you can start pressing into that edge. So when you first start practicing these down unweighted turns you don't have to be going really fast or doing them really big. You can start on a mellow slope and so every time my board gets onto edge and the turn's coming around I start to extend my legs and press into that edge to create some extra pressure and you can actually feel your snowboard pushing back on you. So this is a really easy way to start is this on some mellow terrain. You can also practice it just going in one direction so on your heels you can practice it takes you like up the slope. The down unweighted turn also comes into effect on your toes so if you want to get up a slope it helps you to get across and then up onto something. So every time I extend into that toe edge it's helping me to shoot across the slope. So a really effective way to go back and forth. This is a good way to actually pick up speed as well. If you feel yourself slowing down you can start to extend into each turn and you can feel the pressure that you build on your snowboard starts to actually feed back into you and giving you more speed. So a good way to build up your speed if you feel like you're slowing down. So I'm just like pumping and pushing into each turn. So if I want to go quickly across on my toes I start pushing into that toe edge and it really helps me to oh some ice. Be careful doing it on the ice. I don't want to get up into the lap so I start pressuring into my toes helps me get up. So I think that the best place to practice this type of carve is someplace that is wide and not that steep and also someplace that's not too icy. If you got any ice on the run you may slide out when you press into the carve. So someplace that's not too steep not icy and someplace with a lot of space as well. If you're having any trouble with the down and weighted carves you can break it down. So maybe just focus on the carving turns. So creating that edge angle so that you can draw that line in the snow by flexing your ankles more. Also think about your body position over top of your snowboard. So if you push into the carve and you feel yourself sliding out it may be because you have a bad body position. So with your knees bent hips bent but back straight that gives you that good body position so that your weight is centered over top of your board. So you're really generating the energy into your edge and not out over the snow. So I hope this will help you guys with your down and weighted carves. If you have any questions hit me up down in the comments. Subscribe to SnowboardProCamp. Thanks for watching. Be safe and I'll see you in the next video.