The unwritten rule of snowboarding: always choose an edge or the board will chose one for you

Every snowboarder from the beginning of time has experienced this

The problem is you yee'd, when you'd actually should've haw'd.

This is exactly why you need to use your edges and carve. These were all skidded turns, which keeps your speed constant instead of slowing down. The fastest point from A to B is a straight line, this is why you see snowboarders and Skiers make a bunch of S-turns. Hope this helps the newbies!

When it looks fast on a go pro, you know it’s actually REALLY fast.

I did that and tore my A/C joint, first day of a 4 day trip and the next 3 days of snowboarding were horrifically painful and super fun 🤣

experienced this 50 times yesterday, but had an amazing time snowboarding for the first time

This happened to me as I'm sure it does to many when you're learning, and it teaches you a lot. Biggest take away is always wear a helmet

I fell like this once trying to learn switch, you know its a bad crash when you hear the people on the lift yell "OOOHHHH, are you alright" good times

I always found it so fascinating how your body can just go from upright to parallel with the ground in literally milliseconds if you just stop taking it seriously for one second

Don't be flat footed at those speeds if you're new

First time I ever went snowboarding, my cousins took me on a blue slope after just barely learning how to stay on the board for more than 15 seconds on the bunny slope. (I could skateboard which definitely helped). I was going down it decently at first until we came upon a very steep slope, which I couldn't go down because I wasn't good enough at slowing myself down yet. My cousins, eager to shred, seemed annoyed at how long I was taking to get down this slope. Well, I decided after getting half way down this hill that I am just going to bomb it all the way to the end of the run. It was invigorating, blazing past all of the other skiers and snowboarders like a boss. I made it all the way to the point where I could see the end, but right when I thought I had made it, I caught an edge and slammed my knees directly onto hard ice. Done. Finished. As I lied on my back in agony, I could see everyone in the lifts looking down at me as I was right underneath them. Haven't gone back since.

I did this exact same thing when I was 14, but instead caught my front edge. I was going a little faster than what is shown the video. the accident happened so fast I didn't have time to react and put my hands down. My face/chin smashed directly into the hard snow and I knocked myself out for about 5 mins. I had people coming up to me asking me if I was ok. I had no idea what was going on. The next thing I remember was going down the mountain with the medical crew. I had a bloody chin and was pretty dazed after that. Ever since I do not ride that fast anymore.

Like everyone is saying, use the edges to avoid this. To help me I like to think to never go in a straight line but rather a very long drawn out wide turn. If you’re ever going straight on a snowboard you’re 1000% gonna catch an edge at some point and eat it. Like the earths horizon is one big curve that looks straight, that’s how your “straight” runs should be. Not actually straight, just an incredibly long and large drawn out turn where you don’t turn too much at all (using your edge to ride)

My fear all the time

the “did anybody see that” look

bruh, you should be carving, not skidding

Jeeeeeesus this is so relatable for what snowboarding was like in the beginning... There is no other way to learn snowboarding than the HARD way haha. Hang in there but as everyone says you gotta stay on your heels/toes. You were actually lucky you didnt fall earlier :') Hope this doesnt sound rude or anything!! Snowboarding is harder than it looks

Dude. Thanks for sharing, I feel you. I caught a edge on my 2nd run at Sun Valley Idaho. It slowed my roll down. Took a bit to recover being in my mid 50s. But I love it.

Few years ago when I worked at my local hill. We were doing sweep with ski patrol (I was a lifty) just about at the bottom of a steep run, and just caught my front edge like no body’s business. Scorpioned hard, had a ski patrol come to me to make sure I was alright. Had to call out the next day. We all know this pain all to well.

I remember when I started snowboarding for the first time and I shredded and didn't carve each turn and would always catch an edge and whiplash my head on the slope like 20 times. Lost many braincells that day and so I stopped boarding and continued skiing.

Yo this happened to me once or twice, luckily wasn’t going too fast so no serious injuries, but the entire video I was on the edge of my seat jittering just waiting for the inevitable sudden WHUMP on the ground

Thanks for capturing this, so when my friends stare at my blankly when I say I caught a toe edge and bruised my ribs, I can just show them this.

Was watching and just kept waiting for the moment. When it finally happened I said Ouch at the exact same moment you said it XD

Oh man. My tail bone hurts just watching this! I think it's safe to say we have all had this happen to us! 🤣😆

Everyone ripping him for skidded turns. Carved AND skidded turns both have a place. It's not wrong to do a skidded turn...It's only wrong if ALL you can do is skidded turns. That means you are missing an important element to riding.

Getting back into riding after 4 or 5 years off. This is a good reminder to start slow haha

I've caught my heel landing backwards on the big booter at laax...my helmet left a hole on the landing that lasted all day

1 hope he was wearing a helmet 2 why put your board flat at that speed and pretty much no powder. 3 been there done that

Fuck man. Catching an edge is 1 second of endless fright

That's why im always afraid to go too fast and this video reinforced my speed fear

I shattered my collar bone my first ever time snowboarding doing this exactly except the toe side edge of the board caught so I whiplashed my shoulder straight into the ground. I haven't been since (this was almost a decade ago) but I am going again this winter. Wish me luck!

Ouch. I'm an instructor and I'd like to say you have no business going those speeds at that skill... But I did that same shit when I was learning (at 23 years old), and now I've taught for three seasons. So uou might be on the path to literal professional if my path is any judge, so fuckin keep rockin on dude. Hope it didn't hurt too bad. Brains heal faster than bones, lmfao. Just... Keep wearing a helmet.

first time that happened to me i sat in the snow in agonizing pain for 5 minutes

Damn bro glad you came out good!

I can feel the whiplash and three weeks of tailbone recovery in my soul

I caught one of the worst one ever and fell onto hard ice. Luckily I had a helmet on, still hurts but could have been a lot worst! Wear your helmets. Surprise I didn't blow out my right acl...

Tell me why I could feel this

Learned this lesson hard my first day on one.

I garante you every snowboarder within a 50 mile radius felt that

This was exactly how I broke my first collarbone. Still scared to snowboard again to this day.

When I started like last week this shit happened so damn often bc I would always switch my direction flat footed. Once I learned how go turn wit my edge up Ive been killing these black diamonds. Moguls are pretty hard but I'm starting to get em. Cant wait to try a double black diamond.

POV this pops up in your feed six years later, and you go to comment about staying on your edges at all times, but you realize there’s no point because it was six years ago

Happened to me lots when I boarded on Red Mountain in BC for the first time, big change from a little hill in Saskatchewan lol

You need to engage more edges and increase that edge angle. also, get into the edge early, before the fall line and it'll be much harder for you to catch edges.

This is why we take lessons lol. They teach you how to get down the mountain in one piece.

We left for a weekend trip to Wisconsin for my birthday, i had just bought ALL my snowboarding gear, second time going, not even half way down the green on my first ride, i caught the edge and i now have a grade 5 ac separation in my left shoulder. My seasons already over :( This video haunts me.

Did this cruising about 75km-ish at Sunshine Village. Was edging around a corner about to do backside 180 off a small lip when I hooked my backfoot heelside edge (I ride reg ). I was lunged face first into the ground, only to be awakened a few mins later my a concerned skier (I wish I could thank them). Ended up a 2nd degree concussion again.

How to tell a noob from a good boarder. Whenever I see people try and turn like that it's cringy as hell but maybe they'll crash so I keep watching lmao

Did this last season, broke my wrist and it just now healed up. Never going straight down again

I koed myself when I did that, one of my first times snowboarding too hahah. Always keep your uphill edge

i’m glad you’re alright, or at least it looks like you were as you got up. last time i caught an edge i broke both my wrists. back of my hands touched the back of my forearms.

That’s exactly how I got my first concussion lol

This happened to me a few times just yesterday. Second time snowboarding. Still trying to get my transition from toe edge to heel edge to be consistent and smooth. Had too much speed and tried to go to heel from toe too quickly. Busted my ass hard. I've got 3 runs today left in me now bc my left cheek is too damn sore

that's probably the biggest fear of every snowboarder/skier

That’s the reason why I chose Ski with no doubt five years ago. I saw many beginner or intermediate snowboarder fell on their head many many times. But skier won’t, or less possibilities. Fall on back head always feel scary.

2nd day snowboarding I was doing really well I could go on my toe edge and everything got overconfident caught and edge like this and absolutely ate shit. Not only am I humbled I feel concussed

I'm experienced enough to avoid this from happening. But on a rare occasion i would catch a tiny bit of the edge while bombing down a slope and my life flashes before my eyes for a brief milsecond.

Wow its nice to see a snowboard riding instead of sitting in the middle of the run tho good work

I done this but with my toe edge and flew through the air and landed directly on my shoulder. Cracked 2 bits of bone of my shoulder which led to 3 dislocation now had a operation 3 years later and it’s never been better : )!

Caught an edge on an unforeseen patch of ice once at high speed. Flew off the trail and shattered my tailbone on rock. Spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in hospital with internal bleeding. Moral of the story, go slow when you Ski the East

We had just finished our cabin and I was up snowboarding for my 3rd ever time and I was only on green slopes learning and to get to my cabin you had to take a black run and a black trail I slid down the run with my ass and the trail I decided to take even though it was closed due to ice I sped up extremely fast and caught the edge slamming my whole body force onto my right knee had I chipped a piece off my kneecap and had to walk back another mile it was the most painful thing ever I only got my feeling/nerves back a year later and still sometimes hurts after that i got into skiing and never had a problem and within the first year I hit a double black and went down pretty easily 😂

An exact re enactment of what I did my first time snowboarding lol

Watching the board beeing that flat while turning made me shiver from the beginning 😅

Did this last year and got the wind knocked out of me so bad that someone on the chair lift above me almost called for help.

Felt this hard

I like the subtle “ow” after the fall

One time, I, an amateur snowboarder, wanted to spray my friends with snow. So I was going pretty fast as I was about to slow down and spray them. I wanted to go a little bit closer, but my legs didn't like that so they turned. Unfortunately, this was all they did. This lead to me faceplanting at a very high speed, so hard that after my face hit the snow, my legs came up and around me, and I was just sitting there confused. I don't think it hurt at all, which is the weirdest part.

broke my arm doing this during my first season...well lets say i learned from it

The same thing for me but I fell on my shoulder and disslocated it. I was lucky to pop it back myself. Still hurt tho.

That’s why you make little turns on your board so that you don’t catch on and if you don’t it will choose and edge for you

I felt that in my soul.

That is fucking painfull and annoying af! I caught an heelside edge last time and today was the first time I went snowboarding after that and it def left some marks on me. I couldn’t get any speed coz of the fear of that happening again.

There's a chance he has improper goggles and/or impaired vision. Lack of control presented in this video often occurs when rider can't see properly and hasn't acquired skill to ride without full vision. Great learning video anyway as to what you shouldn't do. Those are errors which you do once or twice in life, so it's good that it happened to him on soft snow.

Ouch. I have also experienced a fall like that but with a bit less speed, it was the real pain in the ass.

that happened to me at Vail going over a simple roller. Knees were a bit too straight. I hit so hard the back of my helmet cracked.

Ma Man falls at 15 mph and the only words he said 5 seconds after was, “ow”

This is why I like park more than trails

Exactly how I broke my collar bone. First time goin down copper mtn. Damn

With that much counter-rotation, the run must have been exhausting.

I was literally taught always turn. Never ride flat on a snowboard unless you are riding powder or tree trails.

I think it's because you put your hand heelside and you cross rotated

brings back many memories lmao, we’ve all been there.

Oh yeahh. I can feel it. As a complete beginner I keep catching the edge over and over 😂 It is not fun, but definitely worth the lesson.

I love how he just says “ow”

What's worse to me is when you land off a jump or a rail and then catch your edge.

a very relatable “ow”

That's why I ski. It's a nice gradual fall onto my side and hip if I do fall. I bruised my tall bone boarding and just haven't wanted to go back since.

I once landed a big air exactly like this. Got a mild concussion. Tried to get back on the horse the next day and did the same thing

Ballz to put this up... Salute!

Literally broke both my arms this exact way

This is what my couch calls the “windshield wiper”

Love catching heelside edge 😍😍😍

Looking at this i can feel the pain increasing to my broken ribs due to something similar, much slower

"And then my head hit the wall" "Boom"

Just started yesterday, I don’t know much yet but I love flying at high speeds rather than the S turns, I don’t really know how to do S turns I just know how to keep it in a straight-ish line. I sure did catch a couple edges and boy am I sore

My head, ass, and wrists hurt just watching this. Hope you were ok 👍

caught an edge two days ago on relatively high speed TWICE and I still got a headache and my side hurts... took about a minute each for me to be able to breathe normally again after the fall

This is exactly how I got a concussion.

My biggest fear when I was a beginner