Thanks!

The man is angry as the name “AngrySnowboarder” implies. But he also promotes a snowboard charity, buys snowboards and gear with his own money to give away, and Instacarted food to anyone who asked when Covid was full lock down and people had no means for meals at the time. I think he also made Tommy Bennet lasagna and brought it to him when he was recovering from surgery. Angry indeed. But just as wholesome as any of us. 👍🏽

If AngrySnowboarder gatekeeps people away from shitty amazon/ali express products, then gatekeep away sir

Honestly, I don’t watch AngrySnowboarders videos because of his wonderful personality, I watch because that man has an encyclopaedic knowledge of snowboarding gear, so far unmatched by any other snowboarding KZfaq channel. I don’t care he considers me “someone who snowboards” because I don’t have 100+ days under my belt. He’s helped me as a beginner to arm myself with enough knowledge and understanding of snowboarding gear to ensure I don’t get sucked into the marketing machine and buy shitty gear. So I’ll take his grumpiness all day long to be able to tap into that knowledge. He’ll also call out ANY brand for making a crap product. I’d rather have that honesty than a paid for opinion wrapped in a cheery persona. Buckhouse seems horribly self serving and the fact he can promote rubbish Amazon brands really speaks volumes about him.

The main reason Angry Snowboarder didn’t like Buckhouse is because he peddles cheap Amazon gear to a crowd that doesn’t know any better. There is a balance of cost and quality, but Buckhouse’s gear doesn’t deliver on the promises made. Combo that with Buckhouse bestowing himself the title of pro and having weird bro camps and there are a few reasons to not be a fan of his.

Yes, the number of head injury is still the almost the same. But since 2003 there is 10 times if not more people on the hill. So maybe the numbers match, but not the percentage.

I’m so fucking stoned right now and I’ll I gotta say is I love every single one of you guys. Snowboard or ski we all shred the same snow. 🙌❤️

Honestly I had the same doubts about step on bindings as you, until I impulsively decided to buy them. The first day I went riding with them it didn’t even cross my mind that I was using anything other than normal.

the biggest unanswered question in snowboarding is: "When is FORUM coming back?"

One thing I don't get around snowboarding is ageism. Yes, it's a sport and your ability depends on your physics which depends on your age. But I'm fed up with videos like : "Look, this man continues/tries snowboarding at his 75". Or: "OMG, look, it's 2 month baby already doing quads." If you're on the same mountain with me this day - I treat you like equal. Whether you're beginner, pro, old, young, embryo, rich, poor, you have the fanciest snowboard - I don't focking care. You're having fun - I'm having fun - we altogether having fun.

As a powder snowboarder for 23 years and a water skier for 30 years I got to tell you the feeling you so much love in powder as you say in the video, can only be replicated in water sports by slalom single water ski. If you once make a turn on a flat day with a water ski and you throw the same wave you throw on a hardcore powder day you will be hooked for life so if you ever get a chance give it a try. It is 1000 times closer to snowboard powder riding than wakeboarding is I guarantee you that.

Reason number five really resonates with me. Only one POW turn makes that day count as a day to remember. Pow riding is a different sport and most people (myself included) do not have the opportunity to ride pow very often.

so I just broke my upper arm and disqualified myself for this and perhaps the next season of snowboarding and I can already tell that I'm afraid of jumps now since it happened during a messed up landing after hitting a jump of about 3-4m. you guys got any advice on how to aproach it again with a bit of a safer angle maybe some tipps or exercises to get me prepared?

I'm a re-born shredder in my late 30s, pretty much exclusively board in the midwest. With the frequent, short runs, Flow bindings have been a game changer for me. Not quite sure if they have as much stigma as step-ins, but I have to say I would have probably stayed "retired" (riding 0-2x per year) without the ease and quickness with Flows.

Is the capita mercury a reverse camber cuz i was exactly planning on buying that board?

Any tips for pow? I’ve gone once in 3’ and just got stuck the whole time.

Great video Ed! Some thoughts/confessions...1. I ride and LOVE Burton Step Ons. 2. The quiver concept is way overdone. At most three boards (aggressive/charger/carver, softer freestyle, powder board). 3. Helmets - I used to care about others wearing them, but I stopped. Why should I care about someone else's health more than them? Besides, the more people who get injured, the emptier the terrain for me to ride!

I totally agree with reverse camber but was convinced by a shop assistant to buy one years ago, but it just so happened that the first time out it snowed loads so didn't notice how bad it was until I got it on hard hard pack and it sucked,so sold it straight after.

Try the Supermatics for step ons you’ll love em

How do you keep your snowboard nice for 10 years? I made a mistake buying a cheaper dc board last year which did its job but it now has a broken edge and plenty of dents. Want to get a new one but might keep riding it out for a while

The reason that so many people ski is because it’s way easier to learn. For the majority of people on the mountain, they don’t want to spend thousands of dollars to travel somewhere to hardly be able to do a green run by the end of the week. Snowboarding is literally my favorite activity/sport, but I totally get why there are so many skiers

How long does a board last for you? My boards last about 2 years. I ride the park a lot and the skiers always ding my board and chip it. After a while my tail will start to separate, and parts under my bindings will start to chip from extreme butters and chips from skiers ⛷😭. I ride the Rossignol One LF series and I also will never convert except maybe for an Orca 😏. What are your thoughts?

Finally someone calls out Angry Snowboarder, lol. He needs some humiliation for sure.

#2 gear obsession. That's due to the manufacturers making it sound like every thing from graphics to stomp pads will make a drastic change to how your ride will be.

I ski but the reason I sometimes don’t like to ride the pow is because I’ve got stuck in it and couldn’t get my skis back on and had to wait 30 minutes for someone to help me. Which was a bit scary and that’s why I’ve stayed away for a little while.

quitting something for ten years because of the type of snowboard you had is crazy just get a different one it just meant that you can't ride it. personally and my favorite type of board because i love the butter

Christian it's pleasure to have you here !! Amazing work keep on !! ❤🙏🏼

"It let's us forget about our problems for the day"...that's always been one of the main reasons I ride. Mind goes numb, life outside shredding doesn't exist...nothing but bliss from the minute I get out of the car to suit up. Best drug on the planet! I'm a fiend...I'll never quit! It's normally about 30 mins into my ride home from Tahoe that the woes of life start to plague my brain again. I always notice the complete switch of mind set...and like a fiend, all I can think about from there is my next fix! YEEEE!

5:03 a huuuundred percent! I bought some Never Summer pos and it was supposed to be so amazing, I literally didn’t go snowboarding for 5 years. Bought a traditional camber Burton Custom and it changed everything. Having said that, for Pow rocker kicks ass!

Is a reverse camber the same as a rocker

killed this video!! You are becoming my favorite KZfaq snowboarder and I'm thinking of buying your course !!

I got the burton step-ons, mostly because I have a small local hill, I timed it 8 minutes down the hill and back up on the lift. So way too much strapping and unstrapping.

About the step-ons, I think the reason more people aren't using them is because the product is only just now getting better, and there aren't really any other options (for stiffness, etc) because its still so new

I was thinking the same about reverse camber earlier. Maybe that’s why snowboarding isn’t as popular at the moment. Camber FTW.

I just assume that people who like step-ons (I have never tried ones myself either) use them to save some time strapping on and off, if there are a lot of T elevators where they ride. If it's just gondolas though, I mean, they are prolly not gonna want to buy a new binding just for that one slop/skii resort? But wtf do I know.

Great list, well done and super thorough, I def agree with all but one... you're way off on the Step Ons - I've been riding for almost 30 years - moved to Burton Step Ons a couple of years back and NEVER going back... mostly freeride trees and carve packed pow (no park), so love the extra stiffness; the mounts are bombproof. Don't knock it til you try it!

I'm about to buy my first pair of boots. Should I go step on or not?

I'm a beginner and the first bindings and boots I decided to get were step ons. Not gonna lie it is pretty nice clicking in and flying past everyone sitting down still strapping in but it does get sketchy if you aren't fully locked in and don't know until you're going down

I love how real you keep these videos and that we are roughly the same size 6’2 165

you actually need to look into the step ons though, they aren't like the 90s step ons, they are like standard boots with superior control

I hate that there is no snow or mountains in Alabama. I hate that I can’t afford a second home in Summit county. I hate that since I can’t snowboard everyday, I spend my energy looking at new boards and contemplating step in bindings. I hate cat tracks- especially when crowded and icy. I hate that I can never remember where I had my bindings mounted at the end of the previous season and have to start all over finding the perfect stance that will magically improve my riding. I hate that I skimped on the wheel-less board bag and hauling that thing through the Denver airport to the rental car shuttle makes me too sore to ride the first 2 days of my trip. I hate that inevitably it will dump 2 days after my trip ends and someone else gets to shred the pow I was dreaming of when I booked the trip. OMG- I think I have become the Angry Snowboarder.

I've been away from snowboarding for quite a few years and just started back up 2 years ago and all I can say it WOW, people sure complain about everything . I also ran into the "my board was old and wrong camber so I stopped riding" but then realized that equipment has come a long way since 2001 😁

Lol I’m not a pow fan but that’s because I suck at riding it and I don’t have a pow board. Although I have had one good pow day but that was because it wasn’t super deep and it was a little crusty which meant staying on top was easier. I love my step ons because of their responsiveness and how quickly I can get off the chair and just go. My boot is a medium flex and I don’t consider it stiff at all (Burton swath). Lastly, I like the step ons because I don’t like the feeling of straps on my feet. I typically tighten my boots when I first put them on and never worry about them until I take them off. I have never once feared my board was going to come off nor have I ever had to worry about my straps not being tight enough. As for KZfaq snowboarders I love them all (buckhouse and Tommie) and I really appreciate the content they bring and the different aspects and point of view they offer). I don’t think the beef between some of them is core vs mass but rather good coaching vs “bad” coaching.

Im 30, I have a pretty fucked back, after first trying snowboarding last year using rental gear my back was getting toast before I could actually experience any riding. This season I got myself step-ons, and it's amazing, so you are right regarding the old people with bad backs!! Also while choosing my first board the guys at the store tried to convince me to take a reverse camber 160+ (im 6 2) , I didn't listen, I took Evil twin+ 157, and I love it! It made my day first riding so much more exciting, that I can't wait till my body recovers to go out again. That's a point towards the gear part. Also another point for step ons, if you're a beginner like myself, and you have shitty short slopes like I do,. With step-ons I get to go 1.5X more runs than my buddies. Its irrelevant to people who don't need to strap on and out , but when it comes to actually experiencing it irl, its pretty cool.

Gate keeping isn't a bad thing. It just has to happen with balance. I think Angry Snowboarder is actually a good example of this. Yeah, he will ruthlessly call out someone like Buckhouse, but for people that are really passionate about snowboard culture he's 100% willing to go the extra mile. He donates to charities that support snowboarding and has even gone so far to spend his own money to send hard up snowboarders groceries during the pandemic. The truth is people don't appreciate things they don't have to earn. That said, it's fine line between being a gatekeeper and an asshole...Angry Snowboarder does a respectable job staying on the right side of that line. Buckhouse on the other hand, while he might be a good guy, needs to be called out. He isn't evil or anything...but he also isn't a pro snowboarder or even a snowboarding professional. He's a youtube content creator, and that's fine. He hasn't earned the right to call himself a pro and when people like him do it waters down the value of it for those that have earned it. If you want to have a lasting culture of any kind you need " culture keepers" in order to maintain that culture. It doesn't mean that you can't be inclusive and open...it just means that you don't get to proclaim yourself chief just because you want to.

I love snowboarding, but I will say I prefer waterskiing to surfing. Slaloming and whipping around ahead of the boat is sick. Only downside is you need a boat or a cable park.

100% agree with Step ons and reverse camber.

#8 is funny. Snowboarding completely changed the way I look at skiing. Skiing = easy = low effort = low fun.

lol. I just bought a pair of step ons with some stiff boots. 😁 Personally I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to use them. They're lighter than most bindings, more responsive, and easier to pack. So why would anyone want something heavier, that takes longer to put on, and is less responsive? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Everyone should complain as long as it is all smiles and laughs on the mountain. There's really no reason to not be absolutely ecstatic when you're doing something so amazing.

The surfing vs waterskiing comparison is great, never thought of that!

Riding during a snowstorm is the way to go! I've had days where every run was fresh tracks, even if I lapped the same slope.

Seen enough people bang their heads on the snow this year and this is my first full season, 48 days. Just started last season with 6 days. I would have had more if not me slamming the back of my head twice in a row 3 days apart near the beginning of the season. My neck and shoulders was stiff for over a month. I don't think I'm even fully recovered. So yes, helmets are going to save heads no matter what. Just let the people decide if they want to or not. Twice saw two guys laying in the snow dazed cause they didn't wear helmets. The current most memorable one is one teenage kid was with a bunch of friends hitting a roller that was pretty steep. I was chilling in the snow resting my legs. I look around and his friends were huddled around him. His face was dazed and it took a good few mins for him to get it all together. No helmet just a beanie. Goggles were flung off his face and beanie in hand. The adrenaline and friends being around probably got him conscious enough to ride safely down. Mind you this was on a green run at Northstar.

One thing I don't understand is all the doubt surrounding the question of Step Ons holding you on your board. I've been riding them for 3 seasons and have never had an issue and don't know anyone who has ever had an issue either. You've got a point on the boot stiffness but for someone who works on the snow, the convenience and speed of skipping the straps makes the trade-off worth it in my eyes.

Dude I grew up in Banff and went out east during college, had no idea what an ice fest it was. I had been boarding since a toddler but I ate so much shit out there since I wasn't used to it at all!

I'm a skier/snowboarder, love both equally, just disciplines of the same thing. Most of my posse who've switched was work related, a ski instructor has more potential to get lessons, a patrolman or guy who cleans the on mtn toilets, breaks lifties etc has greater mtn mobility. I don't know of any of them who after becoming proficient hasn't said "This shit's a blast". Most of them drop the first thing they did but eventually come back and do both.

I agree, I don't get full reversed camber(rocker) boards. Makes no sense. You see a lot of people if SoCal with them "bombing" the mountain when those boards have little stability and little grip. I am okay with those boards with Small rocker zones in tip/tail, but fully rocker ..no thank you.

(LONG POST) I've been riding the mountain since I was a kid an at the age of 11 yo switched to snowboarding and after almost 17 years snowboard regularly I can say that skiers have a lot of advantages that we riders don't... 1. Moving forward is more natural than moving sideways. You can tell this by watching two kids learning each spot, skiing and snowboarding. It is incredible how fast can kids learn skiing, whereas snowboard kids need a lot more time to develop the skills and strength necessary to ride properly (tilting, board torsioning, etc)... 2. 4 edges and 2 additional holding points (poles) will give you more grip and stability than only 2 edges. This is why we snowboarders struggle a lot more than skiers in hard snow, icy and/or foggy conditions... 3. A small contact surface will make you faster. Skiers will ride in average faster than you even if you're a high skilled snowboarder... if you sit down a spring day at the chillout area of your local snowpark and watch the jump line, you will see most of snowboarders struggling to clear the knuckle whereas skiers will get to the landing without any problem at all. 4. More versatile at jibbing. The 2 edges give them the ability to spin faster and press the rail. If you watch a game of SKATE between 2 skiers you will see crazy rotation and presses that you have never imagined or that are nearly impossible with the snowboard... 5. They can turn faster in steep powder terrain and they are less likely to hit rocks and wreck gear than you. 6. When it comes to backcountry (ski touring vs splitboarding), they can traverse up hill through steeper terrain because of their narrow skis. In addition, they can "ski cut" and test the snow pack stability before dropping down and in case of avalanche, they bindings would release instead of dragging you down with the whole slab... 😵 Despite all of this I'm still loving snowboarding ♥️

I have some Mervin c2x and C3 boards. For my skier wife and children, I bought them reverse camber boards. They ski because it is easier. I wanted to give them something less catchy for the days I can convince them to be cooler. Don't worry, their second boards will have camber, maybe with some elevated edges.

I just realized now that I’m more experienced that I’ve only ridden a flat rocker. Now I gotta let my friends let me try their camber boards!

Great video aside from the helmet part.. showing a search result from 2013 doesn't make a case as it all depends on how the study was done and how much has equipment has advanced since then. I went snowboarding for the first time a few weeks ago (experienced skier), and on one crash caught the downhill heel edge and hit my head so hard that by the sound and impact of it I thought I might have cracked a brand new helmet. I had whiplash symptoms in my neck for a week, if I laid flat on my back I couldn't lift my head to get up, had to roll to the side and over to be able to get up. Zero concussion symptoms, you won't ever convince me that the helmet didn't save me from a serious concussion. I've never worn a helmet skiing, can't remember the last time I fell, but figured I better to try snowboarding and boy am I glad I did...

Hey man, great video. I only ride a board because of a ski injury, if it wasn't for that I'd still be shredding those planks! Probably doesn't help that I've never been particularly comfortable going down the mountain sideways.

I tried them old k2 clickers I have a bad back too I missed the support and the combo of tightning real bindings 😂

3:29 yeah I don't understand it either especially with gear. Most of my gear is off of Thrift stores and garage sales and while their not all new I replace my gear as I need it. When one piece or another breaks down I just go thrifting.

Reverse camber actually rides great in deep powder. I use a LibTech Skate Banana when it's 8" or more. No need to set my bindings back

love the video and everything in it, but I will comment on the reverse camber boards, and as someone who doesnt like them either, they are however really good for the first timers/day one beginners. Do i recommend someone buys one over traditional camber? No, I'd even recommend a beginner buy a trad-cam board, but I would also recommend they at least get a lesson or two in before on rentals (9 times out of 10 it'll be a rev-cam board, especially here where i am, a lot of the boards they supply for rental are rev-cam). For a beginner getting the very basics down, it'll greatly decrease the risk of catching an edge whilst learning at this stage. It'll help them bring that board around when learning the fundamentals for turns and again, without the possibility of catching an edge. It has been a few years since i've boarded, and I loved park boarding most when I'd go. Seriously looking into getting the gear and going off for a week or two to just get myself right back into it. I have a burning desire to take this quite seriously and make it something I stick to, and, off topic this question, would you recommend the Salomon Huck Knife? I've got plenty years experience boarding, but it has also been plenty since I've been so would love to know if going this way for a board is a good shout? (I just had to throw that in there lmao)

❤️❤️❤️ this vid. Thank you for the point about helmets, and the point about gear - so many riders obsess about gear and suck. I ride old boards, too. And lastly....skiing.... I don't get it either, and somehow boarding has fused with skiing and everyone looks the same.

for number 6 - I just bough Nidecker Supermatic - they have no difference in feel for me compared to the regular binding (I am also not a fan of the Burton stepons though)

I went to a used sports equipment store and got a 120 dollar ride timeless snowboard and some 20$ snow shoes to get unlimited powder wherever I want

Skiers have led me to some of the best pow I've ever ridden lol

I am a skier the also snowboards. What I love about snowboarders is that almost all of them are friendly and chill to other boarders. Great comraderie amongst snowboarders. Good video. Love most of your opinions, except about skiers.

Hey!!! I ride StepOns, but I am 51 w/ horrible knees and a bad back!! 🧓🏾😂 Great video bro, loved everything about it!! 🏂🏾✌🏾

I started riding again this year after being gone for at least 12 years, and my gear is all at least that old and older lol It hasn't stopped me from shredding one bit. It's kind of neat having a Forum since they aren't around anymore

Try Step On’s before you write them off. It’s a game changer!

I’ve Ridden powered once at Mount Okimo and loved, I’ve been riding only one season and powder = soft landing when you mess up, I’m much more bolder for trick on soft snow. Just saying lol and I agree.. skiing is wak.

Never "stepped" onto a board. Strictly strapped.

my number 10: Getting wasted in the resort instead of riding. I just don't get it. You buy a really expensive ticket and then you pay even more for way to expensive drinks and don't really use the pass. And it's fucking dangerous when they still shred... Don't know if this is a thing in the states

How do you feel about flat camber? Really curious? Different or just reverse cam in a suit and tie?

I LOVE YOU MAN! In today's world it takes a courage to make a video like this, and to anyone who is having a grain a salt in his head, this shouldn't be offensive. I might say I "Team Tommy Bennet", but I equally find Angrysnowboarder to be annoying most of time - though he really sometimes nails it with hes memes. At the end of the day, as you said it, snowboarading, or snow in general is about having fun - not about hating others. Great video and great thinking. Mega like.

In my few years teaching skiing I’ve heard the saying that skiing is easy to learn, hard to master and snowboarding is hard to learn, easy to master ( to a degree it takes a lot of work to go pro on either)

i was actually thinking about the ski thing and i just think its not as tiring as snowboarding and some people enjoy the slopes regardless.

5:53 😊😂 Skiing 😂

I’ve rode regular camber boards and anti-camber (DC) boards for years. IMO, the best is Never Summer’s Rocker-Camber profile. It’s like the difference between a hard tail and full suspension MTB. There’s no comparison

1-I haven't seen that obssesion with stances to be honest, just tips like you did in this video, only that everyone has their own opinions while giving advice, and I haven't seen an invalid one yet, yours included even though mine is different. 2- I think that more than an obssesion with gear, is that on one hand, most of the channels are wither shops or brands, and they have to sell the products, and on the other hand, creators have to make content. though I must admit that I am a gear junkie because gear is like candy to me. I am a many boards quiver guy, and I love all of them, but it's true that I have two specific board that I wouldn't change, ever, the Arbor Terrapin and the K2 Split Bean. But, boards get destroyed, and in many cases, they stop making them, like my beloved Nitro Uberspoon. Let alone the boots. I don't know for you, but my boots always last one season, with the exception of the Insano, which lasted 2 and a half seasons. 3- Yeah I agree on that. Wearing a helmet is good, of course, but those people in the comments are a pain in the A. Besides, most of the weekend warriors nowadays wear helmet because it's trendy, period. 4-I don't like Angry for many reasons, especially because some of his responses to questions are like if you were reGarded, and it's even worse with some of his toxic knowitall fanbois. But I admit that he is 100% honest with his reviews. the other channel you mentioned, yeah, it's not my cup of tea either. 5- Dude, spot on. I have a friend who is a really really good rider, but he doesn't like pow and freeriding. I always ask him, "how, HOW??" lol and he is always like "don't know dude, I just want pistes. The few times I convinced him to go with me for a few pow runs he ended up absolutely stoked, but nah, he doesn't want to repeat. I just don't get it. Pow is just the best in life. 6- I agree but disagree at the same time. I've been riding for more than 30 years now, and I started when step-in was big, even at freestyle (If I remember correctly, Guillaume Chastagnol was one of the biggest at that time and used to ride step-ins). The problems with step-in are the same nowadays with the step ons: lack of compatibility, a stupid useless strap in the ankle, and plastic parts that can break without noticing it and can malfunction ending up in disaster and hospital, especially for the new step ons for splitboarding, where many times you have to climb rocks or hike on uneven terrain and the boots suffer a lot, and you can't use boot crampons on steeper terrain if you have to climb. Let alone at very deep fresh pow, to step in those bindings is crap, believe me, I've tested it. I've always said that the future is some kind of step in, but the closest we are at it's the Nidecker Supermatic, which looks awesome and to me, that's the path. But, as always, everyone has their own experience with the step ons, and many people love them. We all are different. 7-Again, this a matter of different opinions, but as with the step ons, if you see all the top pros, they all prefer classic camber, for good reasons. I lived through the banana madness, 3 straight seasons where you couldn't find a regular camber board anywhere, all boards where either flat or rocker. I had that phase, where I loved rocker, because I started to be less in the park, and more in deep pow runs, but I liked park laps, mainly jibbing because I was getting older and I started to get hurt at big jumps. But after 4 or 5 seasons, I came back to classic camber because it's the best to me, except for powder. For pow, rocker is just awesome in my opinion. But yeah, you are absolutely righ: you can have fun in pow with any kind of board. That's our main advantage over skiing, because they can't have fun in pow without the proper gear. Another thing tha pisses me off is how the shops sell the rocker because "it's easier to learn". Yeah, maybe ot's more forgiving but the camber is more demanding, so the technioques are better learned with classic camber. My opinion (it's just my opinion) is that rocker is for experienced riders, because with more than 20 years of being an instructor, I've seen a lot of clients who couldn't control the board properly, and when I told them to rent a camber board, they proggressed a fkg lot. Again, it's just my opinion based on my experience. 8-LOL Ok, I disagree here. But, if it was my video, I'd have said this: "People, especially parents, whose kids want to learn snowboarding but they say that they must learn to ski first". I have many clients whose parents always ask me this question, "Do you think it's better for them to learn to ski first?" And I always respnd. "If your kid wants to learn basket, why should him learn soccer first?". And it's because there is still this misconception among tourists about snowboarding, that is some kind of stupid activity, easy to learn, not a real sport with complex techniques, kind of a toy for kids and drug addict misfits. But regarding your take, I've got many skier friends, which are absolute beast, and they love it, and we all feel the same and like the same. They just use two boards and don't go sideways, that's all. And, the first steps for beginners are waaaaay less hard, because they are always standing up and they have got two canes for extra support, so I also understand that. But your point made laugh, not gonna lie. 9-The hate is because we all think that we are all fkg pros, for some reason, so we often leave stupid comments like mine lol. Fun video mate. Love the footage by the way, nice style and tricks!!

Team Angry Snowboarder because he’s hilarious and analytical. I must’ve been late to the party hating on Buckhouse. IDK anything about him. I’ve just not found better breakdowns of snowboard characteristics anywhere as good as Avrin’s. As for this list, I agree with 8 points made. IMO reverse chamber(rocker) boards are great for beginners and only for beginners. Great spiel and sick riding.

7:02 your amazing 🫶 same mindset

Skiing vs Snowboarding is like Cars vs Motorcycles. Yes, it's possible to have fun with 600hp car, but it's still kind of boring. I would argue that step in bindings come handy if you would live in shitty country where longest hills are 700m so it takes almost more time to get in the bindings than go down the hill. (I'm just a newbie so I don't know anything about these) I would Still buy step ins if I had the money (Not the burton ones tho).

As step in/on bindings go, the best I've seen are the Nidecker Supermatics. Almost like regular bindings, works with any boots and you step in to secure, pull a lever to step out. Problem is they're a bit on the pricey side!

I guess skis are probably more efficient in the back country. My splitboard is great but it’s fussy.

lame skiier here.. couldnt get the hang of snowboarding and was able to advance in skiing quickly without falling so much. now i bought gear and am ready to fall again

Im an east coast snowboarder sadly never really had a good pow day

Must agree with all of this except for the rocker hate... what board did you ride, I have a Arbor Westmark reverse camber and it rocs!

Totally relate on "reverse camber" that's shit! Lol

If you ever want to know the truth reach out, your boy Ben Bruce knows me well enough. You don't make it 20 plus years in the snowboard industry without being able to write receipts. I got them. And it's not a schtick. Don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution.

i am little late i agree with most point but a few things i would like to say to point 3: Helmets dont just stop you from dying but also a lot of different injuries on your head and the reason Snowboard Influencers should wear them lies in the name they are influencers so if they show its "cooler" to not wear a helmet the influence people into not wearing helmets. to point 8: Skiing and Snowboarding are way different sports i dont get why its your decision which one everyone should be doing Yes there are a lot of tricks that look better on a snowboard than on skis but there are also tricks you cant even do on a snowboard that you can do on skis. Also there is more to winter sports than just tricks skis give you a completly different feeling while riding. One is not better than the other but they have a lot of different reasons to appeal to people and also appeal to different people

I agree with just about everything. Although I am that “quiver” guy. Guilty as charged, but even though that guy made your list I still think this list is very on point. Keep killing it

well... u still DONT explain... as a beginner going +12 and -12 is ok but then it should change once we get the hang of it??? WHY?? why would the angles need to be changed??? same with the stance???

"Boarders who dont like pow" bro I mostly a skier and even in ski... I simply cannot get it ! And for snowboard its even worst since its the best tool in deep pow ! Plan to get back at it mostly for those big powder days. I mean Im a ski coach, teaching youngster the pleasure of ski racing. And yet I always tell the kids that I live and breath... for powder days. And I have yet to meet a kid not completely hooked out of his mind after tripping under my guidance at the end of a powder day ! They may get scared at first since they "cant see whats under the snow", but they'll always finish with "powder is the best"... because it is! Never got the hate between us snow lovers ! Started skiing in 2000 and I'm glsd its kind of fading off, always felt ridicule to me.

I agree with some of the stuff stated in this video. But two of the points made that stuck with me were the comments about helmets, and reverse camber boards. Yes, helmets may reduce the mortality rate of snowboarding. But that’s not the entire story, head trauma injuries can last a lifetime, and these influencers on the platform not wearing a helmet signifies that their audience doesn’t need to wear one either. Psychology goes way deeper than a statistic found on google. I would love to see the source of that study, because a random statistic showed onscreen for less than 5 seconds must be credible. Second, reverse camber boards are all about feel. Why do some people prefer fish boards or paper boards when it comes to skating? It’s all based on personal feel and the goals of the rider. Saying you “quit snowboarding” because of a board shows that you may not be as invested into the sport as you say you are. I’m not you, but one board doesn’t stop someone from pursuing their passion. To anyone that reads this, thanks

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“I take it all back.” 😆 Cute video. Love it.