Thank you so much!! This is so very motivating! :-)

Thanks for the comment! The thing is that it's all there! They just don't talk about it.... They don't do anything to 'invite you in'. From the outside it looks like snowboarding has one goal and one goal only, and that is tricks! Very strange! Snowboard instructors very much learn most things about how to help someone with their turns, yet there's nothing that demonstrates and promotes that. It'll change! ;-) Wait for it!

Whistler ‘95 February was a massive disappointment. It didn’t snow for the three weeks I was there.

Good chatting to you! Thanks for the comment!! L*

Thanks a bunch!! I really appreciate this!!

If I can get my hands on any of those, I'll happily try them. Obviously I can't buy boards for a review... :-)

Jasey-Jay Anderson Corduroy Cutlass too! And less expensive options from Donek etc.

If your interested in the ride peace seeker just buy one its an awesome deck, turns amazing carves amazing hauls ass and does well in deep pow.. It is faster than the standard korus boards

Thanks for that comment!! I really like it! I fully agree with you. We're the same age (46) with the same background. I watch Bomb Hole, too. You and I are in one way or another part of the core culture - me simply due to the fact that I've seen most of the history of the sport evolve as an active rider - I never felt that I was part f the culture all that much. I often didn't identify with what the culture dictated to be 'cool'. Anyhow, you're describing exactly what I'm saying, but from the other side! My criticism to the industry is that they make 90% of their money from the weekend warrior that is not super core but create an insider vibe where everything put out is aiming at the core... and that is exclusivity in an industry that is claiming to be all so inclusive, open and tolerant. You and I walk into a board shop with the confidence to possibly know twice as much as anybody working in the shop... Without our history and experience we'd be facing a fashion code, coolness factor code, weird lingo and a labyrinth of product that an 18 year old kid is trying to guide us through saying a lot of things without much content. This is of course not always the case, but I've seen it in action too often. I think we're somewhat saying the same thing. It all needs to exist simultaneously for the sport to really be the multifaceted thing it can be. Thanks for watching my stuff!! It's awesome to have these conversations with people like yourself!!

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"Dude, go shred!" Hahaha... ;-) Thanks for the comment! Yes, it's real! While at the same time beginner kids have seemingly stopped to come up, as many resorts are reporting ("snowboarding is dead" I heard an Italian board shop tell me this winter....) It's so strange! Is the industry really just thinking that snowboarding is done by advanced senders in their late teens and early twenties? I just don't get it! Seems silly!

Thank you very much for watching and supporting my channel!! Enjoy your summer! We'll be turning again next winter... ;-)

Great comment!! Thank you very much! I will try to put out more carving content, for sure. I find part of what you're asking for is something that comes with experience.... miles in the legs.... I find it quite humbling to try to explain carving for different conditions, hahaha... I'm kind of intimidated by attacking the topic... But I'll keep this comment in mind! We'll see what I can do :-) Thanks again! L*

Yes well, a series on terrain: what type of boots, boards, turns, etcetera would be cool. I believe from a content creator point of view it is quite interesting and conceptually attractive to a lot of riders.

Thanks for the very kind words!! :-) You're bringing up a great point. I have heard that in other places. Seemingly there's not enough young snowboarders! That contradicts my message in some way, but I also know that what I'm saying is also true. It's very interesting to think that both thoughts are true! I can only come up with a theory: A) Current kids have parents, who snowboard. Often kids DON'T want to do what the parents are doing once they enter the teenager years. So they switch to skiing or never even snowboard at all... * B) Parents keep sticking to the old idea of 'you gotta be able to ski first before you can snowboard!' - which I think is nonsense... Skiing for a 3-year old is clearly easier and requires less patience from a parent, but I've seen too many examples of tiny little rippers on snowboards to fully buy into this :-) * C) Skiing is easier to start with as a kid, and since skiing is now also 'cool' and contains park/freestyle, why would a kid later on switch to snowboarding?! Snowboarding comes with inconveniences, like strapping into bindings, no poles to push yourself.... Society is moving further away from any acceptance of effort for a certain gain... Everything needs to be convenient and work instantly... Skiing is easier on that end! * D) I believe that a good turn on a snowboard is something very, very special! A triple cork on skis vs. snowboard is kind of the same thing... But turning strapped onto a single plank with no poles vs. turning on skis is very different as a sensation. The 'surf factor', the 'glide factor', experiencing g-force sideways vs. face down the hill is quite the difference, and I have yet to meet someone, who - once it clicked - wasn't hooked on it on a snowboard. So maybe the true come back of snowboarding would lie in creating more stoke around the pure sensation of a good turn... :-) To me that is where the truly different experience lies between skiing and snowboarding. * E) People have simply been out priced and in general the entire winter sport industry is dying, because it is such an elitist sport these days. * Great topic! Love thinking about it. Thank you for bringing it up! :-)

Yup!! 👍 So sieht’s aus!

That's great to hear! Sometimes I'm not sure whether my view point is skewed....

Thanks so much for this comment!!! Nail on the head! When I read certain marketing pitches, I feel like they're joking. One brand had a base material once that they called 'Sintruded' (Sintered / Extruded). Those are two different things. They may be together in one base in form of different pieces of base material, but they can't be together in the same piece of base material.... People in the brand asked what that material was, and the marketing team said "Doesn't exist! We made it up!".......... True story! The key here is not that the information is bad or nonsensical, but the 'why?'! What's the point? Why do they not allow the sport to be the technical thing it is where people benefit from understanding what they buy? When I started this channel I thought I might at some point receive emails from companies threatening me to stop this, hahaha... I figured that would be the point when I'm actually winning! ;-)

Thanks for reply! That is funny about the "Sintruded" base! Subscribed and look forward to going through you videos!

Thank you so much!! I should have kept all the messed up takes for a compilation, hahahahahahah.... Would have been much more entertaining than my regular content! Thanks for watching my channel!! Take care!

Thank you so much for sharing this with me and the kind words!! I love your content idea!!! A few years ago I hopped on a 1998 Burton Supermodel 168 and had my mind blown...... Definitely a fun idea to talk about such experiences and compare to how boards ride these days (....not always better.... hahaha.... 🙂) Thanks for supporting my stuff!! Take care! L*

Rad board, dude!!! ❤️🙌😂 Thanks for the comment!! I’ll think about those things, for sure!

Amazing!! Hopefully I'll be riding into my sixties.... :-)

Shred on! :-) Great to hear this!

Thank you so much for commenting! I just watched your end of season talk. So inspiring!! I hope I'll be riding and making videos about it when I reach your age.... Well done, boys! :-) Take care and have a great summer!!

There are exceptions, but not very many... Kinda silly! Also, if someone in their 40's or 50's says that they just picked up snowboarding it's not taken very seriously. Snowboarding is truly portrayed as a 'young people's sport', and that is simply no longer the case... We live in a funny society! :-) Thanks for the comment!! Glad to hear that I'm not making that up in my head... ;-)

Thank you very much! I'll do my best!!

Thank you for all your comments and support over the winter, Martin!! Means a lot to me! Good luck for full knee recovery!! Have a great summer!!

Love it! Vielen Dank! Dir auch einen guten Sommer!! 🙏🙌🤙

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channelbin vor ca 4 Jahren wieder vermehrt ins Snowboarden eingestiegen und grad was Du erwähnst, für Ü30 aufwärts, gabs halt echt nicht viel (auch nichts motivierendes) und dann kam der "erneute Aufschwung" des Carvens mit Korua und Malcolm Moore und dann auch Dein Channel and it hit home right away und hat nochmal ganz andere bzw vergessene Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt bzw darauf den Fokus gelegt. Und z.T.auch erst greifbar gemacht, denn, we Du richtig sagtest, "ältere" Rider oder diejenigen, die nicht nur Park fahren wollten, haben in der Regel kein vernünftiges Kursangebot bekommen... Malcolm u Du haben mir da wahnsinnig weitergeholfen und Möglichkeiten aufgezeigt, den ganzen Berg und quasi jede Bedingung optimal nutzen und vielmehr noch genießen zu können! You're a genuine embassador of the sideways stance!! Thanks für everything!! Keep up the stoke

That's so great to hear!! Thanks for watching!!

Amen! Luckily turning has a huge resurgence right now. Fingers crossed it'll stay as the normal way rather than as 'the euro carve trend'....

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel yes, I'm not such a fan of euro carving. Although I think if people are having fun with it, why not. I'm a fan of functional carving. Then even if you're just on your way to the park, or riding between hits, or youre negotiating a tricky bit of terrain, or snow conditions, it allows that part of the ride to be fun as well.

@@borges4662 I love that you express it that way. Exact same here!!! It’s just a way a snowboard wants to be ridden…. It’s made to do that. 🙌

So true

Thanks so much!! What a nice comment! 🙂

Hahahahaha, classic Mervin!! Travis's new board even has 'Antimatter' in it. I think that means the board simply doesn't matter...

Thanks for the support!! Have a great summer!

Same to you! Thanks for watching! :-)

Wow..... don't know what to say.... Thank you for sharing this and for the very kind words! Thank you for the support and the trust! I'm glad the boards didn't disappoint you! Enjoy your summer!! Take care, Lars*

Glad you can relate to this. I’m never quite sure about my own perception of those things….

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel I ran an online snowboard magazine from 2000-2007 and did some gig work with some snowboard companies. I left the industry because all the marketing/media was aimed at 13-19 year olds and I felt I was aging out of the scene. It's interesting to me that so many of my peers are in their 40s now and were part of the 90s snowboard boom. We are much more interested in freeriding but most companies consider us a secondary audience with the freestyle crowd being the primary audience.

@@LeftCat wow, interesting!! I can totally see why you stepped away. I worked in a shop until last August, and I felt more and more like I don’t belong there anymore with new staff getting younger while I’m getting older. Combined with the arrogance of the younger crowd who often think they know everything… from the internet…. I simply felt less and less appreciated.

Thanks!!! Working on it... :-)

Sad! When I worked at the shop I sold the most boards out of all employees for the entire 11 years I worked there - and I sent many people away when I didn't have what they needed. That approach built a customer base that truly trusted the shop's team's advice. Long term relationships are winning the game! Not all sales people understand this....

Thank you very much!! You too!!

Hahaha, thanks!🙏

Thank you kindly! :-) Yes, surf style banked parks would be heaven on earth! Thanks for watching my stuff! Glad it was helpful! Take care!

Thanks, will try! 😊

Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing your back story! I’ll figure it out 😉

Wow! What a comment! Love this! Thanks for sharing your experience, and thanks for watching my stuff! I'm gonna pin this to the top for a while! 🙏

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel This video drop was perfectly timed with my end of season reflection and musing. You pu weirdly put voice to my exact thoughts on the older demographic that may be experiencing the same problems I experienced getting new gear for the first time in 20y. I get the impression you may be a little bit of a math/physics guy🤓 When I returned to snowboarding this season, I sized down the length of my board by 20cm. In theory, I felt that a smaller mountain +an older + a less muscular me, could best bridge the time gap by sizing down. It worked out. I rode like I had taken 1 season off instead of 18. I am going to take out my old gym journal and compare some variables... there has to be a fuzzy conversion formula for "then vs now" My strength, height, weight with my preferred board length, flex, profile and waist width (then) = X(now) Other variables to factor could be terrain, conditions, speed of base & effective edge... (still prossing and trying to understand effective edge and base bevel, appeals to my love of carving) prior level and style of riding. I went from a stiff, long, full camber board on steep, long runs with "tall" mogul feilds you had to slalom around. I had need for speed... now I'm older and not as muscular. My local resort is small. I think my new ride style is "ecletic" all mountain "cruiser" I am on everything big, small and in the trees. I stop to help kids and young ladies that have fallen and could use a hand up. (Usually there is a guy dow hilI watching her struggle) I also pick up and return gear when a whipe-out turns into a yard-sale. No two runs are the same. I hop on a lift with a stranger, alk lots of questions about their board tech specs . They usually offer to lead me on a run or two to assess their bord function and ride style. They show me on and off trail features that are unmarked and new to me. I plan on deep diving into all your tech videos again. I liked your take on :longer boards' stability. I was also thinking of taking my old GNU for a lap next season to compare all the new tech i have been trying vs my old GNU. I am going to try out the superpig too.. I want to experienceand gain a practical understanding of a volume shifted board. It is stiff with extra camber🤔🤓. What does the superpig super build feel like under foot? Gimmick or awesome sauce? Too much board for me? I invested $400 to find out... worth it for the first hand intel. I have already been asked by family and friends to take them snowboarding next season. Some are new to the sport and some haven't been in years. I want to be a resource to get them enjoying the snow as quickly as possible without the information overload they would not wrestle with. They know I will have been down every rabbit hole possible, overthought eveything.. settling down.. then point them right direction with precise resources to review👌

@@wendyp4557 I think you’re on the right track. A shorter board is easier to handle in variable terrain with less input. Long boards need to be soft-ish in order to not feel like tanks, which is hard to find. I think I will downsize again in my later years. Right now the added stability I get from length is much appreciated. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! 🙏😊

So true about boots.... Thanks for the comment and the support!!

Malcolm is crushing it! Such a good dude. Thanks for watching my stuff. I'll see what I'll do over summer... Not 100% sure yet.

Thank you so much!! Yeah, I had a bunch of great encounters this year in my little home town with people that knew me from here. It's quite awesome! :-) Enjoy summer!!

They know what they're doing there, for sure! The key, however, is that Stranda fully determine their own core profiles and cores. Mats has been told by the factory "you're the only person designing flexes (core profiles) like that these days!".... Core thickness and wood choice is a major contributor to those flexes. No finger joints in the core and ash wood makes things more expensive, longer lasting and really just better. The GP87 epoxy adds a certain magic to all of their boards, too. Really wanna try a Cardiff some day!

...and you!

Thanks!! Yeah, that one is definitely coming! ;-)

Thanks for watching it!! :-)

Awesome to hear this! Yeah, I struggle keeping it short.... I hope I'll improve on that end... :-) Thanks for watching my stuff!

Thank you kindly!! Back knee issues mostly have two or one of the two reasons: - The natural tracking of your knee/ankle isn't matched within its tolerance by the binding angle. So you put on an angle that you're technically working against, say -6° in a riding style where you're pushing the knee inwards/towards the nose in a heel turn or maybe at all times... If you ride duck, keep that knee somewhere over the toes - almost by pushing it towards the tail a bit... - Too much pressure on the back foot!! If you're 90% on your back foot, you may need to change that... I'm predominantly on my front foot, and if I'm more on the back foot in really deep powder where a rocker nose is just not enough, it's easier on the knee with a forward angle. I might do some summer video stuff on this. Good idea!!

@@Justaride-Snowboard-Channel thx alot :) the second one i noticed already and worked on it. The first one though, well i might be actually doing that - will check for that next season :)

Thank you so much! Glad you can appreciate Stranda. Love those boards... Magic sauce! :-)

Awesome to hear!! Thanks for sharing!! Take care!

Great idea!! I’ll likely sprinkle out some stuff here and there, I’ll see… Thanks for the support!! 🙏

Yeah, I'd love to try one!! Impossible to find here, and I can't just order one for a review. Too expensive... We'll see! The opportunity may come up some day.

That board scares me!!! 😊 Sorry, unfortunately I don’t know of any cant plates. Check out Catek bindings. That’s probably currently the best for adjustment.

hope i'm not stepping on toes here Lars, but if i may... define "cant". angle/raise outside of foot? angle/raise heel? angle/raise toes? some may disagree, but canting for softies is almost pointless. marketing, just like this "volume shifted" board trend IMO. not kind of pointless. absolutely pointless. performance wise. although a volume shifted board could be a niche quiver board i suppose. sticking foam wedges to the foot bed of a binding can also be a "cant" if you really want. however, if certain medical conditions exist for the rider, canting may be helpful. with the flex of a soft boot (any stiffness), this truly has no major benefit like as if you were riding a more rigid hard boot. catek is long gone and dated compared to modern equipment; just like all the older hardboot stuff. get modern stuff if you want to enjoy it more. bomber power plates do offer cant options (0, 3, 6) and the design of these plate systems are originally intended for hardboot/alpine riding. they are heavy. when i rode them, i ran 0* cant front, 3* rear. when canting is used with hard boots, a general rule of thumb is that you can also spread out to a little wider stance due to this stance position/settings. canting on front toe rise and rear heel rise is another basic rule of thumb for hardboot. again, not necessary for softboot. i've ridden these bomber plates, JJA plates, donek bx plates (disco'd) and Apex gecko cross plates (disco'd). they're all flat except for the bombers. favorites are the geckos and a similar version can be found at virus snowsports in Germany if interested. given that, canting can help with a mental aspect of progression if that's the goal. try it. like that "new board" feel. it goes away eventually. one must ask, why cant? see above. this is a page out of the alpine book (plus 38yrs experience) and it seems that some softboot companies got on the bandwagon as this may be something to market. the theory is there. this practice with softies just doesn't fully jive. purely my 2 cents, but some may say facts.

@@SBCarveUSA awesome Dave!!! Much appreciated, and I agree. Didn’t know Catek was gone, but had the feeling they were. 🙏👍

Crushing it!! 🙌🔥

It's more... How many 40ft booters can you hit passed 48 in a day before it shortens your day. You can rip carves like Ryan Knapton and hit back country. But park is a different world, specially after a knuckle or two.

Yes!! But as long as they don’t make enough for the other age groups, they can’t know how much they’d be selling… I hear lots of shops say “we can’t sell boards like that, we don’t have that customer!”. That is so silly and backwards!! If you don’t have the product, you obviously can’t have the customer! 🙃

Yes, that's true, perhaps we should do a statistical survey, as representative as possible of the cross-section of snowboarders, in order to be able to make a forecast! You could then a) sell it to the snowboard industry and b) submit it to a university as a doctoral thesis. I think you deserve one 😉😎👍

@@surferkiterwellenreiter2021 hahahahaha….. 😂 Overall a great idea! 😎

Wow, that's so cool to read! Thanks for sharing!! All the best and thanks for the support!! L*