When first learning snowboard carving, we use the up-and-down movement of our center of gravity to change edges. This has two advantages: it helps reduce pressure during edge changes, increasing flexibility; and it helps increase pressure after entering a corner, increasing stability on the edge. However, it has a significant problem: the up-and-down movement of the center of gravity is limited by physical conditions, making it difficult to do very quickly, and you'll soon reach a plateau. At the moment of edge change into a corner, because the body is at its highest point, the center of gravity is also at its highest, making it very difficult to advance to the more expressive snow-touching carving.

So today, in our fifth lesson on snowboard carving, we'll discuss a completely different way of applying pressure during edge changes: the tucked edge change. This involves keeping the upper body's center of gravity relatively constant while reducing pressure by tucking the legs down during the edge change, and then applying pressure by kicking the legs out at the moment of corner entry. This achieves the same pressure reduction effect while greatly increasing your edge change speed and flexibility.

0:00 Course Introduction

1:17 Difference between Tucked Body and Pull-Up for Edge Change

2:52 Exercise 1: Flat Ground Tucked Body Practice

4:36 Exercise 2: From Tucked Body to Single-Sided Edge Strike

6:11 Exercise 3: Continuous Tucked Body Edge Strike

7:35 Course Summary