The reason I can do some pretty rad buttering stuff is because I have awesome edge control

And that's a direct result from being able to Carve

By learning to carve great you'll truly be riding your board to its potential, and it'll make everything you do on your board better

Almost every trick on jumps involves carving off of the take-off and in the pipe, it'll help tremendously, too

So assuming you're already more skilled than the average nerd on the hill

Who's just side slipping down you can already link your turns pretty good then these tips will help?

Get you carving better and take you riding to the next level

If you've seen snowboarding in Warren Miller films of the 80s and 90s you might think this is how you should carve

Riding a bowl or cracking a whip that's dogshit

Look, how much fun I'm having

Same thing here. I'm swinging my arms and head around to try the turn that's dog shit

Right here. I'm keeping my shoulders at my sides with my torso straight up and down like a corpse or zombie that's dog shit

So first tip have a silent upper body

Do this by twisting the shoulders and torso to face down the hill along with bending the knees and torso a bit.

This allows your lower body and board to be quick dynamic and responsive underneath you

Practice making quick little turns like this while keeping the upper body silent these aren't carves yet

But a little get the upper body ready for them

Next with pointing the board straight down the Hill

point and Flex your feet

To get your board on its sides which will cause the sidecut of the board to do these miniature carves underneath you

Again focus on keeping the upper body in position and simply having the board Rock back and forth with letting the board side cut do

all the work

once you got a good feel for how your side cut responds then gently start to push and maintain pushing against the side cut to

Get the board making nice Carves across the Hill

You really want to keep driving pressure into the edge of the board and if you're doing it right,

You should feel it in your legs

Next I want you to try to combine the previous two things by making small

mini Carves in the middle of Big carves while cutting across the Hill

so it'll be a big toe side carve and

Add a quick little flex in it and finish the toe side car heel side carve coming across the Hill

Quick Little point back to the Flexing heel side carve toe side carve

quick Little Flex and back to the toe side

Stay in your comfort zone, but once you feel confident with your carves try them at higher and higher speeds

So give these tips a try in that order, and I'm sure you'll be making better turns and carves in no time. Good luck