How to Ride Trees on a Snowboard

You never want to have so much speed that you don’t have room to stop.

So number one thing was controlling my speed. I like to see my stopping zone at all times. So I know if I need to go hard, stop there’s enough space for me to stop before hitting a tree. The number two thing controlling my speed in the trees is I’m going to put a lot more weight on my front foot, around tight turns. And I’m gonna use that back foot like a rudder, and I’m going to push it out hard and slide it sideways. So in the trees, if it’s not all how I’m going to use more counter rotation to turn my board sideways and control my speed. So my body’s going to keep going where I want to go. And then I’m going to push that back foot out in these really quick burst turns where my lower body is, counter-rotating towards my upper body and that’s always going to control my speed at any time.

I can kick that back leg out and stop it. So that’s the trees. What we want to do is we want to start small and work our way out. So pick a day where it’s a little bit soft out, maybe there’s some powder in the trees and it picks up really nice mellow trees, or you’re not going to get going too fast. And then just dip in off the side of the run, test it out, dip your toes in the water, and then come back out onto the run. Once you get comfortable with that, you can go deeper into the trees, control your speed at all times. So again, those three tips are number one, learn how to ride bumps before you get in the trees. Number two, look where you want to go. Not at what you want to avoid. And number three, always control your speed.

That means having your stoppings zone laid out in front of you and using those quick tight turns to control your snowboard in in-between trees, where you can’t make these big, long drawn out cars. So that’s the trees always be safe out there, wear a helmet and the trees. But again, how much it’s not going to save you. If you run into one full speed. So use our tips start small, work your way up. Once you pass it, the trees pick a nice powder, pick some nice steep trees and start charging it. And your life is going to be changed forever. Go out there and give it a shot. Don’t forget to like this video and subscribe to the share with you and see more awesome tips like this. That’s all fiddly peace out shredder.