Snowboard · Freeride · パウダー

Powder Turn.

パウダーターン

深雪でのターン。浮力を使った荷重移動

Difficulty
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Type
Prerequisite
01

How to

Step by step
  1. Set a bit more weight on your back foot (about 4 front : 6 back), bend both knees, and start in a slightly low stance.

    Sitting back keeps the nose (front of the board) riding above the snow so the board planes instead of diving.

  2. Look two or three turns ahead and hold a steady, don't-stop pace.

    Powder has a lot of drag, so going too slow makes you sink and bog down, even on gentle slopes.

  3. To enter the turn, bend your knees and hips more and press the whole board down into the snow.

    Tilt your ankles to load the toe (toe-side) or heel (heel-side) edge smoothly, keeping the edge angle shallower than you would on hardpack. Compressing the snow as you sink stores the rebound that becomes your next bit of float.

  4. Once you pass the point where the board leans the most, extend your knees and hips to rise up and release the load off the board all at once.

    The snow you compressed pushes back and the board floats up toward the surface.

  5. As the board floats, point your upper body and hips toward the new direction and switch edges gently.

    Steer mostly with your lower body and let your upper body lead calmly to keep the rhythm even.

  6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 as a sink-and-rise wave.

    Draw an arc a size larger than on ice, avoid sharp edging or quick flicks, and link the turns like riding ocean swells.

02

Tips & common mistakes

In the app — learn while you log
Tips

Sitting slightly back keeps the nose up so the board doesn't knife into the snow. Too much weight forward buries the nose and pitches you over the front.

COMMON MISTAKE

The nose dives and you fall forward → too much weight on the front foot → shift more weight to the back foot to keep the nose riding above the snow.

The rest of the tips, fixes for each mistake, and what to try next are in the app — learn them while you log. Intermediate+ tricks are for Members.

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