Snowboarding Moguls in Vail, CO

Riding the moguls in Vail Colorado

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[m1k35ka]

Thats awesome...been attacking the moguls, but they frequently get the best of me..Just out of curiosity, what are your binding angles? I ride @ +21, +12, and am ok with moguls, but nothing like that...Not that it matters, I probably just need to practice more!

[damunchiman]

@m1k35ka - Snowboarding is like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, there is no wrong way to eat it ;) I love everything about it, including moguls. I set my bindings to +15 front and +5 back foot. One of the reasons I like this is if I end up with back foot downhill (goofy), +5 will work fine whereas +15 or higher will feel a bit weird. Try it and see if it works for you. The way you set it might be easier on the knees. All the best...

[DavidVillaFan2010]

Nice, I was never really the mogul person until the last run of the day for me today. I'm more of a person who tries to ride in the fresh powder and stay away from moguls but I decided to try out this trail that had moguls and it turned out to be really fun.

[damunchiman]

@DavidVillaFan2010

That's great! Gotta try new things for sure. I love everything about snowboarding. Flying down super fast on a steep, groomed trail, ramps... but most of all, steep mogul runs full of fresh powder, especially if deep in the woods. Trees are coming at you real fast and every decision to turn is a split second. (just make sure someone is with you or knows where you are) I've had some mild accidents while by myself in the middle of the woods. Made me think twice...

[raneman54]

I love watching boarders bomb moguls, mainly because its rare. I have trouble talking my friends into the moguls but whenever I do and they let me work with them a bit they improve drastically everywhere else on the mountain.

May I suggest you record a lesson and maybe some slow motion demos? I'm always trying to improve my moguls and my methods of teaching them to others and would love to hear/see what you recommend for making it down them w/ style.

[damunchiman]

@raneman54 - Thanks! I am sure there's lots of stuff on youtube with directions on snowboarding moguls. I personally love them when they're steep and full of powder. What I do is constantly shift my wight (from front leg to rear one) while pivoting. As I begin my pivot from one mogul to the next one, I shift my wight to the front leg (about 60-70%) and that allows me to swing the rear of the board really fast, as I land on the next mogul, and, as I land on the mogul, my wight is centered.

[21YoZUpZ]

Aaron, how about you go try boarding a mogul field before talking ish... The only way to ride moguls fast on a board is to throw your weight and pivot, tard... go back to playing your Tony Hawk Pro Skater or whatever makes you think you know how to ride

[tgioles]

yea dude...dont listen to all those haters out there that think they know how to ride...you tore those moguls up dude..keep it up!....it aint easy riding moguls on a snowboard...i tried moguls last year and they chewed me up...im lookin for some payback this year.

[LeBlanckL]

if you want a workout on a snowboard, ride moguls!

[magicsofa]

smooth riding....good job man

[rasmasyean]

@damunchiman I do the same thing. I discovered that shifting my weight to my lead foot helps. And I also use my arms to balance and control the board position like you. But I never realized it until I saw this vid on freestyle and they taught a bit of snowboard physics. Then I realized, that's what I was doing and that's why it worked! woot! It's still a workout though and I usually save them for before I leave. :p

[rasmasyean]

@raneman54 Also, if you want to see what effect you arms have on pivot, sit in a swiveling office chair, lift up your legs and stick your arms out and swing them. If you pretend you have a board on, this is extra torque that twists your legs will be transfered to your board, both toeside (open up chest to forward) and heelside (close up back to forward).

[rasmasyean]

@raneman54 He also swings his arms in the oposite rotation of his board to speed up the pivot. Spam the space bar and you will see. It seems all good mogul riders on youtube do this almost the same. If you want to see a really smooth version of this action, check vid: w0YLznwsBQI ...A more "abrupt" version is in this vid: snZ2sGuUuEQ. 

[MisterImpreza]

It looks like he is just tail-dragging most of the way... Like he is lifting his back foot and pivoting the front, he's not really initiating his turns or carving at all

[DavidVillaFan2010]

@damunchiman Yeah I haven't really tried the woods for snowboarding but when I skied I used to always be in the woods. The mountain that I go to and have seasons pass too has at least 4 or so mogul trails which is good.