Whats the best way to learn butters

Nips over your tips

One thing that helped me was learning just how far forward/back you can lean out over the tip/tails of your skis (it's a lot further than you think, as long as your DIN is set properly)

Try skiing switch and leaning forward far enough to grab the tips of your skis with both hands, or while standing stationary try to lean all the way forward into a push-up position.

For tailbutters just pretend you are sitting back In a chair.

Tight boots that hold your heel down make tham 100x easier. Shins foreword and press your toes down as you lean over the shovels of your skis.

Using butter instead of cooking spray or oil to cook my eggs has been a game changer

Lean far over the tips, while doing so keep your legs straight and skis close together

fucking fall forward and let the noses save you.

I practiced the crap out of nose butters while skiing with family on groomers this year; repetition will do it :). I just started leaning forward and moving the tails a little bit more when comfortable; decent peanut butter 180's by end of season (sometimes) which make me really happy. I like the ski addiction vids a lot: https://skiaddiction.com/blogs/tutorials/how-to-nose-butter-180

**This post was edited on Sep 28th 2021 at 7:04:14am

Start with standing and leaning forward reaching for your tips, when you get em to bend actuate your hamstrings and see if you can push up on the noses.

after that try popping onto the noses while standing, try and just balance/stay up , then keep them down and spin

after that your ready to start to either pop up onto noses press and spin, or lean forward press and spin out

no matter how you do it your gonna wanna pull those hamstrings up while pushing toes down, boots tight

i saw one guy previously said keep the legs straight, which I see as more of a nose slide than a pressed butter, but can help you get the motion and spin,a real butter has a press and pops you out
Also skis with a concave bottom ( bacons, armadas some atomics make learning easier, same said for soft skis.

i feel like some people aren’t meant to butter and i’m one of them

There are some good tips here already, however let me add my two cents as an avid nosebutter enthusiast for years now...

First of all, buttering works best by far with your skis together. Don't even think about separating your legs from eachother the entire time. Your goal is to create 1 virtual "board" that your body leans into and bends, creating a lever action and balance point that you can slide and swing around on, creating the basis of a butter.

Next, you want to make an S carve into the butter, so the first part of the S is an unnatty carve into the second part which is the initiation of the butter as you begin to lean into the ski firmly and swing your upper body into the butter. You should feel your skis loading up in the noses and begin to flex under your weight. (1:18 in the video)


With every butter, now matter how big or small of a spin, the pop happens at 180. Your goal is to confidently swing into a 180 and pop going switch right at 180. The easiest way to pop is to think about swiping your skis back at 180 like backscratcher style. You won't actually fully be able to do that, but if you think of it that way, you should pop correctly. Nosebutter 540's work the best as far as intended physics of this trick. Trying to hold it at 360 doesn't work as fluidly (assuming this is off a knuckle)

Lastly, the thing I never hear people talk about is speed. Going faster will make buttering easier. There are way more forces at work when you are skiing at speed than you on flat trying to bend your skis. They will flex more, your trick will work better and you have a much better chance of landing properly with some speed behind you. You don't need to send it over chads to make it work, but you do need to find a roll over of some sort that will drop away from you and allow you the time to rotate the trick properly.

I linked my most recent skiing here because I do a lot of butters and you can see how I am describing it vs how it looks when I execute it. Feel free to ask any questions and maybe post a video of your attempts if you have any.


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