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 #1 Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 28/02/2010 @ 15:16 |
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Ok, So I just joined the forum and figured may aswell throw myself straight in. Not sure if there is a similarly topic to this already but there's too many to browse through!
Anyway, what I need is some tips to help me improve my snowboarding along the lines of the list to follow;
1. I can never manage to stay balanced properly when heading straight or on a flat, I always manage to clip an edge and take a fall.
2. I can link turns and construct an S in the snow by turning, but I always seem to shunt my backfoot into the snow when turning, which slows me down and causes my to fall but I can't seem to turn another way.
3. And finally, Horrible fear of going to fast and falling, but it's not really the falling that's a bother because I'm fine with that, it's just seems to the speed, I think it's probably due to my shoddy balance with a flat board again though, advice on overcoming this fear!
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks |
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| #2 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 28/02/2010 @ 16:07 |
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hi and welcome.
1. going straight or flat is always tricky, some people are fine some arnt, i have been at it for 15 years and still hate going straight on a flat section (fine on a hill), i go from edge to edge in a very long turn.
2. lessons.
3. confidance comes with experience, i fall more going slow than fast!
you dont mention how long you have been snowboarding or how many weeks exp.
russ |
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| #3 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 28/02/2010 @ 17:50 |
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Yup its practice im afraid, and lessons. Most people have a few lessons and once they can get down the slope stop lessons and start riding. Problem with that is you get to a certain point and you cant progress anymore, you plateau and without further lessons you simple cant improve your technique |
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| #4 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 28/02/2010 @ 18:48 |
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I've had a totaly of 2 weeks boarding across 3 years.
Last time was over christmas, got a private lesson for a day which really boosted me along, sadly the weather conditions wern't great so alot of the slops were closed off and the ones which wernt ended up being filled with everyone because of it. But I did progress alot then, but then going back to boarding with the family I couldn't keep the same technique I had learned from the lessons, and I'm putting that down to my family all being skiiers. Maybe it's easier with other people who snowboard, a confidence by numbers kinda thing! |
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Your limits are made by yourself. |
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| #5 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 28/02/2010 @ 21:47 |
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It's really difficult to answer your questions without seeing you snowboard. If you're having serious problems I suggest having a private lesson or a 2 hour level 3 at the snowdome. |
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| #6 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 01/03/2010 @ 02:53 |
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as the others said, it is hard to tell you how to make improvements when we are not seeing you snowboard, i would reccommend having a lesson or 2 to help iron out any problems you may be having.
1. Going flat takes practice, keep your knees bent and staying relaxed in your stance will help, or try riding an edge in a straight line to begin with, if you find you are starting to turn make sure your shoulders and hips are in line with the board and you are just looking over your front shoulder, this will help you stay straight.
2.Generally, keeping your knees bent and flexing in your turns will help you. Most beginners will tend to lean onto their back foot when learning to turn (which makes turning harder) try and keep your weight even or slightly forward (ie down the hill) your turns will be easier to make.most importantly learn to love the fall line.
3. stay at a speed you are comfortable with, you will get faster as you get more confident.
My recommendation though is to have some lessons, it will make your technique alot better then us giving you info here, someone watching you snowboard can give you much better advice as they are seeing what is going on.
Hope that may help a little, practice, practice, practice  |
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| #7 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 01/03/2010 @ 14:16 |
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I used to have a problem when going straight where it always felt like the back foot gradually slides out. So I never really went straight, I ended up alway on one edge to stop it from happening.
I found out that I had set my binding angles up wrongly. every time I tried to relax while going straight the angles were forcing pressure in parts of my feet forcing my back hip to come forward and making my shoulders come forward, so I alway felt twisted.making me gradually turn all the time. Once I had found my natural angles it never happened again, so now I can straight line it without a care of feeling unbalanced. Oh and like everyone else said practice practice |
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| #8 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 01/03/2010 @ 14:22 |
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QUOTE (finkdaz - 01/03/2010 @ 14:16) I used to have a problem when going straight where it always felt like the back foot gradually slides out. So I never really went straight, I ended up alway on one edge to stop it from happening. I found out that I had set my binding angles up wrongly. every time I tried to relax while going straight the angles were forcing pressure in parts of my feet forcing my back hip to come forward and making my shoulders come forward, so I alway felt twisted.making me gradually turn all the time. Once I had found my natural angles it never happened again, so now I can straight line it without a care of feeling unbalanced. Oh and like everyone else said practice practice
What angles did you ride and what do you ride now? |
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| #9 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 02/03/2010 @ 14:03 |
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I think my angles were 18 front and 3 back. After reading on the web about finding your correct stance and angles. I found that it felt more comfortable with 15 and 9 angles seemed to sort out some of my riding. |
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| #10 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 02/03/2010 @ 14:17 |
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QUOTE (finkdaz - 02/03/2010 @ 14:03) I think my angles were 18 front and 3 back. After reading on the web about finding your correct stance and angles. I found that it felt more comfortable with 15 and 9 angles seemed to sort out some of my riding.
+18 -3 and now +15 -9 ? |
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| #11 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 02/03/2010 @ 16:52 |
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Yeah that's it.
Something that also helps me is having slight pressure on the outside of each foot while riding on a flat base. |
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| #12 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 02/03/2010 @ 17:04 |
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With the first angles you tried, you were probbaly trying to ride with your shoulders parallel to the board, but because your rear angle was only slight duck, your lower body wouldn't have wanted to 'marry up' with the upper body and was therefore making you want to ride slightly forward facing. Now you've changed to more duck your body should be in perfect harmony.  |
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| #13 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 02/03/2010 @ 17:40 |
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It sounds like you may be letting your fear control your boarding... happens in all extreme sports to all of us at some point, sure you've heard people say ' if you think about falling - you will!'. So the best way forward is to be more confident, which is learnable...
Practice, practice, practice will defo help, but try not to push yourself to begin with, instead get very comfortable with where you are at first, then up the anti...
Visualise yourself doing what you want to... sounds a bit hippy, but it works... if you find this difficult, check out some youtube vids for inspiration and then shut your eyes and picture yourself on that flat or linking those turns...
And get some balance practice with a balance board or similar, preferably one that moves toe to heal... this will allow you to really practice your stance while going flat so it becomes subconscious and not scary.
Keep it steady... |
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| #14 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 03/03/2010 @ 03:33 |
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Stay on terrain you feel comfortable on until it's boring. I think it's easier to work on your technique when you're in control and not scared. I know lots of people on this board talk about riding flat but I always ride my edge on flats. Even a little edge. |
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| #15 Re: Tips for Improving my technique! Posted 03/03/2010 @ 19:54 |
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Hi, i've just joined the forum too and i'm glad to hear that i'm not the only one having these problems. Think I need to get myself down to Hemel on a regular basis and get some lessons booked in! |
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