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With Advanced Carving there should be stability in positioning over the board with fore and aft alignment. Lateral balance is vital with advanced carving as is active Vertical balance, where as with intermediate carving vertical balance should be passive.
So yes the change in weight distribution I described would not apply to carving, neither would I personally use it to teach a beginner other than within experimental exercises.
As quoted the varying of weight distribution from foot to foot allows the client to move within the fore/aft plane easier and this shift in pressure is required to enhance stability in adjusting to terrain pitch and performing tricks.
What you quoted me on does not necessarily have to be fore & aft balance, that should remain stable and relaxed in intermediate and advanced sliding turns |
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| #17 Re: Trying to stop my back leg kicking out Posted 08/09/2010 @ 19:29 |
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The general position on carving is that you shift your weight forwards at the start of the turn, i.e. as soon as you have changed edges and then bring it back through the turn. That’s the current thinking, but I’m not aware of it ever having been anything different, nor do I know of any teaching system that has a contrary position on this. A similar movement is taught for carving on skis.
However, fore-aft movement is only really important for advanced carving or on steeps. For basic carving, you can get away without any fore-aft movement at all. With pupils who are new to carving, therefore, you’d probably be focussing more on upper body alignment and angulation. |
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| #18 Re: Trying to stop my back leg kicking out Posted 08/09/2010 @ 22:13 |
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Yes, that was the basis of my question: small weight shifts are used in many types of advanced turns as stated, but you're still predominantly balanced for obvious reasons. That information would likely not help novices at all. |
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| #19 Re: Trying to stop my back leg kicking out Posted 09/09/2010 @ 16:29 |
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All that lateral and vertical balance confused even me! 
Snowboard instruction should be KISS (Keep It Simple Snowboarder/Stupid). Personally I never talk about weight distribution through the turn as it's difficult to get a beginner committing their weight forward in the first place. One of the main drills is sideslip diagonals and falling leaf so that you can drill the fore weight distribution at the beginning of the turn. Start asking beginners to move their weight toward the tail (aft) at the end of the turn and you'll just confuse them.
Once someone has the basics dialed, you can start tweaking the little things.  |
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| #20 Re: Trying to stop my back leg kicking out Posted 11/09/2010 @ 10:42 |
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Well thanks for all the tips guys!
Had another really good session last night, split between working on my turns and doing 50/50s on a box. Think I made some really good progress again, but just by trying to relax and not trying to think too hard about what I was doing.
Trying to get time to sort a lesson out soon though. |
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| #21 Re: Trying to stop my back leg kicking out Posted 17/09/2010 @ 12:15 |
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hey man, like alfonse said lead with your front leg, try this: imagine your have a headlamp torch strapped to your front knee. you need to shine the torch in the direction you want to go. also try slow large turns (so go when its not busy).
your need to keep your body in line with your board so imagine there is a rope passing by you and you have your back to it, grab the rope with your trail hand this will keep your hand round the back thus keeping your body inline with your board... the brain reacts better to a task rather than just trying to remember something hence" shine the light" rather than "lead with your front leg" etc..
1 full week on proper slopes and you will improve alot, if you can afford it book a lesson a couple of days in to your holiday.
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