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  5 of 5, "Just brilliant..." 29/11/2010 @ 13:29 |
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| Price Paid |
| £105 |
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| Booked Through |
| info@onyxsnowboarding.com |
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| Times Visited |
| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
Ok so its taken me a while to get round to this but I went on the first ever Onyx freestyle day back in August and its difficult to put into words just how good it was.
The whole day was excellent, absolutely superb coaches who know there stuff and are able to break each little thing down into easy to understand segments. They push you to achieve but not by sacrificing the fun element and thats one thing your guarentee'd with the Onyx guys, fun comes first with this lot.
I'd never done any freestyle stuff before the day so I went on the "green" camp and by the end of it we had worked on the basics (stance, balance etc) done loads of flatland stuff (ollies, nollies, presses, 180's etc) and then moved up and on to 50/50's, boardslides on the box and straight airs, grabs and 180's off the kickers. Not bad progression from zero freestyle to these moves. Watching it all back during lunch and at the end of the day on the video's also helped pick up some tips and left me with a huge grin on my face as you watch yourself doing stuff you never used to be able to.
Its also given me the confidence to head down to the freestyle nights at hemel on a Friday and practise what I've learnt, had hoped to follow this camp up with another one but they've fallen on dates I've been working abroad (booooo)
The rest of the group I was in were super cool as well and we had a big mix of people, male, female, old and young but everyone got on well, encouraged each other and progressed together.
Brilliant fun. |
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Brilliant Coaching
Excellent features
Having fun is the priority |
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| Weaknesses |
| None that I can think of. |
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| 5 of 5, "Great people, Great coaching, Great Day!" 14/10/2010 @ 22:58 |
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| Price Paid |
| £105 |
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| Booked Through |
| Onyx Snowboarding |
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| Times Visited |
| Just Once |
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| Review Detail |
Found out about the camp on GB, then did a quick bit of searching about and found Onyx on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Onyx-Snowboarding/112924605411243) & their website (www.onyxsnowboarding.com). Was missing the snow like everyone else so thought I would give it a go. Simple to book up couple of e-mails and was all sorted - great start. Had a bit more info e-mailed over a few days before the camp about the venue, coaches etc.
Right onto the main bit, met up with the rest of the group in the edge bar around and was greeted by and insanely excited person for that early in the morning, only to find that he had next to no sleep due to making kickers (1 green, 1 blue) all the previous night and then returning in the morning to finish them off! Great effort and they were just about perfect!
Ended up on the snow at some point around 10 and started off with the lesson.
The group was sorted out into 2 separate ones according to ability levels freestyle wise, those who had done none or very little (myself included), and those could. Started off with everyone doing a couple of laps with things like stance being checked over and lots of advice being given out (mine was shocking but knew this already) then riding a bit of switch with more advice/help. Moved onto flatland tricks popping little 180's heel to toe & vice versa, nose rolls & buttering. Having loads of fun jumping around all over the place and trying out things I'd never done before, time flew by and it was time for a bit of lunch and a chat about technique, tricks and holidays!
Second half of the day we moved onto the kickers & the box. My last experience with a jump was nearly busting my coccyx on my last holiday so wasn't particularly confident. Coaches were great got you to relax, had already been taught how I should be balanced on the board, and just rolled over the green kicker no problems. Once we had all just straight aired a few times we started playing around with grabs, then had a few minutes learning a bit of technique on rotations, before going on to try it out. Everyone was feeling confident so we decided to move up to the blue kicker. Again it was so easy to take off from this, the time spent building was well worth it, you just rolled off the lip into the air really smooth. Landings were a bit sketchy at first but got used to it after a couple of goes and ended up being pretty confident by the end of the day. After playing around on the kickers for a few hours was starting to feel a bit knackered so we moved onto the box. Yet again something I'd never tried. Couldn't believe how easy it was! Ended up being able to do both frontside and backside boardslides, not bad for a novice! Kept on riding until the legs said no more, about 5:30/6 as lunch took a bit longer than expected. We all retired to the bar for a bit of a sing song (birthday), cake (birthday), goodie bags and a few laughs.
All in all had a brilliant day, ached for about 2 days after, but can't wait to go back - just got to work on my switch first!
Atmosphere was chilled throughout the day but you were still being pushed a bit to try different things, and anything you wanted help with all you had to do was ask.
Thanks to Adam, Baden & Ozzi for putting me on the road to becoming a freestyle ninja! (it might be a long one but its gonna be good!) |
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Great people - really friendly, want to help improve all aspects of your riding not just teach you how to throw yourself off a jump.
Building work - havn't been off many kickers but these were probably the best I have.
Instruction - technique, spins, grabs, rails all really helpful.
Communication - easy to chat with, get points across well on the day, pre camp was very good and afterwards as well
Venue - Can only compare it to MK but HH is the best big fridge I've been in. |
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| Weaknesses |
| Can't think of any! Had a great time, and got everything out of the day I wanted to so nothing of relevance for this box! |
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| Similar Schools/Camps Used |
| None. |
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