Well, for you Northern Hemisphere folks it's coming up to winter. So post your videos, pictures and discuss your favourite winter sports!
we've had our (Utah) ski areas open now (funny enough, our southern most opened first) for a little while. will keep an eye on this thread, and expect pics from you, Adams . . .
I will putting daily videos up from my trip to japan, and when our season opens up my our weekly tours and New Zealand.
I hate summer. Little clothing is the only redeeming factor of summer.
I hate summer. Little clothing is the only redeeming factor of summer.
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Skeleton is fucking badass. Favorite winter olympic sport (behind Hockey, of course). Toboggan is good too.
Olympics in Canada
Skeleton looks scary as shit tbh.
worlds oldest sport ftw
Its all fun and games until someone throws a rock.
Updates ladies, I know a few of you have been out in the snow
Sierra Summit 12/19/09
this was after 4 dreading hours on the highest hill, i decided to go be a faggot and go on the bunny hill and practice, since it was my 1st time snowboarding!
this was after 4 dreading hours on the highest hill, i decided to go be a faggot and go on the bunny hill and practice, since it was my 1st time snowboarding!
lolbeanie
just went snowboarding for 5 days in steamboat springs, colorado
i had a bit of trouble switching to toe-edge, i felt like i really had to throw my leg behind me and sometimes even jump a little for it to go over, otherwise i'd just be "stuck" on flat
I ride regular
any ideas adams?
i had a bit of trouble switching to toe-edge, i felt like i really had to throw my leg behind me and sometimes even jump a little for it to go over, otherwise i'd just be "stuck" on flat
I ride regular
any ideas adams?
Practice. It's not that hard, you just need to get most of your weight on your front leg so that the back will turn easier.
I went downhill skiing for the second time yesterday...kinda fun. Two hours was all I could stand it for tho'.
i would though. like i have no problem going to heel edge at all, smooth as butter. then i would come back downhill and try to go toe edge and nothing would budge, like it was stuck.ghettoperson wrote:
Practice. It's not that hard, you just need to get most of your weight on your front leg so that the back will turn easier.
idk, you're probably right.
ed: I don't remember having this issue at all last spring break when I learned for the first time - but that was almost a year ago on a different board, boots, bindings...
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Posted this in the sports pictures thread. Brother's got some videos of me doing 360's and on some rails. Will try and get him to upload them so I can post 'em here.
Do you tend to freak out when it happens? And have you tried it on the flat, beginners slope? Once you get scared everything starts to go wrong.Bevo wrote:
i would though. like i have no problem going to heel edge at all, smooth as butter. then i would come back downhill and try to go toe edge and nothing would budge, like it was stuck.ghettoperson wrote:
Practice. It's not that hard, you just need to get most of your weight on your front leg so that the back will turn easier.
idk, you're probably right.
ed: I don't remember having this issue at all last spring break when I learned for the first time - but that was almost a year ago on a different board, boots, bindings...
please tell me where the skill is in this. Sure, you need to be, er, reckless I guess to do it, but where's the skill actually?Poseidon wrote:
Skeleton is fucking badass. Favorite winter olympic sport (behind Hockey, of course). Toboggan is good too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6tX64qD … re=related
no, I'm pretty calm. I'm not scared to turn, I just get 'stuck'. I can go down runs just fine, I just kind of have to throw my leg when doing it. It even happens on green/flat parts of a run. If I don't put a litle bit more effort into it, my board will just remain downhill. If that happens I'll either throw my leg back or switch back to heels.ghettoperson wrote:
Do you tend to freak out when it happens? And have you tried it on the flat, beginners slope? Once you get scared everything starts to go wrong.Bevo wrote:
i would though. like i have no problem going to heel edge at all, smooth as butter. then i would come back downhill and try to go toe edge and nothing would budge, like it was stuck.ghettoperson wrote:
Practice. It's not that hard, you just need to get most of your weight on your front leg so that the back will turn easier.
idk, you're probably right.
ed: I don't remember having this issue at all last spring break when I learned for the first time - but that was almost a year ago on a different board, boots, bindings...
I have my bindings at 15degrees outwards on both feet, and slightly towards the back of the board iirc, if that makes a difference. Not too sure what that changes tbh.
Well, you're either not distributing your weight properly, or there was something up with your board. I'd lean towards the weight thing. Obviously it's pretty hard to try and diagnose your issues from the internet.
What do you mean not distributing weight properly? I do lean forward just a bit like my instructor told me. How should I shift my weight in order to turn more easily onto my toes?
Well, as you said, you want the majority of your weight on the front foot when you turn, in order to slide the back end around without too much difficulty. What tends to happen if you're not really confident is that you lean back, and then you obviously can't get the back to move at all. I'm pretty sure that'll be your problem, but as I said, I haven't seen you ride so I can't really say.
You had lessons that week, and still have issues?
You had lessons that week, and still have issues?
I had 3 days of lessons last spring break, nothing this trip. I don't feel like I'm not confident, I'm pretty decent given the time I've been boarding. I was taught pretty well to keep my weight centered and slightly forward. Not that that's not the issue, I mean I'm pretty nub compared to any of y'all. But it doesn't really ring a bell to me as Im not scared of leaning downhill. My instructor made me do a black run my 2nd day snowboarding, while terrifying at the time, really helped with any cofidence/slope issues.
Ok, I wasn't sure if you meant you'd had lessons this past week. I can't really help you, only suggest common sticking points. Until you're good enough to link turns and get out and cover miles and miles to practice, you need a instructor to help you out. I'm no pro snowboarder by any means, I'm a skier, but I can snowboard reasonably well.
Everytime I take a camera or somebody in my group takes a camera, we end up causing an avalanche or a snowmobile breaks down, so we don't bring one anymore.
Besides we're going to fast, and doing really stupid shit, so we do not want any evidence of your asshattery or one of the wives will "ground" a member of the crew from coming out and playing in the snow.
Besides we're going to fast, and doing really stupid shit, so we do not want any evidence of your asshattery or one of the wives will "ground" a member of the crew from coming out and playing in the snow.