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Topic starter 11/03/2024 4:31 pm
Wait until the second BH turn. Why I crashed ?
Board: F2 eliminator 163
lengtht 163
effective edge 1410
nose width 300,4
waist width 254
tail width 295,7
sidecut radius 10,2
Angles 36 21
Stance width 56
Height 1,78 cm
(I was doing only backheel turn).
Correct me please 🙂
This topic was modified 9 months ago 3 times by Giajvia
11/03/2024 11:21 pm
i am not an expert for +/+ but i think that you upper body was not in the right position (0.28)
and then the balance was lost
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11/03/2024 11:44 pm
I'm not an export on anything, but I'd say your head overtook the board (too much leaning forward at the fall line), which got dag too deep and threw you off balance.
I'm looking forward to see if my observation was at least close to the real reason 😉
12/03/2024 1:40 am
I'll go with not enough hip rotation. The upper body rotation is quite significant but the hips don't turn with the upper body. You should do the "hip shift" already around the 0.26 or 0.27 mark. That will allow the hips to rotate with the turn. After you have applied edge pressure, it's really hard to start rotating the hips. What you are doing with the upper body is fine but do the early hip shift as well. That will prevent your hips dropping to the side of the board. It will also result in much tighter turn so you probably will end up rotating the upper body less for the same turn radius that way.
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12/03/2024 1:04 pm
My guess is the pendulum effect of the up-unweighted turn put your centre of mass too far out from the board and your weight wasn’t stacked over the edge (more open hips would help keep that in line). It looked like you knew you were off, so you tried to level your shoulders and bow your chest weight forward, but that should’ve happened earlier. Absorbing some of the pressure at the apex by bending your knees and moving your COM into your board might have saved it. But if you open your hips and try to keep your CoM closer to the edge it’ll help keep you out of trouble. I’m no expert though… I just try to not get into trouble.
Big White, BC, Canada
Wild Cherry reacted
12/03/2024 1:14 pm
I like to finish my toeside like this guy so that my hip shift at the transition is more lateral.
From: https://nicholaswmin.github.io/alpine-carving/articles/toeside-problem/article.html
Big White, BC, Canada
Xargo reacted
12/03/2024 4:40 pm
You need to bring your left hand down closer to your front knee, and stop reaching for the snow with your right hand. This will level up your shoulders and direct more pressure to your edge. In both your heelside turns your left arm is way too high. In your toeside turn your shoulders are much more level. Have you watched James video on holding the tray of Martinis.
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13/03/2024 1:13 pm
Wait until the second BH turn. Why I crashed ?
Second Heelside:
Good turn man, great smooth transition too. Your knees are in an excellent position.
Your main mistake is that you're under rotating in the hips. As you enter that second heelside your hips are facing out over the edge of the board. Think about steering with your dick; point your hips into the turn and bring the shoulders and the back arm along too.
The reason you fell though is that you booted out. That shift forward with your upper body is the telltale sign of boot out. Your heels start to drag and that slows down your board but your upper body keeps moving forward toward the nose. Ironically, that kind of puts you in a better position just as you're falling. At 30.8 seconds your front arm is finally where it's supposed to be, then by 31.0 you're already down.
Toeside:
Also a decent turn. You're reaching for the snow though, dropping your inside shoulder. Keep those shoulders level by reaching up, away from the snow with the inside arm. If you want to touch down, extend your arm and reach from the elbow instead of the shoulder.
A little bit of clam shelling here too, bending at the hips toward the side of the board instead of over the front of the board. Shifting your weight forward toward the nose will keep the board pressure better distributed, shifting it over the edge will result in a loss of edge angulation. Steering with your hips will help here too.
Who's next? Let's do more of these!
I'm just slaying...
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Topic starter 13/03/2024 5:02 pm
Think about steering with your dick;
You had already conquered my heart, now you have conquered my soul.
Thank you professor cherry 🙏
19/03/2024 8:28 am
My Apologies,
i may have misplaced your thread for a few days!
20/03/2024 4:15 am
Holding the tray with the martini on it was revolutionary for me getting my body in alignment. It keeps me in alignment instead of "reaching for the dollar". I think I'm finally getting through that barricade. It's only been a few weeks since that revelation and I feel the improvement and it feels way more natural. In the hard boot or soft boot setup, it works.
Now I will start steering with my dick! Brilliant! lol
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