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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Reading over this again... try bringing your rear hand toward your front knee thoughout the heelside turn (this is one of Cherry's drills). That rota...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

I think that works better on milder slopes where they’re trying to maintain speed (and probably why James does this for his 360 at the bottom). My...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Hmmm… that’s a good range of motion, I guess that’s not affecting your struggle with edge angle like I thought it might be. You commented that James...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

I was curious… and I’m actually up to 18cm now. (If your wall has a baseboard, don’t forget to add that thickness)

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Here's a pic of Lars from Justaride... Imagine what happens when he needs to absorb a bump. If you're at the limit of your dorsiflexion, you jus...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

No, heelside! As you flex your knees you need dorsiflexion in order to maintain the edge angle.

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Have you measured your dorsiflexion with the knee to wall test? A lot of people won't get their foot 6cm out from the wall before their heel lift...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Most beginners aren't working on pencil line carves or their fore/aft weighting, so good on you! I haven't ridden that board, but you might actually...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

@skoonk, what board are you riding? The fore/aft weighting can be considerably different for different boards.

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Yeah I posted the CASI stuff as another perspective, and while there’s some good stuff in there, I absolutely agree with James that once you’re beyond...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

I'll also add that bringing my rear knee forward (like Craig Kelly) really helps me open the hips on the heel side. Putting that medial pressure on y...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

Just for another reference, the CASI manual has a bit on angulation: And a bit on turn shape as well. They actually have anticipation/separati...

3 months ago
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RE: Questions about Stance and Heelside turns

When you're on your heels you can't absorb the terrain with your ankles, so you need to use your knees as the suspension... and it certainly is toughe...

3 months ago
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RE: Binding recommendations

The Flux CV offer A LOT of highback rotation, and the high heelcup is great for clearance and response. But if they're going on a stiffer carving boa...

3 months ago
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RE: VICROY GLOVES

They have the Boost Pro now, which has the plastic going out to the tips: They're probably not that flexible though, and I tend to ride with fist...

3 months ago
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