Technique - boardslide to switch Summers250 - Oct 27, 2009 - 09:05 AM Post subject: boardslide to switch
Hello all!
finally getting boardslides down, all the time i watched others and thought about them in my head i felt that riding out switch made more sense because you have already rotated 90 onto the box/rail so your momentum is going in the direction to rotate another 90 to finish switch. However for some unknow reason i can't seem to do it, my body naturally jumps back round to land regular! i tried over and over again but my body just wouldn't conform!!!
anyone else had this? any small tips to make this work for me?
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passtherizla - Oct 27, 2009 - 09:45 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
when learning them point backwards infront of your body with the hand nearest the tail of the board... and your tail should swing round...
also its to fakie not switch Snowaddict - Oct 27, 2009 - 09:52 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
You need to physically plan the exit of the box, before you hit the box. You are right, it is quite easy because the rotation should naturally continue, but i'll bet your body is doing everything in its power to not leave the comfort zone of the direction you would normally ride in.
when you hop 90 degrees its good practise to try and over rotate that, if you find you can 180 onto the box then right on! But thats not what i mean for this, if you over rotate it you will naturally line your shoulders up with where they should be in order to exit the way you want. If you find this difficult, you can hop on 90 degrees so your shoulders are totally square, you're facing forward, everythings good - then rotate your shoulders that extra bit so that the top half of your body is wound up ready to hop the 90 degrees off.
If your shoulders aren't where they need to be you'll either exit the box at a 90 degree angle, or you'll correct back to how you entered the box in the first place, which seems to be what you're doing.
One other thing, try and get a lower center of gravity by bending your legs, it'll give you more control.
Snowaddict - Oct 27, 2009 - 09:54 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
Best to be even as much as possible as you'll become a cleaner all round rider quicker and it'll help with not catching edges or over leaning
And its switch not fakie lol skater boy
ROBster - Oct 27, 2009 - 09:57 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
Spinning on rails is all about the shoulders!
If you want to come out fakie then as you slide you need to turn your shoulders in the direction that you want to go!
Summers250 - Oct 28, 2009 - 08:58 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
Thanks everyone, i kind of know the things you are all saying just can't seem to do it! will spend some time visualising and then just do it! i think the rotation of the shoulders as i approach the end of the rail is key, it just feels so weird. but i guess that's the whole point of learning new tricks! any more tips ?
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Snowaddict - Oct 28, 2009 - 09:02 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
I already said it but just to reiterate - its a really good one to try and over rotate the jump onto the box. If you're worried about the thought process whilst you're moving on a piece of metal/plastic to rotate your shoulders, just make sure you've done it before you even left the kicker by getting it past 90. Either PAST 90 or 90 degrees at speed so you move whilst you're on the box. It will also give you more steez pleez
-Zach- - Oct 29, 2009 - 04:57 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
How good is your switch?
Alot of people get like a mental block on getting there bodies to initiate a landing to switch if the rider isnt confident in their ability riding switch.
cantridepete - Oct 29, 2009 - 08:48 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
are you sliding frontside or backside? or is it your heals or your toes pointing down the slope to avoid any confusion ..... the advice in getting the board round to switch would be different for both I would say.....
The body movement would be similar, just the advice would differ imho.
Snowaddict - Oct 29, 2009 - 08:58 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
Yeahh.. Was assuming as though I had read you meant backside.
cantridepete - Oct 29, 2009 - 09:09 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
yeah probably....I would always tell someone who was trying to come out of backside switch to look back up the box, that'll bring the shoulders round naturally, same as looking back up the slope on a 180:)
Snowaddict - Oct 29, 2009 - 09:14 AM Post subject: RE: boardslide to switch
Really? ..
cantridepete - Oct 29, 2009 - 10:11 AM Post subject:
really what? look back up the box? yeah i would say so...
if your goofy (i am so thats how i'm gona explain it!!) your sliding along the box, toes pointing towards the end of the box and shoulders parrallel to the board. by looking over your right shoulder and back up to the top of the box, everything will follow and you'll ride out switch. simples Snowaddict - Oct 29, 2009 - 11:09 AM Post subject:
ohhh welll fair i suppose... I'd always say watch the end of the box or where you plan to land, definitely can understand the logic for bigger spins than 180s and bigger spins on boxes aswell, but i suppose i just do it a little differently!
Not to question it! Sure it'll still work well lol
Summers250 - Nov 02, 2009 - 06:50 PM Post subject:
thanks for all your tips guys, will let you know once its nailed.
docw - Nov 13, 2009 - 09:25 AM Post subject:
Why not just ride in switch, then your natural inclanations would take over and pull you round to regular? Not that it's a trick I can do myself, just one I am trying to get my body to do. Useful tips though.
Tomahawk - Nov 23, 2009 - 03:08 AM Post subject:
cos switch backboards are one of the hardest rails tricks.
well unless its on a ride on rail I guess.
Sub4 - Nov 24, 2009 - 10:20 AM Post subject: Re: RE: boardslide to switch
ROBster wrote:
Spinning on rails is all about the shoulders!
If you want to come out fakie then as you slide you need to turn your shoulders in the direction that you want to go!
I'll second that! I had real trouble continuing the rotation on the rail....looking in the direction didn't work for me, because I was turning my head and leaving the shoulders where they were. Took me a while to get the nerve to really rotate onto the rail and not to try to 'retrieve' the rotation.
Just keep practicing, It'll happen! Summers250 - Nov 30, 2009 - 04:31 PM Post subject:
got these dialled on friday night, felt so good!! hopefully they look ok too!
wondering what next now, i guess tail/nose presses or front boards! exciting
cantridepete - Nov 30, 2009 - 04:35 PM Post subject:
switchups Summers250 - Nov 30, 2009 - 04:39 PM Post subject:
what you reckon peeps, got boardslides coming out both ways and 50-50's obviously. should i try and do switch 50's or move onto presses/front boards? i guess it's all individual. think i'll try front boards next.
03tilinfinty - Nov 30, 2009 - 05:30 PM Post subject:
switch 5050s, tail/nosepresses, frontboards- any of those are fun and will progress you. from my limited experience the next big mind game was frontboards- they took me ages to learn and i always seem to have to relearn them!
