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227angrydonkeys 
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 Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 08:52 PM
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| one thing you can do, is , if you cnat already do it, learn to ride switch nearby, then you will be going slower, and learning something yourself and falling over a bit as well so it wont feel like shes trailing behind and youre always waiting for her. |
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cheesy_wiggles
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Post subject: Help Help, Hellllllppppp!!!
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 08:57 AM
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First post: Jun 07, 2010
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Location: Keighley / Leeds
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I watched the youtube video and all i can see really is that she has a tendancy to lean back slightly rather than leaning more over her direction of travel. From my experience i'd say this is due to a half an half commitment to the turn, maybe due to lack of confidence with the fear of digging into the snow and falling hard.
When i was first starting out i favoured turns going into my heelside where i was confident as hell but the turns out into the toeside edge we're much slower as i had the fear of falling over. I think the more you do it you learn what works and what doesn't, comes naturally eventually.
Everyone can give their own personal opinions and advice and all i'm going to say is i think she needs to lean slightly more forward which will allow her to turn more easily but to be honest looks like she can make it down the mountain which is a good starting point 
Merry xmas to you all! |
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wakalino
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Posted: Dec 26, 2010 - 12:45 AM
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First post: Jul 28, 2009
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weight on the front foot, tuck yer arse in on the toeside and look back up the hill when coming onto the toes (that will avoid using the arms as much to make the turn)
hope that helps |
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Snowscreen
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Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 08:43 PM
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First post: Jan 21, 2008
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UPDATE
This is a 2 minute update after a few days in Grand Bornand, got Morzine and her lessons with Mint in a couple of weeks.
Lesson went well and he had some good advice, main thing is making sure she remembers it each day and does what she was told
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Rj9ZUEaXo
This is a blue run
She feels more confident and doesn't stop half as much and can now spot flat spots and straight line when needed, holding speed to make sure she doesn't stop
Still alot of work to do on those turns although she is able to link on blue and red runs (reds very slowly by almost stopping before committing to a turn) better than just having to traverse down though with falling leaf on heel edge
She mainly struggles with going from heel to toe, she hesitates when having to put her board down the fall line and sometimes doesnt change the bend in her knees, instead of bending her knees when half way into the turn her knees are constantly bent the same amount sometimes.
Weight is also not 50/50 or over the front leg, its sometimes still on the rear of the board. She doesn't let the board do the work and come round on its own and wants to rush the turn it seems, had to keep reminding her she can use the whole width of the slope as she sometimes slowed right down doing little turn, turn, turn, turn
She's improved though and felt better, just needs to practice, remember the right technique and gain more confidence |
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DrSnowboard
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Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 10:30 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
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| She looks great, a huge improvement in confidence and alignment. There's only a couple of moments when her shoulders go offline with the board and curiously it's on the heel to toe rather than toe to heel which most people overturn on. I'd just ask her to look uphill as she finishes onto her toes, otherwise no worries. |
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russ295
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Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 10:18 AM
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First post: May 04, 2010
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had a quick spy at the vids and vid 1 is the typical first weeker!
2nd vid is someone who has had some quality lessons and doesnt look like the typical 2nd weeker!!!
no handbag arm, shoulders in line etc.
still a way to go but if the basics are correct the rest follows easily.
thats coming from someone who learned when +30+15 binding angles were the norm, step in binding were posh and ratchets were like gold!
was harder to relearn than start from scratch.
as the confidence grows, the speed increases and as the speed increases the turns become easier and better.
russ |
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