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 Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 11:59 AM
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Okay this discussion has got too intellectual for me. All i know is if you practice more you get better. If a tall person practices 10 times more often then a shortie then they will be better at freestyle. Also, i'm just thinking, it's not just grabs you need to think about. What about flatland stuff - why would you need longer/shorter arms? Plus li'd like to think that being short i have a better chance at being good at a sport - i was gutted to not be picked for the netball team when i was at school. Okay i might not have been good at that either, but i'd like to think it was just my lack of height letting me down  |
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 12:00 PM
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| Yes i have no idea which side of this argument i'm on, and yes i am on something. |
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 01:30 PM
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Anyone ever met Devun Walsh? He's a proper shorty, in fact most of the DC team are.
Ultimately I don't care about this because I'm not particularly tall, all you longshanks will have to make do. At least you can reach stuff on high shelves. |
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 02:02 PM
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 02:04 PM
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 02:20 PM
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 03:17 PM
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 03:34 PM
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charlie wrote:
Anyone ever met Devun Walsh? He's a proper shorty, in fact most of the DC team are.
Ultimately I don't care about this because I'm not particularly tall, all you longshanks will have to make do. At least you can reach stuff on high shelves.
I've met Devun Walsh. Well kind of - I was working on the lifts at Whistler during the summer and he went up for a photo shoot and said hi! He was proper tiny!
Anyway, I have the double disadvantage of being medium height and fat. Having said that, I know half of my skinny shorter friends can't touch their toes, whereas I can get my palms on the floor no probs which surely has more relevance to grabbing... |
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Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 03:38 PM
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yup met him in cham last season  |
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Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 10:12 AM
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Not just freestylers, Jeremy Jones appears to be not very tall (unless that Congressman is a giant):
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Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 10:24 AM
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| Yeah he's 5'8" so not tall, common height for most snowboarders. Xavier Delerue is 5'9" so being the best in the business you could say it helps. |
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Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 11:01 AM
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I'm 5'10" and don't consider myself short! Perhaps there's hope for me yet as a freestyle ninja. Perhaps if I think "short" I'll improve.
Big Mountain JJ was at Freeze last year and he certainly didn't seem worried about somebody grabbing him and seeing how far they could throw him. |
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Posted: Oct 27, 2011 - 08:46 AM
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So we have the "most pro snowboarders are <6 foot tall" "I am tall and rubbish at freestyle" ERGO "it helps to be shorter to be good at freestyle"
Anyone think of a tall freestyle pro?
Only ones I could think of was Danny Wheeler and Chris E-Tree Englesman from a few years ago suggesting they'd been evolved out by spin-to-win but a quick google (and other forums) turns up Mikkel Bang who doesn't really look too shabby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00fJk5jn ... embedded#! |
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Posted: Oct 27, 2011 - 12:26 PM
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[quote="dunx"]I'm 5'10" and don't consider myself short! Perhaps there's hope for me yet as a freestyle ninja. Perhaps if I think "short" I'll improve.
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This is definately where I've been going wrong, I try and think 'tall' all the time |
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Posted: Oct 27, 2011 - 03:54 PM
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| having coached for years I've noticed that slightly shorter people do pick up freestyle a bit quicker, I've always put it down to the lower centre of gravity, and has been my excuse for being rubbish |
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