Progression

nosepress

FRESHprince — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:30:57 GMT

iv been tring the park out for a while now and i can do 50-50's and boadslides but i really want to do a nosepress.

any ideas?

Wieght Loss

death_ember2 — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:37:02 GMT

So I decided to loose a little weight, cause my gym teacher keeps using me as an example of obesity. So, I've been going for 3 weeks, and I've lost 14 lbs, with just straight exercise. I wanted to change my diet and eat less, but food is just too good.

So, I was wondering what kind of weight loss methods worked for any of you people?

(No, I can't get my stomach stapled)

New Boarder Cross Setup

VanAmp — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:10:47 GMT

As last years gear prices start to drop I have been thinking about getting a new setup strictly for boarder cross races.

Board:
T6 162

Bindings:
C60s

Boots:
Ion or SLX

the only problem I am running into is the T6 is narrow and I'm trying to avoid the wide board because it seems like narrower would be better in the turns. I usually wear an 11.5 so I was planning on trying to squeeze into a 11 and get Medium Bindings. Not too worried about comfort because I won't be riding in them for extended periods of time and can loosen them up between heats.

This seem like a good idea?

need help with kink rail!!

ryanppax — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:58:59 GMT

ok i was at the mountain yesterday and i decided to try the kink rail they had set up.
i have the balls to do it but i cant figure out how to stay on the rail when i go through the kink.

any help would be appreciated

1st year in park..is this good progression?

eastcoastsnow — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:59:39 GMT

So this year was my first in park, and i think i progressed well. My rail/box tricks are:50/50 board slide,50/50 down flat down. and can usually do C rails easily.. For jumps i can 180/160 and hit the big/last jump at the big terrain park (about a 25 ft gap) im guessing. Is that good progression, from never doing park?

need help with 540

jweaky — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:34:32 GMT

Here's like 2 clips from this past weekend. It's my first time trying this out and wanted to get advice on how to land this thing. Am I leaning too far back when I land? Am I trying too hard to spin on a small jump and need to do it slower on a bigger one? Was it just the last minute landing tweaking I needed to get it down? Also is spinning off the toes for these gonna make it easier to do it? Thanks yo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBHal5wl2go

New googles

jeff101 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:29:41 GMT

i have been looking at some new figments and i was wondering what the best lens would be for a cloudy day or partly sunny

Wat does it mean when you do a cab?

ryanppax — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:21:40 GMT

i hear people doing them during comps all the time but i have no clue what they mean

Movie-how to

eastcoastsnow — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:04:58 GMT

I was wondering if anyone could give me some hints on making a movie..like a sponser one. But i dont know what movie maker to use and all that stuff.. So if you guys could give some info on that thanks.. and this might be in the wrong section..sorry

my first grab

suchick13 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:07:28 GMT

I did my first grab today. OK, more like a mitten slap. But I did actually hit a S and then M kicker in the park, pulled my board up and touched the edge. I would like to thank chiamarge (who did a grab at Boobcon so I figured if she can do it, I can too) and SPK Island Snow (who rode with me today, showed me how, and was my cheering section). Today was Last Tracks for my 2009 season so it was icing on the cake after an amazingly gratifying year. MontrealCon, Dirty South, Boobcon and then this.

See ? you *can* teach an old dog new tricks !! :)

Riding Switch

lostprayers4snow — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:36:00 GMT

I've only been on directional boards with set-back stances through my entire snowboarding career. Now I'm looking to move to a centered Nitro or Capita to learn to wide switch. Which of the two companies would you buy from and which board? Any tips for riding switch would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all

Rails

Jojojojof — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:33:11 GMT

ya after this season im pretty satisfied with my riding now

more freedom on the hills
hittin most features in the park
got shiftys dialed and 180s pretty nice
but i need some help with rails
ive got most boxes down
and even a "rail"/"box" (bout 5 inches wide)
and gapping flat parts of up flat rail/boxes

but i need some help with true rails
my local park took out all the small rails so i can't exactly practise
but i need some advice on how to stay balanced
the easies rail is a 10 foot down rail and its pretty high up

any advice?

270's off Boxes and rails

msweet2111 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:20:07 GMT

any advice, i cant even grasp how to get enough rotation out of a box, i just slip out and hurt myself, and wuts a good feature to try on, ive been trying low boxes and flat rails and all i can get is 180

method

pitchBlende — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:47:14 GMT

ashamed to ask. My favorite trick of all time, and no clue how to pull one. Can someone give me tips? Thanks.

Help with 360's

msweet2111 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:09:45 GMT

I get my rotation easy enough, i just always land too much in the back seat, and eat ***. Im coming in, go off my heel side edge i just always wind up getting my center of gravity thrown off. Any advice?

doing spins

ryanppax — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:39:28 GMT

when you do spins, are u just turning your body while u are in the air or do u do sumthin else?

MY FIRST KICKER EVER

fearwaf — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:51:01 GMT

I finally managed to face my fear of falling on my ass and breaking something, and got to queue for the kicker and then I did it and it was great didn't fall or had to stop. I couldn't believe my self I started shouting out yyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooo and raised my hands up as if I did a 1800 or won a gold medal in the Olympics LOL. So I went and did it again but I was so nerves I thought I was lucky the 1st time but to my surprise I didn't fall or anything but this time I didn't shout or raise my hands LOL.

I don't know why I didn't do it before its one of the best rushes I had ever experienced.

SNOWBOARDING ROCKS

An Addiction to Snowboarding

Snowboard Addiction — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:25:15 GMT

Like any activity that gives you the kind of release that snowboarding does, it can become a habit that is impossible to kick. Riding in fresh pow, landing a 60' kicker or stomping a trick you've been working on for weeks can all give you an incredible rush of adrenaline, phytons and symptoms. Much in the same way drugs affect your brain chemistry, so too can snowboarding. You go through withdrawal during the off season, and the physical harm that you are risking is always high.

In medical terminology, an addiction is a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning and develops physical dependence, as in drug addiction.

However, common usage of the term addiction has spread to include psychological dependence. In this context, the term also refers to behaviors that are not generally recognized by the medical community as problems of addiction, such as snowboarding.

The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as park riding and powder addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual's health, mental state or social life.

Unlike so many other addictions in life, snowboarding is rad - feed your addiction!

Addicted to Snowboarding

Snowboard Addiction — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:26:00 GMT

Like any activity that gives you the kind of release that snowboarding does, it can become a habit that is impossible to kick. Riding in fresh pow, landing a 60' kicker or stomping a trick you've been working on for weeks can all give you an incredible rush of adrenaline, and serotonin. Much in the same way drugs affect your brain chemistry, so too can snowboarding. You go through withdrawal during the off season, and the physical harm that you are risking is always high.

In medical terminology, an addiction is a state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning and develops physical dependence, as in drug addiction.

However, common usage of the term addiction has spread to include psychological dependence. In this context, the term also refers to behaviors that are not generally recognized by the medical community as problems of addiction, such as snowboarding.

The term addiction is also sometimes applied to compulsions that are not substance-related, such as park riding and powder addiction. In these kinds of common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to the individual's health, mental state or social life.

Unlike so many other addictions in life, snowboarding is rad - feed your addiction!

hip dislocation

little baer — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:57:29 GMT

has anyone dislocated their hip and leg? how long was physical therapy and how long did it take you to fully recover?

540s?

jibfest751 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:12:34 GMT

every time i try to 5, i get the spin but always just cork it and land on my back. do i like need to spin slower or something?

DFDFD rails

TaKNtM42 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:44:46 GMT

would it be called a double kink?

Another progression

Duhg — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:53:50 GMT

I was at Butternut yesterday with just my (almost) 9 year old son.
My policy is that we always:
1. Have fun
2. Learn something new

He asked me what I was going to learn so I decided to try 180's off of a kicker.

I have thrown a lot of 180's before, but almost always at the end of turns. I nollie into a little 180. Occasionally I would throw one while slowly going over a roller, but that's it.

Yesterday on my first two tries I landed two very nice frontside 180's off of an 8' kicker.
Buoyed with confidence, I tried a backside 180. I forgot to turn my head up hill , so it turned into a beautiful backside 90, complete with the landing + back edge catch into flying butt-slam on ice.
Boy: "Dad, are you ok? That looked like it hurt." LOL

Being a dad, I had to teach the old adage of getting right back on the horse that threw you, so I tried it again the next time down. I remembered to turn my head this time and landed it perfectly. My boy rode up to me and gave me a big hug. That hug was the highlight of my day.

Next up:
A method grab?
Not hitting a tree on a glade run? (My kids call me a tree hugger)
??

It is true that your kids make you young again. I probably would not be trying this stuff if it was just me and my wife (a skier) out there.

Handplants

death_ember2 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:57:11 GMT

My goal is to eventually enter a halfpipe competition and I was wondering if I should bother to learn to do handplants at this stage, cause I never really see anyone pull them anymore, especially in Superpipe.

Approaching kickers

Professor Cheez Nips — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:59:12 GMT

When I'm coming up to a kicker, I usually have a slight edge because I carve up to the kicker, but I was readin up and I heard you get a different, even diminished, pop from you board if you ollie off an edge. How do I approach a kicker on a flat base without catching edge and biting it?