Struggles Skating uphill

Hi

Any tips/ suggestions about how to Skate easier going uphill. It seems I
struggle way to much and often am exhausted from it. The hills are fairly
good size so I expect some tiredness but not a much as I seem to have.

Jay

Jay Pollock wrote:

Any tips/ suggestions about how to Skate easier going uphill. It seems I
struggle way to much and often am exhausted from it. The hills are fairly
good size so I expect some tiredness but not a much as I seem to have.

How steep/long a hill are we talking about? Does your board glide at
all when you skate, or are you just slugging your way up? If it's that
steep, I usually just put the board completely sideways and step up the
hill using the edge.

Neil

"Jay Pollock" wrote in
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Hi

Any tips/ suggestions about how to Skate easier going uphill. It seems
I struggle way to much and often am exhausted from it. The hills are
fairly good size so I expect some tiredness but not a much as I seem
to have.

Jay


Assuming we are not talking about steep hills, practise leaning over
your front foot a bit more. By putting more weight over your front foot,
you should find that you can glide fairly effortlessly, rather than
wobbling and dragging the board about. This suddenly clicked with me
last week having never been able to skate very well before.

Cheers
Tim

"Tim Sampson" wrote in message
Assuming we are not talking about steep hills, practise leaning over
your front foot a bit more. By putting more weight over your front foot,
you should find that you can glide fairly effortlessly, rather than
wobbling and dragging the board about. This suddenly clicked with me
last week having never been able to skate very well before.

Why on Earth hasn't someone invented a quick release mechanism for you front
binding so you can swivel it to 90degrees for scooting then click back in to
your preset angle when you want to ride again?
Would make life much easier.

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David Brown ) wrote:

Why on Earth hasn't someone invented a quick release mechanism for you front
binding so you can swivel it to 90degrees for scooting then click back in to
your preset angle when you want to ride again?
Would make life much easier.

Been done already, never seemed to take off. I suspect the mechanism
simply wasn't strong enough.

Neil

"Neil Gendzwill" wrote in message
Been done already, never seemed to take off. I suspect the mechanism
simply wasn't strong enough.

Oh OK then.
My bindings only have a single allen key bolt to swivel so I'll be taking an
Allen key next year. This year I had a day when I ended up on far too many
flat/uphill tracks.

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David Brown ) wrote:

Oh OK then.
My bindings only have a single allen key bolt to swivel so I'll be taking an
Allen key next year. This year I had a day when I ended up on far too many
flat/uphill tracks.

One thing that really helps is learning to ride a flat base and not
being afraid to carry quite a bit of speed (on trails that you're
familiar with of course).

Also, hard boots rule in this situation. You've got a forward stance so
your leg is much more comfortable while skating. I use the Intec
step-ins, which work very well, so I can step out by simply pulling the
release handle at the top of my boot, skate along and then step in again
*while gliding* when the slope starts to go downhill. Ever been stuck
on a long up and down but mostly flat path where you're constantly doing
and undoing your bindings? Cake with the Intec step-ins.

The only real downside is if it's icy, and then the hard plastic boot
sole can slip around when skating compared to softies. This can be a
bit of a problem in crowded icy lift lines.

Neil

Neil Gendzwill wrote:
David Brown ) wrote:

Oh OK then.
My bindings only have a single allen key bolt to swivel so I'll be
taking an
Allen key next year. This year I had a day when I ended up on far
too many
flat/uphill tracks.

One thing that really helps is learning to ride a flat base and not
being afraid to carry quite a bit of speed (on trails that you're
familiar with of course).

Agreed. Once you know the trails better... in general you "should" be
able to pass through more flats/uphill sections if you carry enough
speed on the hill above (obviously I'm sure some hills have really bad
sections).

Also, hard boots rule in this situation. You've got a forward stance
so
your leg is much more comfortable while skating. I use the Intec
step-ins, which work very well, so I can step out by simply pulling
the
release handle at the top of my boot, skate along and then step in
again
*while gliding* when the slope starts to go downhill. Ever been
stuck
on a long up and down but mostly flat path where you're constantly
doing
and undoing your bindings? Cake with the Intec step-ins.

The only real downside is if it's icy, and then the hard plastic boot

sole can slip around when skating compared to softies. This can be a

bit of a problem in crowded icy lift lines.

Yea I was about to say that I find hardboot soles to be a lot more
slippery and so I like them less that regular boots for skating. Having
the higher angles are convenient although I'm still getting used to
Intec step-ins and they aren't quite as natural as the Clicker step-ins
I used to have (I use strap bindings now a days for softboots). I also
managed to slip and fall while talking to a girl who was in love with
my alpine board... she didn't seem to mind that a lot of my coolness
melted away... although the guy in the nosering behind her did

--Arvin

"Neil Gendzwill" wrote in message
One thing that really helps is learning to ride a flat base and not being
afraid to carry quite a bit of speed (on trails that you're familiar with
of course).

Scares me ****less (

Also, hard boots rule in this situation. You've got a forward stance so
your leg is much more comfortable while skating. I use the Intec
step-ins, which work very well, so I can step out by simply pulling the
release handle at the top of my boot, skate along and then step in again
*while gliding* when the slope starts to go downhill. Ever been stuck on
a long up and down but mostly flat path where you're constantly doing and
undoing your bindings? Cake with the Intec step-ins.

Yep, I have Intec binding too but with soft boots and a forward angle of
only 16, totally ****s my forward leg from twisting when scooting.

The only real downside is if it's icy, and then the hard plastic boot sole
can slip around when skating compared to softies. This can be a bit of a
problem in crowded icy lift lines.

And the downside of Intec bindings is when you stack it in the powder, a
right ******* to click back in if filled with snow. I think I'll be
changing to straps for next season and keep the Intecs for the dry slopes.

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"Neil Gendzwill" wrote in message
Been done already, never seemed to take off. I suspect the mechanism
simply wasn't strong enough.

Any idea who it was that made them, what they were called etc?

Cheers

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