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Waco Paco wrote: Neil Gendzwill wrote: Baka Dasai wrote: To get my weight over the rear of the board to carve the last part of the turn cleanly, I have to avoid rotating my upper body. I notice watching the soft-boot guys who carve hard, that their bodies are usually lined up with their binding angles. I think over-rotation of your upperbody and low angles don't mix much. To the original poster - looks like you're overloading and folding the nose on a board that's too short and probably too soft for your weight. Fixing your technique to not overload the nose is a good thing but you may be getting to be too much rider for that little board. Neil Ya, I think I'm noticing that I may be using the board for the wrong type of riding. It's engineered to be a park/freestyle board not so much of a carver. I think it wasn't meant to be ripped down a hill going at a high speed. But the board is engineered for 230+ lb riders... well maybe I'll get a freeride board next stu You've never mention how much you weight. The Alibi is a park/pipe board specific board and the softer flex midflex and the tighter sidecut (sub 8m) really will tend to force the board into a very tight, hard turn - overflexing the soft middle of the board at the highest G part of the turn (3/4 of the carve) and then the board bends too much to maintain a carve and just digs in). I've had this happen to me on som ~7.5m softish boards when trying to carve hard on them (Burton Custom, Prior AMF, Burton Fish). I would suggest moving to a freestyle/freeride board that that tries allow for both styles of riding. |
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lonerider wrote:
Waco Paco wrote: Neil Gendzwill wrote: Baka Dasai wrote: To get my weight over the rear of the board to carve the last part of the turn cleanly, I have to avoid rotating my upper body. I notice watching the soft-boot guys who carve hard, that their bodies are usually lined up with their binding angles. I think over-rotation of your upperbody and low angles don't mix much. To the original poster - looks like you're overloading and folding the nose on a board that's too short and probably too soft for your weight. Fixing your technique to not overload the nose is a good thing but you may be getting to be too much rider for that little board. Neil Ya, I think I'm noticing that I may be using the board for the wrong type of riding. It's engineered to be a park/freestyle board not so much of a carver. I think it wasn't meant to be ripped down a hill going at a high speed. But the board is engineered for 230+ lb riders... well maybe I'll get a freeride board next stu You've never mention how much you weight. The Alibi is a park/pipe board specific board and the softer flex midflex and the tighter sidecut (sub 8m) really will tend to force the board into a very tight, hard turn - overflexing the soft middle of the board at the highest G part of the turn (3/4 of the carve) and then the board bends too much to maintain a carve and just digs in). I've had this happen to me on som ~7.5m softish boards when trying to carve hard on them (Burton Custom, Prior AMF, Burton Fish). I would suggest moving to a freestyle/freeride board that that tries allow for both styles of riding. I meant to say that I'm 180 lb 5'8" |
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lonerider wrote:
Waco Paco wrote: Neil Gendzwill wrote: Baka Dasai wrote: To get my weight over the rear of the board to carve the last part of the turn cleanly, I have to avoid rotating my upper body. I notice watching the soft-boot guys who carve hard, that their bodies are usually lined up with their binding angles. I think over-rotation of your upperbody and low angles don't mix much. To the original poster - looks like you're overloading and folding the nose on a board that's too short and probably too soft for your weight. Fixing your technique to not overload the nose is a good thing but you may be getting to be too much rider for that little board. Neil Ya, I think I'm noticing that I may be using the board for the wrong type of riding. It's engineered to be a park/freestyle board not so much of a carver. I think it wasn't meant to be ripped down a hill going at a high speed. But the board is engineered for 230+ lb riders... well maybe I'll get a freeride board next stu You've never mention how much you weight. The Alibi is a park/pipe board specific board and the softer flex midflex and the tighter sidecut (sub 8m) really will tend to force the board into a very tight, hard turn - overflexing the soft middle of the board at the highest G part of the turn (3/4 of the carve) and then the board bends too much to maintain a carve and just digs in). I've had this happen to me on som ~7.5m softish boards when trying to carve hard on them (Burton Custom, Prior AMF, Burton Fish). I would suggest moving to a freestyle/freeride board that that tries allow for both styles of riding. Oh right I also meant to say that there's a 4th layer of glass that runs between the bindings. |
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Waco Paco wrote: I meant to say that I'm 180 lb 5'8" Well you are in the middle of the weight range. As Neil has explained as what you have sensed, I don't think this board is really designed for fast, hard carving despite what the company says (they do suggest moving the binding farther back for "big mountain" riding). The sidecut is just too tight and the middle too soft to do fast hard carves... That's just my opinion though. |
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