Will it damage my board on a dry slope?

Hi,

I live in High Wycombe and we have a long dry slope which I intend to visit for
practice.

Will it damage my board at all - I thought I heard something about this on here
once?

What should you wear to be protected against burns?

Any tips? Obviously it's not snow, but will it be useful for a fairly new
boarder like me to get some valuable training in before Winter?

Thanks,

Tom, High Wycombe, UK.

On 19 Jul 2003 16:59:45 GMT, (Tstungo) wrote:

I live in High Wycombe and we have a long dry slope which I intend to visit for
practice.

Will it damage my board at all - I thought I heard something about this on here
once?

What should you wear to be protected against burns?

Any tips? Obviously it's not snow, but will it be useful for a fairly new
boarder like me to get some valuable training in before Winter?

I reccomend that you hire a board from the slope, while these will be
blunt it will not be worth blunting your own board or ruining the
base, there may be some worn areas on the slope and drag lift track
where metal may be exposed.

If you intend going to a dry slope regularly (good luck to you) it
maybe work buying a cheap rubbish board from ebay or something that
doesnt matter if you damage it.
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Knowlege is Powder...Go on the Piste and go board stupid

If you intend going to a dry slope regularly (good luck to you

What's up with dry slopes - is there anything in particular I should know? I
realise it's not going to feel like snow but with the slope being so local it
seems ideal to get in a bit of practice, work on basic balance and posture
etc.?

Any thoughts?

Tom

Many thanks for the detailed info, Liz. I'll have a think about all that.

Tom

What's up with dry slopes - is there anything in particular I should know?

Yes - it can really hurt! Wear long sleeves + wristguards, and if you're
considering any tricks as much padding as you can fit under your clothes!

I
realise it's not going to feel like snow but with the slope being so local
it
seems ideal to get in a bit of practice, work on basic balance and posture
etc.?


Well, it's much slower and "grabbier" than snow so you can't really use your
edges properly - if you don't have the posture + moves in your muscles
already you're likely to develop bad habbits like steering by pushing your
back foot around. Also I'd reckon the chances of hurting yourself and going
off the whole idea are quite high. You will learn to ride the button pull
though as each run will be over in about 30 secs :-)

OTOH you could take the view that since you've got more access to the dry
slope than the snow it makes sense to learn dry slope skills and not worry
about good snow technique! They have a snowboard club I think, and put out a
jump sometimes. Dry slopes do seem to get a little community of dedicated
riders around them, though often they (wisely) spend as much time hanging
out as riding.

I used to go to High Wycombe to try to practice freestyle skills (of which I
have none). They don't let you jump on hire stuff through.


HTH

Liz

(Tstungo) wrote in message ...
Many thanks for the detailed info, Liz. I'll have a think about all that.

Tom

The last time I went, you were only allowed to use your
own board on the jumps, not the hired ones. I'd pick
up some knee and elbow pads and some padding to put
down the back of your trousers as well as wrist
protectors. The last time I went to the Wycombe slope
I was totally gone after 2 or 3 hours. Low blood sugar
type shaking and wobbly knees. It's harder work than
snow and can hurt like hell when you wipe out. All in
all, it's probably good for learning jumps, rails and
using the button lift. It's certainly more challenging
than the snow domes.

Cheers.
Iain.

(Tstungo) wrote in message ...
Useful info. Interested to hear it's tougher on the muscles than snow - I did
imagine it would be somehow.

I think it's harder because you can't carve. When
you're carving the board does most of the work for
you. On dry slopes I find I'm doing lots of
violent twisting/counter rotating to try and make
the board go where I want it to. Lots of people
look right at home on dry slopes so I guess it's
just a question of getting used to it.

Iain.

I think it's harder because you can't carve. When
you're carving the board does most of the work for
you. On dry slopes I find I'm doing lots of
violent twisting/counter rotating to try and make
the board go where I want it to. Lots of people
look right at home on dry slopes so I guess it's
just a question of getting used to it.

I think it is; if you can't carve on snow then you're dead meat on the
plastic.

I don't have the whole of this thread, but yes, it will damage your board.
Most people just use an old board. Sharp edges help on plastic; sharpen them
every time.

Phil