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Too much turn on heelside
Hi all
I started snowboarding last season and thoroughly enjoy it despite couple of back and shoulder injuries. I have been following the thread on making quick turns on the steep slopes. What I notice is that my toesides are fairly quick and short. My heelside turns tend to be exaggerated and I tend to cut across the slope more. My question is, do I need to get a board that has a tighter radius or does the side-cut apply only when I am doing "pure carves". What I tend to do is jerk my board to follow a tighter turn. This works but its not graceful and my legs get tired after long runs(yea squaw!). Also, I have washed out rather painfully a couple of times doing this. The last fall was on my head. I have a Burton Cruzer which is considered a beginner board. Maybe I need to upgrade to a stiffer board? I am riding with 20 and 5 degrees forward, regular. I wear straps and dont seem to have any heel-lift. Any advice is welcome. Thanks Ramsey |
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Ramsey wrote:
I have been following the thread on making quick turns on the steep slopes. What I notice is that my toesides are fairly quick and short. My heelside turns tend to be exaggerated and I tend to cut across the slope more. I'd bet money that you're riding with straight legs on your heelside turns, which is why you wash out and can't control them so well. My question is, do I need to get a board that has a tighter radius or does the side-cut apply only when I am doing "pure carves". The side-cut applies mostly to carved turns, once you're skidding you can make the board turn less or more than the natural radius. Even the longest of the Cruzers is only an 8 m sidecut - you certainly don't need a tighter sidecut. Neil |
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Usually when learning how to snowboard it is easier to turn on one
side. You should find a gental slope and practice it. Here are some pointers, This is for beginner turns: 1) make sure you have a good stance and are bent at the knees and not the waist. 2) Hold your hands out to the side over the tip and tail. 3) when you are starting the turn, put more wieght on the front foot, and the same time rotate the shoulders and look in the direction you are going. 4) the board should be flat during the turn and at the end apply the correct edge. |
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"Ramsey" wrote What I notice is that my toesides are fairly quick and short. My heelside turns tend to be exaggerated and I tend to cut across the slope more. Try to press the front edge more, and if that doesn't work increase your highback angles. Also because both bindings are set at an angle to the axis of the board, you lean more to the front of the board on toe-side turns than on the heel side. Effectively heel-side turn requries more pronounced forward lean than toe-side turn. You may want to get a new board, but the problem you are describing is probably not a valid excuse to do that :-) |
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Too much turn on heelside
What I described was beginner turns, I think your problem is that you
need to learn intermediate turns. Beginner turns cannot be used for steep pitches. You should take a lesson and ask them for intermediate turns or carving turns. It will not take that long for an instructor to teach you this. It is cheaper then buying a board. Good luck. |
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(Ramsey) wrote in message . com...
(Snowboardripper) wrote in message . com... Usually when learning how to snowboard it is easier to turn on one side. You should find a gental slope and practice it. Here are some pointers, This is for beginner turns: 1) make sure you have a good stance and are bent at the knees and not the waist. 2) Hold your hands out to the side over the tip and tail. 3) when you are starting the turn, put more wieght on the front foot, and the same time rotate the shoulders and look in the direction you are going. 4) the board should be flat during the turn and at the end apply the correct edge. The board needs to be on an edge during the turn, not flat or it will never turn. I also wouldn't have my arms out stretched over the tip and tail. The most important thing is to have your arms somewhere comfortable and stationary and not flailing around. I would practice on a moderate slope and try making heelside turns, increasing the heelside pressure and lean until the board stops. Get to the point where you can stop on the heelside without falling over. If you can balance on your heelside and put enough pressure on it, the board will make tight turns. Thats good advice but, as I probably should have mentioned, I dont have problems on the gentler slopes. The problem I have is when I am going on steep slopes. It could be just that I am not leaning enough to the front because of the fear factor. At this point I think maybe I should get a board that is less flexible. That will probably make going from edge-to-edge faster. does that make sense? |
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Try to press the front edge more, and if that doesn't work increase your highback angles. I've had a similar problem when I first started.. it was improper highback settings for me. You'll no doubt end up messing with your binding angles and/or highback settings. Im not sure if your bindings support this or not.. but you can adjust their angle, as well as their rotation (a little bit). I had this same problem when I tried to go with rather steep angles (softboots) and odd highback positions. |
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