Flat-Boarding

"yunlong" wrote in message
om...
"foot2foot" wrote in message
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Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

Thanks. People already talking about us together, what do you think [of
that]?

Happy skiing,
IS

Yes. Any help is always appreciated. Yes?

"AstroPax" wrote in message

It's about the fact that you are totally clueless relative to the
utility of ski poles.

-Astro

What no Pix today.
bad Astro. no beer.

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Walt wrote in message ...
yunlong wrote:

Flat-board riding, or flat-boarding, is a downhill skiing/snowboarding
technique that rides the ski/snowboard "flat" [in relation to the snow
and the slope], that is, as the slogan said, "ski the bottom, not the
edge."

mercy snip

And above all, come with skiing without poles, pole-plant is no longer
needed. While skiing loses its signature "hopping" beats, free-hand
skiing transforms. With free hands elegantly reflecting the balance of
gravity, as well as playful, flat-boarding becomes truly "free" form
of skiing.


I have no idea what you're talking about

Ooh, maybe this may give you a glimpse, in part, what it may look like,
http://www.taomartialarts.com/ski/ski_v_is_tcs1.avi
or,
http://www.taomartialarts.com/ski/ski_video.html

so here's a ... oh nevermind.

Ok,


IS



// Walt
//
// There is no Volkl Conspiracy

bdubya wrote in message . ..
On 29 Nov 2004 16:01:46 -0800,
(yunlong) wrote:

(snipt - you know where to find it if you need it)

If I understand your description correctly, I have actually found
myself skiing like this in the past, on old (minimal-sidecut) GS skis
- steering with nothing more than a slight lead change, with no ege
pressure at all, and allowing a fair amount of sideways slip. Doing
this at high speed down the billiard-table-smooth groomers off the
Mayflower lift at Deer Valley, specifically. It was great fun,
requiring very little effort, and imparting a feeling of more
lightness and grace than the more athletic, up-and-down pole-planting
style that was the current orthodoxy.

Actually, flat-boarding is nothing new; it is the essence/fundamental
skill of good downhill racers, park riders, and spirited skiers.


But if you try it in variable snow, cut-up snow, off-piste, or in the
bumps (i.e. just about anywhere that isn't groomed flat),

Not really, flat-boarding floats to the surface in deep powders,
slides through cruds on top, and has more surface contact in icy
conditions, which all give better skis control, thus more
maneuverable, which makes them better techniques than carving.

you'll fall on your face. Hard. I mean whiplash-hard. Ouch.

Guess you just have to do better flat-boarding.

Come to Tahoe, I show you,
IS


bw

"LePheaux" wrote in message ...
"AstroPax" wrote in message

It's about the fact that you are totally clueless relative to the
utility of ski poles.

Still hang-up on poles, eh?

Guess you are clueless without ski poles.


-Astro

What no Pix today.
bad Astro. no beer.

Well, sorry for the piggy-back, I post from google, and AstroPax's
posts didn't show in the thread.


IS

"foot2foot" wrote in message ...
"yunlong" wrote in message
om...
"foot2foot" wrote in message
...
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

Thanks. People already talking about us together, what do you think [of
that]?

Happy skiing,
IS

Yes. Any help is always appreciated. Yes?

Sure thing. Are you a flat-boarder?

Just curious,
IS

yunlong wrote:

Ooh, maybe this may give you a glimpse, in part, what it may look like,
http://www.taomartialarts.com/ski/ski_v_is_tcs1.avi
or,
http://www.taomartialarts.com/ski/ski_video.html

Where's the berm? Isn't there supposed to be a berm?

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//-Walt
//
// There is no Volkl Conspiracy

yunlong wrote:

"LePheaux" wrote in message ...

"AstroPax" wrote in message


It's about the fact that you are totally clueless relative to the
utility of ski poles.


Still hang-up on poles, eh?

Guess you are clueless without ski poles.

And I thought you two were gonna be best buds.

--
Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug.

"yunlong" wrote in message
m...
"foot2foot" wrote in message
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"yunlong" wrote in message
om...
"foot2foot" wrote in message
...
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

Thanks. People already talking about us together, what do you think
[of
that]?

Happy skiing,
IS

Yes. Any help is always appreciated. Yes?

Sure thing. Are you a flat-boarder?

Just curious,
IS

At times, yes. It makes a great rotation/counter rotation excercise.