getting off lift

"LeeD" wrote in message
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So can you handle those lifts that drop you off at the top of a hill,
you drop 30' in about 150' distance, then gotta make a sharp turn or
two before you're allowed to stop?
My examples of Boreal and Mammoth are considered extreme for
snowboarders, but both get you on a nice, fun run.
I'm tenous on those, and have considered getting a loop between my
two bindings, so I can control the board and turn, even ollie over
prone boarders and skiers, while getting off the dropoff zone.


I didn't say that.. 30 feet in 150 feet distance.. that doesn't sound that
bad. I would imagine I could make that though I have no real life
experience to say I have. If you've got to do that before you can even
strap in, that could be a problem and I would imagine that it's a horrible
setup for the ski resort.

I agree with Lonerider too, it abhors me to think that you'd ollie over
people sitting there. I've been cut by a board and hit by a run away board.
Even if you were my friend and you ollied over me without telling me, I'd be
****ed at you, much less strangers. That'll get you kicked off the
mountain. They may not be in the right place, but it doesn't give you the
right to put them in danger.

Bruce Chang wrote:

I didn't say that.. 30 feet in 150 feet distance.. that doesn't sound that
bad.

That's an 11 degree slope, probably steeper than a lot of beginner runs.

At Sunshine, the worst exit for snowboarders is the Strawberry Chair.
Ironically, back in the day this was the only lift you were allowed to
ride until you got your snowboard cert that allowed you all over the
hill. For a lot of years they taught beginners off that chair but I
think they usually go lower to the more forgiving Wolverine chair now.

I agree with Lonerider too, it abhors me to think that you'd ollie over
people sitting there.

I'd report him to the first patroller I could find and make sure his
ticket got yanked.

Neil

a good instructor will get you to do things like riding on a small slope
with back foot out to simulate getting off lift. I have solved this problem
with students hundreds of times in less than thirty minutes
Paul
Casi (Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors)
wrote in message
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hello, its Todd again, last year i was really getting ****ed off,
trying to get off the lift, i could only do it without biffing it about
fifty percent of the time. any help with placement of feet would be
helpful, right now i put my loose foot up against my my flow bindings
on the rear of the board, whats your opionion on where to put foot? I
was told to try and move my foot forward, any ideas? Todd===also i dont
have anysticky stuff on my board for traction, I have the canyon 168
and dont want to cover the emblem with traction stuff.

Paul, I've snowboarded over 250 days without problems getting off
normal lifts at most resorts, but my two examples can be pretty
extreme.
Mammoth has a 6 person chair that dumps you off just inside a barn at
the top...to the right of the gondola. You drop about 150', then make
a 90degree right turn going about 15mph, 6 people near you, lane about
12' wide. You continue to glide about 75' until you are out of the
barn, and above most of the other slopes, now you're safe.
It's the 90degree right hand turn, app. 12' wide, with 5 other riders
that make it a handful.
Boreal has a chair to the right of the daypark, or maybe the daypark
chair, that drops you off heading S, but after dropping full speed for
100', you gotta make a 180 degree right turn while still going full
speed, to head North. Speed on entry some days, when snow is not too
deep, can be around 20mph, nice for straped in riding, but on the fast
side for one foot strapped, even for snowboard instructiors!
I know, I took the Sierra-at-Tahoe instructor's course in 1996!

wrote in message
ups.com...
hello, its Todd again, last year i was really getting
****ed off,
trying to get off the lift, i could only do it without
biffing it about
fifty percent of the time. any help with placement of feet
would be
helpful, right now i put my loose foot up against my my
flow bindings
on the rear of the board, whats your opionion on where to
put foot? I
was told to try and move my foot forward, any ideas?
Todd===also i dont
have anysticky stuff on my board for traction, I have the
canyon 168
and dont want to cover the emblem with traction stuff.

If your back foot won't stay in position on the board, you
need a stomp pad. Go out and do a run or 2 each day on the
bunny slope with your rear foot loose and you'll soon get
it.

Bob

"LeeD" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
oups.com...
So can you handle those lifts that drop you off at the top of a hill,
you drop 30' in about 150' distance, then gotta make a sharp turn or
two before you're allowed to stop?
My examples of Boreal and Mammoth are considered extreme for
snowboarders, but both get you on a nice, fun run.
I'm tenous on those, and have considered getting a loop between my
two bindings, so I can control the board and turn, even ollie over
prone boarders and skiers, while getting off the dropoff zone.