Erik J

I practice breathing exercises regularly, just not while riding. It has absolutely helped my mental game. I ride fairly erratically. I would probably end up hyperventilating.

One of the things I love about carving is that moment when... Right now... The past 3 days in a row of riding have lead to my legs feeling worked to hell, not sore, just that feeling that I demanded a lot of myself. It is such a satisfying feeling, like I seized the day and didn't hold back. or first run on Big Burn ---perfect groom--- I mean perfect, no tracks to see. With 6" of the lightest, low moisture fluff I have ever seen. The snow is so light it's transluscent. I remember diving in turn after turn, letting that light snow engulf me while tearing through it. Looking around midturn at the mountain tops, the snow cascading between my fingertips. There was an inversion that day and snow crystals were floating around in the air twinkling under a blue sky. Everything glittered. Between turns there was no sound, I was weightless. It seemed to be happening in slow motion. What a beautiful day. I remember every moment of it. Must have been almost 20 years ago now. I have so many more moments with friends old and new, family, the weather, the mountains. When life is good I go ride, when life is bad I go ride. It's always been there.

I am a one board kinda rider. I like being all over the mountain but when I find that nice groom I don't want anything less than the best for carving. May not be ideal in others eyes but I make it work for me. I also don't like to tinker, just get me to the hill and keep me there.

My older boards start telling the same damn stories over and over. The amount of Metamucil they eat is astonishing. They keep saying things like "back in my day we would carve uphill both ways"...and then their fake teeth fall out Don't get me started on their enlarged, exposed prostate, hanging out of their shorts while they shuffle toward the bathroom for 2 hours. Off to the old boards home for you.

At first I was all, wtf am I watching? Then I was all oh sweet. Now I'm all, great vid

I have the same issue w low ceilings. Do you have a doorway that you can put a pull up bar in? Pull your knees up into a canon ball position? I would think your deadlifts would cover most everything up to your neck. Are you pulling your shoulders back at the top of the pull? That should engage back, lats.

this is why we can't have nice things

There was a pic of Greenwood above the lip in a speedsuit. Jack is right, nothing comes up in google images. The pic was printed in an issue of transworld as well.

I cannot wait to get on this thing

If you are determined anything will work. Here's a drill to practice. Stand in the back of a friends pick up truck. Don't hold on to anything. Have said friend get drunk and go shopping cart ramming in the Walmart parking lot. When you can last for 30 minutes without falling over you will be ready for the steeps. Trust me, I am an interneter.

Hunter can be a bit insane on the weekends. Fun trails but they get a lot of city buses and drinkers. Great woods riding when the snow is deep. Wyndham is nice, good carving runs. Check out Belleayre as well. Fun terrain and they usually have good snow.

Have fun in the snow. That article is 13 years old?

I like a softer forward flex on my boots for absorbing a landing / gaining mobility

I like a wider stance for fore/aft weighting and a stable feeling base under me. It allows my lanky ass to stay low comfortably.

Nice, welcome to the fun side

I suppose this design would keep my feet tracking straight while I slide down the hill toward the bar. Like runners on a sled.

There are many interpretations of "ice". Hardboots, plates and alpine boards are the tool for the job when the surface gets hard. The dude in the videos above was using body position that worked for those conditions. Harder surface would dictate keeping shoulders more level in the turn, stacking your weight/body angles onto the edge, NO reaching for the snow.

It's been well documented that goofy riders are 97.4% more likely to be baby seal killers, 87% more likely to dislike chocolate, 91.35% more likely to hate their mothers for no reason, 75% more likely to be bad spellerers and 97.334% more likely to misunderstand statistics.

Oh the carnage of snurfing as a child. Tying the rope to my legs was a very bad idea.

That is solid carving form. Nice to see.

Strength training with free weights - focusing on form has helped me with flexibility and full body power Running hills - mental discipline, physical stamina etc etc Furious masturbation - if you have to ask why you'll never learn

Grandpa used to say "if you don't have anything nice to say then shut your fu$%#! mouth or I'll beat you bi$%a @ss into the ground" Grandpa was an angry man

Thank you Beckmann for contributing your knowledge and time to this site. I've made great improvements in riding comfort / efficiency (i.e. I'm having more fun) by dropping a shell size and going with intuition liners (along with custom footbeds). I only came to these ideas by reading them here on BOL. I still have a lot to learn and most of that will likely come from reading about what others are doing / suggesting - so another thank you to the experienced ones.

I was looking for a new program to start when I saw you post this, so I read a lot and just finished my first month on it. Loving 531 so far. I will be with this program for a while. Thank you!