Eboot

Great pic, Shred!

Mount Wachussett narrow trails, not great conditions, and what was there is disappearing fast with rain and 60 degrees!!

Does personal frame of mind count?

interesting: Regular: long Goofy: Very long

Good lookin' board - GLWS

Hi Lukaz I am referring to the ride / walk lever on the back of the boot: locked = set to ride I guess there should be no guessing why I was having difficulty engaging my backside carve while walking.

I have been lucky enough to ride once a week with @GeoffV, despite poor early season conditions. The biggest value to me is the ability to talk about my thoughts in relation to areas I am working on, to have an informed sounding board, not only of more experience, but with the insight to be able to observe and comment in context. This is such a difference from riding, experimenting and thinking in the lonely dark. Some breakthrough insights as a result of recent conversations, including many around fear boundaries, of which I am dealing with more than I was aware. Too much speed: obvious until one is trying to angulate harder to carve back up the hill. Insight: by not committing early enough to controlling speed, by the time I am going "too fast" it is too late to leverage the hill for speed control, or i have neither the skill / strength / goolies to carve hard enough at that point to reduce speed without braking. This became obvious following not far behind Geoff and forcing myself to maintain separation, requiring an early commitment to speed control Resistance to falling over: this was not obvious to me but there is an internal control mechanism that prevents me leaning too far over (falling onto the snow) that is inhibiting my desire to increase the angle of my board and talks to my frustration at not being able to get closer to the snow. Watching several videos, including Nevin's recent submissions, there seems to be a point where allowing the upper body to fall towards the snow and not remain vertical is ok Propensity to stand up with increase in speed: as the pitch increases and I accelerate, my natural tendency is to stand up rather than angulate more (this exacerbates bullet 1) Locking my heels: I have played with locking vs leaving open for a long time (I learned to carve with my heels unlocked) but at Geoff's prompting locking both heels has helped with last season's backside issues that i faced again at the start of this season Many thanx to Geoff for his patience and willingness to engage.

Nice trench ... and so close to the "snowfall"!

Great video - thanx for sharing!!

Glad that you are ok!!

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It's my local "mountain", spent a fair amount of time there last year, conditions were good but crowded. Have been there 2x this week, not great yet. I think it is expensive for what is on offer if you are day tripping.

Arrived at a lift this morning with @GeoffV Lifty: I like your boards, i want to get me one. Just like a kneel board, right?

And so it starts again. Arrived at the mountain to be challenged by an ambassador: Why wear uncomfortable boots if you are going to snowboard?

Does that mean we might see you at Wachusesett?

Somebody's gonna be happy!

That video really puts this into perspective. @dredman whole new awareness of your effort - kudos.

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Hope to make a trip out and meet you all. Let me know if you are ever coming Wachusett way.

It is now cold enough to make snow in the NE (MA) First time out today, thick base on part of one trail, slow going, tight turns.

My turn Bruce maketh happy. Contra 172+2 Standard flex for my weight 21 cm waist 11m SCR Graphics based on a photo of my local mountain after a storm, from my deck

Great graphics!! Crazy wide board specs??

Some things to try: Build up a bit of speed on your toe side across the fall line before initiating the backside turn (you don’t need to have completed a turn to do this) always look downslope towards your next before you initiate your turn: the neck rotation sets you up for your weight transfer onto your heels an activity I practiced was keeping my hands in front of me, parallel to the ground, and moving them from the toe side of the board towards the heel side as part of your turn initiation. Sliding to stay in control is always ok if you feel you are going to run out of runway, or if you feel you are going too fast. Learning to carve is a process that requires practice before you internalize the muscle memory. It sounds like you are doing really well for your first few days! In a proper carve turn there’s I’ll be no slipping but you will learn to be able to reduce your turning radius using weight distribution and angulation to better manage narrow trails. One final comment: although riders behind you are responsible to stay out of your way, you have a responsibility to be aware of what is happening up sloe from you. While you are learning your actions may be unpredictable to someone approaching you at speed, from behind. This as much for your safety as theirs.

What they said I would add that you could concentrate on just a single turn at a time and ensure that you end up stopping by going back up the mountain at the end of the turn. Once you can do this at will, make 2 linked turns, controlling each and stopping at the end of the second. With your setup, if you don't learn this early it will only get harder to break the habit of accelerating with more linked turns, in the future. And there is no harm in stopping after 4 turns and starting again.

Thanx and you too Turkey done, tummy stuffed No snow