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As many will mention, it is likely your technique and developing the muscles specific to alpine riding that is causing that is causing quad flame-out. Like Chuck Berry doesn't do the duckwalk for the whole set (if he did it would be a short set indeed), you simply can not ride with your legs deeply flexed the entire time. Riding with a taller stance will enable you to carry the forces your experience when riding through your skeleton, rather than in your muscle groups. Extending your legs, even briefly, also 'flushes' lactic acid from your muscle groups, in addition to briefly giving your leg muscles a rest. Other areas you might check would be alignment: your bindings/boots might be forcing you to ride with your quads continually flexed. After a while, even the strongest person will experience muscle fatigue (and ultimate muscle failure) when they continually work specific muscle groups--this is what happens when you hit the 3rd set when you're lifting weights. You simply can't do the same amount of work you could when your muscles are fresh. You mentioned you've messed with boot cuff adjustments. I'd suggest you continue to fine-tune your alignment (setting stance width and articulating the cant/lift of the bindings to place you in optimal alignment). In particular, explore adjusting the amount of lift under the toes on the front boot, and under the heels on the rear. Increasing the lift here (if you're flat) can result in your carrying forces you experience while riding more in stacked bones, rather than through your muscle. ________ BUY SILVER SURFER

Rather than melt a bead of wax off the tip of the hot iron, this season I've been experimenting with simply 'crayoning' the wax on the base--and then ironing it in. This allows me to completely cover the base with a much smaller amount of wax than when I do the 'drip from the tip' method, and makes far, far less wax shavings to clean up after scrapng, brushing, and buffing. In reading most tuning manuals, other than 'rub & cork' at the top of a course, I have not seen any recommendations to use the crayon technique. Is this because there is some added benefit to having the larger volume of melted wax on the base? I mean, other than boosting sales for the wax companies. Thanks for your thoughts and counsel. ________ Colorado medical marijuana

I watched the vids--thanks--but just don't see it. I mean, I do see riders ripping turns, flexing/extending their legs and driving by swinging their arms and torso.But I don't see this accelerate them downhill. I mean it's fun to watch (and even more fun to do as the sensations are intense)--but I don't think that these folks would beat someone who is straight running down the slope on a similar board. Am I just not seeing something here? Why would racers hold a straight run/tuck on a flat section of course--or through the finish--if you could accelerate downhill by pumping? Thanks for any clarity you might be able to offer. ________ Married Woman Live

Thanks for the responses. I've seen BX competitors do this over rollers and can understand pumping through terrain changes. I'm still unclear as to how to do it in turns--if you are a 'pumper' could you please explain how/where in the turn you flex and where you extend your legs. Do you throw/rotate the upper body as well? Anything else that would help a newbie to do it? Anyone have any vids that clearly show this pumping? Thanks. ________ perfect tits Webcams

I've heard about 'pumping' transitions in the halfpipe and recently rode with some carvers who spoke of pumping the flats to accelerate. It seems hard to believe that you can generate speed on a flat surface without anything to push off. My question is, can you accelerate on the flats by pumpng? If you can, exactly how do you do it? Thanks for your thoughts. ________ Krissy

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Hello, I don't know if you ever go slumming on the AASI web forum, but there is a tech discussion going on there that has me way confused. Here's a link to the thread. If you get bumped to the log-in page, you can easily log in as a guest. The two posts that confuse me are the ones on creating more pressure (by pushing) but tilting lower. Is this stuff valid? I never heard of pushing down, not out. Or of riding a 'lower but well pressured' edge. Sounds like it defies physics to me--but what do I know? Thought the carving experts here could at least set me straight. Thanks. ________ Colorado medical marijuana dispensary

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While I've seen lots of tips that refer to pumping, I've never seen an explanation of how to do it, or why it works. Could anyone explain, or refer me to a source that does? Thanks for your help and suggestions. ________ California dispensaries

Are these two terms used to describe this action of absorbing the jump enough to land high on the transition? Or do they mean different things? Thanks for your help. ________ EXTREME VAPORIZER REVIEW

I seem to remember the commentators at last year's X-games mentioning that it was helpful to land as high on the transition as possible on the tabletops as it allows you to start higher on the hill and thus generate more speed. Do I have this correct? Even though snow is faster than air, there are some features that you have to air off. And the trick, it would seem, would be to control the amount of 'pop' you get to land high on the transition--at 40+ mph and in a crowd. ________ korean girl Webcam

Other than simply pulling as hard and fast as I can, is there anything else specific to practicing starts that I should be doing? ________ Katelyne

I'm planning on entering some boardercross races this season, and am looking for tips to help me compete successfully. Would anyone here be able to offer some suggestions on BX racing or training? Are there any dvds, videos, or websites with BX tips? Camps or clubs that specialize in BX? Thanks for any help you might be able to offer... ________ DA BUDDHA VAPORIZER

CMC posted here this morning regarding ECES as well. His post (not completely civil, yet hardly incendiary) seems to have been pulled by the BOL moderators. Here's a link to the Catek thread. ________ Hayley

During the recent imbrogloio, CMC had posted that ECES had in fact predated some of the BOL crew's involvement--and would continue to do so even as some individuals no longer felt they could continue due to 'conflicts'. CMC also indicated that the ECES, without Bomber's sponsorship, would continue this season, as it had before. Because of caustic, imflammatory language, CMC's post was quickly deleted. As he seems to no longer able to post on this site, you might try one of the other carving forums to see if there are still plans to continue ECES without Bomber's support or involvement. FWIW. ________ SexyVita

I've sat in on some tuning clinics with some world cup tuners (US Ski Team, US Snowboarding) and this is the first I've heard about avoiding contact of the iron with the base. I'm trying to understand: Are you saying that you want the iron to glide on a film of liquid wax--or that you don't want to touch the iron to the base at all? If this is the case, how do you melt the wax and apply it to the base? Would you be able to please point me in the direction of the resource(s) where you got this info? Thanks for the info! ________ Washington Dispensaries

I was also a bit mystified when I first read this statement as the phrasing reverses how I tend to think of it. Another way to say it is a board with a shorter sidecut radius can carve a turn that you'd need more speed and edge angle to duplicate on a board with a larger sidecut radius. Up to a point. ________ WEB SHOWS

I don't see how a board with a larger sidecut radius could make the same size turn as one with a smaller sidecut radius simply by going faster. It would seem that the board would have to have a higher edge angle or the rider would pressure the tip for it to carve as tight a turn as one with a smaller sidecut radius. And even then, there would be a point where the sidecut simply wouldn't allow the board to bend any further, at maximum edge angle, as the edge would be full in contact with the snow thus preventing any further significant bending of the board (although leveraging the tip might further tighten the turn somewhat). ________ How to roll a joint

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Can anyone explain, in clear english, exactly the difference between different sidecut radius formulae? (Progressive, radial, elliptical, etc.) While I realize other variables (length, width, longitudinal & torsional flex, etc.) are all involved in determining how a particular board performs, would one type of sidecut be more useful for a specific event (i.e., slalom or GS)? Is the 'feel' of one noticeable different than another? Would there be a good resource (in addition to BOL) that would clearly define and explain the difference types of sidecuts? Thanks for helping to illuminate an otherwise murky subject. ________ Live Sex

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There was an article in the AASI magazine this past winter on this topic. It maintained that slight edging was necessary to pre-wind and throw larger spin moves, and detailed approach lines for regular and goofy riders. It further maintained that a 'flat board' technique can result in the board skidding out underneath the rider on bigger spins, where the torque you tried to generate by throwing the upper body would result in a flat board breaking away--overcoming the small amount of friction and incidental edging holding it in place--and resulting in a loss of 'anchor' by which to throw a spin move. The line that the author encourages to throw spins is a carved 'S' line on the feature. Most riders I see--even those who toss big spins--take a more straight ahead line, and I wonder if the amount of edging they use is correspondingly less. I'm attaching a scanned image from the article, but apologize in advance for the image quality. I'm using a stone-age scanner. ________ MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES