[Mammoth 2/21-2/23]

I'm in Mammoth right now and yesterday was pretty awesome with knee to thigh deep pow on the backside.

[overpronation (duck footed) and forward stance issues]

thanks for the suggestion teach. a 1/4" helps a lot. I have custom orthotics but they are mainly for arch issues. I think I'm going to have to play around with a custom footbed. It also sounds like keeping the back foot angle shallow and then setting the splay with a higher angle on the front will be a good place to start.

[overpronation (duck footed) and forward stance issues]

For reference my natural splay is around 45deg.

Yeah, I set up equal angles in my living room and it was torture. If I had tried that on the mountain I am pretty sure I would have broken something.

[overpronation (duck footed) and forward stance issues]

I'm getting back into riding after a long break and want to work towards a HB alpine setup. In order to do this I am moving my SB stance from a pretty severe duck -18/18 to a more forward stance but I am running into some difficulties. I have been pretty overpronated from birth and even have one flat foot. This is a structural issue not tight hips or that sort of thing. If I try to bend at the knees with my feet pointed straight ahead, my knees will touch. When I try to setup a fairly typical forward stance my knees don't move in the same plane andit's really uncomfortable. Should I be focusing on getting my knee position right and just let the feet end up where they end up? Are there any duck footed carvers out there that might have some tips? Thanks.

[Friday 1/17 Mt High or Snow Summit]

Darren, I'll be flying to Mammoth on the 8th for a few days as well.