Guest Tim Ryan Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 In order to make "extreme carved turns"..."it helps to have your binding angles set well forward - 15 degrees or more on the front and about 8 degrees to 10 degrees forward in the back." [/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buell Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 "Most snowboarders progress rapidly from skidded to carved turns...." :lol::lol::lol: Also here: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/sports_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_83_5397449,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Dold Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 "The angle of the knees and ankles makes it almost appear the rider is about to sit down into a chair." Or a toilet? Well, maybe it'll get a few people interested in carving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 You should send this guy an email and direct him to extremecarving.com. That'll open his eyes. The body position in that toeside photo is just brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hey Jack, What do you have to say about this "certified instructor" reaching for the snow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 and had a nice giggle, especially after seeing the picture of the guy breaking at the waist to touch the snow, and of the "zombie " heel side, and that "extreme" board angle. At least Gavin is attempting to bring a few more skidders and b-liners into the enlightend world mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwings Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Now i can say with confidence and sincerity that I can carve better than someone else that "claims" to be carving... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 He must have seen my "what not to do" heelside picture from the "Norm and Beyond" thread, where im skidding to a stop after carving uphill... This is why It's important to read the text, not just look at the pictures:nono: pretty good likeness, dont you think?:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abakker Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 simply brilliant. better add that one to the welcome new carvers section. maybe under the heading "are you doing this?" if so, come read here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Leave it to a reporter that knows nothing about snowboarding to call it a "frontside turn". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtslalom Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 The U.S. is full of horrific news reporting and reporters. Obviously the guy who wrote that article is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 But Gavin does write a column every week, mostly about jibberish, which I usually read for amusement. He caters to the lunch tray crowd, 'cause that's what's popular now, so he's like the other 99% of the snowboarding populace, ie; he just does'nt get it. mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave* Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 For those of you that have read the book " The River Why" I am reminded of the bit in which the lead character messes with the newspaper "fishing columnist" by teaching the fish dance ritual, pretty damned funny. Dave* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 The U.S. is full of horrific news reporting and reporters. Obviously the guy who wrote that article is one of them. At some point in my life I realized that every time I see a journalist write something about a subject I'm intimately familiar with, I see huge problems with it. That's about when I quit reading anything that isn't hard news (they call it that because it's so hard to find). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 At some point in my life I realized that every time I see a journalist write something about a subject I'm intimately familiar with, I see huge problems with it. That's about when I quit reading anything that isn't hard news (they call it that because it's so hard to find). Yup, and even the "hard" news is usually wrong. I assume they get away with it because most people know little about anything, so they can accept what they're told without realizing it's bollocks. I heard recently that people trust journalists more than politicians: I can sort of see why they may say that, but you don't actually need to rely on journalists to report stuff. Well, other than wars and their causes, which at least in the UK the journalists let us down on rather badly recently ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 I guess they'll let anyone be an instructor there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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