Hollywood 90210 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 NE Critique Corner post your carving pics or videos and let the keyboard coaching begin. I will start with two of mine. Taken last year on a black diamond run with good snow quality (8 out of 10). I am riding a Madd 158-F3 with TD2 step ins. My angles are 65f, 56r with a 20.5 stance width. I am 6ft and about 205-210lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 get your hand off the snow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polaris Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Glen: Good to ride with you yesterday. Here are some shots: Polaris: Heelside at Copper Feb 2007 <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i27.tinypic.com/2hh2azt.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> John Deere at Copper Feb 2007: <embed width="440" height="380" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://v3.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=b71e9c&s=3"></embed> Chippewa draggin his armpit: <a href="http://tinypic.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i28.tinypic.com/iz25u1.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Polaris: Heelside at Copper Feb 2007 trim the beard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschurman Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Something's just not right here. But I do like the next one on the downhill edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Glenn - As far as I can tell from 2 pics..... heelside looks great. A lot of racers use your toeside technique, but I prefer a more "hips down" posture. If it's working for you, then great. It looks to me in both pictures that your hand is on the snow only as a feeler, not that you are reaching down for the snow, so no problem there. You must have small feet to pull off a 56 degree rear. 9 degrees is a ton of splay, have you ever tried closer to parallel? Polaris - come on, one of BOL's top 5 asking for critique? bs (from riding with you) - Heelside is textbook. Toeside, I'd like to see less shoulder dip on initiation. You usually save it and get the hips down as the turn comes around, but sometimes not. Keeping your eyes level should help with this. You tilt your head in to toeside. Much harder to balance like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood 90210 Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Jack, For the past few years I have been moving my back foot angle around and also adjusting my cant lift to try and find a spot that alows me to ride all day with as little rear knee discomfort as possible. My left knee has always given me a little pain. I agree with the hands on the snow. Sometimes I do it a little too much and it can cause me to drop my inside shoulder and spin out on harder snow days. Polaris, I like the heelside shot. Way to reach for that up edge, good technique for keeping the shoulders in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR. JOHN DEERE ! Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 chappy, great pics, your riding is great! i will make one recomendation though, grow a mf beard guy! i hope to see you on the grit one more time this year. dtmfh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 many thanks to enzo for risking hip seizure by stopping to shoot pics. I have been working on my toeside all year...looks like I got some more work to do: 1) right ankle way overflexed? maybe tighten the bts a few more turns 2) left arm could be reaching for the up edge to angulate the upper body more? 3) (strike three) dress code violation- face is smooth like a baby's ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 i used to have a picture last season that looked just like your toeside, stevo. I have no good pictures yet this season, but your shoulders are alligned with your board... youre standing on it sideways. I'm trying to fix this problem myself, it takes practice. Reach for the outside boot, or the outside edge like polaris is doing. It keeps your shoulders in line with the slope, not the board. Jack is the expert on this though, so if i messed anything up he might be correcting me soon:AR15firin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 stevo--i noticed the same overflexed rear ankle on my toesides as well. i backed off the lower nut on the bts a few turns and it seemed to help on sunday. i wasn't as sloppy and had better knee drive. in the future we'll have to set up on the other side of the trail for some better heelside footage. also, hopefully next time we won't have stage fright and manage a complete run worthy of video footage. heel & toe. dth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Just stumbled on this:biggthump, this is good stuff:biggthump Pics are from Bob Jenney, same day as Jacks were taken, conditions were below par. Riding a 158 F3, love the pop you can get out of a Madd This is why we love Madds:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkaholic Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 psycho, Was that your bum or were you wearing 2 sets of padded shots under your baud pants in the vid? And where was the sticka kit on that coiler? You're disappointing me. Good riding brotha, you're still rippin' it up. Keep the feet moving forward on the toesides. Why wasn't I called to meet up with you on that trip? Ink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkaholic Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 bs (from riding with you) - Heelside is textbook. Toeside, I'd like to see less shoulder dip on initiation. You usually save it and get the hips down as the turn comes around, but sometimes not. Keeping your eyes level should help with this. You tilt your head in to toeside. Much harder to balance like this. From seeing the pic and reading the above quote from JM I suggest "early outside initiation" which basically means to over exaggerate the outside move of head, shoulders, and upper body toward the outside edge before initiating the toeside carve. JohnDeere may remember this one from his days of training in CO. He used to reach for the snow and ec race courses and now he rides like he is driving a stolen fod. Ink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR. JOHN DEERE ! Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 yes that was my bum, looks good, eh! btw, the wif doesn't like when people call me pyscho anymore. she wants to put that time in our life behind us. remember after that one run we took down super bee it was 10 below zero, you were like give me your gloves. nfw guy! what a gong show! i definatly will give you a call the next time out, remember i didn't have your email last year. tell kai, to drop the hip and keep his hands out of the snow! big duke "pyscho" 6 psycho,Was that your bum or were you wearing 2 sets of padded shots under your baud pants in the vid? And where was the sticka kit on that coiler? You're disappointing me. Good riding brotha, you're still rippin' it up. Keep the feet moving forward on the toesides. Why wasn't I called to meet up with you on that trip? Ink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 get your hand off the snow! Lotsa good pics in there:biggthump This IS the Jack Attack, even during a transition the guy has perfect form. seriously, nice shot http://2wheel.smugmug.com/gallery/4262741_5kVy7#249607561_e26c4-X2-LB love this one, too http://2wheel.smugmug.com/gallery/4264090_vh69a#249701187_4ujeB-X2-LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 yeah WW there is critique all ova that pic. Conditions were tough that day, but of course there is no proof of that from Jack:angryfire. Damn guy is a god on snow..... It was one of those days were you had to push your edge into the snow and hope it holds all the way through the turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Lotsa good pics in there:biggthumpThis IS the Jack Attack, even during a transition the guy has perfect form. Thanks man. love this one, too http://2wheel.smugmug.com/gallery/4264090_vh69a#249701187_4ujeB-X2-LB it's a good thing Geoff brought extra undies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Thanks man.it's a good thing Geoff brought extra undies. Great the pic is out I am SO DEAD:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Great the pic is out I am SO DEAD:rolleyes: the "after" shot is even better.... http://2wheel.smugmug.com/gallery/4264090_vh69a#249701148_jf8Mj-X2-LB If you're not pushing it and crashing a bit, you're not riding hard enough:biggthump no guts, no glory:D smile for the camera:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsliding Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 second run with hard boots i was mostly in control, a few turns i thought i was going over the tip it's not the most extreme carving bindings set to 56f/50r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 if that's only your 2nd run in HBs, you'll do just fine, lad. Where were those shots taken ? VT ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsliding Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 the pics are storrs hill in lebanon nh it's a very small hill but we're teaching our three and a half year old to ski, and $10 weekend days are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 just got back from JH and I had a chance to fool around with some still shots from some video clips. here are few sequence shots from a heelside. ya gotta love the Coiler AM in soft packed powder!! dth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR. JOHN DEERE ! Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 petee, nice turns brotha, ill be up there next year hopefully for the same week. im sure gretch will love that, lol i still cant believe your even on a snowboard after the st. patricks day crash last year! imo, your riding better than ever, keep it up and keep pushing yourself. gutsy, i love that $hit ! stevo's in for stowe, i spoke to his boss today and let him know he wont be around at the end of the week for work. i told him that he had bigger and better things to do on thursday and friday, he was thrilled, it sounded like he was going to put stevo on waivers! no biggy, stevo knows that i have a f550 with a 75hp road saw in the back, waiting for him in my manch vegas yard with his name all ova it! btw, when said fooling around you weren't having tent parties with a couple of cowboys up brokeback were you? ill see you soon! big duke 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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