k_t Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Originally posted by D-Sub so...k-t...do you see say stuff like "****in snowboarders" and the like? :) No, I am one now. More like "****in' flippers and skidders" when it comes to most of the soft boot "huckers and flippers" out there making "boarduroy". Naturally I had to hear every snowboarder joke ever told when I started riding. Some I have to say are kind of funny even if I am one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 Originally posted by AlpentalRider think the problem is you are improperly classifying those "advanced intermediate" freeriders. I'd like to hear from some of the instructors out there how they class riders. I've taken group lessons before. Both times I was in an "advanced" group where I was the only one who knew how to carve at all, on any terrain. Soured me on lessons, I can tell you that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boogieman Posted October 24, 2004 Report Share Posted October 24, 2004 thats becouse most ppl who can link turns think they can snowboard and now everything there is to know about it i have the same problem for years im trying to get my some decent courses here in europe but first of all nobody uses a alpine board moast ppl look at me like im an alien with my raceboard so there are almoast no instruktors who teach alpine boarding wel at least i still have to meet one and each year i ask for one and moast ppl are greedy and say when i know the basics i can learn the rest on my own so the advanced courses are moastly beginners in my eyes! they have to split up in beginners intermediate and advanced and they can only do that with what they have at least here in europe its like that thats why im going to the sun peaks carve camp in december (cant find anything like that here by us) . hope it will be as good as i expect it to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Originally posted by AlpentalRider To me, an intermediate freerider needs to be able to properly link turns. Yes they do! I just wish it was you who did the classifying! Unfortunatly, that is the norm in the so called advanced intermediate rider, not the exception, and we'll have to keep preaching until we die or they go deaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Originally posted by Jon Dahl Originally posted by AlpentalRider To me, an intermediate freerider needs to be able to properly link turns. Yes they do! I just wish it was you who did the classifying! Unfortunatly, that is the norm in the so called advanced intermediate rider, not the exception, and we'll have to keep preaching until we die or they go deaf. Yea... I got to take a few "advanced" classes for free at Northstar and the instructors had us practicing linking carved turns... switch. :D Before that, to warm up and have us "feel" the rhythm of the linked turns they had us all go down a mogul field. So back to the topic, my experience has been that an intermediate must be able to link turns - if they can't they are still in the beginner/novice. As an intermediate improves from the lower-intermediate to advanced-intermediate subrange... they learn how to make their linked turns cleaner (i.e. skid less and carve more) and more fluid (i.e. adjusting the tempo and size of their turns). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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