raj Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 I had gone to the local Barnes & Noble to find a book on swimming drills to smoothen my atrocious crawl technique. Anyway, snowboardign stuff was on the same shelf adn I saw a new book. I just flipped through it and the author in the middle of a lot of Tai-Chi/ Yoga mumbo jumbo is advocating a diferent way of snowboarding. Instead of rotary (as used by beginners), or cross under or over, he wants to raise and lower the shoulders. Apparently, thats all it takes and your center of mass always stays in the same place. I don't know if it is mostly meant for beginners as an easier way to start or there is more to it. Anyone else seen it ? I am not necessarily skeptical. In the lasy 15 years or so, I have seen everything from overrotated front facing stance, to narrow stance, to back knee tucked in to duck.. so technique keeps changing. If there is a more stable way to turn a snowboard, I am all for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirror70 Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 That sounds like turning by using your upper body. That's a Bad Thing™ and doesn't really do anything to prevent falls. IMO, there isn't really anything you can do to keep someone from falling on a snowboard, except by giving them poles and strapping one foot onto another board. The problem here is that most people call that skiing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Some people call them snowboards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 and the knees and you work your way up. At high speeds I am not doing the ankles as much as moving something towards the downhill edge. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pm_wizard Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Neil, Good find! It was the flag at the bottom that got me! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnovak Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Raj, you remember the name of the book? Would be curious to see -- always looking for ways to encourage folks to start SB'ing, although I can't see telling anything that they won't fall quite a bit at the beginning. Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raj Posted November 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=512457 It is "No-Fall Snowboarding" by Danny Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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