Fortune Snowboard 2008: Week 6
category: Perfect ride
posted by: Admun @ 22:23:39 on 02/12/08
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I was in Vancouver and missed week 5, then returned just in time for week 6 to start. It's a cold weekend, actually Monday night was -20C-ish after windchill.
Programs continues on Sat and Sun, which went pretty well. My beginners starting to be good at beginner turns, so I trying show them a bit of novice turn.
One new tactic I learned from one of the students is what I now called "flashlight" turn. It works like this: Imagine you are holding a flashlight and pointing to where we are going. Also, you are looking at where you are shining the light. In order to turn, you point your flashlight to the direction you want to go. Most students in the class found this help them turn better. I also successfully using this tactic on new students in the beginner specials. One note to this tactic is that I have to remind students to hold the flashlight straight to align the shoulder with the flashlight, and shining the light by turning their shoulder (instead of just move their hand). In some case, I need to remind the student to keep their back hand align to the shoulder as well.
Sunday morning session, Terry and ez10 did some casual riding with us. Comments on my riding was it has improved, but flex/extension sometimes a bit slow/missing. Actually, what I was doing was trying to flex slowly throughout the turn and hold my edge, but in some cases I feel putting too much pressure on the edge and have to ease off.
Monday night, Terry works with me and Mary-Ann on craving. We start with edging using only inclination and minimal/no angulation, which help to feel the edge. We also try to close up the turns and going across the hill, as well as turn a bit up-hill before starting the next turn. Then we attempt "European crave", try to mimic those on craving-board and touch the snow with our hand as we lean into the turn. Further on we perform some up-hill turns, which we do a U turn on fall-line. This is a dangerous exercise as we are craving across and up the hill until we lose all momentum and stopped. Obviously, we need to pay extra attention to up-hill traffic on this exercise.
What I found in these exercises:
- I am hesitate to pick up more speed, which is need to start a good crave.
- I need to work on transfer edge at 12 o'clock of the turn, just middle of traversing between two turns.
- I need to close the turn more, so my speed are more constant.
Terry believed I am still a bit below the standard for level 2, which means I need to work harder.
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Programs continues on Sat and Sun, which went pretty well. My beginners starting to be good at beginner turns, so I trying show them a bit of novice turn.
One new tactic I learned from one of the students is what I now called "flashlight" turn. It works like this: Imagine you are holding a flashlight and pointing to where we are going. Also, you are looking at where you are shining the light. In order to turn, you point your flashlight to the direction you want to go. Most students in the class found this help them turn better. I also successfully using this tactic on new students in the beginner specials. One note to this tactic is that I have to remind students to hold the flashlight straight to align the shoulder with the flashlight, and shining the light by turning their shoulder (instead of just move their hand). In some case, I need to remind the student to keep their back hand align to the shoulder as well.
Sunday morning session, Terry and ez10 did some casual riding with us. Comments on my riding was it has improved, but flex/extension sometimes a bit slow/missing. Actually, what I was doing was trying to flex slowly throughout the turn and hold my edge, but in some cases I feel putting too much pressure on the edge and have to ease off.
Monday night, Terry works with me and Mary-Ann on craving. We start with edging using only inclination and minimal/no angulation, which help to feel the edge. We also try to close up the turns and going across the hill, as well as turn a bit up-hill before starting the next turn. Then we attempt "European crave", try to mimic those on craving-board and touch the snow with our hand as we lean into the turn. Further on we perform some up-hill turns, which we do a U turn on fall-line. This is a dangerous exercise as we are craving across and up the hill until we lose all momentum and stopped. Obviously, we need to pay extra attention to up-hill traffic on this exercise.
What I found in these exercises:
- I am hesitate to pick up more speed, which is need to start a good crave.
- I need to work on transfer edge at 12 o'clock of the turn, just middle of traversing between two turns.
- I need to close the turn more, so my speed are more constant.
Terry believed I am still a bit below the standard for level 2, which means I need to work harder.
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