Hi,
Last Sunday I bought some older Dynastar Twins from eBay for $50. They came Wednesday. It is like Christmas here. I just bought the skiboards, just bought some Volkl P50 skis that should be coming tomorrow, and will be buying some ski bindings soon. I've been skiing for 3 years, and am a ski patroller. (1st year) As soon as I tore my twins out of the box, I adjusted the bindings, and then hot waxed them. I then headed out to go try them out. I was advised not to wear my patrol pack while on them, if I was going to be messing around, skiing backwards, etc (I can't wear my jacket yet). I did a green run for the first run on them, and halfway through the run I started getting balanced right. By the end of the 3rd run, I felt comfortable on them, and went and skiied the rest of the hill. Every run was more fun than the last. I love those little things! Nearly every person I rode up the lift with commented about them, one slalom racer wanted to watch me ski on them, and everybody in the lift lines were staring at them. People were pointing, and looking. Someone yelled,"What did you do, cut your skis in half?" It would actually almost look like it, since I ski on Dynastar skis, that are the same color. Skiboards are a rare sight where I ski.
Anyway, I can do 360's and 180's on the ground just fine, and am comfortable with skiing backwards. (probably because I do it a lot of my normal skis) Then I tried taking a jump. I'm not that good at jumping on normal skis. I can comfortably jump 2-3', without flailing my arms around, and land it well. Any more than that, and I get off balance and land, but usually the tips or tails will hit first. I still need to work on that a bit. Maybe when less people are around to laugh at me. But, when I tried jumping like 2' on the skiboards, upon landing, I promptly wiped out. Any advice for landing jumps on skiboards?!?! I really want to do jumps on them, but fear the next time I jump them I'll just do the same thing.
Thanks.
Last Sunday I bought some older Dynastar Twins from eBay for $50. They came Wednesday. It is like Christmas here. I just bought the skiboards, just bought some Volkl P50 skis that should be coming tomorrow, and will be buying some ski bindings soon. I've been skiing for 3 years, and am a ski patroller. (1st year) As soon as I tore my twins out of the box, I adjusted the bindings, and then hot waxed them. I then headed out to go try them out. I was advised not to wear my patrol pack while on them, if I was going to be messing around, skiing backwards, etc (I can't wear my jacket yet). I did a green run for the first run on them, and halfway through the run I started getting balanced right. By the end of the 3rd run, I felt comfortable on them, and went and skiied the rest of the hill. Every run was more fun than the last. I love those little things! Nearly every person I rode up the lift with commented about them, one slalom racer wanted to watch me ski on them, and everybody in the lift lines were staring at them. People were pointing, and looking. Someone yelled,"What did you do, cut your skis in half?" It would actually almost look like it, since I ski on Dynastar skis, that are the same color. Skiboards are a rare sight where I ski.
Anyway, I can do 360's and 180's on the ground just fine, and am comfortable with skiing backwards. (probably because I do it a lot of my normal skis) Then I tried taking a jump. I'm not that good at jumping on normal skis. I can comfortably jump 2-3', without flailing my arms around, and land it well. Any more than that, and I get off balance and land, but usually the tips or tails will hit first. I still need to work on that a bit. Maybe when less people are around to laugh at me. But, when I tried jumping like 2' on the skiboards, upon landing, I promptly wiped out. Any advice for landing jumps on skiboards?!?! I really want to do jumps on them, but fear the next time I jump them I'll just do the same thing.
Thanks.
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