Hi, I've been thinking about doing this since I got back from snowboxx a month ago. I was a little afraid of opening myself up for a torrent of criticisms but I'm probably never gonna meet any of you guys and if I did, I WOULD jump at the chance to ask you how to improve my technique...or get one. I've uploaded a video in the hope you can tell me where im going wrong.
I switched to KTPs with 15mm risers after being on snowblades. I tried them out at a snowdome and found them to feel really sticky and slow, so I gave them a wax before going to snowboxx festival last month in Andorra. They felt a lot better but still not right. So I adjusted the binding so I was sitting further back since I'm used to riding the snowblades which have virtually no back to them. Suddenly everything felt better, riding them felt more natural, I could get a bit more speed on them, and had much better control.
On the blades I was feeling really confident on and started attempting grinds. However now I've switched, the KTPs are so heavy and so wide I can barely get them off the ground, I can't get any air when I attempt jumps, (especially on days where it was a little slushy). I'm knocking the top sides together a lot, and I can see in the videos of me on them that I bounce around on them and don't look very stable.
Part of me feels I should have stayed with something more blade shaped, but it was so much fun going off piste with my snowboarding buddy. I would love to hear your thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or what's making me look so clumsy on them and how I can improve.
PS: It was retro day at the festival...hense the onesie...but it was really comfy.
I switched to KTPs with 15mm risers after being on snowblades. I tried them out at a snowdome and found them to feel really sticky and slow, so I gave them a wax before going to snowboxx festival last month in Andorra. They felt a lot better but still not right. So I adjusted the binding so I was sitting further back since I'm used to riding the snowblades which have virtually no back to them. Suddenly everything felt better, riding them felt more natural, I could get a bit more speed on them, and had much better control.
On the blades I was feeling really confident on and started attempting grinds. However now I've switched, the KTPs are so heavy and so wide I can barely get them off the ground, I can't get any air when I attempt jumps, (especially on days where it was a little slushy). I'm knocking the top sides together a lot, and I can see in the videos of me on them that I bounce around on them and don't look very stable.
Part of me feels I should have stayed with something more blade shaped, but it was so much fun going off piste with my snowboarding buddy. I would love to hear your thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or what's making me look so clumsy on them and how I can improve.
PS: It was retro day at the festival...hense the onesie...but it was really comfy.
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