Ok so I was out on my new (to me) BWP boards this weekend (picked the boards up from a member here) I ran in to a bit of an issue that I am not sure what the solution is.
Went to Marmot Basin.... about a 4 hr drive away.
www.skimarmot.com
First off the conditions weren't terrible but they weren't that great either a little ice here and there but mostly just packed snow with a trace dusting of powder.
I ran in to problems when I picked up speed. The boards seemed to get quite unstable and would almost start to fishtail back and forth. This I could handle and If I could get up on edge things stabilized and handled quite nice When I was trying to slow down that's when the wheels fell off the wagon so to speak.
If I tried to stop quickly the down hill board would start to fishtail back and forth very quickly and this was very tiring on the legs and made me feel not quite in control. The boards were quite fast and thus not feeling like I would be able to stop quickly if I had to was really disconcerting.
What I am wondering is if this is just an issue with the conditions (things seemed better if there was a couple of inches of snow) or am I doing something wrong. Or is my board tuned incorrectly......
Any input/comments would be appreciated
JG
Went to Marmot Basin.... about a 4 hr drive away.
www.skimarmot.com
First off the conditions weren't terrible but they weren't that great either a little ice here and there but mostly just packed snow with a trace dusting of powder.
I ran in to problems when I picked up speed. The boards seemed to get quite unstable and would almost start to fishtail back and forth. This I could handle and If I could get up on edge things stabilized and handled quite nice When I was trying to slow down that's when the wheels fell off the wagon so to speak.
If I tried to stop quickly the down hill board would start to fishtail back and forth very quickly and this was very tiring on the legs and made me feel not quite in control. The boards were quite fast and thus not feeling like I would be able to stop quickly if I had to was really disconcerting.
What I am wondering is if this is just an issue with the conditions (things seemed better if there was a couple of inches of snow) or am I doing something wrong. Or is my board tuned incorrectly......
Any input/comments would be appreciated
JG
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