So I just got back from a local dry ski slope, I was on Spruce Edge Flyers for my first time ever riding something better than snowblades...
and it sucked....
Not the flyers' fault though, more the surface I was on.
It wasn't Dendrex even, it was better, white plastic carpet type stuff (without the diamond shaped holes).... the problem was that it was just far too slow with my weight (200lbs) on 99cm boards.
Caused me to have a couple of falls on my first few runs... just too slow to carve and kept catching edges cos the boards were dragging so much
Got better towards the end though, but only cos I was just bombing it straight down and doing turns at the end of the run.
Cracked the metal on one of my edges too At least they were the discounted flyers
Has anyone else got any experiences to share on dry ski slopes, just to re-assure me that it wasn't me just being rubbish? Hehe. (I normally carve like a man possessed on snow by the way)
and it sucked....
Not the flyers' fault though, more the surface I was on.
It wasn't Dendrex even, it was better, white plastic carpet type stuff (without the diamond shaped holes).... the problem was that it was just far too slow with my weight (200lbs) on 99cm boards.
Caused me to have a couple of falls on my first few runs... just too slow to carve and kept catching edges cos the boards were dragging so much
Got better towards the end though, but only cos I was just bombing it straight down and doing turns at the end of the run.
Cracked the metal on one of my edges too At least they were the discounted flyers
Has anyone else got any experiences to share on dry ski slopes, just to re-assure me that it wasn't me just being rubbish? Hehe. (I normally carve like a man possessed on snow by the way)
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