Free ride skiboarding is now entering the "extreme " category . We now have skiboards that are fully capable winter mountaineering tools taking us to places and to situations that are far from the safety of ski areas .
One of my recurring nightmares , is losing an edge on some steep backcountry slope and taking a " slide for life " . This is actually not just a nightmare . It happened to me .. a while back in my long ski days , I was dropping Mt . Tallac the signature backcountry peak towering over Lake tahoe .. took one turn and lost an edge and fell .. a quick self arrest with my whippet pole prevented what could have been a very BAD situation !
I always carry a pole topped with an ice axe device , called a whippet when riding skiboards down steep spring backcountry drops if I am descending with poles but now that I have gotten really into poleless skiboarding I really don't want to carry a pole in both hands , it really disturbs my skiboarding flow , and gets me into bad long ski habits .. but I don't want to ride without a self arrest device in hand .
What is self arrest you might ask .. . here is a very nice you tube vid explaining the ins and outs of self arrest with an ice axe , an essential ski mountaineering skill .
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more to come !
One of my recurring nightmares , is losing an edge on some steep backcountry slope and taking a " slide for life " . This is actually not just a nightmare . It happened to me .. a while back in my long ski days , I was dropping Mt . Tallac the signature backcountry peak towering over Lake tahoe .. took one turn and lost an edge and fell .. a quick self arrest with my whippet pole prevented what could have been a very BAD situation !
I always carry a pole topped with an ice axe device , called a whippet when riding skiboards down steep spring backcountry drops if I am descending with poles but now that I have gotten really into poleless skiboarding I really don't want to carry a pole in both hands , it really disturbs my skiboarding flow , and gets me into bad long ski habits .. but I don't want to ride without a self arrest device in hand .
What is self arrest you might ask .. . here is a very nice you tube vid explaining the ins and outs of self arrest with an ice axe , an essential ski mountaineering skill .
,
more to come !
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