Hi all,
I've been lurking for awhile, and finally decided to post. I'm from Florida, but now go to school in Va and got a set of KTPs and boots after talking to Greco about getting a set up that would suit me as an advanced level inliner on skiboards fo the first time (only on snow for the second....) for backcountry shredding and the occasional ski slope/terrain park.
Yesterday I got my first full day at a resort in, and I'm left with some frustration in getting a few things down. Hopefully I can get some advice.
First off, I'm having trouble spinning more than 180. I got plenty comfortable hitting 180s off boxes, jumps, on flat, and off snow ledges. I can roll in fakey off drops and over any surface, and am very comfortable going through the trees (I was able to do some backcountry down mountain bike trails and powerlines last week) and over logs and such through deep powder; so I have the balance point figured out, not surprisingly since the whole reason I chose skiboard was since its nearly the same as inlines. However, perhaps because my unfamiliarity with snow and/or the length of skibaords compared to skate, I can't seem to get a real spin in. I tried carving hard into jumps, which seemed to only scrub speed and put me at a right angle. When I tried throwing my weight into it, the boards didn't want to move all the way around.
So what is the technique? Can anyone explain it in terms of what is different from skating? Normally, for a spin 360 and greater, I would boost off the jump, and start the spin before my feet leave the ground, throwing my weight into the spin. On snow, the power transfer is quite different than concrete or even dirt, which leaves this technique making me look like a moron as I flail through the air, my top half trying to spin and my bottom doing little of anything but getting airborne entirely off balance.
Also, rails were a bit of a surprise. The ease of sliding put me on my butt the first (and overly confident) try. When hitting a rail, especially a metal one, on skiboards, do you stagger your feet at opposing angles, so you can control your lean to the front and back? or do you just try to stay centered on top? Should your stance be wide or more together?
Thanks in advance for the advice! So far I'm having a great time on my boards, and will be trying to get my edges into every flake of the little backcountry powder we get here in the blue ridge/alleghany area
I've been lurking for awhile, and finally decided to post. I'm from Florida, but now go to school in Va and got a set of KTPs and boots after talking to Greco about getting a set up that would suit me as an advanced level inliner on skiboards fo the first time (only on snow for the second....) for backcountry shredding and the occasional ski slope/terrain park.
Yesterday I got my first full day at a resort in, and I'm left with some frustration in getting a few things down. Hopefully I can get some advice.
First off, I'm having trouble spinning more than 180. I got plenty comfortable hitting 180s off boxes, jumps, on flat, and off snow ledges. I can roll in fakey off drops and over any surface, and am very comfortable going through the trees (I was able to do some backcountry down mountain bike trails and powerlines last week) and over logs and such through deep powder; so I have the balance point figured out, not surprisingly since the whole reason I chose skiboard was since its nearly the same as inlines. However, perhaps because my unfamiliarity with snow and/or the length of skibaords compared to skate, I can't seem to get a real spin in. I tried carving hard into jumps, which seemed to only scrub speed and put me at a right angle. When I tried throwing my weight into it, the boards didn't want to move all the way around.
So what is the technique? Can anyone explain it in terms of what is different from skating? Normally, for a spin 360 and greater, I would boost off the jump, and start the spin before my feet leave the ground, throwing my weight into the spin. On snow, the power transfer is quite different than concrete or even dirt, which leaves this technique making me look like a moron as I flail through the air, my top half trying to spin and my bottom doing little of anything but getting airborne entirely off balance.
Also, rails were a bit of a surprise. The ease of sliding put me on my butt the first (and overly confident) try. When hitting a rail, especially a metal one, on skiboards, do you stagger your feet at opposing angles, so you can control your lean to the front and back? or do you just try to stay centered on top? Should your stance be wide or more together?
Thanks in advance for the advice! So far I'm having a great time on my boards, and will be trying to get my edges into every flake of the little backcountry powder we get here in the blue ridge/alleghany area
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