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Quad burn - is it me or my gear?
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Great thread and posts from everyone! I've often wondered the same thing, I started questioning my boards and if I should just make the switch to skis. Wookie summed it up pretty good for me and that's fear and rough technique, well sort of. While I can easily carve across groomers all day with ease based on proper skiing techniques and traverse double black runs my local 750' hill always has me questioning what I'm about to ride into as nice sections of powder blend into hard pack and ice without a difference in appearance so I'm always cautious and in a reactive mode. With that said, when noticing the quad burn yesterday, primarily in powder, I had a Eureka moment and that was "just relax" and let the lead foot/skiboard take the weight and do the work, akin to a slow relaxed telemark ski method. I started using poles the last 3 times out and that has made a difference in balance and control technique vs flailing arms and I'm maintaining a more upright stance plus the poles help tremendously when you want to get in or out of areas that were difficult without prior.Boards: RVL*8 '08 Revolt Chicken's, Canon M7 Black, Line Fly 4 post
Bindings: Line FF Pro, Groove Red X1
Gear: Dalbello CRX Freeride CarveX, Bern Baker Hard Hat, VZ Fishbowl's & Fubar's, Anon Comrade
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