Switch riding, can you ever be fully equally able sliding both ways - Page 3 - Snowboarding Forum

**HoboMaster** · 10-11-2011, 06:13 PM

I didn't even really try switch until I was pretty good, which has made learning it a fairly slow process. Even though I want to master switch, I find myself hesitant to actually do it since riding in my normal direction is so easy and fluid compared with the other. I can maneuver in and out of switch and link turns on blues, but doing any serious riding pretty much results in eating shit at this point for me. Just one of those things you have to force yourself to do.

Toecutter · 10-11-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ThunderChunky

QFT The best way to try to get as close as possible to both regular and goofy riding is to learn both as soon as you start to learn to snowboard. I have a friend that didn't know if he was goofy or regular when he was learning so he just learned both parallel to each other and now he literally doesn't have a dominant stance.

That describes my daughter. She couldn't decide which way was more comfortable so she just kept doing both.

Phunky · 10-11-2011, 07:37 PM

short answer: Yes

long answer: Yes

It just takes practice...

ThunderChunky · 10-11-2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Toecutter

That describes my daughter. She couldn't decide which way was more comfortable so she just kept doing both.

She'll probably end up being really good at riding then. It just allows you to have so much control and perspective. It may take a little longer to learn cause you're learning double the amount of stuff, but it will definitely pay of when you start to ride park.

10-11-2011, 06:13 PM	#21 (permalink)
HoboMaster Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sandpoint / Moscow, ID Posts: 2,301	I didn't even really try switch until I was pretty good, which has made learning it a fairly slow process. Even though I want to master switch, I find myself hesitant to actually do it since riding in my normal direction is so easy and fluid compared with the other. I can maneuver in and out of switch and link turns on blues, but doing any serious riding pretty much results in eating shit at this point for me. Just one of those things you have to force yourself to do. __________________ PowderHound and TreeNinja

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10-11-2011, 07:37 PM	#23 (permalink)
Phunky Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 69	short answer: Yes long answer: Yes It just takes practice...