atr3yu

I did all of the above in my first season of 28 days aside from getting in the air. I had a mental block about it. I am going to take a private lesson this year just to learn to get into the air. So I say your goals look good to me.

OldDog

Thanks for the vote of confidence...

timmytard

Are you fucking cereal? 21 one years & never attempted a 360

What the fuck!! Haven't you ever had a day with 3+ feet of fluffy goodness?
You're a Canadian son, this is unacceptable.

I honestly find this hard to believe

I've convinced my friends, some of which truly suck, to try backflips when it's too deep to get hurt.
Southern Comfort on a real deep day will get you doin' them.

TT

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poutanen

Put your board on and stand on perfectly flat snow. Jump up and try to reach down and grab your board (helps stabilize you in the air). Do this a couple times. Then start doing it when you're literally going a couple km/h down a very mild slope. Then a little faster, a little faster, etc.

Once you're comfortable pre-loading and landing at speed, go find a nice roller and hit it at moderate speed. You want the kind of roller that you'll just roll over if you don't pre-load. That way it's all you. If you're not feeling it just don't pre-load. Want to jump, pre-load. Hit that some and you'll be hooked.

Believe it! I have some mental block with spinning. I've done big air, played in 1/2 and 1/4 pipes since I was 13, etc. I LOVE being in the air but I have some mental block about 360's. Probably doesn't help that the first 90% of my boarding life was on the hardpack of the east coast. A "powder day" for us there was 4" of fresh...

Donutz

Better to set the bar too high than too low.

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Listheeb21

My goals would be:

- get more days on the slopes (only 6 last year)
- get lucky and catch a storm cycle while in Jackson Hole in late Feb
- commit to one or two switch days and really work on it
- try a 360 if the snow is soft enough (never tried any rotations)
- drop a 10-20 foot rock/cliff while on vacation
- make a seamless transition from a stiff cambered board to my new Slayblade
- not get hurt

extra0

I'm sure you already know, but the progression is to learn a 180 first, then move on to a 360 and so forth. I learned backside 180 first, and moved on to bs 360.

It is strange how much scarier it is to commit to a 360...even though you're landing regular (not switch). Funny thing is it took me long after the bs 360 to master the frontside 180 (still have never even attempted a frontside 360...hopefully, this'll be the year).

the other thing is you kinda should learn to do them on relative hard pack because deeper snow doesn't give you the speed for a decent jump that'll allow you to do a full rotation (even if the snow's deep and there's a packed down track, you're still going to probably land in someones bomb hole...ends up being the same).

Lamps

I wish in my first year I had prioritized riding switch, I am still catching up, it's not a sexy goal but learning switch versions of all tricks as you go along is I think better than getting ahead on your regular foot.

OldDog

I dunno, freestyle, spins, rails, park etc. and therefore switch is way down on my priority list. My local doesn't even have a park.

Butters and just screwing around would be about the only time I'd care.

dopamean

receive a score of "9.9" on my Super Penguin Slider technique!

Here was my latest attempt today @ Keystone, judges?

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