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2013/2014 Season Goals

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#1 ·
Decided to start a new thread for this purpose: What are your goals for the season? Link turns? Blast a 720? Not kill yourself? Lets hear it... :thumbsup:

Mine:
- Man up and start spending REAL time working on spin tricks
- Do 40+ days on the snow (last year was 35)
- Do 1500 km on snow (last year was 1200 or so)
- Do a 10,000 vertical meter day and a 100 km distance day
- Start doing good sized jumps switch
- Not lose any time due to injuries! :yahoo:
 
#40 ·
same goals as most people. just a little varied.

- got switch riding down last season but this season i need to work on switch airs
- all 4 360's locked down (switch back/front, reg back/front)
- i want cab front 5 stales to be perfected
- just generally go harder on pow days on cliff drops and pillow lines
- minimum 30 mins of park a day plus full park days every now and then
- to be able to bomb down moguls comfortably at full speed
- 60+ days of riding
- work out what im going to do with the rest of my life in terms of education and career etc.

i feel these arent too far fetched and should have them accomplished by end of april next year.. maybe not the last, could take a few more winters working on that one :D
 
#51 ·
I'm not after too much for this season but I plan on having a lot of fun.

- Board at least 38 out of the 39 days I'm in Jackson Hole;

- Get the wife's confidence up enough to keep up with me, particularly through the deeper stuff (she skis so I can't give her too much technical advice but confidence is key for her);

- Nail fs and bs 1's and 3's, just nice and smooth so I can progress into more complex tricks next season.

- Do an avalanche course and take at least one backcountry tour
 
#53 ·
- Sort out my inhability to pop from my heal edge, always pop toe edge. Unless I'm riding switch...
- Get my frontside 360 on lockdown. Pop from heal edge related.
- Throw my backside ones with more confidence.
- Work on some spins in and out of butters.
- Tidy up my switch carving.
- Slow my riding down. I took a freestyle lesson late last season and I realised pretty quickly that I ride past a lot of natural features that I should be having fun on.
- Set my bindings back on all powder days, I was too lazy last season and strained my back leg/knee after one hard day which turned into a niggling injury for the rest of the season.
 
#55 ·
Continue the road back to full riding potential after ACL recontruction, maybe actually hit some sizable jumps this year spent no time in the park last year. And as always have fun crushin it with the small mountain freestyle lol, the life of a Mid Atl shredder.
 
#60 ·
ride more park, improve rail game as always, dial in them spins, and pray the snow gods bless me with some powder so i can jump off of stuff I normally shouldnt be

also, provided we get some snow in the valley, hit a few street spots ive been eyeing

also planning on going to Colorado for a trip
 
#66 ·
Jumping is something that you can easily get better at incrementally. First hopping over chunks of ice, then off bumps on the trail, then little jumps... then big ones.

It's hard when the jump line doesn't have a gradual increase though. At my home mountain you would have the 5 foot kiddie jumps, a 10-15 footer in the mid park and then 35+ footers in the big park. Nothing in-between.
 
#77 ·
Just gonna throw this out here now:

I've never seen a new member receive so much advice with such a short time between posts. Hmmmm why ever could this be.....:giggle:
 
#79 ·
2013 / 14 - as a new kid on the block I'm intending on spending as much time as possible on the artificial snow in Manchester, attend an intermediate course at the same place and prepare for Austria next April. With a birthday and christmas coming up I should have my own gear by then. Damn addictive this snowboarding lark isn't it.
 
#107 ·
My first child is due on Feb 1st soooo... my only goal is to get in as many days as possible.

Wish my sperm was a little more cooperative with timing this baby around snow season, lol. "Oh hey... if we go off the pill now it will take at least six months to get pregnant. That will get us into summer." NOPE... one month later... preggers.
 
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