PaoloSmythe

ha! i dunno! i did better at biology than at money matters!

the 2 nuggets of advice that i have found to be the absolute best:

1. positive visualisation - picture yourself from the start of the run in, thru the perfect jump, the smoothest landing and the biggest cheer from your buds

2. relax; shake out everything, from your face, thru your limbs down to your boots! chant 'loosey goosey' to yerself and swing yer limbs like a loose limbed chimp!

and then flllllyyyyyyyy!

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Snowolf

Along with paolo`s tips, check yourself or better yet have a friend watch...

You could be doing two things here..one you may be throwing your body too far back to pop the ollie and never get back above your board. Another thing to check for is if you are inadvertantly rotating your upper body to face where you are going. This will cause you to land on your ass every time.

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shc89

Yeah. I'm pretty good at carving now, I'm not sure if I am too smooth but I don't skid atleast not alot when doing it, altough I'm not the best at maintaining a high angle to initate sharper turns. Anyway to me it seems that I'm doing sharper turns when using your method, digging in the nose part of the edge first, than when carving when I dig both edges at the same time.

shc89

and i noticed that even when carving it's smoother to put the front part of the edge first and then the back part quickly follows, to make it smooth transition. Not just lean forward-lean back.

Snowolf

Good job

You will find when riding in crud, this is an easy, smooth way to ride it. Instead of bouncing on top of this crap, you slice through it. making for a much nicer ride.

when you are ready, you can start trying dynamic carved turns... This is where you tansition to the downhill hill edge before the fall line. Quite simply, get your board taveling straight tip to tail then tansition to that new, downhill edge and you experience the acceleration throughout a turn. Say you are carving along on your heel edge and are starting to carve back up the hill. Simply (with the front foot first)ina solid, fluid movement, ease up on the heel pressure, going right into toe pressure. When ready to do this, do not hesitate, because hesitation will cause your board to beging to drift in an increasing sideslip. You cannot switch to the leading edge in a sidelip. When you do this, be prepared for the very rapid turn and acceleration...be ready to follow through with the rear foot. These are fun turns and you really can maintain your momentum!

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