smokadacrais

ive been boarding for...starting my third season now and ive got one problem an thats that i cant do a toe turn. i wind up doing a 180 an doing heel turns which is just easier for me but i would rlly like to be able to do toe turns as well. is this a common thing for snowboarders or am i the only one? hehe

mpdsnowman

Im sure some of the instructors on here will help U with the technical aspect of turning but really it boils down to practice and trial/error. To do the 180 full turn isnt helping you IMO. U need to get some snow on the ass and in your face and once you hit that click point of linking turns your all set.

Practice You will get it.

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Snowolf

No, you really need to learn to toe side turns to ride well. When poeple have trouble doing this it usually an anxiety about leaning down the hill. Check out the how to section above; there is is a complete instructional writen about turns.

Whithout watching you ride, I will guess and say you may be doing the classic thing of as soon as the board starts to point downhill, you lean back. The body wants to position itself so you stand vertical against gravity. You need to ride so you make an upside down T in relation to the snow. If you are on a 20 degree slope and you stand so that your head points straight up, you are actually leaning back 20 degrees. When you do that, there is no way the nose of the board has any weight on it and you will never get the edge to engage with the snow to initiate and continue a turn.

Try leading with your shoulder and as you begin to initiate your turn, rotate your upper body a little and point your shoulder in the directiong you want to go. Flex you front knee a little more and pressure your toe edge starting with the front foot and following through with the rear foot as the turn is established.

Again, read through the material posted at the top of this section; this is explained in greater detail there.

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pawel

I had the same problem when i first started, i think i was just scared to lean forward cause every time i did i fell over. I took a 1.5h lesson and the kid explained to me what i was doing wrong and how to do it properlly and now i can link my turns and love it. I think i have more fun leaning forward than backwards, i test myself how close i can get to the snow without smacking down lol

Snowolf

If you still have trouble making yourself do this mentally, increase your foward lean. Usually this helps increase power for heelside turns, but there is a side effect that may help you and that is it forces you flex your ankles, knees and hip into a more correct riding posture, which will keep your body is fluid, ready state, thus making it easier to adjust your body where it needs to be for a given movement.

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Slaughterhouse

Snowolf has it dialed. put more weight on your lead foot. This pushes the nose of your board on the surface more allowing the beginning of your effective edge to bite and initiate the turn. So, to sum it up, do NOT BE SCARED TO LEAN DOWNHILL!!!! Hardcore all the way, dude!!

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