Snowolf

Rocking back and forth is just fine....it is a way to keep the board pointed down the fall line and control speed without making large radius turns. This technique is quite effective for going down cat tracks. Tilt is one of three fundamental movements to turn your board and is very appropriate.....

As for riding flat, try to stay on edge, but at a low edge angle. I find that being slightly on toe edge is the easiest and then counter rotaing my shoulders to cancel out the toeside turning tendency.

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Snowolf

This is a tricky thing to master at first, but works quite well. I tend to favor riding across flat areas like this. As you are riding, on your toe edge with a very low edge angle, you can very gradually, reduce the toe pressure on the front foot and then pressure your heel edge. The entire time, you are holding toe pressure on the rear foot. What happens is at the nose of the board, the heel edge is gently engaged while at the tail, the toe edge is engaged.

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Goat

Thanks Snowolf!

sedition

curse words, gambling, satanism, poetry, whiskey, women, rock and roll...

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Snowolf

You left out the most evil of them all...the practice of Capitalism.....that is something that requires therapy to break...

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sedition

haha....that'a not a "habit" that is a nerotic tendency / mental illness.

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Johnnie Walker | Low-ball | Lodge

Snowolf

So true and it is a "gateway disease" You begin as a Capitalist, then move on to become an Oligarch and wind up as a Fascist! It is so sad to watch. Only an intervention of Socialism can break the destructive cycle...

Getting the thread back on track; another very bad habit is the "stiff leg syndrome" I see people riding stick straight and they lean their entire body in the turns instead of flexing their ankles, knees and hips.

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WickedWheat

I've never even heard of anyone riding on both edges. Seems kind of tough but I'll give it a try Thur.

Snowblower

I never saw this thread before! For those who are wondering about the bad traits, read my thread in the snowboarding chat section.... highlights what happened when I employed a LOT of these bad habits (I'm still quite new, but taking lessons), and how things dramatically improved after I caught myself and stopped doing them.

snowcraze

Thanks for the tip snowwolf.