WickedWheat

I only attempted to ride on both edges when I was slow rolling it. It didn't feel very comfortable as the board tended to start to slide towards catching an edge.

Snowolf

It does feel very weird and takes some practice. For me, I like to ride this way with my front foot applying heel pressure and my rear foot applying toe pressure. When you feel the board starting to drift sideways, you have to regaing contrl with the edge that is trailing. This is not my favorite technique either, I tend to like to rock back and forth from edge to edge, but this works for some people quite well. You gave it a try and it did`nt feel right, so it is best to stick with the being solidly on one edge.

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Goat

So I've been really working on keeping my body over the board,keeping my shoulders in line with the board,and using my head to look downhill.For some reason,the nose of my board likes to move left/right(not alot,but enough to feel kind of out of control) while I'm riding.I really feel like I'm over the board,but my buddy thinks I might still be leaning back a bit.

I ride a 158 at 21",+15/0 alomst even with maybe a little more tip.

Any ideas?

Snowolf

A little bit more weight shifted toward the front foot should helps some as the heavy end of the board likes to go down the hill first. Also, small variations in snow surface will make the board shit around a little bit; that is normal. What you have to do is steer the board by pressuring the toe and heel edge as needed with your front foot. Do it very lightly to avoid over steering when gliding along in the flats.

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Goat

I think I have this weird feeling that if I put weight on the front foot and use it to turn,my edge is going to catch causing me to endo or something.I'm self taught,so I think I still use my back foot as a rudder

Thanks for the help,Wolf...I'll work on that this week.

Snowolf

The ideal is a centered stance; keep your upper body positioned in between your bindings. If you need a little more weight on the front foot, simply flex the front leg a little more than the back leg. Start learning to using torsional steering instead of the "rudder method" Torsional steering is simply twisting the front of your board to gently engage either the toeside or heelside sidecut to steer the board. Gliding one footed is an excellent way to get the hang of this by the way...

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NYCboarder

one bad habbit i have = putting my hands out when i fall... (my wrists are killig me this morning)

Nito

I agree that the gorilla/gunslinger stance is a bad habit. Unfortunately, in an old instructional video they actual taught to keep both hands forward, chest downhill, and to point with the knees. Luckily, later in my first season, an experienced rider told me to point with my hip and squeeze my knees together.

Nito

NYCboarder

what do you mean point with you hip an squeeze knees together?
and what does this help with?

TNT

I finally got out again and worked on keeping my shoulders in line with the board and only turning my head - what a difference. It felt a bit weird at first, but I was more stable on the flats and actually carved instead of skidded when going for speed.

I shifted my stance to be a bit more narrow (just barely more than shoulder width now). But this squeezing the knees together, what is that about? Mine do that by themselves I think, I'm about as bow-legged as they come

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