My first steps in doing Fs boardslide!!! - Snowboarding Forum

Haho · 03-11-2011, 02:10 PM

Hey guys here is my vid for trying Fs boardslide:

YouTube - DSCN9366

Could you give me some advice how to improve it and do it more clearer.

Thanks

PanHandler · 03-11-2011, 02:45 PM

few things i noticed

When you get on the box, your bending too far at your hips and your knees are stiff. B end your knees more and straiten out your back. Also, your trying to spot the end of the box by looking under your arm. Try twisting more at the waist and looking over your shoulder to spot the end of the box. This will do 2 things. Itll straiten your upper body more, and it will also help fully rotate your board. Right now your not getting the board all the way around for the slide and i think its due to the way your trying to spot the end of the box. also, i noticed that you took a quick glance uphill while you were sliding. I dont know why you did that, but you shouldnt do it again. itll do nothing but throw off your balance.

Haho · 03-11-2011, 02:51 PM

Thanks for the input!!!
I am doing some snowboarding tomorrow so will definitely try to make it the right way!

For some reason i dont bend my knee everytime i go on a box or a rail. I guess still building the muscle or the stance memory.

**Donutz** · 03-11-2011, 03:20 PM

And good luck with the learning! I'm at about the same point as you -- in fact we have a flat boxy thing just like that at Seymour right now (at least we did last weekend -- the Seymour park crew are like over-caffeinated squirrels sometimes), and I've been trying to do shifties on it.

So is that actually called a box? Some of the stuff in the parks just defies description sometimes.

BliND KiNK · 03-11-2011, 03:23 PM

For the uninformed like myself... When calling things instead of learning what they actually are... (the features) say the exact description... i.e. Fat box, skinny box, fucked up box, etc., etc.

Madyui · 03-20-2011, 07:19 AM

Hey Haho!
That looks pretty good mate!

It's about as good as I could FS boardslide and 50/50 my first time in the park on Friday. I've only been snowboarding all of 4 times, so unfortunately I'm not really in any position to give advice, but lets keep at it and see how sweet we can get our FS's over the next few seasons!

slyder · 03-20-2011, 08:17 AM

Keep at it, good advice already mentioned.

Aren't the real large boxes like that called butter box or beginner box??

john doe · 03-20-2011, 01:28 PM

Practice the form of FS boardslide better. It needs to be your legs go one way and your torso goes the other. Realy tweek your body into that position. Your general riding also needs to get alot better. Alot of the time you were on the snow you had your weight shifted back and your front leg stiff. You want your weight even or forward a bit and both legs flexed and relaxed.

Haho · 03-20-2011, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Practice the form of FS boardslide better. It needs to be your legs go one way and your torso goes the other. Realy tweek your body into that position. Your general riding also needs to get alot better. Alot of the time you were on the snow you had your weight shifted back and your front leg stiff. You want your weight even or forward a bit and both legs flexed and relaxed.

Thanks for the input!
Basically I suppose I am not very comfortable of my back going first and that's why I do not fully tweak my torso.
As for my general riding I think I have this stance from bombing down the mountain a lot and I get faster when my weight is shifted on my back leg! I really should consider how I ride in the terrain park.

slyder · 03-20-2011, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john doe

Practice the form of FS boardslide better. It needs to be your legs go one way and your torso goes the other. Realy tweek your body into that position.

So your saying use counter rotation so that you can rotate back off and ride away...correct??

03-11-2011, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Haho Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 28	My first steps in doing Fs boardslide!!! Hey guys here is my vid for trying Fs boardslide: YouTube - DSCN9366 Could you give me some advice how to improve it and do it more clearer. Thanks __________________ Burton-BLUNT

03-11-2011, 02:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Haho Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 28	Thanks for the input!!! I am doing some snowboarding tomorrow so will definitely try to make it the right way! For some reason i dont bend my knee everytime i go on a box or a rail. I guess still building the muscle or the stance memory. __________________ Burton-BLUNT

03-11-2011, 03:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Donutz Drunk with power...er beer. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3,669 Blog Entries: 176	And good luck with the learning! I'm at about the same point as you -- in fact we have a flat boxy thing just like that at Seymour right now (at least we did last weekend -- the Seymour park crew are like over-caffeinated squirrels sometimes), and I've been trying to do shifties on it. So is that actually called a box? Some of the stuff in the parks just defies description sometimes. __________________ Illegitimi non carborundum Mountain Days: 30

03-11-2011, 03:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
BliND KiNK Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Omaha, Nebraska (for now) Posts: 729	For the uninformed like myself... When calling things instead of learning what they actually are... (the features) say the exact description... i.e. Fat box, skinny box, fucked up box, etc., etc. __________________ I wanted a sig, but I need a job first.

03-20-2011, 08:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
slyder Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Milwaukee Suburbs Posts: 1,927	Keep at it, good advice already mentioned. Aren't the real large boxes like that called butter box or beginner box?? __________________ Thanks -Slyder

03-11-2011, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
PanHandler Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 587	few things i noticed When you get on the box, your bending too far at your hips and your knees are stiff. B end your knees more and straiten out your back. Also, your trying to spot the end of the box by looking under your arm. Try twisting more at the waist and looking over your shoulder to spot the end of the box. This will do 2 things. Itll straiten your upper body more, and it will also help fully rotate your board. Right now your not getting the board all the way around for the slide and i think its due to the way your trying to spot the end of the box. also, i noticed that you took a quick glance uphill while you were sliding. I dont know why you did that, but you shouldnt do it again. itll do nothing but throw off your balance.

03-20-2011, 07:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Madyui Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Nagoya, Japan Posts: 18	Hey Haho! That looks pretty good mate! It's about as good as I could FS boardslide and 50/50 my first time in the park on Friday. I've only been snowboarding all of 4 times, so unfortunately I'm not really in any position to give advice, but lets keep at it and see how sweet we can get our FS's over the next few seasons!

03-20-2011, 01:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
john doe Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,245	Practice the form of FS boardslide better. It needs to be your legs go one way and your torso goes the other. Realy tweek your body into that position. Your general riding also needs to get alot better. Alot of the time you were on the snow you had your weight shifted back and your front leg stiff. You want your weight even or forward a bit and both legs flexed and relaxed. __________________ 2011 Smokin Buck Ferton 155 2013 Flow NX2-SE 2013 Flow Hylite boa Burton Stagger pants/jacket Smith I/O

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