Any tricks to try to wait for the season to start? - Snowboarding Forum

snowboardboi · 09-19-2011, 11:45 PM

I'm pretty bored with my board lying around, so I decided to strap it on today. I still have my front side and backside 360s down and my ollies get a lot of air. I can also butter very well. Is there anything I can learn while I wait for the season to start? I only have access to a flat grass field so are there any tricks I can try cranking out on the grass?

CheeseForSteeze · 09-20-2011, 12:12 AM

Do some butters and presses on the carpet. Try to stick some tail blocks. Record it, post it on youtube and share your results here.

snowboardboi · 09-20-2011, 01:38 AM

Good idea. But I've been buttering for a while now so it comes pretty easily. I can tail block but I never tried it on grass due to fear of snapping my board. Would tail blocks on grass usually snap a board?

CheeseForSteeze · 09-20-2011, 01:45 AM

No, they're no different than a tail block on snow. You tail will be suspended against a solid plane. Make sure to block into an incline or it's nearly impossible and could fuck your legs up.

Make sure to put it on YouTube.

snowboardboi · 09-20-2011, 03:16 AM

Yeah, I'll try to find a hill. I only have a field in my backyard right now so I was thinking of how to tail block on flat ground.

j.gnar · 09-21-2011, 11:03 AM

id go for some switch backside double cork 12's for good measure, gotta get one up on the shredder groms

really though, theres not much you can learn on grass. go skate and get comfortable riding, or riding switch or whatever it is you want to learn

BurtonAvenger · 09-21-2011, 11:07 AM

fuck bitches and get drunk

david_z · 09-21-2011, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by snowboardboi

Good idea. But I've been buttering for a while now so it comes pretty easily. I can tail block but I never tried it on grass due to fear of snapping my board. Would tail blocks on grass usually snap a board?

You will not snap a board doing tailblock on grass unless you are fatter than me or your board is a piece of shit.

chupacabraman · 09-21-2011, 04:48 PM

Lol @ snapping board comments... no way, unless it's a total POS! I do tail blocks in my sleeps (sometimes literally so) and on any type of surface - they are super easy and very fun/stylish.
And btw... how can you butter when you aren't moving?!?!

I'd like to see some vids of someone buttering with power at speed, none of this crappy 10mph spinning down a green cat track crap

So many people can butter, but 99% of them look ghay.

snowboardboi · 09-21-2011, 08:03 PM

I have a dh2 from 2010/2011. It's pretty stiff, but I'm pretty light. Agreed with the buttering comments. I hate it even more when people do it slowly right in front of you. You can practice holding the butters. Not really in skill, but muscle control. It gets pretty tiring after two minutes.

09-19-2011, 11:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
snowboardboi Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 15	Any tricks to try to wait for the season to start? I'm pretty bored with my board lying around, so I decided to strap it on today. I still have my front side and backside 360s down and my ollies get a lot of air. I can also butter very well. Is there anything I can learn while I wait for the season to start? I only have access to a flat grass field so are there any tricks I can try cranking out on the grass?

09-21-2011, 11:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
BurtonAvenger Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mountains Posts: 8,050	fuck bitches and get drunk __________________ Angry Snowboarder Because someone has to call it how they see it!

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09-20-2011, 12:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
CheeseForSteeze -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,716	Do some butters and presses on the carpet. Try to stick some tail blocks. Record it, post it on youtube and share your results here.

09-20-2011, 01:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
snowboardboi Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 15	Good idea. But I've been buttering for a while now so it comes pretty easily. I can tail block but I never tried it on grass due to fear of snapping my board. Would tail blocks on grass usually snap a board?

09-20-2011, 01:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
CheeseForSteeze -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,716	No, they're no different than a tail block on snow. You tail will be suspended against a solid plane. Make sure to block into an incline or it's nearly impossible and could fuck your legs up. Make sure to put it on YouTube.

09-20-2011, 03:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
snowboardboi Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 15	Yeah, I'll try to find a hill. I only have a field in my backyard right now so I was thinking of how to tail block on flat ground.

09-21-2011, 11:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
j.gnar Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: oxnard,ca Posts: 507	id go for some switch backside double cork 12's for good measure, gotta get one up on the shredder groms really though, theres not much you can learn on grass. go skate and get comfortable riding, or riding switch or whatever it is you want to learn

09-21-2011, 04:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
chupacabraman Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Revy Posts: 861	Lol @ snapping board comments... no way, unless it's a total POS! I do tail blocks in my sleeps (sometimes literally so) and on any type of surface - they are super easy and very fun/stylish. And btw... how can you butter when you aren't moving?!?! I'd like to see some vids of someone buttering with power at speed, none of this crappy 10mph spinning down a green cat track crap So many people can butter, but 99% of them look ghay.

09-21-2011, 08:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
snowboardboi Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 15	I have a dh2 from 2010/2011. It's pretty stiff, but I'm pretty light. Agreed with the buttering comments. I hate it even more when people do it slowly right in front of you. You can practice holding the butters. Not really in skill, but muscle control. It gets pretty tiring after two minutes.