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Why we don't try to steer on the feature

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#1 ·
On Sunday I watched from the lift as some guy hit the 8-foot down-box on Mushroom. Partway down the box for whatever reason he decided to do a toeside turn. Maybe he was drifting heelside. Dunno. Anyway, these things never go well. His board slipped totally out from underneath him. Because it was a short box, he missed the box, but he did an absolutely perfect all-points landing, with face, chest, hips, knees, and board all hitting the snow at the same time.

He got up. No noobs were hurt in the production of this post. Well, not injured anyway.

Hey, I can sympathize. Last season I pulled off a perfect cab-taco while trying a box. That's where you fold over the box facing up instead of down. :rolleyes:
 
#3 ·
THIS!

I'm finally developing the mental break between riding snow and riding a box and have learned to almost always just slide off the side of a box instead of turn into it

Almost
 
#6 ·
The other day I was chopping up some corriander and chopped the end off of my finger. It hurt.
Really, it has nothing to do with this thread, but I'm in a sharing mood.

I prefer small boxes, only because I have a "small board".
 
#8 ·
:laugh: good form sir :thumbsup:

edit: on both counts.... hey, did they stick the bit back on top? it goes all gross then the skin peels off to reveal a nice new finger tip! rad stuff cos you think they bit they stuck back on is falling off but it's not!
 
#10 ·
I was riding at Tahoe a during winter break. Saw a skier hit this rail that started only a few inches off the ground, but had an upward arc (like a jump but just a rail). Anyway, he had one ski slip off one side, the other ski slip off the other side... thought he could make it over the end of the rail without catching his nads, but ended up suspended just 2 inches off the ground by his nuts on the rail.
 
#11 ·
Oh! My favorite "trick"...LOL

Can't count the number of times I have accidentally edges while doing a 50-50. My worst was a few years back at Mt. Hood Skibowl on a 4" wide metal rail. I leaned a bit toeside and wham! Both shins banged on the steel and cut deep! I did the opposite at Timberline on a large rainbow where I leaned a little back and ass slammed it before toppling over backwards from 4 feet up!
Oh yea, I got matching scars on the front of my shins. Battle scars for sure!
 
#19 ·
I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate boxes. I love box rails, but when the box is anything over 2 feet wide, it just seems like I should/can turn on it to initiate a spin on it, but end up slipping out, unable to bail to a side because of the width and that I can't easily fling my weight that far mid fall.

Any tips on how to spin on these? I can do the presses and boardslides and stuff, but I always see the 8 year old skiiers 720 spinning the length of it.
 
#20 ·
Try being 47....;) Still, I hit the boxes every day and while my progression to new maneuvers on them is much slower and more careful than a teenager, I am not ready to start limiting myself due to age. Just got to ride smarter not harder and take some extra precautions...:thumbsup:
This is me as well, but I am armoring up. Actually considering back protector for my spins, which seem to be on hold till next season.
 
#22 ·
I was riding last Sunday before our Test Fest days... I made the mistake of hitting boxes numerous times. Towards the end of the day, I ate shit really hard. I made the classic mistake of trying to save a fucked up approach and next thing I know, I'm swinging my arm in front of my face so I don't break my nose on the box. Impact was super hard... I hit slammed my head into my arm, my right leg buckled under me and hit the box hard as well. My buddies thought I was done for.

Then I got back up and hit wide box immediately after and grabbed Indy on the dismount haha. REDEEMED!

Seriously though, I'm still in pain and I swear I dislocated something in my hamstring area that day. I stretched, something popped, and it was gone. Needless to say, due to this crash, I had to take it easy for the rest of Test Fest. Next year, I will either not ride Sunday before or take it super mellow if so.

I need to check my GoPro. I'm pretty sure it's all on there. Although the camera angle was totally fucked after the crash.
 
#27 ·
Here's my noob box shenanigan crash. What you can't get from the video is that these approaches had a fairly steep incline and were rutted out like a mofo. You also can't really tell the severity of the crash I had (first one obviously). My buddies said it looked like I wasn't going to get back up. That was two Sundays ago and right now, my upper right arm still feels like shit as well as my right hamstring area. Basically, I fucked up my approach and instead of riding off to the side, I attempted to save it with a half-assed nose blunt(?)... for some reason, my mind said "this is a good time to try your first nose blunt". :laugh:

And why yes, that was a Cobra was hitting boxes with lol.

 
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