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Help with jumps

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#1 ·
Here is a short clip of my first attempts at jumping. I would like to iron out some of my bad habits. I've been following slyders jumping thread. I've also watched the snowboarding addiction intro to jumping and Snowwolfs jumping vid.

From what I see I need to work on:
1)Hitting the jumps with a little more speed
2)Hitting the jumps in a more athletic position
3)Pop off the lip
4)The times I did pull my legs up, I think i miss timed my landing and still landed straight legged.
5)quite my upper body.

It appears I need to work on all of ATML. Do you guys see anything else that I need to work on? Does it appear my shoulders are open or closed?

 
#37 ·
I was there saturday and sunday and it was in surprisingly good shape. There were some ice balls on crazy horse and the wind had blown apache bare in a couple spots, but that was later in the day. We are coming up again this weekend hopefully they get hit with that snow that they are forecasting thurs.
 
#40 ·
For the most part this looks good except that you seem to consistently ride in a countered stance ( you twist at the waist and ride facing forward). Work at riding in better alignment in all if your riding; keep hips and shoulders aligned with board more and turn just your head to look forward.

As for your takeoff, some funky things seem to happen here and this is mainly a result of your approach in that countered stance. It is hard to tell but it looks like you are trying to use your upper body a lot to throw yourself into the air as if you are trying to Ollie off of the lip. One of the things that trying to add the Ollie does with a new park rider is it invariably puts them way in the back seat on takeoff and that is not the kind of help you need. As you approach the transition, shift your body foot to foot toward the nose of the board and gently extend just a tiny bit to pump this transition and maintain your speed. A better method for learning to gain a little more pop is to pop off of the toes and not try to Ollie. Use only lower body movements and keep the upper body quiet. Popping slightly off of the toes allows you to launch in much better overall alignment and gives you a little more pop. It also helps counter a tendency to open up and face forward in the air.

On your landings, you are being a little too quick to heelside speed check and sometimes you can do this before the board actually has fully engaged the snow. This is such a common cause for washing out after an otherwise successful landing. Delay this movement and point the board after landing to totally get fully stabilized and recentered after landing before doing a heelside speed check. It is super easy to land tail heavy and if you do not get recentered before braking, you stand a good chance of using your ass to brake with.
Glad I found this on a google search. I am also struggling with simple technique with jumps.
I have been trying to bend my legs more because although smooth, I feel l have not been getting enough pop. So I have been trying to work on that, since then my landings have suffered.
A friend pointed out today im doing something with my upper body/arms. I guess i am trying to pop from my upper body instead of using my legs?

For someone who did ballet for years, ive never felt so out of touch with my body.
Thanks for the advice :)
 
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