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Catching An EDGE
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i feel better now ! thanks
I crash a week ago like a mensioned... so my neck hurts,and my ribs too... but this crash you got !
do you still have a face ???
Afther this video i feel no pain that all !
I crash a week ago like a mensioned... so my neck hurts,and my ribs too... but this crash you got !
do you still have a face ???
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pain doesn't hurt, failure hurts
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This past weekend I tried to 50-50 a flat-down-flat rail which I've done several times this season, but this time as soon as I rode onto the rail I know I was a little tweaked and I should have just given up and slipped off the side safe and sound. However, I wanted to get it because I knew I was able to do it so I tried saving it, hit the first kink, board slipped off the heel side of the rail while my weight shifted toe side. I wasn't touching the rail for the entire down portion of the rail. Ended up landing on the second flat part on my shins. Cut my right shin open a little bit and got some big dirt stains on both legs of my pants, but luckily it didnt bleed that much and I was able to ride for the rest of the day.
Rails really aren't that bad if you just recognize when it's not going to turn out good before you actually fall, and just control yourself when things go bad. I hit the rail shitty and could have easily saved myself by just slipping off the side when the board wanted to slip of the side. I just got greedy and tried to stay on the rail, which is how you get yourself in trouble.
Rails really aren't that bad if you just recognize when it's not going to turn out good before you actually fall, and just control yourself when things go bad. I hit the rail shitty and could have easily saved myself by just slipping off the side when the board wanted to slip of the side. I just got greedy and tried to stay on the rail, which is how you get yourself in trouble.
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·I have a question, are some boards more susceptible for catching edges than others?
I ride an older board and it is very tricky to ride, I used my friends board and it was so easy to ride, I did not even had to be thinking about catching an edge. On mine you have to be in control at all times if not, you go down just like that.
I ride an older board and it is very tricky to ride, I used my friends board and it was so easy to ride, I did not even had to be thinking about catching an edge. On mine you have to be in control at all times if not, you go down just like that.
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·Catching an edge is basically the same sensation as stepping on a garden rake.
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Yeah, but watching someone step on a garden rake is WAY funnier than watching someone catch an edge.Catching an edge is basically the same sensation as stepping on a garden rake.
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Perhaps your friend's board has had its edges detuned? That would it less susceptible to catching and edge but also not carve as well. Also, due to differences in design, some boards are more stable than others.
shit your soo lucky... i did basically the same thing but on a box, and landed with my shin on the edge. i thought it was a bruise so i kept riding, but when i checked it out i was bleeding everywhere and needed stitches...
yeah basically the moral of the story is just let yourself slide off it, i tried to jump off and thats why i got hurt, and if you are off balance that can lead to some nasty spills
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Detuning the leading edge of my board helped, also keeping a lower stance on flats helps too. I detuned just a bit from the nose to where the edge straighens up again.
Mostly it happens at the end of the day when one is tired the snow starts to ice and the tracks left from other skiers / riders are deeper.
More weight to your front foot helps as well.
Mostly it happens at the end of the day when one is tired the snow starts to ice and the tracks left from other skiers / riders are deeper.
More weight to your front foot helps as well.
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Riding switch is like learning to ride all over again. I spent a LOT of time on the greens and blues this year teaching my son, and forced myself to ride switch the whole time. It was encouraging for him too, seeing daddy take the occasional tumble. Plan for next year is switch airs and spins. It's funny, I can ride almost any slope on the mountain, but spins and rails still freak me out. Being old doesn't help, old folks heal slowly.
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I hear you Zee...I hear you.
I'll be teaching my kids this saturday...and try to switch as much as I can..tried last weekend at the end of the day on a green and was a disaster!
Not really attracted by rails (why do I want to wreck my base to ride a piece of metal?) but I do want to jump.
And get in the half pipe one day.
Doing gullies was VERY fun, but also very hard on your legs, I can only imagine what kind of legs you need to be good in a pipe.
I'll be teaching my kids this saturday...and try to switch as much as I can..tried last weekend at the end of the day on a green and was a disaster!
Not really attracted by rails (why do I want to wreck my base to ride a piece of metal?) but I do want to jump.
And get in the half pipe one day.
Doing gullies was VERY fun, but also very hard on your legs, I can only imagine what kind of legs you need to be good in a pipe.
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hey us old farts need to stick together! I have been trying to teach my 4 year old daughter this season with mediocre results. She is more interested in making snowmen than snowboarding. Oh well. I agree with Zee and pawlo...the idea of riding a rail or box and falling down doesnt really appeal to me, mainly because a small spill will take me months to recover! Doing jumps sounds like fun though. Actually, at this point, i am doing more little bunny hops. My old bones and self preservation keeps me from going too big.
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·I HATE catching an edge, whenever I catch an edge all that goes through my mind is 'OH SHIT, HERE WE GO AGAIN' but Shit Happens so there is not much you can do! I was wondering, What do you guys hate more, Catching a Toeside or Heelside edge???
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Both scenarios suck but to me toeside is the worst by far because it leeds to a complete faceplant!
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Hey if you point it straight down the hill and weight your front foot you won't have edges to catch...I'm old and don't do rails. When on flats, ride closed (no shoulder rotation) grabbing your pants with your trailing hand will help. I find the steeper the slope the less chance to catch an edge.
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·True but you have a tree that you hope doesnt kill you lol
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Wel mine are 11 and 8 and they ski already...I know...mommy wanted them to learn..she's the only skier left in the family.
And yes I would hate to get hurt for months for a rail, I climb too and I would go nuts, besides the fact that I have to go to work regardless.
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Heelside is way worse in my opinion. Catching your heel edge almost always leads to whiplashing the back of your head in the snow. This season I've gotten pretty good at extending my hands, keeping my face out of the snow, and entering something similar to a head first baseball slide when I catch my front edge. Usually painless, but still embarassing
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·i've got a video of me tripping over an imaginary string..got to find it..i caught toe edge in some fluffly goodness.. and flew like 2 or 3 feet forward.Heelside is way worse in my opinion. Catching your heel edge almost always leads to whiplashing the back of your head in the snow. This season I've gotten pretty good at extending my hands, keeping my face out of the snow, and entering something similar to a head first baseball slide when I catch my front edge. Usually painless, but still embarassing
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