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Wooah its nice to see you guys in here working through your issues, usually it's just me muttering away to myself lol.
I will do my best to run through the posts and add anything not already covered.

We appreciate ya man!

This thread and this discussion have been pretty cool. I honestly think about it while riding all the time!

 

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Center of gravity changes and lean angles change as you increase speed. Look at Motorcycles for ex. You turn very differently at slow vs high speeds. Totally different body /bike position.

 

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I've been on a few boards when I was a new rider where the board was definitely the one taking me for a ride lol

 

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@Kijima which gopro? Sorry for the shenanigans... My gf just got me an 8 for christmas. Was thinking of mayyybe seeing if I could put in some money and swap it up for a 9 but I don't really know if it's going to be worth it for the stuff I'm doing. The biggest thing for me was the replaceable lens and probably the bigger battery. Not sure if it's really worth going through the hassle for snowboarding and biking though.

@Scalpelman how tall are you? Are you using your pant inseam or your real measured inseam?

Gotta say I was loving the hula motion going into the soul arch today. It felt really solid stacking weight like that. I really try not to reach for the snow, but it's been coming closer and closer. Getting that soul arch laid over is going to be awesome when it comes. You can't really pet the dog when you've got a soul arch going.

I think about that a lot too. I need to get out to the local hill for open so I can have some nice conditions to carve in. I'll have to break in the ember on a day like that to see how it rails. Otherwise, I'm just going to get bucked around to oblivion.

 

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Now that I have a go pro, I have plenty of pictures of me falling. Are you asking me to share them?

 

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I'm going to try not to take the advice too literally. Throwing myself on the mountain, whether on purpose or by mistake, seems to really hurt.

 

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Humor me for a minute...
We talk sometimes about boards washing out and just not being designed with carving etc in mind right?
So, just so I'm clear... If one can do a solid toeside carve on a board and the heelsides wash out constantly, then it's 100% a technique or board setup thing right? Because if the board isn't asym, then there shouldn't be anything related to the design of the board that would make heelside carves unattainable or whatnot, yes?

I said you'd have to humor me!
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I've got some work to do. Pretty stoked though. Didn't think I'd be able to do an actual solid carve in my 3rd season of riding. Have the basics of the toe-side down, now just gotta get the heel side workable.

Too bad the days here are numbers. Slush season will make things a bit difficult re carving.

 

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Slush season mornings are great for carving man, dont quit till the lifts stop spinning.
Get yourself a board thats 2cm wider than normal for slush carving

2 CM!!!?!?!?!?!?!

We'll see how it goes. I just really wanted to figure out heelside carves on this one particular board, but looks like it's going to have to wait till next season!

 

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dropping truth bombs lol

@ridethecliche the Spam will carve slush nicely. Don’t let the fact that it isn’t volume shifted fool you Into thinking it’s not a party board!

YOU SPILLED THE BEANS!

Also, the ww is almost a full cm wider than the yup!

 

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I mean the spam.

He spilled the spam!

At this point, I don't even know if it's ever going to show up. It's been stuck where it was shipped from for a week. My board is already with the guy. We're both scratching our heads about it and I just submitted something to usps but i digress.

 

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Sometimes just swapping boards can help you break through to the next stage, don't fear it.
Im just about to do a spring sale actually, even though its dumping snow outside again lol.
All boards $550 paypal plus shipping, lots of 28 and 30cm available.

Honestly board width isn't an issue for me at a sz 8 boot. At 269, my korua stealth is about the widest I'd want to go!

Will def keep in mind your point point re: trying a different board for a bit before coming back to the other one!

 

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Thanks for this!

The only reason I was thinking about the board was because it felt like the nose would fold on me.

I guess that's more of a result of the issue rather than a cause of it.

Start to lose traction in the back foot
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Weight shifts relatively forward
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Too much weight on nose
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Nose folds.

The nose folding and washout were the end result not the cause. Watching vids of myself is readily apparent how much I'm hinging at my waist!

 

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I'll upload videos and post them when I get a chance. I have plenty of heelside wipeouts, don't worry.

Also after talking to @MrDavey2Shoes im pretty sure I'm initiating heelside turns too late and need to start when I'm about perpendicular to the fall line instead of trying to shift weight over just as I start parallel to the fall line.

 

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This is a carving video right?

 

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Amazing how he switched hand with his go-pro like he'd done that many times over

Can't say I've switched hands many times before, but I'm certainly not new to the ass over teakettle!

 

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@Kijima

The washout I was talking about is at the end of this video.

And then this is something from the other day.

What I'm noticing is:

A) Body position not stacked. I.e. hinging with back a bit. Need to consciously work on this when I'm out next time.
B) Not going across the mountain enough. I keep ending my turn and starting the next one instead of switching edges while going perpendicular to the fall line. That should also help in slowing things down a bit and tightening up the turn because I'm starting the turn on edge instead of trying to change edges and turn all at the same time.

 

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And lastly, here's my GF putting my body positioning to shame.
@WigMar and @jxs1984 , she's on the 148 tailgunner. I think you'd both asked at some point. I set it up double positive for her. I think it's +3 or +6 in the back. Front was maybe 21 or 24.

 

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You should practice single turns that finish across the slope. Your momentum is dragging you down hill, you gotta break that pattern up to get to the next stage.
So big toe turns that finish up hill. Stop. Then big heel turns. Stop etc.

Yup. Those were going to be the drills I did next time.
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Today was total boiler plate. I was hoping the temps would keep the thaw nice and slushy but that’s now how she goes sometimes. Borderline impossible to set edges. Anyway here’s a pic of my progress:
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"Hey hun, can you take a picture of my bum for my internet palz?"