Little background. I used to snowboarding a few times a year and was pretty decent. I could do your run of the mil rails boxes some medium kickers without any real problem, no issues with carving. Fast forward a few years I started skiing after I injured both of my ankles playing lacrosse. I've always been flat footed, but tore all of the stabilizer muscles in both feet. Now today, I buy a new board bindings boots etc etc all Is well, I get back on the mountain no issues getting off the life start to go down the hill. I can turn heelside and toeside quite well, I can go toeside to heelside no issues, but I can't go heelside back to toeside well. And when I do it feels like I'm throwing my trailing foot out to force the rotation. What happens is I go toeside back to heelside and end up with like that falling leaf stuff with my board parallel with the mountain and I can't cleanly switch back. I get too far into heelside basically. And my other issue is currently boxes. I can't setup well enough and I end up going onto them at an angle and either catching an edge and falling directly on the box or I make it to the end and freak out. I think part of it is being worried about messing up my ankles worse than they already are and my inability to carve anymore. Any tips for me? I really hope you all can understand that.
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Sounds to me like your rusty. All it is, is just being comfy with ur edges. Act like your on a long board and connect turns that way, keeping your shoulders parrelel with the board. But honestly man, it just sounds like you need some more time on the mtn, practicing away.
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I bet your right man. Just very frustrating. I'm headed out to the mountain today hope I get it today
Sounds like your weight might be a little more toward the tail of the board. Think about putting more weight on to your front foot, and pushing your knee down and out over your front pinky toe. Followed up by rotating your knee out towards your big toe. If you are still having problems check to see that your hip and shoulders are staying in line with the nose of your snowboard and or/ turning in the same direction you are. Practice this on your turns first. Then practice just doing a couple straight lines making sure that you are inline and balance on both feet evenly. Then take it back into the park and I'll bet you will be fine
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Thanks guys, just got back from the mountain and it did work!! I had some issues with me feet and imobillizing pains, but the linking of turns I got down on not really steep inclines. I'm coming along nicely. Thanks again!
On a somewhat unrelated note, I've read a lot about people with flat feet being helped out greatly by taking up walking / running barefoot. I'm not flat footed so I can't vouch but it seems logical. Check out the book, 'Born to Run' by Chris McDougal.
EDIT: Just a note. Everything I've read stays to start off VERY slowly if you are interested. Our feet evolved to run barefoot but are pretty weak from wearing shoes all our lives.
EDIT: Just a note. Everything I've read stays to start off VERY slowly if you are interested. Our feet evolved to run barefoot but are pretty weak from wearing shoes all our lives.
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