snooooooooooooowboarding (Read 350624 times)

SA Chris · February 27, 2009, 11:31:48 am

Fiend, I haven't been off jumps on skis in a while but can recommend the following, from what I recall;

1) get a lid
2) find a terrain park in the resort with a few small custom made jumps, with smooth transitions of sutable size so you don't have to a flat landing and smack your balls on your kneeecaps. Much easier to go big on than natural hits.
3) hit it on a sunny day when the snow has softened and you can see properly.
4) Hit jumps straight on, don't try and pop or anything to launch.
5) Bend knees slightly on takeoff, straighten in air and start to bend them just before touchdown, to absorb impact.
6) flail arms to try and balance
7) repeat, only faster

MTFU

Fiend · February 27, 2009, 03:47:11 pm

Useful tips, ta. Apart from the snowboarding one.

Bendez les knees etc etc.

One thing I've found to be useful is to take jumps a bit slower and actually bounce a bit myself, I feel more in control that way. I can probably do the flailing bit pretty well.

Any more tips??

Plattsy · February 27, 2009, 03:57:46 pm

I'm worried about this bend the knees thing. I'd also lift your knees too. I've got pictures of fiend accidently pulling an iron cross out of the bag mid-air but landing in a crumpled mess.

SA Chris · February 27, 2009, 04:15:56 pm

Quote from: Fiend on February 27, 2009, 03:47:11 pm

One thing I've found to be useful is to take jumps a bit slower and actually bounce a bit myself, I feel more in control that way.

see item 4 - (assuming by bouncing you mean popping on takeoff, and not bouncing off the deck on landing) but it's a personal choice - taking jumps a bit slower means item 8 is not being applied.

Fiend · February 27, 2009, 05:15:11 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on February 27, 2009, 04:15:56 pm

see item 4 - (assuming by bouncing you mean popping on takeoff, and not bouncing off the deck on landing) but it's a personal choice - taking jumps a bit slower means item 8 is not being applied.

Hmmm. Well it's worked for me, was the thing that "clicked" last time. Very happy to not have 8 applied, thank you.

Quote from: Plattsy on February 27, 2009, 03:57:46 pm

I'm worried about this bend the knees thing. I'd also lift your knees too.

Explain more plz.

Plattsy · February 27, 2009, 05:32:25 pm

Quote from: Fiend on February 27, 2009, 05:15:11 pm

Quote from: Plattsy on February 27, 2009, 03:57:46 pm
I'm worried about this bend the knees thing. I'd also lift your knees too.
Explain more plz.

I guess it's more of a 1/4 squat position rather than the quad stretch knee bend position. Which is why I starting imagining iron crosses.

SA Chris · March 01, 2009, 09:38:11 pm

Quote from: Plattsy on February 24, 2009, 09:50:20 am

Here's the iPlayer link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hzlqf/High_Altitude_Shorts_Snowboard_Testing/

Finally got round to watching this. Quite interesting, but he could have done a bit more research, and some of his "facts" requred a pinch of salt. Also does anyone else find him a bit of an annoying twat?

Plattsy · March 02, 2009, 08:02:23 am

Quote from: SA Chris on March 01, 2009, 09:38:11 pm

Quote from: Plattsy on February 24, 2009, 09:50:20 am

Here's the iPlayer link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hzlqf/High_Altitude_Shorts_Snowboard_Testing/

Finally got round to watching this. Quite interesting, but he could have done a bit more research, and some of his "facts" requred a pinch of salt. Also does anyone else find him a bit of an annoying twat?

I'd have preferred a longer edit. It was cut to 10 minutes. Could've been more of everything. Info, footage etc. NZ looked amazing.

I quite like him. His love for boarding is infectious.

hongkongstuey · March 03, 2009, 05:10:08 am

some pics from my mate Rob's fickr page - plenty more here http://www.flickr.com/photos/15772074@N00/

he's got some nice mtn biking shots too

SA Chris · March 03, 2009, 07:55:37 am

Hey stu, you considered visiting Japan for some boarding? You are a bit closer to the action there.

tlr · March 09, 2009, 01:55:08 pm

Had my best days skiing ever on Saturday in Tignes. Amazingly light deep powder.

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee345/TLR99/Skiing/SpatuleTim5.jpg[/img]]

Bowie · March 09, 2009, 02:26:15 pm

off to deux alpes on sat for a week for my stag do with 10 others

snow looks fantastic at moment. suitably psyched.
with patter as my best man i may survive, as he is even more of a lightweight than me.

will not be taking any shortcuts to get to the apartment though thats for sure.
will post a selection of shots on my return

Fiend · March 09, 2009, 02:30:07 pm

Quote from: tlr on March 09, 2009, 01:55:08 pm

Had my best days skiing ever on Saturday in Tignes. Amazingly light deep powder.

Same just over the hill *waves from Les Arcs*. Visibility could have done with some improvement tho. La Plagne on Friday, was going through knee deep powder right next to the piste. P.S. Where did you find trees in Tignes??

.

This trip I mostly got my arse kicked by icy moguls and then powder over icy moguls. Realised I was crap at jumps, it takes me a few days to warm into skiing, and I like powder a lot more than I thought.

SA Chris · March 09, 2009, 03:04:15 pm

Nice snow ghosts there tlr, rare for Europe.

Was that link meant to go anywhere? It doesn't.

tlr · March 09, 2009, 03:29:59 pm

Dunno why that link is there, should just be a picture.

Trees in Tigne were down towards La Daille, in this instance in an area called Spatule.

Link to a couple of other ski pictures from last week. http://s534.photobucket.com/albums/ee345/TLR99/Skiing/

Needed rocks or trees to help visibility.

AndyR · March 09, 2009, 05:31:28 pm

Had a great day splitboarding in the Whistler backcountry on saturday - lots of untracked fluffy powder.
Also, coming back via the frontcountry, we were the last people off the mountain and followed a stripe of pristine corduroy from top to bottom - clocked just under 80 km/h on the gps - felt quite fast....

SA Chris · March 10, 2009, 08:07:18 am

Nice Andy, wherabouts were you? Have you done the Spearhead traverse? sounds like a nice trip. Probably better suited to touring skis than splitboard though.

Did you see this?

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/07/bc-golden-avalanche.html

The comments section is fascinatingly predictable.

Obi-Wan is lost... · March 10, 2009, 06:27:04 pm

Sweeet! Just booked 4 days in Serre Chevalier. Didn't think I was going to see any snow action this year, better than nowt.

AndyR · March 10, 2009, 07:24:59 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on March 10, 2009, 08:07:18 am

Nice Andy, wherabouts were you? Have you done the Spearhead traverse? sounds like a nice trip. Probably better suited to touring skis than splitboard though.

Did you see this?

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/03/07/bc-golden-avalanche.html

The comments section is fascinatingly predictable.

Just went along the musical bumps to singing pass and back.
Haven't done the spearhead trav but it's on the list - the list is very long though......
Yep, golden is having a bad month - one back country person dead from exposure and now an avvy inbounds - it's been a very strange winter for the snowpack here.

SA Chris · March 10, 2009, 09:03:59 pm

Saw the other one, guy was out with his wife backcountry, and she died?

Nice one OW. Looking poor here.

AndyR · March 10, 2009, 09:54:10 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on March 10, 2009, 09:03:59 pm

Saw the other one, guy was out with his wife backcountry, and she died?

Yep - they left SOS messages in the snow which were seen, but not acted on by the RCMP - bad form....

Darren S · March 16, 2009, 12:19:19 am

Just came back from a week in Cham and thought i would post some piccies. Had fresh powder to play in every day.

SA Chris · March 16, 2009, 09:25:04 pm

nice, although that second one looks like you are wandering through a heap of debris.

SA Chris · March 25, 2009, 10:05:27 am

Not really snowboarding, but I thought this was quite an interesting history of failed ski resort developments in Scotland.

http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/skiresorts/other/index.php

Being especially good.

Darren S · March 25, 2009, 10:14:14 am

Quote from: SA Chris on March 16, 2009, 09:25:04 pm

nice, although that second one looks like you are wandering through a heap of debris.

Nah, no debris, just force marching up zig zag's for 3hrs to the Col du Beaugean. It was nice to get the snow shoes off and the crampons on, a sentiment also shared by Andy G and Cammy. Bit different from bouldering at Dumbarton. Worth it in the end as I had one of my best powder days ever.

See: http://www.mcnabsnowsports.com/news/page/171 for more photos.