 Poster: A snowHead
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i consider myself a pretty solid and fast snowboarder and mostly in control but man. when i hit those patches of ice i’m totally F’ed. off balance. sliding like a madman. But i sometimes see these people that just fly thru ice like it’s nothing. how??? how do you not slide and lose your balance while you’re hauling ass? i’m confused
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@eaglesandsnowboarding,
The current term for ass is donkey. They are particularly uncooperative animal so good luck
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| eaglesandsnowboarding wrote: |
| ...when i hit those patches of ice i’m totally F’ed. off balance. sliding like a madman. But i sometimes see these people that just fly thru ice like it’s nothing. how??? how do you not slide and lose your balance while you’re hauling ass? i’m confused |
Skill. Practice. Sharp edges. Carving.
And appropriate gear. Racecourses are icy, but racers don't ride boards designed for the park with boots designed for the hearth. You don't need a metal race board, but you do need something designed to hold an edge, and with correctly prepared edges (not detuned or used on rails!).
Otherwise:
- Ride places which have been softened a bit by the sun, not the hard icy noisy places which'll rattle your teeth. Often this requires a long breakfast, or lying in bed more.
- Use your eyes. Even very "icy" pistes usually have some soft snow on them somewhere. Turn on those bits, not on the icy bits.
And try riding it slower. Seriously, riding in control is more useful in ice because you need to be able to look at where you're going to turn more carefully than with friendly grippy snow.
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| The current term for ass is donkey |
Most of us can understand simple English, even if it's not British English.
You can't get the British form of the word through the content filter. Pointless pedantry gets through though.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Board choice makes a big difference but point it and go
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First up don't fight the slide, go with it.
Second you need to drive the board the board through the turn and finish strongly on the back foot. Lots of people wash out on ice or hard pack as they are stuck on the front foot and the tail stays too light.
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You can't get the British form of the word through the content filter. Pointless pedantry gets through though. |
And the fact that the filter allows the American term for an back bottom but bans the English term. Discrimination
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Board makes a massive difference.
I've a Bataleon all mountain that's OK on ice but gets a bit sketchy with my limited skills.
I bought a Jones Stratos the other year and it makes me ride like a rockstar on ice compared to my ability.
I'm doing nothing different so I'm assuming it's because it's a bit stiffer and it's hot a couple of extra contact points for ice on the edge (tame version of the Libtech serrated edge basically).
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Like driving a car. Go with it & turn into the skid.
But that is what edges are for! Sharp edges. Get on your edge & carve a line like a skater on an ice-rink.
Depending on the size of the patch, then also think about weight distribution… (or dont think - go with the feeling)
Times you need to attack the patch & weight forward - the opposite to what snowrider says & other times, exactly what snowrider says.
If a big patch, then I like to enter on front & exit on rear - as transition back to snow can catch me out & end up on my donkey  .
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Maybe don't "haul ass" on ice if you end up off balance and sliding like a madman. Hopefully you only do so when on your own, away from the pistes and other people.
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