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Photo 2 To add even more flair, try loosening
your rear binding to allow your heel to lift off the baseplate a bit. Tis will allow your knee to drag an even deeper trench in the snow. And to take it even further, try boning out your front leg (photo 3). Tere are a couple of cues that I use to
know that I have this move dialed. One is to drop my knee so hard and fast that I can actually feel the highback of my binding touch my hamstring. Another is to drag my knee so hard that I come to a controlled stop (photos 4-7). Finally, linked toeside knee drags is my personal favorite ultimate old school/new school stupid human trick that demonstrates supreme control over the move – riding switch and regular.
TACTIC 2: BELLY CARVES
Tis is one of my favorites. Years ago, a photo was taken of me mid-fall; I looked like I was fully laid out on my toeside, but in reality, I had just lost my edge and was sliding on my stomach at high speed. Because a lot of my clients had seen this photo, I wanted to learn to do that move on command. So I spent a season falling on my stomach, face, and knees – and every other possible fall – trying to learn to make a mistake look graceful. What I came up with is this thing I call the “belly carve.” Others call it a “euro carve,” but in my mind that is more of an armpit move, not a belly move.
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Photo 4 Te key to this move is doing it early
and powerfully. While you are on your heelside approaching the transition, you need to squat super low. Ideally your butt is below your knees. Ten, at the transition, roll from the heel to the toe edge quickly. Since you are fully squatted, you will really be inclining into the turn. At this point, your hands will be inches from the snow; simply reach out with your hands and push with your legs to extend your torso into the turn (photo 8). Long before the apex of the turn you
should be fully extended and sliding on the snow sideways (photo 9). Te board will be barely engaged and barely turning. You are basically in a slide for life. If all goes well and you were aggressive enough early enough, you should be able to pull your knees back in before you are through the top of the turn. Te board will reengage, and the turn will start to find some shape again. When you reach the apex of the turn, you should be fully compressed with your hands still on the ground and the board fully engaged (photo 10). With a small flick of the wrists (photo 11), and a slight steering of the board with your ankles back beneath you, you will find yourself standing up again. Tere are some typical problems that happen, and they all boil down to not doing this move early and powerfully.
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A masterful snowboard carve is a beautiful thing. Check out some inspiring footage from PSIA-AASI's recent video collaboration with REI (Recreation Equipment Incorporated).
Problem 1: You’ve landed on the snow hard and find yourself star-fishing down the hill,
the wind completely knocked out of you. Cause 1: You haven’t done the move early enough, but probably have done it powerfully enough. Be sure you are extending your legs so that your torso is moving into the turn on a path that's parallel (and close) to the snow. And be sure this is happening long before the board reaches the fall line. Remember that the move needs to be completed before the apex of the turn.
Problem 2: Your hands are dragging and your belly is just dragging a bit at the end when you come to a stop in the prone
position without returning to your feet. Cause 2: You probably have done the move early enough, but not powerfully enough. Remember that the key is to drive
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