Intoday's video, I wanttoexplaintoyouwhat I believetobethemostimportantsequenceofmovementsyouneedtolearnifyouwanttosnowboardwithevensomesenseofcontrol.
Torsionaltwistiswhereyourboardtwistslike a ribbonthroughthemiddle, andwhenyoudothistoyourboard, you'reeffectivelyreleasingpressureunderonepartoftheboardandkeepingpressureunder a differentpart.
Andwhilsttherewasn't reallyanythingthatwrongwiththatturn, itwasn't overlysluggish, therewas a periodas I rolledfrommyheelstomytoeswheretheboardwason a completelyflatbase.
Whentheboardison a completelyflatbase, it's justgoingtostartturningintothefulllineandpickingupspeed.
Whenit's on a flatbase, obviously, you'renotachievinganygripatall.
You'rebasicallyoutofcontrolfor a moment, andyou'renotgoingtobebackincontroluntilyougetonyournewedge.
Ifyouimagineifyou'reridingsomethingverysteep, youdon't wantanymomentatall, noteven a fractionof a secondspentjustaccelerating, pickingupspeed, andnotincontrol.
Ifyou'rein a tightsituation, sotighttreesthatarereallyruttedout, lotsofpeoplehaveriddenthroughthemalready, ormoguls, say, youdon't havethespacetoallowtheboardtojustkindofflatbaseandpointdownthehill.
Youneedtoveryquicklygetthatboardon a newedge, getitgoingintothenextturnwithouteverlosinganygripandhavingthatmomentwhenyou'renotincontrol.
Sothatiswherekneesteeringcomesin.
Thisworksbecausenowwhen I changeedge, I'm goingtoleadwiththisfrontkneeandthisfronthipovertheboard.
Bythetimemyfrontfoothasrolledoveranditstartstotouchdownonthetoeedge, so I feeltheshinofmyfrontlegpressingintothefrontoftheboot, thekneeandthehipwouldhavepassedoverthetopoftheboard.
Bythetime I getgripatthetopoftheboardrightthere, then I canjustreleasethebackfootandthebackendofthewhilst I'vealreadygotgripatthefrontoftheboard.
Asmybackkneeandmybackhippassesovertheboard, then I'vegotthefullsidecutoftheboardengaged, pushingmethroughtheturnbefore I thenrepeatthatsequence, frontknee, backknee, again, fromtoestoheels.
What I wantedtotalkaboutinthisvideothat's really, reallyimportant, thatperhapsdoesn't getsuch a mentioninsomeofthoseothervideos, ishowyourhipsalsoreallyneedtoworkovertheboardandit's notjusttheknees.
Letmeshowyou.
I'm goingtodothisbydoingtheoneexercisethat I alwayscometofirstwhen I startexplainingthisdrilltopeoplebecauseitreallyisolatesthiskneesteeringmovement.
I realizedinmyoriginalvideowhere I justtalkedabouttheknees, peoplewerepushingthekneesforward, butthehipsweregettingstuckbackbehindtheboardandyou'reinthisweakerpositionhere.
Thereasonitallowsyoutoisolatethisdrillisbecausetheturn I didearlierwhere I juststoodupandcrossedmyhipsovertheboardasoneunit, itworkedinthatscenariobecause I wastraversingandgrippingacrosstheslope.
Ifyoucutoutthattraverseandifyoujustgoin a sidesliplikethis, I'm notgoingtodoit, butif I didjuststandupandtryandpassmyhipsoverontothetoeedgerightnow, I wouldcatchanedge.
Theonlywaytoturnfromthissideslippositionisjusttoreleasepressureunderthefrontfoot, holditattheback, butitcreates a pivotpointinthemiddleoftheboardrightthereandallowsyoutomaketheseshortturnsin a verynarrowcorridor.
It's notgoingtobesuch a delaywithfrontkneeandthenbackknee, frontknee, andthenbackknee.
Assoonasyouaddthistraversein, it's goingtobemorelike, andthat's how I reallyliketothinkaboutit.
Aroundwecome.
I saidthat I usethisinalltheturns I makeand I reallydo.
Shortskiddedturns, like I wasdoingatthetop, I mightjustdialbacktheedgeangle a littlebittoallowtheboardtoskid a littlebitmoreand I'llreallyemphasizethemovementwiththefrontknee.
I'llopenupthatfrontkneeanduseittopullmearoundintheturn, butattheendthere, when I wasjustrockingedgetoedgeandcarving, themovementwiththekneeswasmorebackandforwardoverthemiddleoftheboardandtherewaslessofthatrotation.
Itwasalmostimperceptiblethedifferencebetweenthetoppartofthesidecutatthestartofeveryturnandthenasmybackkneecomesthrough, I workmypressurethroughthemiddleoftheboardand I havepressurethroughtheaftoftheboardattheendoftheturn.
Intheshorterskidderturnsatthetop, therewas a bitmoreofdelayinthemovement.
I reallypulledthatfrontkneeovertheboard, madesurethattoppartoftheboardwasreallyengagingandjustdelayedthebackfootcomingoversothebackjustactuallywashedoutjust a slightlittlebittoallowtheboardtoskidandthereforecomearoundon a tighterarc.
Intoday's video, I wanttoexplaintoyouwhat I believetobethemostimportantsequenceofmovementsyouneedtolearnifyouwanttosnowboardwithevensomesenseofcontrol.
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