No handed slides and speed checks.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Peate on December 17, 2009 at 15:56

did you watch loaded in norcal its a good one.

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Permalink Reply by Brad B on December 18, 2009 at 18:13

my 2 cents,
skate with crew and copy their body movements/ style. have confidence and be prepared to slam a few times. keep trying until your too injured to continue ,)

also when you pull something off, go through it in your mind, don't over analyse, but think about your confidence/ body movements/ weight shifting etc ...likewise when you fail.

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Permalink Reply by Jon B on December 22, 2009 at 12:36

also looking for some help here... i'm at the point where i can do small heelside speed checks and toeside 180's on smooth surfaces but i need some help on getting my slides to last longer. i'm finding that i carve hard, going into the slide but then the board stops super quick and i end up having to jump off it (in the same direction i was going). what am I doing wrong? i'm carving hard enough to get the board sideways without it going further around, but it's just stopping too quickly.

Chris, some things that helped me (still a begginner though):
1. try learning heelside before learning toeside, i found that easier
2. keep your body LOW. this helps a lot, probably because you have added leverage to push the board sideways
3. keep your weight on your front foot. this makes it easier to slide the tail around (the tail breaking loose is how a slide starts)
4. use your shoulders, this really helps. get low in a tight carve, then twist your shoulders in a sharp motion in the direction of the carve, to carve even harder. this will break the wheels loose. first few times your board will probably turn 90", stop and you'll have to jump off. keep practising and you'll discover how much force to apply to get it just right.

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Permalink Reply by Michael English on December 23, 2009 at 9:25

make sure your weight is on the uphill edge, keep looking forwards and try it a bit faster... oh and dont just flick the back out, this gets dangerious when your going faster. practice unweighting the front aswell

Jon B said:

also looking for some help here... i'm at the point where i can do small heelside speed checks and toeside 180's on smooth surfaces but i need some help on getting my slides to last longer. i'm finding that i carve hard, going into the slide but then the board stops super quick and i end up having to jump off it (in the same direction i was going). what am I doing wrong? i'm carving hard enough to get the board sideways without it going further around, but it's just stopping too quickly.

Chris, some things that helped me (still a begginner though):
1. try learning heelside before learning toeside, i found that easier
2. keep your body LOW. this helps a lot, probably because you have added leverage to push the board sideways
3. keep your weight on your front foot. this makes it easier to slide the tail around (the tail breaking loose is how a slide starts)
4. use your shoulders, this really helps. get low in a tight carve, then twist your shoulders in a sharp motion in the direction of the carve, to carve even harder. this will break the wheels loose. first few times your board will probably turn 90", stop and you'll have to jump off. keep practising and you'll discover how much force to apply to get it just right.

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Permalink Reply by Muhammad on December 23, 2009 at 10:19

cheers for the help!

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