That's how I tend to ride. I'm really not into the whole obnoxious zig-zag crap. I try to keep my edges matching the shape of the trail, carving on one edge, the length of the entire turn. If it's straight, I simply alternate a little pressure, toeside, heelside, toeside, etc.
When it comes to speed though, it's the fear of washing out when you try to slow down, or darting if the trail is narrow, that keeps me under 50mph lol.
I live in maine, tourist capital of New England. These damned tourists ZIG ZAG back and forth across the trail, from treeline to treeline, practically TRAVERSING. It is not a "sick line" if it doubles the length of the trail and takes you 4 times as long to do the run. STFU
@mountainbika91023 Try reading the second half of my comment. Your comment implied that I obnoxious zig zagging is "a sick line"... well, NO, it isn't. I'm talking about people who damned near TRAVERSE the mountain because THEY don't know how to ski/ride, and this is the official strategy of tourists. It makes it very difficult to get down the mountain when you have people crossing in front of you like you're in a city.
@xXxdaguitarfreakxXx no, carving is when you simply alternate pressure from heel to toe, and let the shape of the board dictate the turn. What I'm talking about is obnoxious "scraping" (technical term), which is when people make sharp turns that actually spray and scrap the snow, trying not to pick up too much speed. That is not carving, it is scraping, and it's really annoying when the tourists figure it out, think they look cool, push all the snow, and clog up the trails.
@xXxdaguitarfreakxXx That is always frustrating, and very dangerous... The scraping I was describing is almost a modification of the falling leaf; similar attack angle, tree-to-tree traversing, but with heel-toe transitions. It's a short phase in the learning curve that lasts for about a day, but unfortunately that's most tourists!
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skeieskate98 2 years ago
no its the larch area at lake louise,canada
daverutt1 2 years ago
That's how I tend to ride. I'm really not into the whole obnoxious zig-zag crap. I try to keep my edges matching the shape of the trail, carving on one edge, the length of the entire turn. If it's straight, I simply alternate a little pressure, toeside, heelside, toeside, etc.
When it comes to speed though, it's the fear of washing out when you try to slow down, or darting if the trail is narrow, that keeps me under 50mph lol.
bennyv04988 2 years ago
@bennyv04988 zig zag crap your a fucking homo that hasn't the talent to find a sick line
mountainbika91023 2 years ago
I live in maine, tourist capital of New England. These damned tourists ZIG ZAG back and forth across the trail, from treeline to treeline, practically TRAVERSING. It is not a "sick line" if it doubles the length of the trail and takes you 4 times as long to do the run. STFU
bennyv04988 1 year ago
@bennyv04988 why would i care where your from and that it is the tourist capital of new england
mountainbika91023 1 year ago
@mountainbika91023 Try reading the second half of my comment. Your comment implied that I obnoxious zig zagging is "a sick line"... well, NO, it isn't. I'm talking about people who damned near TRAVERSE the mountain because THEY don't know how to ski/ride, and this is the official strategy of tourists. It makes it very difficult to get down the mountain when you have people crossing in front of you like you're in a city.
bennyv04988 1 year ago
@bennyv04988 I believe that is called "carving".
xXxdaguitarfreakxXx 10 months ago
@xXxdaguitarfreakxXx no, carving is when you simply alternate pressure from heel to toe, and let the shape of the board dictate the turn. What I'm talking about is obnoxious "scraping" (technical term), which is when people make sharp turns that actually spray and scrap the snow, trying not to pick up too much speed. That is not carving, it is scraping, and it's really annoying when the tourists figure it out, think they look cool, push all the snow, and clog up the trails.
bennyv04988 10 months ago
@bennyv04988 that doesn't really piss me off, its the snowboarders and skiiers that do "falling leaf" all the way down the blacks and double blacks
xXxdaguitarfreakxXx 10 months ago
@xXxdaguitarfreakxXx That is always frustrating, and very dangerous... The scraping I was describing is almost a modification of the falling leaf; similar attack angle, tree-to-tree traversing, but with heel-toe transitions. It's a short phase in the learning curve that lasts for about a day, but unfortunately that's most tourists!
bennyv04988 10 months ago
@bennyv04988 yeah... i did that while I was first learning.
xXxdaguitarfreakxXx 10 months ago
Didn't carv once very impressive
zerodayz00 2 years ago
@zerodayz00 not hard
mountainbika91023 2 years ago
Very fast. I can't go quite that fast, as others have said, the fear of catching an edge would have me limit my speed.
CounterStrikewierdo 2 years ago
i would be afraid of catching my edge
MrAlekz 3 years ago
yeah same, that would be pretty intense
yipdog 2 years ago