Sliding Out On Turns
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Sliding Out On Turns
Lately i have been having Trouble with my backhand turns, coz i have been sliding out too much...even on the little ones i have been sliding? This can help on spins off the turns (turn which develops into a spin), but even on little turns, ive been sliding out.....do i just need to learn how to control my turn power???
I shortboard by the way
I shortboard by the way
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Young gumby it's not too much power. How do you imagine Pancho Sullivan, 32 year old Hawaiian weighing 90 kilos, manages these turns without spinning out.g_u_m_b_y wrote:nah, its not that, its like tooo much power or something...
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You're only a micro grommet. There's a long way to go here. You're gonna have to work on weight distribution through the turn. Yes this surfing caper is F**kin HARDER than they told ya.
Weight distribution in surfing turns is a kissing cousin to weighting snowboard turns. In both, the best turns begin with weight in one area, finish with the weight smoothly transferred to another area.
Most backhand turns are best initiated from the mid-rail, then transferred to the back end of the rail. A bit like cutting butter with a knife. Imagine sinking the middle of the knife into the butter, then shifting the pressure to the part of the blade that's closer to the handle.
You're starting the turn fine, but failing to shift back through the turn. Thus later in the turn, your fins are lifting out and it all turns to s**t.
Try this: begin the turn, then as it happens, roll back onto the back foot heel. The turn shortens as it progresses, yet at the finish your weight is back and you're ready then to begin the logical followup: a frontside toe-weighted turn.
This is easier accomplished by a heavier weighted human, which is why most backside masters are bigger guys (ie AI, Jamie O'Brien).
Have a think about this in terms of the butter knife analogy. How can you set a rail, then shift your weight along the rail?
Watch vids of Pancho, Parko, Kelly (duh) and others for visual hints on this one.
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Thanks Nick, that was heplful.....dvds, here i comeNick Carroll wrote:Young gumby it's not too much power. How do you imagine Pancho Sullivan, 32 year old Hawaiian weighing 90 kilos, manages these turns without spinning out.g_u_m_b_y wrote:nah, its not that, its like tooo much power or something...
on hitting the lip btw
You're only a micro grommet. There's a long way to go here. You're gonna have to work on weight distribution through the turn. Yes this surfing caper is F**kin HARDER than they told ya.
Weight distribution in surfing turns is a kissing cousin to weighting snowboard turns. In both, the best turns begin with weight in one area, finish with the weight smoothly transferred to another area.
Most backhand turns are best initiated from the mid-rail, then transferred to the back end of the rail. A bit like cutting butter with a knife. Imagine sinking the middle of the knife into the butter, then shifting the pressure to the part of the blade that's closer to the handle.
You're starting the turn fine, but failing to shift back through the turn. Thus later in the turn, your fins are lifting out and it all turns to s**t.
Try this: begin the turn, then as it happens, roll back onto the back foot heel. The turn shortens as it progresses, yet at the finish your weight is back and you're ready then to begin the logical followup: a frontside toe-weighted turn.
This is easier accomplished by a heavier weighted human, which is why most backside masters are bigger guys (ie AI, Jamie O'Brien).
Have a think about this in terms of the butter knife analogy. How can you set a rail, then shift your weight along the rail?
Watch vids of Pancho, Parko, Kelly (duh) and others for visual hints on this one.
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