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[-_-moshpunk-_-]

i'v only went snowboarding once i loved it and wanna become really good at it concidering i sucked hard core at skateboarding i think i'l do much better with snow rather than concrete but i was wondering could anyone give me any advice or tips on stopping or going slower because i get going and go super fast because i cant stop so i literaly have to wipe out to slow down and stop and wiping out isnt fun on snow thats been packed so hard that its basiclly ice...so i just want tips on slowing down and stopping...thanx

[snowboarder]

Actually I don't think anyone here would be qualified to give you advices online without knowing exactly how you ride, best advice is to take lessons.

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

lol i did take lessons and i sucked the chick just bout gave up on me i was doing better on my own..lol i guess i'l keep practicin

[mr_demon]

i think the universal advice is to lean on your leading foot and use you shoulders to help u turn(don't forget to LEAN the board and your body into the turns or u'll fall) and i don't think it'll do any harm to ur riding to tell u that stopping is just powerslide with the board perpendicular to the way ur going(i.e. same as turning only more radical), try to turn towards ur back at first cause that way u can see where ur going as u stop(again, ALWAYS lean into it unless u wanna get a mouthful of snow). Oh, and don't be scared if ur trying to turn but the board's going kinda straight, remember it's all about powersliding. Finally, i u haven't noticed, as u go sideways u slowdown, so the best way to go slow is TURN ALOT (when u master changing the turn (left to right an vice versa) u can do a slalom and it'll stop u loads)

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

thanx so much mr demon...you helped lots

[mr_demon]

yea, i'm so jealous cause u got snow there right now......

[bLaYzE]

ey i went camping a couple weekends ago and the guy in the next site over was a snowboard instructor over in aspen. he told me that the best thing you can do i ahve the right sized board for what terrain you are riding and just go for it. he said that he rides everything park, cliffs, powder he does it all and all you can do is just get crazy and go for it....

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

sweet i would kill to meet someone crazy like that!! and demon no need to be jealous spring boarding is almost over so you would probley have to wait till next winter to board if you did come here....

[robert11]

he he, i went snowbaording once. man, i sucked.

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

lol its super fun even if you do suck but with skateing if you suck then everything sucks

[robert11]

i dissagree. skating is fun even when you suck

[mr_demon]

well, i'm hoping to work this summer and go to a french snowboard camp with pro coaches an all, and anyway, this year the snowboard season dragged on for quite a bit, all the way into mid-april. i was the last person on the slopes (i took advantage of the last few m sq. of snow and built myself a ramp during the season closing party)

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

french snowboard camp??alrighty lol and skateing wasnt fun for me at all even when i was good at it ..i still love skaters and watching and everything its just i dont do it anymore

[snowboarder]

Snowboard kinda sucked here this year because the season was quite short. Usually strats in early november and ends in the end of may, but it started like in january and ended in april, so it sucked big time. Anyways I had time to learn some new tricks, but not as much as I wished I would. Oh and if you're going to snowboard in france, let me tell you it rocks ;), I went there during last year's spring break, and it was really fun. The only thing, don't go there for the parks, go there for the powder and riding. And I'm supposed to go to Whislter next spring break with my school, so it's gonna kick serious *** :D.

[mr_demon]

yeah well, ur short seasons is exactly the length of this year's long season in cyprus so think how much better off u r than me. u go snowboarding with ur school? shite man if i did that here i'd be like the coolest guy in cyprus cause nobody else here has been snowboarding as long as i have (1 season) only the foreigners who come here from places like usa or europe for a week or two

[robiskewl]

i'm not good at skating. it's still fun.....and when you suck at snowboarding it is not fun. cause you fall down a lot trying to stop and it hurts. especially on icy snow.. but once i learned to stop and heel turn it was fun. still can barely toe turn but it's still fun.

[mr_demon]

well, i'm ok at snowboarding and it's loads more fun than skating at wich i suck but am learning (maybe one day it'll turn fun too) snowboarding was fun for me from the start cause i kept on getting looks(girls), had fun on the lifts and could laugh about how ridiculous i looked everytime i fell

[robiskewl]

meh...i laughed sometimes when i fell. but otherwise i got mad cause it hurt

[mr_demon]

the trick is in learning to fall right, simply remember to roll and spin as much as u can, that will dampen ur fall

[robiskewl]

dude, thats hard when your ATTACHED TO A 5 FOOT PLANK!

[mr_demon]

try to stretch both ur legs up in the air, it isn't that hard, or try to grab ur legs just under the knees and u should start to roll or spin

[BoArDeR420]

Originally posted by mr_demon
the trick is in learning to fall right, simply remember to roll and spin as much as u can, that will dampen ur fall

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! rolling and spinning whats gonna tear ur acl or break ur neck. whenu fall just remember not to break ur fall with ur hand, ull break ur wrist

[mikejl29]

Fall onto your back and slap your arms out beside you... its how you break a fall. But screw that, land on the board.

[mr_demon]

when i said rolling i meant rolling on ur side, as in one shoulder to the next, that aint gonna reak ur neck, trust me i've done it PLENTY of times down near vertical areas at a BIG speed

[robiskewl]

riiiight..... yeah last time i did that it hurt. and my board got stuck in the snow vertically with me still attatched to it....so i dont know what you're talking aboot. take a picture of how you roll and upload it.

[snowboarder]

After having spent a lot of falls "trying to find out the best way" to fall, I can ***ure you that it's just to fall on your butt, and soften the fall with your elbows. NEVER try to fall on your hands, it's really hard for the wrists, NEVER try to fall on front (knees, face.....) and try to keep your pockets empty. I almost broke my leg falling on my wallet after a 360 and landing in an iced landing, I couldnt walk for about 4 days and couldnt snowboard for the rest of the season (this season).

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

how'd you just bout break your leg by landing on your wallet??you keep bricks in it??lol

[Impossible]

i went snowboarding once in steamboat springs,co and i liked it too bad we learned nothing in 2 days of skool

[TwiztidSkater15]

i cant snowboard. and plus its too cold out.

[TwiztidSkater15]

Originally posted by AnimalChin
i dissagree. skating is fun even when you suck

then why were you being a ***** to me when i said i cant ollie yet???

[mr_demon]

twiztid, u spelt the tatu quote wrong, for anyone to understand it write HUY VOYNE that way it at least sounds right

[mikejl29]

Hey snowboarder, Ive gotten huge bruises from wallets, loose change, a dakine tool, and even a disposable camera. That shit hurts. Now I sport a dakine backpack and keep all of the shit in there. It hurts a lot less. If your that worried about falling, get yourself an azzpad. I still could never be bothered getting one. I prefer to just huck new trick in the pow and then bring them to the groomed, and then to the icy stuff so I fall a lot less on icy stuff.

[robiskewl]

hahah azzpads are funny. cause the buttocks in peoples' pants is all bulgy and its funny.

[bananasoup]

***pads are for girly girls who cant take the pain of riding.

[mr_demon]

actually, falling on ur azz is pretty painful, especially if u fall sideways, which pullls it apart real hard, i fell like that once and felt like i was gonna crap myself for 15 mins

[robiskewl]

fallinjg on your *** does hurt. especially if you dont have an ***

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

YOU PEOPLE HAVE WEAK ***ES

[bananasoup]

if you cant deal with the pain of only falling on your *** when you ride, dont even bother riding. take up a different winter sport more sutible for you...like figure skating.

[TwiztidSkater15]

Originally posted by mr_demon
twiztid, u spelt the tatu quote wrong, for anyone to understand it write HUY VOYNE that way it at least sounds right

okie for one tahts not how its spelled my my t-shirt anfd 2 i dont knwo how to put the lil ~ over the N's and i dont knwo how to make the N's be backwards. so i spelt it that way.

[robiskewl]

i deal with falling on my ***.. it just hurts. cause i dont have an ***. so theres no cushoning. yeah.

[mr_demon]

same here, i still boarded, despite the pain

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

you can quit talking about *** now...

[mr_demon]

actually, i could scientifically explain y it's less painful for girls to fall on their ***es

[mr_demon]

it's because 25% of girls bodies is fat while in guys it's only 12%, furthermore, in guys the fat kinda concentrates around the stomach, hence the beer belly, while with girls it's mainly in the hips, i.e. ***es, thus we can conclude that girls have a nice soft cusshion to fall on while us guys have deal with the pain
(i got a biology exam on monday)

[-_-moshpunk-_-]

lmfao!!

[mr_demon]

it's true! scientific fact, that's also y girls bodies are more curveous and soft to the touch.................maybe i should become a gynecologist?

[robiskewl]

hahahah. no way. cause then you'd hafta deal with the chicks that are all nasty down there and have std;s and shit

[drummersince8]

dont be a fool wrap your tool

[mcwattersm]

Welcom to RR, but please check the dates before posting okay? Thanks.

[Ramp]