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telstar1

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So I just hit the terrain park for the first time since learning to snowboard.
SOOOOOOO much fun ... I'm dying to get back there...

I didn't hit too many jumps, and I'm saving the rail slides until next time, but trying it out for the first time was well worth it.

Any snowboarders have any strategies for riding the terrain park?
 
finding a good balance point is key to using any sort of rail.

As far as jumps on a snowbaord, i find it's easier to land if you can sort of get on an edge as soon as possible after landing....otherwise you're board kinda slips out from under you, which makes landing somewhat hard at first. Keep your knees bent too...especially if you're taller (like me) 😛

i both snowboard and ski (just got a new set of dynastar twin tips) so i get a little bit of both worlds

have fun!
 
Like I said, I only did a few jumps ... but it seemed that it was better getting a longer jump rather than a shorter one simply because immediately after the jump was a flat section, then the decline ... If you landed on the flat section, it was jarring ... If you landed on the decline it was easier to get a smooth landing. I take it, that's the idea? Aim for the decline...
 
Yeah I just started hitting up the park myself on my board. Just getting used to the feeling of flying in the air 5+ feet off the ground and landing it.

Other than go in flat and land flat (edge after that), I have no tips. Wouldn't mind seeing what more experienced park riders can offer.

I've riden for many years, but only a lot in the past two (living in Maryland/Virginia as a teenager/college student sucks for getting out and riding).
 
Originally posted by: telstar1
Like I said, I only did a few jumps ... but it seemed that it was better getting a longer jump rather than a shorter one simply because immediately after the jump was a flat section, then the decline ... If you landed on the flat section, it was jarring ... If you landed on the decline it was easier to get a smooth landing. I take it, that's the idea? Aim for the decline...
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yes, the ONLY way to handle large jumps is to land on a decline...usually close to the same *incline* that you went off of.

landing on flat is jarring no matter what....that's why all those big jumps have such huge declined landing areas...think of the physics behind it all 😛
 
Originally posted by: Fausto1
I'm gonna be in CO all next week snowboarding. 😀
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Nice. I'm just going up to Killington, VT this weekend.

But I can't complain. Got two trips out west, Angle Fire in NM and Whistler-Blackcomb in Canada. Right now at 16 days riding, trying to break 20.
 
On rails keep your arms over the tips of your board and dont turn your shoulders. Wish someone told me that when I first started, hehe. 14' rail, made it 13' until my board which was starting to turn when out from under me and I tacoed the rail.
 
For the rails, is it better to keep the board parallel with the rail, or just go with whatever keeps me from falling flat on my face?
I'm guessing that at least in the beginning, it'll be the latter...
 
Originally posted by: telstar1
For the rails, is it better to keep the board parallel with the rail, or just go with whatever keeps me from falling flat on my face?
I'm guessing that at least in the beginning, it'll be the latter...
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yeah, some sort of 50/50 grind (board parallel to rail) is gonna be the way to start with rails, no doubt
 
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