Some tips needed

[kchao2000]

Guys,

I just got back from Killington, VT. The snow condition wasn't that great, it was frozen granular. Also, some spots were thicker than others which made trail surface pretty un-even.

It happened to me several times when I skiboarding yesterday, one of my boards just got stock so I lost balance, flew forward with face down and landed hard.

Can someone give me some tips on how to handle skiboards in that kind of condition? (How do I control the boards so they won't get stock in the thick snow?) It seems like regular ski and snowboard can handle it better than skiboards. Please help....

Thanks in advance.

[ScottieD256]

set your bindings back some to increase your tip length. the snow conditions down south are so hit or miss...i can usually feel when im starting to hit a slow spot and lean back on my boards and i make it through just fine...

[Kirk S]

or you can always just faceplant in powder when you hit and slide on your stomach until you stop happened to me a couple times now I just style it out and grab my skiboards behind my back for effect.

lol

just lean back and prepare your self for anything, everybody gets caught off guard every once in awhile

[Manlenium]

Originally posted by kchao2000
Guys,

I just got back from Killington, VT. The snow condition wasn't that great, it was frozen granular. Also, some spots were thicker than others which made trail surface pretty un-even.

It happened to me several times when I skiboarding yesterday, one of my boards just got stock so I lost balance, flew forward with face down and landed hard.

Can someone give me some tips on how to handle skiboards in that kind of condition? (How do I control the boards so they won't get stock in the thick snow?) It seems like regular ski and snowboard can handle it better than skiboards. Please help....

Thanks in advance.

Don't Fall when bombing hill..............

[SkaFreak]

Skiboards and skis both have this problem to some extent. The key is not relaxing and keeping your weight back a little bit. If you stop paying attention to what you are doing and just cruise, you won't react quickly enough to the change to shift your weight.

[kchao2000]

Thanks guys for all your inputs. I will set my bidings a bit back, shift the weight back, the worst case when I fall, make sure fall with some styles; but definitely try not fall when bombing hill.

:D

[airdonut41]

Or master the momentum and turn the little tumble into a front flip.... Haha just kidding; I don't think that would be too easy if pheasible at all. I've never run into that problem though and I've skied on some crap ski conditions.

Dan