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What do you suggest to do with your knees?? There was a thread on freecarve about this. But I think it was PSR describing more of a French/racing style of carving and not the Swiss/EC style with rotation. So what do you all recommend to do with the knees in the toe and heel turns??? So far I have be...

It wasn't clear from your post whether the mountain bike caused a flare up or not. I know that if you seat on a bike is not high enough, it can really cause problems for the knees. The way mountain bikes are set up is with the seat lower than on a road bike. This is to facilitate sliding around and ...

On the web pages under technique, it mentions that the SSBS was going to produce a book and CD rom about their technique. Have they done it? Is it available in English?

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Thanks so much for taking time to answer. Arjan, your comments made sense. I would be interested in the stance position of other surfers. Rod mentioned that he uses about a 10-5 F-R binding position. What is the usual stance on surf boards? Square, duck, forward facing, or at an angle on the surf bo...

I have heard other posts on other sites describe carving as being similar to surfing. Now, I have not surfed but am beginning to learn to carve (or at least I was trying at the end of last season.) I have enjoyed reading the description of the EC technique on this site. So, would anyone like to clue...

What kind of beveling on the base and the side do you all recommend? I saw Rob's first post and it was 90 degrees on the side bevel. Many boards come with a side and base bevel. I currently have mine at 1 degree and 1 degree.