Dear friends, for all those who are prevented from carving due to the pandemic, here is a short fitness workout to stay in shape for the time when we can hit the slopes again. Of course you can use any board - provided it's a SWOARD! :wink: However, the last exercise requires a secret feature of the...
@user: It's nice you agree, user. To close this topic, I'd like to quote Patrice's contribution from above: :clap: You got the point, Slayer. :D Our Swoard-EC technique is inspired from surfing (as we write it everywhere since day one), and also from skateboarding. This is related to the fact that t...
Hi Iceripper, I know the video you posted, and I have tried some of the other pumping techniques shown in it. Personally, however, I prefer the rotational style, for two reasons: 1. In my opinion it is the most fluid and elegant. 2. It helps me improve my extremecarving skills - isn't this what we a...
Here is a video of my first attempts with my new surfskate. https://vimeo.com/467173866 Though I'm still far from perfect, you can see that rotation really works for turning and accelerating the board. Also, the plus and minus positions of the shoulders can be clearly seen from above. In times witho...
I also discovered surfskates a few weeks ago and immediately bought one.
And I agree, surfskating is a very good way to improve one's rotational technique.
Here's another video where you can see what I mean: https://youtu.be/xVC1Cra-s8w
...aber irgendwie komm ich jetzt auch nicht tiefer runter, bringt das Federsystem ohne "Schuhschalentuning" nichts? Bin vorher im Walkmodus gefahren, der Bewegungsbereich war gefühlt der selbe!? Der 225 ist sehr weich, der passt für mich mit meinen 60 kg. Spätestens ab 70 kg wird der, glaube ich, z...