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by vizsyn
Wednesday 20 March 2013, 3:24
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: One little victory.... Critique needed on backside technique
Replies: 11
Views: 13465

Re: One little victory.... Critique needed on backside techn

Hi Petr! (and everyone else for that matter) Winter has effectively ended here :( and unless I can squeeze one more day out of a distant resort, it looks like I will have to wait at least another 9 months before I can resume my quest to become a SWOARDER. How I wish I had the time and the means to a...
by vizsyn
Friday 8 March 2013, 16:03
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: One little victory.... Critique needed on backside technique
Replies: 11
Views: 13465

Re: One little victory.... Critique needed on backside techn

THANK YOU to all of you that have weighed in with your analysis, pointers, and especially encouragement! :clap3: :clap3: :clap3: WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION @Rob--- Your hunch is 100% correct :pray2: . I do have a VERY strong tendency to be front-foot heavy. What you say makes sense... I am loading the nose...
by vizsyn
Thursday 7 March 2013, 14:53
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: One little victory.... Critique needed on backside technique
Replies: 11
Views: 13465

One little victory.... Critique needed on backside technique

Hello all! After countless tumbles, crashes and some very sore gluteus maximus, I have taken a small but important step closer to the ultimate goal! A lift attendant took an interest in the funny-looking maneuvers I kept trying at the end of each run and took a short video. I've played it repeatedly...
by vizsyn
Wednesday 27 February 2013, 4:10
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Movie : "Lock, Stock and Two Alpine Snowboards" - added new
Replies: 15
Views: 18334

Re: Movie : "Lock, Stock and Two Alpine Snowboards"

WOW! :pray2: :pray2: :pray2: Still taking baby steps learning how to ride alpine... I have been able to do fully laid frontside turns a few times, and have gotten my backside turn to be fully laid only once. At this time I have not been successful in my attempts to link fully laid turns in EC style....
by vizsyn
Tuesday 11 December 2012, 7:45
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...
Replies: 52
Views: 52238

Re: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...

I am reading this with great interest, since I myself am still in the infancy stage of hard booting. I only got six rides on my SWOARD last year due to extremely poor winter conditions. Sadly, it looks to be more of the same right now, not a single sign of snow at the resorts in my area here in the ...
by vizsyn
Friday 26 October 2012, 2:44
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Reinforcing Gloves - Clothing for EC
Replies: 41
Views: 41984

Re: Reinforcing Gloves - Clothing for EC

Back on the topic of modifying gloves for the rigors of EC... I found this liquid rubber compound which is normally used for dipping/coating tool handles for a rubberized grip. I have coated the entire palm side of my gloves including the fingers and cuff, and so far this liquid rubber compound has ...
by vizsyn
Wednesday 18 July 2012, 0:16
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...
Replies: 52
Views: 52238

Re: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...

Hi Abrax! EUREKA!!! I followed your link to the other thread, and what I read there was the key to finally understanding what was holding me back from being able to smoothly link my C-turns at higher speeds! Abrax/Rob: Please give me your feedback, what will follow is my thought process of what I th...
by vizsyn
Saturday 14 July 2012, 5:38
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...
Replies: 52
Views: 52238

Re: Feedback on pics...sorry no video...

Hello all!!! Much like KeepTheSport, I am a very recent convert to hard booting, and can definitely relate to the "growing pains" of trying to relearn how to turn. I am finding the advice given here by Rob and Abrax to be quite informative and helpful. At this point I have virtually no pics or video...
by vizsyn
Tuesday 3 April 2012, 2:19
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Extremecarving Videos - The Library of the Forum
Replies: 10
Views: 9389

Re: Extremecarving Videos - The Library of Forum

Hi Mirek!

Please have a look at a thread I made I found a few tutorial videos on Vimeo that may be of interest to you.

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10048
by vizsyn
Tuesday 3 April 2012, 1:57
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: softboots carving : Rotation, Push-Pull and even EC
Replies: 16
Views: 24339

Re: Non-Alpine snowboarders: Rotation, Push-Pull and even EC

Hi all!!! :hello: :hello: :hello: How ironic it is... In my quest to learn how to extreme-carve with an alpine stick and hardboots, I wind up coming across quite possibly the most in-depth video tutorials I've ever seen on ROTATION, PUSH-PULL and EC being demonstrated by riders using freeride boards...
by vizsyn
Sunday 1 April 2012, 0:40
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: softboots carving : Rotation, Push-Pull and even EC
Replies: 16
Views: 24339

softboots carving : Rotation, Push-Pull and even EC

Hello all! Stumbled across this little video tutorial... I don't know if this has been previously posted on the forums, but I have been following this guy FunCarve on Vimeo. Pretty impressive stuff, and it breaks down some technique down to the most minute details :clap: :clap: :clap: http://vimeo.c...
by vizsyn
Sunday 18 March 2012, 15:38
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: It actually worked!!
Replies: 70
Views: 46810

Re: It actually worked!!

Hey! Well yes... I have always sought to properly carve my turns through all the years that I've ridden. However, this was all on conventional freeride/freestyle boards and softboots. I had known about alpine snowboarding since 1996, and though it fascinated me, I never actually seriously thought ab...
by vizsyn
Sunday 11 March 2012, 14:22
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: It actually worked!!
Replies: 70
Views: 46810

Re: It actually worked!!

Bravo! Having very recently joined the ranks of alpine riders myself, it is very exciting to see you in the fold as well! :bravo: I'll have to wait till next winter to continue my learning process, the US just went through the fourth-warmest winter on record. I wish there was a "fridge" nearby but t...
by vizsyn
Wednesday 29 February 2012, 9:20
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: SWOARD logo stickers
Replies: 6
Views: 6464

Re: SWOARD logo stickers

Yay Tali! :pray2:

Sending a PM now! :bravo: