I just can't stop watching the videos day after day, again and again (even though I'm spending most of my time in my office in the bank) and I have noticed something that I would like to ask you about.
I am quite happy with my frontside, it is not too far from what Patrice and Jacques are doing on the videos, but I think that in my backside I'm a bit more like in a sitting position, so my butt and one palm (or both if I want) is touching the snow, but my upper body (I think because of the sitting position) is not touching the ground, as Patrice's in 'Stoked'.
This guy must be very flexible, because I can not lengthen my arm that straight, not even sitting in an armchair, not to mention during carving
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Getting back on track, I've read some piece of advice on your site, about straightening the body more, avoiding sitting position, which I will try to follow, even though on the slopes I feel that a more straight body position results in a worse shock absorbing ability (I mean the smaller bumps on the slopes). I'll try it within the next weeks at one of the glaciers in Austria. If it does not turn out right, I'll send some postcards from the hospital
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BUT: I have also realised that in the other two videos (Extremecarving from 2000 and Extremedreamer from 2002) the backsides that can be seen are done with a less straight body position, maybe a bit closer to my sitting position. Is my perception correct or I'm just having daydreams? If I'm right, then does this phenomenon have anyithing to do with the board itself? Or does it have to do anything with other settings?
Do you have any other hints how to reach this gorgious backside? (maybe I should change jobs from banking to snowboarding)
Thanks in advance,
István
ps.: These videos are perfect marketing elements. The more I watch them the more I tend to think that all what I see there is due to the special board. Of course in more sober moments I realise that I also need to practice much-much more.