Thnx for sharing the movie, has an hassle to watch it cos wmv isn't seeingable on mac OSX, but managed to borrow a crappy PC for it
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It seems from the clip you got strong legs, but i'd say you make the common mistakes ( i made them) that are a the last barrier to efficient extremecarving..
legs= they should be bend on turn entry: straight in the middle of the turn and bent again ( pull - push- pull sequence).
rotations: it seems you got the rotations turn, but could do better without moving the arms
last but not least: there is no way to achieve EC turns without doing the following too:
turns are divided into 3 sequences: entry, midturn, exit
1- board is parallel almost to horizontal level ( not into the slope), rider then targets the center of turn with hand ( board still unturned)/ legs flexed still...this part is until the board is totally vertical.
2- pushing the legs and the board away very quick, the edge grips and makes the board achieve 90° of the turn, while the body is now fully extended.. board shall now be vertical into the slope, facing downhill
3- recovery: after 150° are achieve, the rest 30° are used to pull the legs and get up..
the turn is almost half made before the board has even turned, that is how the pressure on the edge is balanced on 180° rather than only the last 90° (like on your film)> main reason that prevents you to lay down flat, is that you're fighting the pressure and G's with your legs, and thus cannot really do more that bend legs, and carve normally. The pressure felt during a Ecarve is really less than what you feel in the turns here...
Hope this helps.. its when i understood that that i began enjoying crawling on the belly
Nils