Transistor Rhythm wrote:Does riding a board like the TWO make it easier or more forgiving?
The TWO was definitely easier for many reasons:
(A) I have the 164 and it turns much quicker which helps control speed,
(B) it's shorter and thus easier to "throw" around when doing nose/tail rolls
(C) being wider I can ride a 40-45 RF angle which makes it easier to turn around towards the tail.
But once you get your balance right, like some other posters recommended or like I do in my "ranges of movement" article/video, riding the longer board is not a problem at all. Upturned tail not necessary either, but it makes things more forgiving when learning. And of course Casper demonstrates my last point well -- riding the asym with a pointy tail
Yes RicHard,
carving reverse is more tricky and many people ride a mix between carving and sliding (view meters carving, then sliding out of curve). But see, many of the riders on softboots carves in deed very good fakie. To the opposite of hardbooters You wouldn't recognize this easy, because of their body-position with flat boot angels on their boards.
Gliding on Snowboards,
like Pogo, Kessler, Virus, Hot, Nidecker and others,
from 151 up to 183 cm and 14 to 27.4 cm width,
covering any kind of shapes with
any kind of boots and bindings.
Ohh, I've seen lots of soft people riding switch but not been impressed... this is a different deal. It's not simply riding backwards, which I've occasionally done, it's the idea of carving decent turns backwards.
Damn, now I've seen it, I'll have to have a go at that... very cool.
