Whatcha do during summer to ease the pain of not carving?
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- nils
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guys
you are obviously not head of multi kids family
bike racing takes hours, flying takes long and is expensive..
i'm nto rowing which is much safer, and the quest for gesture perfection is quite similar to EC....
example of how it is done well:
Nils
bike racing takes hours, flying takes long and is expensive..
i'm nto rowing which is much safer, and the quest for gesture perfection is quite similar to EC....
example of how it is done well:
Nils
Nils
for family man i can recommend slalom-skate.
It is cheap, you can practice it on any flat parking slot with decent surface, and it is pure fun with same kind of body movements as carving.
Check http://www.coneracing.com/
for family man i can recommend slalom-skate.
It is cheap, you can practice it on any flat parking slot with decent surface, and it is pure fun with same kind of body movements as carving.
Check http://www.coneracing.com/
- caspercarver
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uni/muni-cycling
uni-cycling is great exercise. builds core muscles and balance and is actually really fun. cheers!
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Casper,
You're never short of original practices...
But are you able to "reverse-ride" with uni-cycle ? With your hand on the grass during turns ?
Can you do that while juggling with 3 differents sized Swoard boards ?
Seriously, it sounds good but isn't it hard to uni-cycling in mountains ? Can you really "climb" (excuse my english) ? Your wheel looks very large. Isn't it hard to start ?
You're never short of original practices...
But are you able to "reverse-ride" with uni-cycle ? With your hand on the grass during turns ?
Can you do that while juggling with 3 differents sized Swoard boards ?
Seriously, it sounds good but isn't it hard to uni-cycling in mountains ? Can you really "climb" (excuse my english) ? Your wheel looks very large. Isn't it hard to start ?
fchhhiiit
- caspercarver
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I keep trying, i get bored easily getting on the 36" wheel takes a lot of practice. you actually have to run and jump up to get on, all while maintaining balance. riding in reverse is very difficult, i cannot do that yet. i have a large wheel uni for going places quickly and a smaller wheel for riding in the mountains. we only ride down trails, we walk up. cheers!
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- starikashka
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fully support!! especially for a guys who make lot of babies skating will be a geat training to be a head of bigger familypokkis wrote:Nils
for family man i can recommend slalom-skate.
It is cheap, you can practice it on any flat parking slot with decent surface, and it is pure fun with same kind of body movements as carving.
Check http://www.coneracing.com/
And somehow it helps to do this
not sure about direct correlation but i believe
i`m learning
- Schneewurm
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Thats great, uni-cycling must be realy a nice exercise for to move hisself with fun. On ours dedicated cycling adventures/travel stores there have been running videos during winter time. They shows uni-cycling on trails on Nepal's jungle trails and on Himalaya mountains.
At the First of July, I also switched back to summer sports. I was going swimming.
As an authentical snowboarder I took for that one of the steepest railway on the world (47° straight upwards, thats just only a well known steepness for to do riding a snowboard, isn't it?). Up there was a nice colored lake. The color of water was nearly at the same nice mint color, like you can find it on beaches of Bahamas or Cayman Islands too. We call that water "Gletscher Milch" (glacier milk), because water comes just down from the glaciers above of the lake.
Well, for to switch back to summer sports activities, for realy authentic carvers there is no better idea to seek for a nice steep snow-field for to do that. So I put my Speedo's on, walked barfoot some steps over the snowfield and I slide then on my buttocks down into this nice glacier-milk for to go swimming. Unfortunatly that water wasn't at same temperature like e.g. at Cayman's or Bahamas. So staying for hours in water wasen't practicable.
At the First of July, I also switched back to summer sports. I was going swimming.
As an authentical snowboarder I took for that one of the steepest railway on the world (47° straight upwards, thats just only a well known steepness for to do riding a snowboard, isn't it?). Up there was a nice colored lake. The color of water was nearly at the same nice mint color, like you can find it on beaches of Bahamas or Cayman Islands too. We call that water "Gletscher Milch" (glacier milk), because water comes just down from the glaciers above of the lake.
Well, for to switch back to summer sports activities, for realy authentic carvers there is no better idea to seek for a nice steep snow-field for to do that. So I put my Speedo's on, walked barfoot some steps over the snowfield and I slide then on my buttocks down into this nice glacier-milk for to go swimming. Unfortunatly that water wasn't at same temperature like e.g. at Cayman's or Bahamas. So staying for hours in water wasen't practicable.
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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.
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.
well....nice swim I guess, but I can't get a board off my feet!!!
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u are right...but with 37degrees helmet is a problem...although broken skull could be a more serious problem..!
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