lundi 23 février 2015

Riding without highbacks

Posted on 09:29 by Immigration
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I know this has been discussed before, but I just wanted to share my experience with it. I ride with a duck stance -12 12 the two days I rode, saturday packed powder conditions, sunday it snowed 6in over night and I got out first thing for fresh tracks. I was riding a 2009 burton hero 155 vrocker, with burton hails and malavita bindings. I know all that doesn't matter but the reason I listed them is its a super soft setup and I don't want people to think you have to have a super stiff boot or stiff binding to ride without highbacks. When i ride with highjacks on I usually ride with 0 lean, I've just hated the way I felt like I was always restricted with them. So I finally took them off, at first I was unsure of myself (even though I'm a pretty experienced rider) I was afraid to go heel side because I didn't have a safety net of the highjacks there. After one run I was going to give up and put them back on. Thank god I didn't. For the rest of the weekend they stayed off and I had a blast. I felt it even helped my riding. I really like the skate feeling when I ride and thats the best way for me to explain it. If your a person that rides a lot with his feet and doesn't crank the highback forward and pretty much ride with a 0 lean. I suggest trying this out !!!!!!! And for those who say this is only an accident waiting to happen, that its a good way to break an ankle? I just don't see it. I was in glades,riding steeps, jumping off cliffs, launching myself off natural features and never once did I feel like not having highbacks effected my landings. I carved just the same as I did when I had them on if not better. (But like I said it did take a run or two to get used to it) And also an added benefit was my upper leg muscles weren't even sore at the end of the day. Know with that being said I'm from the east coast and we have amazing conditions right now. So I'm going to be curious if I feel the same riding on a sh*tty icy day, will see. My only reason writing this was to hopefully get one person who was thinking about trying to ride without them and wanted a more free feeling but was to afraid to try it. Please do it made such a huge difference in my riding. And the worst that will happen is that you don't like it and you put them back on. For the older riders out there I know you guys rode without highbacks and this is an old topic. I'm just giving my experience. So highbacks here's to you :finger1::finger1::finger1::finger1:





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