mardi 10 février 2015
Shoulder position/alignment
Posted on 21:42 by Immigration
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I've been snowboarding for a long time, switched to riding hardboots for around 5 years, and have been back on softboots now for two seasons. I never used to pay much attention to shoulder alignment on softboots, until I switched to hardboots and had to work on a more 'forward' facing stance due to high angles (lots of cross-under exercises, etc.).
Now I'm wondering to what extent this same technique is transferable to riding on a soft setup - whether retaining those habits is making me look like a muppet.
On one hand, from reading posts on this forum (usually as advice/critique of newbie riding), I frequently hear the advice to 'keep your shoulders aligned with the board' to avoid ruddering, etc. Or 'grab a pant-leg in each side to prevent shoulder rotation', and so on.
On the other hand, some instructional clips (e.g. Ryan Knapton's, which seem legit: http://ift.tt/1xhBQBf ) say to keep the body pointing downhill, keep the upper body silent, and rotate at the hips/knees. A lot of the time, the shoulder-line is across the board (admittedly not at 90 degrees, but certainly not parallel), and the body position is more forward facing. This is more of what i'm currently used to, and more comfortable...
So are both techniques/styles acceptable in the sense that they won't induce (much maligned) 'bad habits'? I'm comfortable with my riding, and it's certainly too late to win any style-contests for my form (though I would like to avoid riding like 'dogsh*t' :eyetwitch:), but this is something that has been bugging me a bit, so I'd appreciate your comments.
Now I'm wondering to what extent this same technique is transferable to riding on a soft setup - whether retaining those habits is making me look like a muppet.
On one hand, from reading posts on this forum (usually as advice/critique of newbie riding), I frequently hear the advice to 'keep your shoulders aligned with the board' to avoid ruddering, etc. Or 'grab a pant-leg in each side to prevent shoulder rotation', and so on.
On the other hand, some instructional clips (e.g. Ryan Knapton's, which seem legit: http://ift.tt/1xhBQBf ) say to keep the body pointing downhill, keep the upper body silent, and rotate at the hips/knees. A lot of the time, the shoulder-line is across the board (admittedly not at 90 degrees, but certainly not parallel), and the body position is more forward facing. This is more of what i'm currently used to, and more comfortable...
So are both techniques/styles acceptable in the sense that they won't induce (much maligned) 'bad habits'? I'm comfortable with my riding, and it's certainly too late to win any style-contests for my form (though I would like to avoid riding like 'dogsh*t' :eyetwitch:), but this is something that has been bugging me a bit, so I'd appreciate your comments.
Shoulder position/alignment
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