when you're first starting out it seems like you're going alot faster than you actually are. it canbe quite intimidating really, and if you're on the east coast, seeing as your florida boy, youassociate falling with extreme pain (thanks ice!).The speed is something you get used to over time. When you first start out with freeriding,which is kind of what you're doing now, just riding, you'll still have to think before initiatingcertain moves. The “slowing down” is probably your instinct saying that you're not readyto just rip around the next bend and you need more practice. A quick way to get over speedis to just go ahead and get that extreme fall you're afraid of out of the way, in a controlledenvironment. Catch an edge on your terms and you'll find that falling fast or slow is prettymuch the same pain, other than a cartwh
when you're first starting out it seems like you're going alot faster than you actually are. it canbe quite intimidating really, and if you're on the east coast, seeing as your florida boy, youassociate falling with extreme pain (thanks ice!).The speed is something you get used to over time. When you first start out with freeriding,which is kind of what you're doing now, just riding, you'll still have to think before initiatingcertain moves. The “slowing down” is probably your instinct saying that you're not readyto just rip around the next bend and you need more practice. A quick way to get over speedis to just go ahead and get that extreme fall you're afraid of out of the way, in a controlledenvironment. Catch an edge on your terms and you'll find that falling fast or slow is prettymuch the same pain, other than a cartwheel, which usually happens around the “im tryingmy first jump” post.If you're from florida, honestly I would just have my board professionally waxed. And theamount depends on how much you go, but giving you're so far away….maybe 15 snowdays? If its around that number, I would have it waxed at the beginning of the seasonright before i go, and after my last ride of the season. If you leave your base without wax,it'll dry out. And you're really going to want to keep that board indoors if you are in florida,or your edges are going to be rusted in a matter of days.Hope that helps!
