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hi again …….um I think I may be getting into a bad riding habit and need advice. This pertains to when I ride steeper runs, I find that I am using my back leg to turn too much, like I'm almost kicking it out like a rudder or something, especially when I go from heelside to toe side. Today I rode a lot of black diamond runs that were powder but really tracked out, and I constantly found myself doing this with my back leg, which a lot of times was making me turn harder to the side then I wanted to. I don't have this problem at all on green/blue runs just the steep powdery ones. Am I right that this is a bad habit, and if so is there something I can do to stop doing this? TIA!!
you suck i havent gotten to ride yet lol. But omg i do the same thing all the time (last seasom) idk wi. And i wqs totally using that to cheat as i was learning fakie. I have yet to overcome it my self tho. so ur on ur own lol
LOL, I call those “windshield wiper turns”. I would think you kinda want to go with that motion when necessary, and I would assume a Black run that is all tracked out would be most appropriate. But to overcome the generally unwanted action of “waggin' the tail” especially from heelside to toeside, try initiating your turn by keeping your front knee nice and bent. Bend it more than you think you should. Then move your knee forward. This will twist the board torsionally and start the board moving into the turning motion. Trust your board to do what it is designed to do. Once the board steers across the direction of travel (or virtual fall line assuming we are skidding the turn to ditch speed on a steeper run that is already tracked out) extend both legs into the turn together. This action will give you the fast steering action that y
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