Last weekend saw the SCUK Bash descend upon The Snow Center at Hemel Hampstead. Hourly performance and freestyle coaching sessions were ran throughout the day by Definition Camps. The beginner…
Link Friday: Freestyle Max Snowboard Coach
www.freestylemax.com This weeks link is to do with yesterdays post, The best way to turn on a snowboard – High vs Low cross over., in which I used Freestyle Max…
High vs Low cross over turns
Last week I spoke about how we can influence the shape of a turn by manipulating the sidecut of the board through pressure control. (read How tilt can help you…
Tips Monday: Angle / Rotating the high backs
Over the past couple of weeks I have been discussing ways that you can alter / customise your bindings to enhance your riding. These can be found in the Tips-Mondays…
Link Friday – Definition Camps at the SCUK Bash
Next month at Hemel is the SCUK Spring Bash. The 14th May to be precise. Myself and the rest of the Definition crew will be on hand to offer coaching…
Definition Camps 23/24th April Milton Keynes
– Another awesome freestyle snowboard course at Milton Keynes – Saturday It was all about the rail and ‘due to popular group demand’ basics with an introduction to buttering, ground…
Tips Monday: High backs & forward lean
Filling the gap As a general rule, when selecting a snowboard binding in the shop, you want something that can be adjusted easily on the hill. No matter if you…
Link Friday: Backflips, snowboarding and physics
Just the one link today. I found it while searching for a couple of videos for my Trampolining and snowboarding – Wk5 Backflips post. It made me really think and…
Trampolining and snowboarding – Wk5
Week 5: Background:The fifth week and final week of trampoline training to see how trampolining skills can transfer to freestyle snowboarding by improving my level of proprioception Location: Tolworth Recreation…
Definition Camps 16/17th April Hemel Snow Center
Another weekend at Hemel with Definition and another good snowboard freestyle course with massive amounts of progression. A smaller than usual group but the riding and vibe were still at…
How to carve with confidence on a snowboard
…the reason why tilt is so important in carving is that it allows room for the board to be flexed. The more tilt, the greater the board can be flexed,…
Tips Monday: Where to position the toe strap
Check out my new toe strap! Last week I touched on the subject of snowboard bindings and in particular, the ankle strap and it’s position around the boot. (read Tips…