Plan for Snowboarding Next Summer
Tweet Injury update The last 10% of my walking-recovery is taking it’s time. I can walk without a crutch – but even when I’m concentrating specifically on staying straight, I’ve got a wobble at the hip. It’s proving difficult to isolate the muscles involved and make them stronger, compared with the obvious muscles in the [...]
Why I Won’t Be Snowboarding This Season
Tweet Back in July I had a collision on my mountain bike: the car won. The most significant injury was a broken femur. The leg was pinned, I lay in hospital for 17 days, nearly 3 months later and I’ve only just started to bear weight on my right leg. It’s going to take a [...]
Having “The Fear”: Part 2
Tweet A while ago I posted about having the fear, in particular, me losing my confidence and ability to ride kickers. This happened back in January 2009. When I returned to Morzine this year in March, I was dead set on correcting what had gone wrong. I was determined to get my confidence back and [...]
Second Session At Cas: Putting The Garden Practice To The Test
Tweet Just over a week ago I made my second trip of this year to Castleford. I was really keen to put to things to the test: my use of the balance rail and my use of the trampoline. The goal, as per the trick-list, is to make frontside boardslides and nose/tail grabs part of [...]
How To Use A Trampoline To Improve Your Snowboarding
Tweet I’ve put together a video showing my first usage of a trampoline, to improve my snowboarding. If the concept of using a trampoline to help your snowboarding is new to you, then here’s the idea. Bouncing around on a trampoline, whilst strapped onto a snowboard, gives you a lot of goes at grabbing your [...]
What’s Next? A Trick List? A Trampoline?
Tweet Last summer, I didn’t snowboard at all. Since the end of this year’s winter season, I’ve clocked up one session on an indoor slope. Yeah, it’s only one, but that’s an improvement on last year and assuming nothing changes, I’m heading down to Cas’ again this Friday. I’m hoping this off-season will be one [...]
How To Use A Balance Rail To Improve Your Snowboarding
Tweet I’ve put together a simple video showing how I’m currently using the balance rail I built, to improve my snowboarding. The balance rail can help primarily with your jibbing: rails and boxes. You can work on your body position and balance on the rail as well as the movements used to get on and [...]
When Are You Too Old To Get Good At Snowboarding?
Tweet Are you too old to snowboard, to get good at it? Am I? The short answer is: no, probably not. I’m writing this at the age of 30. A few years ago, I was on a steady curve, getting better each winter. I haven’t done any seasons and don’t ride more than a handful [...]
