Written by The Montana snow-center slope was filled with freestyle skiers on Wednesday 21st of December. During their training they were even taking over the obstacles, normally only used by the boarders. As a result the setup jumps were kind of ruined and the chances of training the backside 50-50 were slim. As a result Jorg and I had to re-shape [...]
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Training: Aerial awareness put to the test
Last Thursday Marieke and I went to Snowworld in Landgraaf. They had placed the Nike 6.0 Jumping Airbag after a medium kicker. It was ideal to test some of the aerial awareness I’d been training throughout the summer. I only wanted to focus on my 180′s, to be sure I’d be able to land them. [...]
READ MORE »Training: Use an old skate deck for balance improvement
Last week I used an old skate board strapped to my feet on a balance bar to improve my jibbing-balance. I had seen this in one of the videos that Nev Lapwood over at SnowboardAddiction.com » SA – Jibbing Vol. 1. It’s one of the bonus features of this edition. Basically a balance bar is [...]
READ MORE »Training: Back- & frontside lipslides & Nosepress
It’s that time of the season again when the winter is tucked some where far away and the snowcenter is transformed into the perfect training grounds. No busy crowds and obstacles for all levels, meaning I can practice some new tricks and polish some of the tricks learned last year. The one I already knew [...]
READ MORE »Learning: How to 50-50
Although it might seem boring to most, I think my current strategy of getting those 50-50′s dialed in over all obstacles is really working out for me. I share my findings, perceptions & progress on this blog, so maybe others can have that ‘gotcha’-moment as well as I did. But most of all my blog [...]
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