Hi, it's getting warm out there and when the snow is starting to suck I got the idea to start hitting the terrain park with some twin tips I picked up on clearance. I'm kinda old but I figure not too old yet.
For some reason, I just can not slide a beginner box. It looks like it should be easy but for some reason every time I try a basic 90 on my skis slide out from under me and I kind of fall backwards and a bit to the side (my ass ends up on the box with my skis sliding out downhill). I've tried jumping on the box almost 10 times now and haven't stuck it once, not even for like a second, just falling over instantly every time. My amateur guess is that one or both of 2 things is happening: my stance upon landing is too narrow and I'm leaning uphill or I'm not landing flat to the box somehow (too backseat at time of landing?). Anybody have any ideas? Maybe I just need to fall 50 more times and then it'll click at some point? I could shell out for a couple of hours w/ a freestyle instructor to spot my errors but it just seems too basic a skill to go full tryhard on it.
Fwiw obviously I'm very new to freestyle but I can ski switch alright, do straight airs, 180's forward, safety grabs off kickers, and straight air off 5-10 ft drops. I can go straight 50-50 on a box no problem. All these 12 yr olds on snowboards make it look easy, not sure what the deal is. Are they harder than they look?
For some reason, I just can not slide a beginner box. It looks like it should be easy but for some reason every time I try a basic 90 on my skis slide out from under me and I kind of fall backwards and a bit to the side (my ass ends up on the box with my skis sliding out downhill). I've tried jumping on the box almost 10 times now and haven't stuck it once, not even for like a second, just falling over instantly every time. My amateur guess is that one or both of 2 things is happening: my stance upon landing is too narrow and I'm leaning uphill or I'm not landing flat to the box somehow (too backseat at time of landing?). Anybody have any ideas? Maybe I just need to fall 50 more times and then it'll click at some point? I could shell out for a couple of hours w/ a freestyle instructor to spot my errors but it just seems too basic a skill to go full tryhard on it.
Fwiw obviously I'm very new to freestyle but I can ski switch alright, do straight airs, 180's forward, safety grabs off kickers, and straight air off 5-10 ft drops. I can go straight 50-50 on a box no problem. All these 12 yr olds on snowboards make it look easy, not sure what the deal is. Are they harder than they look?