So, as a snowboard philosopher, Ive been pondering the art of jumps, as I think ive begun to understand and perform the art of nose/tail presses, although somewhat sketchy still.
Now, in the past, ive always just wanted to jump over the lip of the jump, often landing on top of the tabletop or on the knuckle... and I had a revelation on Saturday...
I was riding with a beginner level friend, on upper/lower horizon..on the left were a bunch of well formed rollers to play with... I bombed right at them, jumped and cleared each one, properly setting up my landing to get ready for the next roller jump...and by the last of the rollers, I was jumping pretty far over it. it was at that point that my view on jumps, such as kickers/tabletops clicked...
Ive been aiming to clear the lip, but not the whole top of the table...sorta like a checkswing in baseball. you dont hit the ball very hard that way... I understand now that my goal as I head towards a lip is to jump OVER the entire jump, and keep my speed so I land on the downward transition.
Im looking forward to trying this tomorrow.
|
Published by Raze: 3:39 PM
|
