Goal
- Safe riding in steeper terrain
- Speed control by active edging.
- Learn the different ways to pressure and release pressure from the snowboard.
Where
Moderately steep slope (blue to red run); well-prepared and grippy piste
How
Start in a Neutral Riding Position, Initiate the turn by actively pushing off from the board’s edge and quickly, actively moving vertically upwards combined with a Knee Impulse. change edges before the Fall line.
After the edge change a slow and consistent downwards movement through the hips, knees and ankels begins. As a result of creating angles, a large edge angle is built up. The greatest pressure is generated at the end of the turn through stopping the downwards movement. The neutral riding position is held throughout the whole of the turn
Methodical progression
- Demonstration of the finished movement and adapted technical explanation
- Stationary exercise: practice vertical movement while standing with the snowboard strapped in; slowly down and dynamically up, then up–forward–inward
- Practice vertical movement while traversing
- Turn toward the slope: start high – go down slowly until the end of the turn
- Turn toward the slope: start high – go down slowly – at the end of the turn jump into a higher track
- One-and-a-half turns: start high
- Linking turns together
- Variation of speed, turn radius, and terrain