View Full Version : Some tips to ride in POW
Shawn White's daddy
12-23-2007, 01:16 AM
I know a lot of you live out west, so can you give me some tips to riding on pow. Today I tried some and I liked it a lot since the new england area has gotten a lot of snow. Once I get going on it, I dont seem to have a problem, it is just when I eat it or fall it is hard to get going cuz you have 5 lbs of snow on your board. So can you give me some tips. Thanks
xbrandonridesforumx
12-23-2007, 01:18 AM
setting your bindings toward the tail of the board would help so your nose stays above the snow. I know that when i go to Colorado next month i'm going to set my bindings all the way back as far as they will go
DragonUSMC
12-23-2007, 01:18 AM
set your bindings back a bit... this will take some of the strain off your back foot seeing most of your weight will be on that foot. Other then that just keep your speed up and enjoy the fluffy!
Rider_Canadiana
12-23-2007, 04:48 AM
pow is awesome...mmm momma...i miss it...i dont have any tips...sorry
snwbrder3384
12-23-2007, 04:56 AM
set your stance back, take some of the angle off your back foot
cuethebirds
12-23-2007, 04:09 PM
dont fall...
Corkscrewed
12-23-2007, 10:08 PM
go fast.....lean back....enjoy!
burton brder
12-24-2007, 01:43 AM
i learned when I was out in Co. earlier this month to just straight line it when there is a lot of pow and the slope is pretty mellow and if your loosing speed hop in someone elses track and you will start going again, oh and set your bindings back for sure.
get me out of GA
12-25-2007, 12:17 AM
dont use a jib board with an even ducked out stance
my $.02
everyone else covered what to do, but here's a tip for after you eat it. because it'll happen. once you fall, depending on how steep/deep it is, you're pretty much screwed. dig out your bindings and unstrap. walk out of the pow onto a groomer. if you don't have any other choice or are too stubborn to make it to a groomer (like myself), create an area where you can pack in some snow and set your board down, with the tip kinda poking into the pow. strap in (standing up, if possible) and then just force your way forward. hopefully, the momentum will keep you going.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa290/thirtytwoutside/firsttrack22.jpg
i hiked up the back of this hill because no one had touched it yet... i had done it in years past, but this was the first time this season after a pretty decent dump. it was quite a bit deeper than i thought it'd be. i went maybe a few feet before i got stuck and had to pack in some snow (you can see the area, to the right of the top of the rocks) to create a little area where i could strap back in and get going again.
4shayz2lounge0crew
02-12-2008, 08:00 PM
get your speed together - powder is easier to ride when youre cruising
Burton Doom
02-13-2008, 02:28 AM
My advice is not to ride ungroomed snow in 40 degree weather. Its just not worth the 20 minutes of digging your board out of the snow. And that snow is like ****ing cement.
Leo B. Jibbins
02-13-2008, 11:57 PM
dont use a jib board with an even ducked out stance
my $.02
disagreed.....i rode my dh down firebreak at heavenly, and never had more fun. its a 57, im 6'2 180.....i had a blast, and recommend riding a jib board..........at least for those who are down for it. no one has to be mad at me for having fun and telling you about it tho
disagreed.....i rode my dh down firebreak at heavenly, and never had more fun. its a 57, im 6'2 180.....i had a blast, and recommend riding a jib board..........at least for those who are down for it. no one has to be mad at me for having fun and telling you about it tho
yeah, you *can* ride a jib board in pow... i've down it before (that pic i took, i made the track with my jib board), nitro eero 155 and i'm 5'11" 175. but it's so much easier to float with a board that's better suited for it. i actually went out to the parking lot later that day to get my suprateam so i was riding pretty much the same snow with 2 different boards, and there was a huge difference.
bordr4life21
02-14-2008, 05:12 AM
a longer board is definitely going to help, and setting your stance back FAR so your nose stays above the snow, enjoy the POW man!
djstealth
02-19-2008, 10:03 PM
I have heard from most if not all people that short boards are a pain in the ass in powder.
I ahve a question tought, how does that leaning back thing works because last time I checked you have to lean forward not backwards?
I ahve a question tought, how does that leaning back thing works because last time I checked you have to lean forward not backwards?
errr... are you serious?
if you lean forward in pow, the nose of your board is going to sink, and you won't move forward.
advres
02-19-2008, 10:34 PM
buy a Banana Hammock and forget the rest of these suggestions. With it, ride your centered duck stance and don't worry about it.
Spin240
02-20-2008, 03:07 AM
^^ that will work.
I myself ride a jib board with a center stance every day of the season. If you can learn to make shovel turns everytime you turn the board you actually push the snowboards nose out of the snow and then dip into the next turn and do it again... Its kind of hard to explain without showing you but it definitely does the trick.
djstealth
02-20-2008, 06:45 PM
err...yeah I was. considering that living on the east coast you never get to ride actual snow.
if you havesteep enough slopes, when you are doing turns .. its kinda tough to explain but kind of hop a bit going into your turn, it helps lift your board out of the pow and makes the turn a hell of a lot easier,
this takes some practice though if you hop to aggresively you will eat it, but if your on a slope you should be fine to get going again.
DragonUSMC
04-02-2008, 04:45 AM
^thats a technique called "un-weighting" you can find more about that if you search for un-weighting rather then hopping.
just fyi =)
^thats a technique called "un-weighting" you can find more about that if you search for un-weighting rather then hopping.
just fyi =)
pfft hopping is a much more technical term dont shoot me down!
DragonUSMC
04-02-2008, 02:00 PM
weight transferring transitional hopping... i like the ring to it!
X5150foreverX
04-02-2008, 03:20 PM
get some speed lean back and enjoy
weight transferring transitional hopping... i like the ring to it!
see now your starting to see the light:wink:
RideLsDh
10-27-2008, 03:10 AM
So riding my 158 Anthem is definitely preferred over my 157 Graft?
advres
10-27-2008, 03:19 AM
So riding my 158 Anthem is definitely preferred over my 157 Graft?
Yup, and not only because of the size. The sidecut and stance on the Anthem lends itself to more all mountain riding.
And even that isn't ideal. I think I saw you say you were 6' in another thread? I'm 5'9" and 155#s, my previous pow board was a 161. But now that I have the Hammock, I can ride a smaller board (160) for the pow and it rides more like my 156 skate banana but floats like a mofo. It really depends on your weight but for DEEP snow, it would help to have more length and a set back stance.
RideLsDh
10-27-2008, 03:21 AM
Definitely. It is my all mountain board. I have a 160 k2 Satellite but I am not bringing that with me to Colorado. The last time I rode decent pow was 32" at Whiteface 2 years ago which was hell with my 156 GNU CHB. I got the hang of it by the 2nd day though. Just stay back.
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