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macsdaddy
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:38 pm Reply with quote
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Anyone got a good tip on turning heelside? Something about the rigidity of the boots is fucking with me bad heelside.

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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:51 pm Reply with quote
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Are your boots brand new? If so, it might just take breaking them in some more. Do your bindings have hi backs? If so, adjusting those might help too. Other than that, just keep practicing.

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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:31 pm Reply with quote
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Not sure if this will help your situation or not, but worth a try, if your front binding is angled towards the nose try to lessen the angle a bit.
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macsdaddy
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:55 pm Reply with quote
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Thanks, I'll try both.

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dpphoto
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:35 pm Reply with quote
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is there any play between your boot toe and the binding ? If it's not tight enough, that can screw up your turn because you lose response.

Not sure about your binging, but mine have the toe cap which can be moved around toe of the boot as opposed to over the boot. It help me to move the cap around the toe. Response way better.

The other suggestions above are things you should check.
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macsdaddy
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:31 pm Reply with quote
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Thanks again guys. Finally got some functional heelside action going yesterday, just in time. I leave for Steamboat in 6 days.

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yoyo
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:59 am Reply with quote
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Usually heelside turns are easier, because your upper body is already facing in the direction of the turn (goofy/ regular).
But to get a heelside carve, it takes a bit more, e.g. check the forward lean of the highback and/ or lean back more, bend down a bit more...... toeside carves are easier to get into and control.
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Upland_Yo
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:33 pm Reply with quote
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Hopefully you'll be slashin powder rather than carving groomers when you head to CO.

Healside/Fronside turns are easier to butter but carving them is something that needs to be practiced. Most of the pressure is on the back leg but don't be afraid to lean a little on the front foot as well. This is only for groom and hard pack. In the deep stuff, it's pretty much on the back leg and in the hips.

We've been getting a lot of snow in Oregon the last couple of weeks. Hopefully you get a ton of new snow while you're on your trip.
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