Advance Snowboard Lesson: Dropping Cliffs

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Snowboard fast and hard, don't hesitate when going off cliffs. This is just one of our many Drills Sections in Level 3 Ripper.

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One of the most exciting things in
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snowboarding is a cliff drop it's pure
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adrenaline! But we want to make sure that
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when we have that adrenaline that it
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lasts for the rest of our lives so it's
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always a great idea to scout your
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landing just like when we talked about
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Park we Scout our takeoff and we scout
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our landing we kind of guesstimate about
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how what our speed is going to need to
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be to clear whatever might be at the
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bottom of the landing. While you're
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scouting your takeoff and landing make
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sure that there's enough snow because
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there might be hidden obstacles you
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don't want to be taking off and then
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under one inch of snow there be a big
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huge rock hesitation kills! You need to
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have that speed to clear the
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obstacles and to land in the sweet spot
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you don't know how many times I've seen
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people come up to a jump or a cliff and
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they hesitate and then they don't have
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enough speed and they grind over the
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rocks and hopefully they're alright but
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really that's the big key in in cliffs
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and in park or pipe - is that
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hesitation kills you need to carry your
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speed because the speed is what's going to
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give you the momentum to get across the
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obstacles so once you've decided that
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it's safe to hit the cliff you want to
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make sure that you carry enough speed
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and choose where you want to take off
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when I'm taking off a cliff I like to to
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ollie off of it just to make
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sure that my nose doesn't dig in or
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hit a rock or something and then I'm
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flipping over it so it's a good idea
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to actually ollie a little bit lift
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that front leg off the snow and then pop
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off your back foot so that
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you can actually clear any obstacles.
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When you're getting a little bit more
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extra air just to give you a little bit
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more support a little bit more cushion
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the landing is the most important thing
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so if there's any chance there might be
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rocks or hidden obstacles don't do it
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after you've jumped off the
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if you want to keep your nose up so I
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might do a little grab a mute or a nose
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grab I usually don't do a tail grab
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because that's putting my my nose down I
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want to keep my nose up in the air
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just for my landing so that's going to prep
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me out now if you're a great rider and
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you're doing flips or you know 540º 720's
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whatever you're doing spins off of them
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it's a little bit different but as
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you're just beginning in to cliffs it's
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really better to be safe so keep the
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nose up a little bit more you really
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want to keep your body nice and aligned
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straight you don't want to be opening
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and turning too much again this is all
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up to the rider and and your your skill
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level but for basic good cliff riding
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you want to be aligned straight down
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there and keeping your front of the
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board up a little bit more so that when
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you land
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you're straight it should get your tail that
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lands first we want to land like an
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airplane back foot and then front foot
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kind of stomping our landing and we want
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to make sure that we have enough speed
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to clear any obstacles that might be out
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there!
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