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Grinding

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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
whenever i grind a long box my back ski pops off and i eat shit over the front of the box, anyone know how to stop this?
Jan 4 2006 4:21PM
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eLevate
Posts: 2489 - Karma: 49
maybe you drag your back foot, and catch edges? keep your feet flatter? raise your din?
Jan 4 2006 4:36PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
raise the din
Jan 4 2006 4:37PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
don't call it "grinding" and you'll do much better.
Jan 4 2006 4:38PM
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Calrin
Posts: 3096 - Karma: 561
your really on a crusade against that term arent you. i guess thats for the better.
Jan 4 2006 6:00PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
since i have said something maybe one other time.. i don't think i would call it a "crusade".
Jan 4 2006 6:17PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
what else would we call it
Jan 4 2006 6:21PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
how about.. a "revolution".
Jan 4 2006 6:36PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
how about grinding, because thats what it is
Jan 4 2006 6:37PM
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Calrin
Posts: 3096 - Karma: 561
hahaha
Jan 4 2006 6:40PM
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AttitashSkier
Posts: 2494 - Karma: 10
sliding...?
Jan 4 2006 6:42PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
the word grinding means "to reduce power with friction". nothing that has to do with friction is smooth. rail slides are supposed to be smooth, not all rough and nasty like. if you want to "grind" the shit out of a rail you go ahead and do that. i like to slide rails smoothly myself.
Jan 4 2006 6:43PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
oh, and to invader 46...

make sure there isn't snow stuck to the bottom of your boots when you put your bindings on. if there isn't and you still have problems with releasing, tighten your dins a notch or two.
Jan 4 2006 6:45PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
wow what a revelation from sean here he can look up a word in the dictionary, well sean if you really studied the dictionary you would find that some words have more than just one meaning, some even have meanings that are completely the opposite of each other. but thanks for the english lesson anyway.
Jan 4 2006 7:30PM
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ztragnoB
Posts: 1704 - Karma: 27
there is always friction between you ski and the rail, no matter how smooth you claim to ride them
Jan 4 2006 7:33PM
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mcsean
Posts: 844 - Karma: 20
you don't grind a rail you dumb fucks. This isn't skateboarding. It's called sliding. Always has, always will be.


Again, I emphasize this is NOT SKATEBOARDING. It's nothing like it, so we really don't need to copy their terms. SLIDING SLIDING SLIDING
Jan 4 2006 7:39PM
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mrduck
Posts: 59 - Karma: 10
turn up your din, and make sure you're not up on your edge. Think flat thoughts.
Jan 4 2006 7:48PM
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easson19
Posts: 430 - Karma: 10
you guys are right, the title is very misleading. try maybe detuning your edges and turn up din
Jan 4 2006 8:11PM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
i used to say jib but my friends didnt know what i was talking about.
ill have to switch back
Jan 4 2006 8:35PM
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CWilson
Posts: 131 - Karma: 10
metal edges to metal edges on the box create a grinding effect, while the plexy glass allows the skis to slide... anotherwards its both. And on a rail you grind(hence the sound coming from your skis against the rail)
Jan 4 2006 8:36PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
just say sliding, your noob friends will understand
Jan 4 2006 8:36PM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
my bad i guess i should say slide,
but that sounds stupid if i say.
im gonna go slide.
i like im gonna go jib better
Jan 4 2006 8:37PM
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CWilson
Posts: 131 - Karma: 10
and yea detune your edges/ turn din up then u should grind/slide (w/e) fine
Jan 4 2006 8:37PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 147
Don't raise your din, thats how you screw up your ankle. You need to buy a stone and detune your inside edge. I had the same problem when I was tryin log jibs in the woods and when I first started grinding/jibing/sliding.
Jan 4 2006 11:00PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
metal rubbing against metal creates friction, that has no relevance to how smooth it looks
Jan 4 2006 11:07PM
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skoganskier101
Posts: 2067 - Karma: 14
dull your edges and raise your din
Jan 4 2006 11:36PM
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nickmcnutt
Posts: 4396 - Karma: 2,966
try sliding instead of grinding... that might so the trick.
Jan 4 2006 11:36PM
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Paul-o-Rama
Posts: 3301 - Karma: 13
not true, cuz rails have friction, and rails reduce your speed so you are wrong
Jan 5 2006 1:42AM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
You are fucking awsome
Jan 5 2006 2:04AM
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