Replying to Has anyone chosen their "natural" slide incorrectly?
Kind of a random question but I'm interested to see if anyone else experienced this.
Basically, the first time I hit a rail I put my left foot forward (I'm right handed and spin right). After that first rail slide I didn't know any better so I just kept sliding left foot forward.
Fast forward to today, 12 days in the park later. I have bad bruising on my right thigh/hip so it was too painful to slide what I thought was my natural way and fall on those bruises, so I decided today would be an "unnatural" rail day.
Well holy shit! I think sliding right foot forward is my real "natural" slide. I was hitting just about every feature in the park and staying on the rails all the way through when I usually fall off a little early with my left foot forward.
In a nutshell, I was pretty nervous about learning to slide both ways and as it turns out I spent my first 12 days in the park sliding my unnatural way and saw how much easier right foot forward was. Now I am stoked that I have a ton of unnatural experience and that should make learning switch ups that much easier.
Quite the pleasant surprise!
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