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asparagusThis is also my first park year, I just plan on jumping on pvc tubes in my shoes and trampolining all summer, maybe with some summer set up action mixed in. I'm also gonna be playing lots of ski games and visualizing a bunch because I'm already missing skiing. I doubt you're gonna forget how to do stuff but keeping skiing on your mind will probably help. I didn't think about skateboarding all winter and when I came back I spend a day or 2 getting back into it and now I'm where I was last year.
bananaman123431this season was my first real park year and i learned how to hit boxes and then rails and finally do a 270 out but only once or twice. i’m really nervous about forgetting how to hit rails and having to relearn, can that happen? thanks
ReturnToMonkeyMy first season of rails I thought the same thing. I didn't even have any tricks like you, I could just slide em. Next season after like 1 day it all came back and actually felt much better. If you can do something similar in the summer (longboard, skate, surf, etc) where you are moving forward, positioned sideways, and lean to control yourself, you'll be especially set.
bananaman123431this season was my first real park year and i learned how to hit boxes and then rails and finally do a 270 out but only once or twice. i’m really nervous about forgetting how to hit rails and having to relearn, can that happen? thanks
KCoCMya bro you’re gunna slip out the first box you try to hit next season and then you’re gunna be like why am i trying to slide this fucking box anyway and go hit a rail and grease that bitch and then never look back
weastcoastIf you think about skiing enough you’ll never lose tricks. Especially if you have skiing dreams where you’re taking park laps. Not to sound like an egotistical asshole but I think this is why I’m not really rusty when I come back from the off-season, because I’m literally thinking about doing Britney’s on rails or 2p2s on down tubes, shit like that, non fucking stop. I have dreams about that shit more than half the time as well. If you just keep running it back and trying to remember what it was like to do that trick you’ll never lose it.
SofaKingSicki think i saw a thread of yours recently about skiing dreams and i didn't end up responding but i was going to say, there's some really interesting stuff out there to read about how when an athlete visualizes doing something, it activates the same parts of the brain (cerebrum...?) as actually doing the physical activity
skiing is a crazy good example of that because it's such a technique-demanding sport but you can literally get much better by sitting on your ass watching good skiers. it's really interesting
weastcoastYup it helps a lot. You do something in your dream and it becomes a feasible trick in real life. Skiing dreams have also helped me become more creative in the way I hit features and tricks I usually don’t even try or think of
