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A week in nose slides

Every day this week I was trying to nose slide over that table, every day. On Wednesday I almost got it, but the I chickened out dismounting from the slide into the bank on the other side of the small pyramid. However, there are a few more things I learned

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Nose slides

This week's focus was nose slides, getting them right, to say it more precisely. It's fairly easy to get a nose slide started, and slide for let's say 20 Centimeters or so. But getting over the first sliding stretch, finding a stable position and

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Another curb

This time it's on top of the small pyramid. My new favorite spot to try nose slides. My goal would be to come in with enough speed and nose slide the whole table... and then pop shove-it out into the bank :)

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Blocked

I'm working on tail blocks. It seems it's another mellow trick, that you can quickly integrate in a line. What I underestimated is how much work the bending-down-and-grabbing-the-nose part is. I guess that's aging right there. And that "scoop" motion to pop

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South Beach Park

85F at 6AM, paired with insane humidity is no joke. It takes 20 Minutes and I'm completely soaked. Like sweat-dripping-off-my-shirt soaked. But I still went out there every morning I could. It's a pretty good park layout, all round, and you can just keep going. I

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Pain

For the last few weeks I've been battling weird smaller and larger ouchies. The larger ouchie is definetely the lower back pain. A dull constant pain right around the lower end of the spin, or where it touches the hip. I'm doing acupuncture to get it

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Higher

Turns out you can nose slide low ledges by slappying the board up there. I've seen other's doing that, getting into a nose slide without an Ollie. So, I'm now trying to increase the height of my nose slide slappies. Next stage, after curbs,

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A slappy a day

This morning I was working on backside slappy grinds, on the easy curb. A few of them went well, but I've ways to go to get on that curb without much thinking about it. Right now I intentionally have to think about turning my shoulders, that's

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Back in DC

For spring break we're doing a week long sightseeing trip to DC this year. The Airbnb we're staying in is not too far from Shaws skatepark, only about a 15 Minute bike ride or so. Shaws SkateparkI went to that park first time on the DC

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Season ender

It was a weird winter season, full of temperature swings, disappearing and re-appearing snow packs. For this weekend there were some 10-15cm new snow on the forecast, on not so much of a base, but I thought I give it a try and go up to Stowe, Vermont. Oh boy,

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Changing season

It was kind of a short and crappy snowboarding season. Snowfall was OK, the problem are the temperature swings throughout Winter. January was abnormally cold, -6°C was the high, by far the warmest temperate we had on the slopes. Starting the day at -12°C was the normal. And

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New Stormchaser

The warranty claim I filed a few weeks back was accepted, and they sent me a new 157 Stormchaser from this season as replacement. I'm thrilled! It would've been such a bummer to be left with a falling apart Splitboard, and a new one was not

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Gulf of Slides

Yesterday, during our organized Mt Washington Backcountry Ski Festival tour, we spent all our time doing laps in some mellow glades. It was fun, but after that I was ready for something a little bit more challenging. So this morning I decided to skin up the Gulf of Slides trail,

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New Glades

I was out with 2 guys from Winterstick Snowboards on their tour at the Mt Washington Backcountry Festival. It was a good day, not necessarily what I’ve hoped for (e.g. finding some tucked away runs in higher terrain), but, on the bright side, we got to ride the

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Powder Day

They are rare here in the Northeast. This weekend is the Mount Washington Backcountry Ski Festival. I've been going for the last 3 years, it's great! It was my introduction to Splitboarding, and backcountry in general. The experiences have always been very different, from a super

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The big skin reglue

Last season I got lazy after hot waxing my splitboard, and didn't scrape all the extra wax off. While on a regular snowboard that's not a big deal, the extra wax layer will eventually disappear after a few rides, it's kind of a problem

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3 is the magic number

Spring arrived early this season in the Northeast. It was a 10°C day, and the snow was soft like it was April. I was a little bit on the fence of heading out for my first Splitboard tour this Winter, not really being sure about the snowcover, and if

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2022, it’s on

Winter season start with the first good storm here on the Ice Coast. Driving throw the snowfall was exhausting, and took much longer than expected, but it was worth it. Good to be in the snow and on a board again! I've split the day between my good

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-6

It's a cold day here, 6°C below zero. Sun and blue sky bump the felt temperature a little but, and make it bearable to go out skate. After a long time, over 2 months I guess, I went back to the larger park around here. The one

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JAX beach

The other really good location here in Jacksonville is at the South Beach Park in Jacksonville Beach. It's fairly new, and I particularly love the layout, a circle shape where you just keep going and hit banks, ledges and quarters left and right. Wide section with pool coping

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Kona

Not sure when I learned about the Kona skatepark. It certainly wasn’t on my radar when I was younger. I guess it must’ve been when I was researching skateparks around Jacksonville. We’re visiting family again in Jacksonville, and today I be ventured out to spend some time

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Back again, sort of

Even though my toe is still not 100%, going out skating is doable, sort of. I manage to push around, pop easy ollies and slappies. For the time being I'm staying off the flat bar. Bailing still feels sketchy, and gives me instant pain in the toe. But

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DC

Arrived in DC and ventured out to the Shaw skatepark this morning, a chilly but sunny day so far. What I've discovered is that the best way to get around DC is by eBike.  It's fast and you're not as exhausted as you would

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Superstitious

We're spending Thanksgiving in New York City, visiting friends. This morning I snuck out to hit the new Riverside skate park for a little bit. It was a chilly fall morning, cold and windy. My big toe is not yet a 100% recovered. I can walk almost normally,

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Happy birthday to me

Honestly, I had different plans for my birthday. Not being stuck at home with an injured day, to say the least. But, on the bright side, a friend sent me a Nora Vasconcellos deck for my birthday, the new one with the golden Peregrine falcon. It looks so good! So