Popular Post Peetan 10 Posted September 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2014 Rather than 'what are your hobbies off season', what do you do to stop yourself from going rusty in the summer months? Do you go to summer slopes? Indoor slopes? Does skateboarding help for boarders? Do you go off to get your powder hit elsewhere? Myself, being fairly new, kept myself in tip-top shape by clicking on YouTube videos while looking wistfully at my packed up gear in the corner, and occasionally checking it for rust. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I drink beer Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Working outside keeps me fit. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Potato chips and video games. Link to post Share on other sites
board328 0 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 3 kids and indoor slope Link to post Share on other sites
Peetan 10 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 and all this is related to the skills on piste? Sorry, maybe I should have been a bit clearer. What do people do that is directly snowboarding/skiing related while not on snow to make sure they don't lose touch, or is it like riding a bicycle? Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Nothing! Link to post Share on other sites
Peetan 10 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 well I suppose if one of them video games be SSX or Sean Wh.. sorry, yeah that wouldn't do it either.. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I wish I did stay 'sharper'. I get much 'blunter' around July-August time. Always get to winter wishing I was in better shape. Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Trail running is pretty good cross training for skiing I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Walking. Flat, uphill and downhill over mixed terrain. Skipping. The rope variety. Although have been known to skip down the mountain. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Try to skate a bit on the longboard squats lunges trampolining is great is you have one Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 "Sharp" is difficult to define - I tend to do a lot of bushwalking (what the Kiwis call "tramping") but ramp up the energy as the season approaches. Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post hellyer 216 Posted September 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2014 I had decided to read motivational books but I just can't seem to get started. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Yeah, I'd procrastinate but I just can't be bothered. (I like that ``beer'' idea, though, TB!) Link to post Share on other sites
Peetan 10 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Walking. Although have been known to skip down the mountain. I tend to cartwheel, myself. ...Though, is it technically called cartwheeling if partly done with your face? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ygrene 1 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Try to skate a bit on the longboard squats lunges trampolining is great is you have one I've got a longboard too but with "surfy trucks" so you can kind of carve on it. Doesn't really feel like snowboarding at all because you can't slide laterally but its perfect for the concrete wasteland that I live in. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Personal training/kickboxing/strength training to keep me relatively fit (have had 6 months off due to illness and injury so that hasn't helped) And backing it up - Southern and Northern Hemi adventures every year for the last 8... Sometimes just a week, sometimes much more, but even just a weeks freshen up in July can make all the difference. I now find that first skate into the lift queue of the new trip I feel all unco. But by the time I strap in up the top it's all back and form is switched on. It used to take a couple of days. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Try to skate a bit on the longboard squats lunges trampolining is great is you have one I've got a longboard too but with "surfy trucks" so you can kind of carve on it. Doesn't really feel like snowboarding at all because you can't slide laterally but its perfect for the concrete wasteland that I live in. Yeah got a freeboard but way too dangerous for me at least with the longboard you get the muscle memory in your feet and legs that imitate snowboarding slightly Link to post Share on other sites
ygrene 1 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Yeah got a freeboard but way too dangerous for me at least with the longboard you get the muscle memory in your feet and legs that imitate snowboarding slightly I was looking at freeboards but as I understand it, they're more for down hill riding, although I've read that they carve pretty well. I watched one of the instructional videos and thought "that looks way too fast for me" and went for the longboard I have now instead. As a way for keeping in touch with snowboarding in the off season, its not bad. I find the constant pushing with your off foot really works up a sweat quickly so I usually end up finding a reasonably steep and long hill and carve down it. Its definitely fun in its own way. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 I do what I do best.....KAYAK!! Oh..it's related alright.. Link to post Share on other sites
sapporo 8 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Used to skate (longboard) and it really helped my balance and muscle memory last season. Want to get a balance board (skateboard deck on a barrel). Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Forgot to mention that I now stand at the computer rather than sit. That's made a massive difference to my core in a very short space of time (3 months). And about 30 mins to an hour of that standing time I stand on a balancing board. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Oh, BTW Sapporo, we are gonna have a BBQ down by the Horohirabashi on the Toyohira river on Sunday from 1pm if you wanna come down. The last hurrah of summer!! If anyone else is in the area, please come down Link to post Share on other sites
sapporo 8 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Thanks for the invite! would def be up for it, but going to TOBIU camp/festival in Shiraoi (if there is still somewhere left not underwater to camp on!) Will def have to sort a trip to Teine and Kokusai together sometime this season! Link to post Share on other sites
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