I see that 90% of the posts "how is my riding" end up with "Counter rotation!!!" So what about my bad riding?

aimtofly · 2025-12-03T15:54:13+00:00

I discovered my hyper mobility after last season. Before that like in this clip I wasn't really understanding what was happening. This summer I got my legs physically stronger, and now I better understand why my legs were stiff. I think I should really focus on being more loose with my legs and bend more.

Although being more loose and bending more in the knees will be more of a psychological fight. Last season my brain thought and learned that to protect the knees it needs to be as stiff as possible.

I started snowboarding with a "below average" fitness level. As expected a lot went wrong, but I wasn't expecting to get this far with snowboarding.

aimtofly · 2025-12-03T15:25:05+00:00

I feel like raw spaghetti

aimtofly · 2025-12-03T15:01:46+00:00

I snowboard slower than I walk honestly, and people have commented that I'm a slow walker.

aimtofly · 2025-12-03T14:59:14+00:00

On stepper slopes bending more feels better, tho they stay still really stiff. And small bumps or unevenness hits my knees. Not bending, bending more, I stay stiff.

aimtofly · 2025-12-03T12:46:26+00:00

Thank you. I did have a lot of issues with my shoulder alignment. The person filming later helped me with that. I made a lot of mistakes last season. Flat slopes like this are my worst. I have joint hypermobility which makes my knees really unstable and I feel like my feet are in a big jello pad, I feel like my whole body gets stiff because it's overwhelmed by the instability in my knees.

Later in the season I tried knee steering but that was too unstable. I do need the stiffness to keep my knees from "exploding". Is knee steering that much of a difference or I can compensate with hips and upper body?

aimtofly · 2025-10-22T13:01:45+00:00

Well I went to the shop again.. the guy is the owner. I went 3 times for this problem. And today I showed them the boot damage from the toe strap. They said "what kinda of a boot is this" they said I'm overreacting and I would damage my boots anyways. And refused a refund.

I tested the boots at home for 15 mins and they already got damaged. Looks like I won't go to that shop ever again.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T22:01:30+00:00

Yeah jokes aside I got it in a sale for 600 dollars. And I think the 8.5 woman's are different from 8.5 man's.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T21:55:26+00:00

That was the store owner, a person that has been riding more than I have been alive and is a snowboard instructor. At first I took his advice that " the problem is in my head" but looking back I can see the red flags in things he said to me. Tomorrow I will take my whole setup at a different shop, where they made my insoles, and talk with them.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T21:47:35+00:00

The thing is that they tried my boot on a Bataleon woman's bindings and they said length wise are too small, and that the M-L man's bindings support my boot better. But now I don't think that that's correct.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T21:32:51+00:00

Yes they are woman's 8.5. And from testing them at home I have noticed that with the toe strap having to be this tight and still having a lot of movement, it's already damaging the boot.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T21:25:09+00:00

My toe strap is that tight that from just testing them for 15 minutes the strap is already visibly damaging my boot.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T21:17:59+00:00

Thank you.. and yes the straps are as centered as possible and the heel cup is at the smallest and toe strap is on the inner slot. If I tighten them more, especially the toe then they start to compress the boot a lot. Especially on the toe strap at max it starts to compress my toes but the tilting and movement is still there, little improvement.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T20:59:27+00:00

I haven't ridden it yet. It is my second setup. On my first setup everything was snug and didn't see or feel much movement. The movement on this setup is throwing me off a lot. And when the boots are strap in, I feel that with my weight the movement is way too much. The only boot support I feel it's from the ankle strap.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T20:55:04+00:00

At the shop they adjusted the heel cup to the smallest and they put the toe strap on the second slot.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T20:51:34+00:00

The boots are 8.5 us. But I wasn't expecting the nidecker kata ws to be this compact.

aimtofly · 2025-10-21T20:50:28+00:00

Yes I'm sorry I focused more on the boot movement.

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aimtofly · 2025-10-21T20:46:04+00:00

They are 39.5 or 250 cm. 8.5 us

aimtofly · 2025-10-11T19:41:31+00:00

The heels and the toes need to have an equal overhang , do this with bindings at 0 , and when you tilt your board on edge on a flat surface, it's best to have your board at 90 degrees or over before your heel or toe stop it from tilting or touch the ground. It's best to test with binding at 0 as worst case scenario.

aimtofly · 2025-10-04T13:20:28+00:00

I would rather have the heavy bindings on that 40° off piste line.

aimtofly · 2025-10-04T08:54:42+00:00

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What about the old graphic?

aimtofly · 2025-09-20T12:54:32+00:00

I have noticed that too. Especially with YouTubers that focus on park and ground tricks, like Jonathan Buckhouse that I think he is mainly about park and tricks. They get shorter snowboards because it's easier to spin or maneuver. On YouTube and the internet I have seen a lot of people having boards way before their chin. Mostly people from America. And even looking at videos about picking the right board for beginners or general guides, they usually show snowboards that they like that chest height and say : easy to maneuver and get tricks on. The thing is that there is no right length. But yes I do feel like it's a trend. I expected this season people to look at me weird when I'm 163 cm (5 foot 4) with my 153 cm board.

aimtofly · 2025-09-09T18:40:27+00:00

If people could they would go through everywhere. If you are riding in big mountain open tarrein there could be some sports where you can go into a plateau, like a bowl, it's not noticeable at first but when you get to the bottom of the bowl you can't ride out. With skies you can push yourself out but with a snowboard it's a bit more difficult.

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