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Georgie Goryachikh

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I focus on biomechanics and outcomes when teaching, adapting based on what would yield the best outcomes for each person and context. I love snowboarding and teaching snowboarding. I'm a huge fan of board games, tabletop RPGs, and strategy PC games, especially when it's raining or dark out ...
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"⤷" means “has the effect of…”

🥅 Goal: more versatile + improve towards CASI 3

You were tired in some of these clips. Long term, let's work towards consistent versatility & great flow. This involves having a solid default technique to fall back on even when tired. This is important because riding inefficiently when tired would only tire you out even faster, definitely could be a vicious cycle!

💪 Great Stuff

- Knees over toes with ankles bent - Hips centred over the width of the board - Shoulders open - Weight shifted towards the back foot for more grip at speed - Centred over the board on your ollies - Confidence in tough conditions/terrain

🌞 Current: tension & leverage on front leg

Front shoulder behind front hip (tail-wards upper body slant):

⤷ front hip yanks on the front leg

⤷ leverage on the leg torques the foot as the pivot point, mashing it inside the boot

⤷ likely contributing to foot pain

Also


⤷ harder to engage or maneuver front foot

⤷ nose’s effective edge can’t engage well with the snow

⤷ board is not being allowed to turn itself nor self-adapt to the terrain’s topography

⤷ need to resort to tossing the tail around with brute force for small radius turns

⤷ the terrain tosses you around in return

⤷ tiring, less control and versatility/adaptability

🎯 Target: consistently have front shoulder in front of hip with engaged core & front leg

Get shoulders more towards the front foot (slight nose-ward upper body slant):

⤷ front knee gets pushed forward, relieves leverage & tension on front leg/foot

⤷ knee can move more feely, front leg can be more engaged/ready to affect the nose while still having weight planted near the tail for grip

⤷ nose’s effective edge is effective, effortless turn initiation and edge control

⤷ more control, power & versatility, especially in tough terrain. React (and ride) faster and smoother

⚡️ How

When riding, be extra mindful of shoulder position relative to the hip:

- Picture: holding a sit up but standing up, feel a pinch in the waist, consistent core engagement

- Check: forward upper body slant

- Check: lack of a tension along front leg

- Check: can to freely move front knee around without moving the rest of the body much

- Shouldn’t feel a need to force the tail

🚀 Ollie: using an active front leg

Currently leaning and using upper body mass to pull on the front leg in order to bend the board. Telltale sign = straight front leg when it’s being pulled.

Try retracting the front leg up towards your chest using leg and core muscles to bend the board instead.

⤷ Bigger, smoother ollie. Feel more balanced in the air.

🏡 At Home

Feel the difference by trying the position standing or strapped in on your board on carpet:

- Should be able to freely move the front knee move around freely up & down, side to side, front & back without having to move the rest of the body much.

- You can see how backwards shoulders makes it harder to maneuver the front let and harder to balance.

- Remember to keep your centre of mass towards the back foot

Squat jumps in that position gets you the muscle memory

Doing sit ups in the summer goes a long way!


Continue the progress with your next session here.