Blue Tilt Exercises

Snow Board

Carved Hop Travers

Terrain

Green/Blue with Single Pitch Fall Line

Activity

Green - While traversing the hill rider will do a series of hops landing on the same edge with the tail following the same path as nose of the board without skidding.

Blue/Black - While traversing the hill the rider will do a series of hops landing the same edge as nose of the board without skidding also hoping vertically up or down the hill.

Emphasis

Rider needs to focus an aligned stacked stance. When leaving the ground, the rider needs to hope with pressure equal off both feet to stay centered.

Notes

This is for a high green rider.

Tags

green pressure, green tilt, blue pressure, blue tilt, black pressure, black tilt

Sidecut Traverses

Terrain

Green/Blue with single fall line

Activity

Traverses letting sidecut of the board create a natural arc. Toe side and heal side.

Emphasis

Maintain a distinct track in the snow.

Notes

When ever doing a travers, be aware of oncoming traffic and use safe class handling.

Tags

green pressure, green tilt, blue pressure, blue tilt

Tactical Garlands

Terrain

Wide groomed green or blue

Activity

Using the Garland to help travers multiple fall lines.

Emphasis

Using the garlands as a tactic to generate enough momentum to get across the trail.

Notes

Instructor needs to be able to communicate the fall lines to the rider. Lead follow often works to show how much speed is needed to get across the trail.

Tags

green twist, green tilt, green pressure, blue twist, blue tilt, blue pressure

Edge Change on Flexion

Terrain

Blue groomed

Activity

While doing turns edge change happens with a flexion rather than extension.

Emphasis

Rider should be smallest at transition tallest at apex.

Notes

Should feel like the board crosses under you instead of you crossing over the board.

Tags

blue tilt, blue pressure, black pressure, black tilt

Pivot Side slip

Terrain

Light Blue with constant fall line

Activity

The rider will slide down the hill in a side slip, then will allow the board to pivot under themselves and transfer to a new edge and continue down the fall line inside a board and a half corridor. Upper body will continue to face down fall line threwout the whole drill. The rider will start on the heal edge rotating threw to toe edge, then back to heal edge, then again threw to toe edge, and finally back to heals once more. I.e. start on heals one full pivot to the left end on toes. Pivot back to heals. One full pivot to the right to toes, pivot back to heals.

Emphasis

Rider must find a lower stance to allow the board to pivot more freely under the upper body.

Notes

This is a pivot drill with focus on upper lower body separation. If the upper body turns away from the fall line rider is not completing the drill as intended.

Tags

Blue Pivot

Funnel Turns

Terrain

Green, Blue or Black

Activity

Have student follow your tracks while varying the radius and rhythm of turns

Emphasis

Experiencing a range of Duration, Intensity and Timing (DIT) in body movement patterns to make varying turns with consistent speed.

Notes

For intermediate and advance level, Do talk about how board construction will impact DIT. Very stiff all-mountain board will respond differently than a flexible park board.

Tags

Green Twist, Blue Twist, Black Twist, Green Tilt, Blue Tilt, Black Tilt, Green Pivot, Blue Pivot, Black Pivot