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A bunch of the snowboard boys joined the Aussies for their clinic earlier this week. Here’s Tommo’s write up on it (short video included at the bottom)…

Clinic title: Riding Tasks in the Australian System from Levels 1 through to 4.

Clinic synopsis: The Aussies discussed stance options – duck stance vs positive angle and how they effect the snowboard differently. Then gave an intro to the turns expected at each level in their system. These are as follows;
Level 1 – intro to up-unweighted short turns
Level 2 – up-unweighted short turns increasing performance
Level 3 – up-unweighted short turns with a stronger fore/aft movement
Level 4 – retraction extension turns
Additional exercises – toe-to-toe tasks, heel-to-heel tasks… with a challenge

Our summary: The Australians had a great turn out with about 40 people turning up to their snowboard clinic. We started off as one large group and briefly reviewed stance options, i.e. duck stance vs positive angles with the focus being how the pressure on the snowboard changes between the two.
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