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Part III: Sliding out your tail on turns
By Jonny Carve

Feet and arm positioning stay pretty much the same as instructed in Learning
to Carve.  The biggest difference is the weight shift.  

First things first, pick a spot ahead where you wish to execute the turn.  
Pick up as much speed as you’re comfortable with, cause you’ll need some 
momentum to pull this off.  As you approach that spot (aiming directly 
across the street), about 60-70% of your weight will be on your back foot as
is normal.  Slowly shift your weight forward as you begin to lean back into 
your turn.  By the time you’re at your desired turning spot, about 60-70% of
your weight should be shifted to your front foot, and you should have 
completed half of your turn (aiming downhill).  At this point, your front 
leg should be comfortably bent, and your back leg should be bent a little 
less (since you’re leaning on your front foot).  

Here comes the tough part:

Lean on your front foot even more, so that you’ve got 70-80% of your weight 
up there.  This will free up your back wheels so that they can slide out.  
Now kick your back leg out in front of you, so that it’s almost completely 
straight.  As you do this, your board should rotate on your front wheels, 
and your back wheels should be sliding out from the force of your back foot.
When you’re first learning this, try to just slide into a stop, (like a 
hockey stop on ice skates) and end with your board perpendicular to the hill.
Keep practicing the slide, and increase your approach speed little by little.

Once you’re completely comfortable with the sliding stop, you’re ready to 
learn how to flow out of your turn.  To do this, go into your turn like 
you’re trying to do a sliding stop, but instead of sliding your board all 
the way around, just go about 2/3 of the way (in between facing downhill, 
and back across the street).  This way your momentum will still be slightly
downhill.  To stop your slide, slowly shift your weight back to your back 
foot, and your back wheels will catch.  Make sure your legs are bent when 
you do this, cause you’ll begin to accelerate again, and you don’t want to 
lose your balance.  

Now keep practicing this at increasing speeds until you seriously rip, and 
can start sending ME trick tips!  

If you find this helpful, or have some suggestions that we should add, 
please let us know.  E-mail me!

We'll continue to dive into more advanced carving in the next Carving 
Chronicle.  See you then.

Jonny Carve