So I'm in my second year of snowboarding and I'm tired of getting sore body parts in the terrain park.
I just got back from a week in Big White where I was carving in and out of the trees no problem. I only hesitate slightly to throw myself off a jump/drop in the wilderness..I can land a 180 about 75% of the time, sometimes I do the 180 and then end up falling on my ass. It all seems to come apart in the park though.
Whenever I do a step-up, or one of the REALLY big jumps I always seem to chicken out a bit and slow down before the jump causing me to land to flat all the time, and when I do get air I never seem to have time to do a trick.
Whenever I try to do a rail or box I can hit all of the S, and some of the M ones as long as I keep the board straight. I'd really love to be able to do a 50-50 but whenever I try I land on my ass and the bum bum gets sore quickly.
I guess what I'd like tips on most are 1) doing a 50-50 2) getting off a box/rail without splitting my head/ass open 3) I would REALLY love to do a 360 off a jump/drop/step up
What can I practice in order to achieve my goals?
Thanks