Up ⬆️to ➡️ Down⬇️ Transitions
Transitions are where we gain or lose time in our day. Sloppy transitions can loose gear to the wind, take seemingly forever, and have your partners getting cold and angry.
A few tips for the transition:
1. Have a process. Everyone is unique, have your process you do everytime you transition. Through repetition you will gain speed. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
2. Try to touch your gear once or as few times as possible on the transition. example: I click out of my board and immediately shift my boots into downhill mode. For soft booters this looks like unstrapping, flipping your hi-back to ride mode, and removing the binding from the board.
3. Watch out for the WIND! You don't want your fresh new jacket getting ripped out of your pack and blown on to that avalanche slope you committed to not riding.
4. Practice joining your board together in your living room at home! Think of Forrest Gump field stripping his rifle. You should be able to do it blindfolded.
5. Always secure the pieces of your board in the snow, don't let that board run away from you!
