Today I'm riding with Abby and we're going to be showing her and showing you some tips and some exercises to help you get better at snowboarding across flats.

今天我和艾比一起騎車，我們將向她展示一些技巧和練習，幫助你更好地在平地上單板滑雪。

Now the reason a lot of snowboarders struggle with getting across the flat piece is that it's because it requires a completely different turn shape to what you'd normally be doing across the rest of the mountain.

現在，很多單板滑雪者在穿越平地時都會遇到困難，這是因為在穿越平地時，所需的轉彎形狀與你通常在山上其他地方的轉彎形狀完全不同。

So normally when we're snowboarding we make what's called is that after each turn, whether it's heel side or toe edge, we get the board 90 degrees across the slope to slow ourselves back down and get a bit more control.

是以，通常我們在玩單板滑雪時，每次轉彎後，不管是腳跟側還是腳尖側，我們都會讓滑板在斜坡上呈 90 度，讓自己慢下來，從而獲得更多的控制力。

Now if you're to do this type of turn on the flats, not only are you going to just run out of speed, get stuck and end up skating across them, but you might have found yourself it's actually quite dangerous when you turn that board 90 degrees when you're on a flat slope, it's very easy to catch an edge.

現在，如果你在平地上做這樣的轉彎，你不僅會失去速度，被卡住，最終滑過平地，而且你可能會發現，當你在平坡上把衝浪板轉 90 度時，其實是相當危險的，很容易就會碰到邊緣。

So I'm going to show you that it's better when we're riding flats to change our turn from this shape to what we call an open turn.

所以我要告訴大家，當我們在平地上騎行時，最好將轉彎從這種形狀改為我們所說的開放式轉彎。

We basically really stretch out the turn so the board's almost running in a straight line but we're still rolling from one edge to another and the technique required for this is actually very similar to what we do when we're carving.

基本上，我們要把轉彎拉長，讓板子幾乎在一條直線上運行，但我們還是要從一個邊緣滾到另一個邊緣，這樣做所需的技術實際上與我們在雕刻時所做的非常相似。

So we're going to start off with some carving exercises.

是以，我們將從一些雕刻練習開始。

We're here on a nice wide mellow green slope, perfect for practicing some carving.

我們現在所處的位置是一個寬闊、圓潤的綠色斜坡，非常適合練習雕刻。

So what we're going to start doing is actually have the board going in a straight line on a flat base to begin with.

是以，我們首先要做的就是讓木板在平整的基礎上直線前進。

Now starting on a flat base it's quite important to understand this position because it's this neutral position that we're always in in between every turn.

現在，從平底開始，瞭解這個位置非常重要，因為我們在每次轉彎時都要保持這個中立位置。

Every time you go from your toe edge to your heel edge, your heel edge back to your toe edge, even if it's only for a fraction of a second, at some point you're in this flat base position.

每次你從腳趾邊緣到腳跟邊緣，再從腳跟邊緣回到腳趾邊緣，哪怕只有幾分之一秒，你都會在某個時刻處於這個平底位置。

So it's important we understand it and know what it feels like.

是以，我們必須瞭解它，知道它是什麼感覺。

Now a lot of people also think that this is the best position to ride across the flats in, that you just want to be completely on a flat base.

現在，很多人也認為這是在平地上騎行的最佳姿勢，你只想完全在一個平坦的基礎上騎行。

Now whilst it can work sometimes if the piece is completely level, if it's not you're completely at the mercy of the fall line.

現在，雖然有時在完全平整的情況下可以這樣做，但在不平整的情況下，你就完全受制於墜線了。

By that I mean even if your slope looks pretty flat, if it's slightly cambered off in one direction or another, if you're not on an edge and your board's just on a flat base you will end up going down whichever way the slope wants you to.

我的意思是說，即使你的斜坡看起來很平坦，但如果它在某個方向有輕微的彎曲，如果你不在邊上，你的衝浪板只是在一個平坦的基礎上，你最終會順著斜坡的方向滑下去。

So if you've ever been riding flats and you found like your board has a bit of a life of its own, it's probably because you're on a flat base and that board just feels quite skittish under your feet.

是以，如果你在平地上騎行時發現你的衝浪板有點 "不聽使喚"，那很可能是因為你踩在平底上，衝浪板在你腳下的感覺很不穩定。

But anyway back to the exercise, as I said we're going to start in this flat base position.

總之，回到練習上來，正如我所說，我們將從這個平躺的姿勢開始。

So this is neutral position, my shoulders are dead in line with the board, I've just got my head looking down where I want to be going and once you've done this for a couple of meters, you've got a little bit of speed, all I want you to do is start to bend your knees through your shins, press into the front of your boots and you're going to sink into that toe edge position that you already know.

這就是中立姿勢，我的肩膀與滑板保持在一條直線上，我的頭向下看著我想去的地方，一旦你這樣做了幾米，你就有了一點速度，我要你做的就是開始彎曲你的膝蓋，穿過你的小腿，壓到你靴子的前部，然後你就會進入你已經知道的腳尖邊緣姿勢。

Now I want you to dis any urge here to make any rotational movements to try and force the board to come around, but simply by getting your weight in the right place, the side cut of your board will engage in the snow and it's going to grip and pull you around across the piece.

現在，我希望你不要急於做出任何旋轉動作，試圖迫使雪板轉過來，而只需將重心放在正確的位置，雪板的側切面就會與雪面接觸，它就會抓緊雪面，把你拉過雪地。

So what we should see in the snow is a nice smooth arc and if you've got your weight exactly in the right place, you should leave a really thin pencil thin line in the snow.

是以，我們在雪地上看到的應該是一條平滑的弧線，如果你的重心恰到好處，就會在雪地上留下一條非常細的鉛筆細線。

So I'll give you a quick demonstration, give me a watch before you set off, make sure no one's coming down from above, you're not going to crash into them and we're going to give this a few goes.

我先給你做個示範，出發前給我看一下，確保沒有人從上面下來，你不會撞到他們，然後我們再試幾次。

We're starting on the toe side because we're on this side of the piece, we're going to take a look back at our line, see what went right, see what went wrong and we're going to repeat the exercise a few times on the heel edge as well.

我們從腳尖的一側開始，因為我們在作品的這一側，我們要回頭看一下我們的線條，看看哪些是對的，哪些是錯的，然後我們也要在腳跟的邊緣重複練習幾次。

Okay, make sense?

好了，明白了嗎？

All right, let's give it a go.

好吧，讓我們試一試。

Nice, we can see my line here on the heel edge, we've got Abi's line just there on the toe side.

很好，我們可以看到我的線在腳跟邊上，阿比的線就在腳趾邊上。

So we can see it's a bit fatter at the top, a little bit rushed at the first part of the turn, she's kind of kicked that back foot around, but towards the end we're starting to get a bit of an arc as the board grips in and begins to carve a little bit across the side.

是以，我們可以看到它的頂端有點胖，在轉彎的前半部分有點急，她的後腳有點亂踢，但到了最後，我們開始看到一點弧線，因為板子抓緊了，並開始在側邊刻出一點弧線。

So we had a teeny bit of practice there doing the carve turns and the green slope just up that way.

是以，我們在那裡進行了少量練習，做了一些雕刻彎和綠色斜坡。

At the top of the lift we just had a bit of a talk about posture and we're just practicing the posture more as we came down here, but now the end part of this slope is really, really mellow.

在纜車頂端，我們剛剛就姿勢問題進行了討論，在下來的過程中，我們也在不斷練習姿勢。

So we're going to go back to trying these carve turns, but rather than doing it one turn at a time and still closing off that turn, we're going to go back to what I mentioned earlier about these open turns.

是以，我們要繼續嘗試這些雕刻式轉彎，但不是一次一個轉彎，也不是封閉式轉彎，而是回到我之前提到的開放式轉彎。

So we're going to start off the exercise exactly the same way, I'm going to be flat base, coming down the side of the piece, a little bit of speed, I'm going to just rock my weight forward onto my toe edge, feel the board grip, bring me around, but rather than getting the board to keep coming around right across the piece, I'm going to stand back up into my neutral flat base position and the board's at about a 45 degree angle and I'm going to rock back onto my heel edge.

是以，我們將以完全相同的方式開始練習，我將平躺著，從木板的一側滑下，速度稍快，我將重心前移到腳趾邊緣，感覺到木板的抓地力，把我帶轉過來，但我不會讓木板一直在木板上繞來繞去，而是站回中立平躺的位置，木板大約呈 45 度角，我將搖回腳跟邊緣。

So I'm just going to do these big wide open S-shaped turns carving down the piece.

是以，我將在這塊木板上雕刻這些大開口的 "S "形轉角。

Now we are still on a bit of slope, so if you do start to pick up too much speed, yeah you can finish the odd turn off, slow it back down and then get into it again.

現在，我們還在斜坡上，所以如果你開始提速過快，是的，你可以完成零星的轉彎，放慢速度，然後再次進入狀態。

Essentially we're trying to ride here the same way that we would ride a flat slope, just rocking from one edge to the other.

從根本上說，我們在這裡的騎行方式與在平坡上的騎行方式相同，只是從一個邊緣搖到另一個邊緣。

Makes sense?

有道理嗎？

So give me a watch and then as always, jump in, give it a go.

所以，請讓我看一看，然後像往常一樣，跳進去，試一試。

So we've done a few carving exercises there to help hold that edge in the snow, get that board to grip and get the board to actually bring you through the turn, rather than rotating your body or developing any bad habits to try and get the board to turn.

是以，我們在這裡做了一些雕刻練習，以幫助在雪地上保持邊緣，讓雪板抓地，讓雪板真正帶著你轉彎，而不是轉動身體或養成任何壞習慣來試圖讓雪板轉彎。

Now we've been practicing again just on a slightly steeper slope, we did one run on the really mellow slope where we got those open turns that I was talking about achieving.

現在我們又在一個稍陡的斜坡上練習，我們在一個非常平緩的斜坡上跑了一次，在那裡我們實現了我所說的開放式轉彎。

Now at the bottom of this run we've got a really long flat section, so we're going to see hopefully how that is now going to all come together and help you on the flat bits.

現在，在這條賽道的底部，我們有一段很長的平坦路段，所以我們將看到，希望這一切都能在平坦路段上幫助你。

Are you ready?

準備好了嗎？

All right, I'll follow you down.

好吧，我跟你下去。