Snowboarding at the West Hampden (Baltimore) Terrain Park
The drop in: a 4 1/2 foot tall pile of shoveled-off-someone’s-car snow. It’s heavy, icy, and at the highest point on the block. Great for a starting ramp.
The view from the top of the run. The top of the drop in is at the bottom of the frame. The jump is just before the snowboard, near the “No Parking” sign.
This is a hip. It’s a cross between a quarter pipe and a straight jump. When I land, I’m turned 90° relative to my direction of take off. My axis of rotation is tilted about 45° relative to vertical, so I’m leaning back a little bit when I leave the snow.
A view of the hip while standing just downhill.
Strapping in for a run. I’m standing on top of the drop in.
A few videos:
A grab…
… and a spin.
All in all, a good session. A few frontside 3’s, a few tweaked out grabs. I also learned that there are certain muscles surrounding my knee joints that have not seen this kind of exercise in a few years, and that that makes a difference. Snowboarding does not equal riding a bicycle in terms of joint stability.
Good times.
