Sidehilling help...

[hilinerider]

find a meadow with good snow and practice puttin er up on one ski til you can ride it to a stop and still hold it, this feelin of balance of the machine is what you need to hold the hill, and gettin in and out of the throttle can help- you move up and down the hill to pick your way through the trees, seat time is all it takes,

 

[ragincajun]

here is EVERYTHING you need to know. good vid for a beginner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDwBj6SxD90

 

[buffaloHAWK]

TRY this

how about trying a snow hawk? no sway bars to remove, no need for bar risers or handlebar loop thing. no hanging one leg off the side....just a thought. check them out on you tube....

 

[m7bandit]

maybe this will help for your hieght recomend taller riser keeps you from leaning forward and more putting weight on front end,stand on up hill side put one foot towards back of running board. combination of leaning, giving gas and pushing the back end of sled

 

[longtrack156]

Check out countersteer and sidehill here;
http://www.sledshot.com/tech_tips.php

 

[spring snow hero]

this starts out on a steep and solid ski run. I dropped the ball on the way up and had to spear a tree to get whoa'ed. my choices were either to bounce off trees on the way back down or dig a shelf and sidehill out. all of the sidehilling you see is in pretty stiff snow, most well into the spring.

remember to be hungry on the throttle that alone is the most important thing to getting started. once the track is digging in your next primary concern is balance. you need to keep balance in relation to your sleds angle and the hill....and the front to back of the sled. too low in the front and you are going down hill.....to high and you are stuck.....it's all about balance. the sledshot vid is a great one. I don't agree with all of his technique when pertaining to older chassis' but for yours I would use it. you rarely have to get too fancy to get your sled to stay where you want it....but getting it there quickly might take a bit of work. have fun and practice practice practice.....the sidehill tech is gonna get you out of a bad spot more then all others combined.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=33162611

 

[HUNDO]

I'm 6'2" and found that a 3" on my 900 was too short...you end up leaning over too far. Might try something a little higher

6'4 240lbs never been an issue for me, but I've been riding along time.

Its like a golf swing, if I think about it I fu$k up my swing, but if I just swing everything is fine.

And make sure the person giving the advice is better at it than you are...ever get golf advice from a guy playing worse than you?