Throttle side- sidehill

[AndrettiDog]

Find a good open hill that will allow you to crash without issues. Also, try it at a low speed. People have a tendency to nail the throttle once they pull the sled over. It makes for a violent ride. Just make sure you don't get lazy with a wrong foot forward move on that side and turn too much. You have to hold it and then get back in a neutral position or you will find a tree.

 

[robb]

Your thinking about it way to much just let it happen. and look where you want to go and you will go there.

 

[Motoman]

if your sled wants to fall down then you need to move your foot back on the running board. The further back you are on the board, the easier it will be to keep the sled up on it's side. If you're too far back it will wash out. You just have to find the sweet spot. Also, use your down hill arm to PUSH the handle bar down, don't try to do all the work with your up hill arm, it will wear you out.
Also, keep your body close to the sled, most people make the mistake of "hanging way off the sled" to keep it up. You will get very tired very fast if you do that. The size of the person doesn't matter. I'm only 5'8" 168 lbs and Brett Rassmussen is prob 5'5" 140 if he's lucky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgC8xc2y84&feature=related

Here's a little clip of some sidehilling. At 10 seconds in the video, is a decent shot of a right sidehill close up. Notice how far back my foot is and how I stay directly over the sled. Hope this helps just keep practicing

Oh here's another clip of us doing quite a bit of right side-hilling. Once you find the balance point, It's all good.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MMKsnowmobiling#p/u/5/l_elEvehBzw


For sure though, watch schooled and schooled again and they have some awesome pointers

 

[Motoman]

I just watched your vid. You're better than you think you are, just practice. After it falls flat, COUNTER STEER to get it back on it's side and always keep your hands on the bars! Sometimes you have to point is down hill and countersteer to get it back up on it's side, just give it a little gas and a little jerk and it will come back.

 

[longtrack156]

sleds always pull over to the left easier, the clutch spinning on that side makes them do it

A lot of sleds are quite a bit heavier on the left side.

 

[muffins51]

Great advice i have the same problem i practice every chance i get

 

[powderpilot]

Yep on the couter-steer, and don't be afraid to over-balance it. If you have your left foot forward and your right foot off, then you can use your right foot to keep you from laying it into the bank.... Even if you do, you can walk it forward to get you going again. And practice going really slow. Looks like you've got some skills already!!! Keep it up!

 

[Scott]

Good stuff.

 

[tudizzle]

Make sure your using both your pointer finger and you pinky...but from underneath. And instead of locking your elbow I prefer 11 degrees just shy of fully locked. Now as far as foot position.....Right foot about 6.35" from the edge of the foot well (upper edge of course). And the right foot should be staggered back just a tad, and not a metric tad even though you might be on a skidoo.


Or you could just skip all that and put a roll of quarters in your right pocket...problem solved.

 

[Yamadoo04]

Speed and throttle control is key as well as foot placement. If you start going too fast it makes it much harder to hold the machine on its side. Try to feather the throttle and keep at a slower constant speed. When you do start to loose it and fall back down hill hit the gas and counter steer as far as you can go and it will come back over just like if you were on flat ground turning to the right.

Here is a video of some sidehills on the turbos from Christmas this year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCWiP5hH3dY



This one is from a couple of weeks ago. This one you can see foot placement on some of the shots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd3-bHTPj_A