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Spin direction??

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masbeth64
Posts: 94 - Karma: 10
Ok i didnt know where to post this, so i figured i'd post it in general. I have been skiing since i was 4, but only last year i started skiing park and such, and so in one year i was able to do most basic rail stuff, and up to a mute 3, but during the last ski season, i was havingtrouble picking a spin direciton. for the 180's i would spin one way, and for 360's i would spin another way. I figured that i should be spinning the same way but when i try to change either, it feels really akward, especially on the windup. This year im going to go for big spins with more rotation but i think that i really need to decide which way to spin before i do it. Is it normal to have different directions for a 1 or 3. Can people tell me how they spin? I dont know if this matters, lol, but ill post some stuff that may have to do with spin direction:
I right handed
I Skateboard and surf goofy (right food forward)its easier for me to spin counter clockwise on a skateboard

I Do rails on skis with right foot forward

thanks if anyone can help me with that
Oct 14 2005 9:36PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
If you're right handed, it should be easier for you to spin to the left(counter clockwise).
Oct 14 2005 9:39PM
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zepscratch
Posts: 3517 - Karma: 36
im right handed and i spin right, it should feel natural, try spinning as hard as you can in both directions, if u start to lose your balance one way then dont use it.
Oct 14 2005 9:51PM
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zepscratch
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its always cool to be able to spin both ways too
Oct 14 2005 9:52PM
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winterkid33
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well i spin left but switch i can spin switch unnaty 3s easier then switch 3s umm 1s are easy both ways its not unnatrual if you spin 3s to the left so spin anything bigger the same way as ur 3s. dont 1s are prob just a fluke maybe cause the way you see the landing the whole way or how u are comfy skiing switch. tryin ridein around switch for a while i bet youll find you like lookin over ur left shoulder more then ur right which is why you like doin 1s unnaty cause you land switch rideing that way.
Oct 14 2005 10:00PM
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twintipteles
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i spin right natty, but i do 180's to the left, i think for 180s it has less to do with spin direction but what shoulder you are more comfortable looking over landing switch.
Oct 14 2005 10:20PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
i spin both i worked on it all last year instead of actually learining new tricks this was more fun
Oct 14 2005 11:11PM
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JesseWest
Posts: 882 - Karma: 27
im a lefty in every dimension of life. in most cases righties spin left and leftys spin right. i spin right.
Oct 14 2005 11:49PM
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sniper_6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,573
i spin right on naturally (im a lefty) but my natural spin for switch 3s and 5s is to the left. weird
Oct 15 2005 12:59AM
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hans_aschim
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 11
im ambidextrious and im comfortable spiining both ways yo
Oct 15 2005 1:17AM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
it has nothing to do with your hands. its just what you are more comfortable with
Oct 15 2005 1:36AM
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ItsPhil
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its all preference
Oct 15 2005 1:38AM
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eheath
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im right handed and spin right, but just do what feels better
Oct 15 2005 1:44AM
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daniel_insam
Posts: 1494 - Karma: 33
i'right handed, and I spin to the left usually
Oct 15 2005 6:41AM
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WillieStyle
Posts: 241 - Karma: 16
heres the deal, if you can spin both way already, even for different sized spins, thats awsome, itll make it that much easier to learn unnatural spins when u get that far, keep practicing both ways, and youll end up owning your park.
Oct 15 2005 12:14PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
yea dude just keep working on spinning both ways, don't choose a direction, will make you a 10x better park skier
Oct 15 2005 12:15PM
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bueyan
Posts: 1092 - Karma: 34
exacually
Oct 15 2005 1:25PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
i do everything right. im right handed, i skate goofy, i spin to my right and i slide right foot forward..but i play a left handed bass.
Oct 15 2005 3:08PM
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bueyan
Posts: 1092 - Karma: 34
how would you bang a chick if she just ripped off her pants and was like... if you don't do it good im shooting you... then you'll know what way to spin
Oct 15 2005 4:20PM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
i do the same thing, i spin 108s more comfortably left and everything else right
but corks are leftside
but i can pretty much do everything both ways excpet for corks
Oct 15 2005 4:44PM
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STAUSS
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yeah leftside!
Oct 15 2005 4:55PM
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DHogg
Posts: 3462 - Karma: 237
if your gonna stop really quickly do u go left of right? also if someone pushes you from behind, you willput out a foot to stabilize. if its your right that does go left vice versa
Oct 15 2005 5:44PM
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Anathema
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most people go leftside
Oct 15 2005 5:45PM
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montageskier
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I spin to the right.
Oct 15 2005 5:49PM
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twintipteles
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that really applies to rail direction rather than spinning, i slide right foot forward, and spin right, but according to you i should spin left
Oct 15 2005 5:52PM
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roussillon
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it's really waht you feal the most comfortable. i don't even know the way i spin
Oct 15 2005 5:52PM
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bermbuster49
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i slide rails left foot forward, but spin with natural left.
Oct 15 2005 6:30PM
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skiierman
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Not necissarly true because I spin left, on all spins, and have to get comfortable with looking over my left shoulder riding switch.
Oct 15 2005 6:38PM
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chapz
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spin whichever way ur more comfortable with
Oct 15 2005 6:40PM
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Dan-Man
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true dat
Oct 15 2005 8:07PM
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mad_540_trix
Posts: 2452 - Karma: 14
i spin right, golf right, bat left, play hockey right, play right handed guitar (regular), and i'm left handed. it's a matter of preference.
Oct 15 2005 9:47PM
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masbeth64
Posts: 94 - Karma: 10
hmm so thanks for all the replies.. so basically im gonna just give both ways another go this year and see whats works best, and i guess ill spin my bigger spins(5s) the same way i do 3s, and ill kinda disregard the way i do 1s, since those are little anyway.... although maybe doing a 5 will be differnet since its fakie landing...only time will tel..thanks for all the answers though
Oct 15 2005 11:00PM
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MALONE
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just SKI!!!
Oct 15 2005 11:12PM
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masbeth64
Posts: 94 - Karma: 10
"Just SKI!!"

i wish i could ski lol.. .but snow wont be here for a good month or two where i live..and even then its not enough for anything but rails
Oct 16 2005 12:53AM
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r5tommy
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left
Oct 16 2005 12:59AM
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