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Tips on landing switch

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petek
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I usually can do a 180 on a small jump, or just an ollie, but i'm a heavy guy that craves big air, plus our park isn't that great yet, so flat landings are all around. I just need to know, what absorbs the impact, landing switch. Because i am really getn trouble with landin it, any other tips?

-this comin from the guy that backseated a safety once.
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Jan 3 2003 11:05PM
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ESB
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Do it lots and lots... you'll get used to it. Ride around fakie in your spare time, get the feel of it; look over the shoulder that you spin towards; you can stagger your feet a bit if you want. To absorb landings, it's just the same as landing regular- it's in the knees and the 'crouch reflex.' The only difference is, you're condensing your body going backwards, not forwards, and it's hard to commit to leaning back when you're going backwards. That's the way you'll get switch landings solid, is by working on staying centered on your skis (not leaning forward!) and absorbing the impact with the knees. Like butta.

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Jan 4 2003 12:03AM
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D-spin
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and when u start landing switch on like 40 footers somthing that i found realy helps is lean back just before you land...

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Jan 4 2003 12:12AM
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Ds91260
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lean back as in back into ur boots or forward into your boots, cause im in need of some help landing switch on big 180s
Jan 4 2003 12:40AM
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D-spin
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well this is only if when your eating shit you fall foward on your stomac, and if you are lean back as in back in your boots, not alot just kinda make that your center of gravity...

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Jan 4 2003 12:46AM
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threejay
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i can land better switch now then i can forwards. Alot of times when i spin forwards i get all back seat. But thats pretty difficult to do landing switch. so now i jsut stick to 1's and 5's.:)



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Jan 4 2003 11:10AM
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petek
Posts: 8762 - Karma: 12
yeah, but u get the equivelent of a backseat, u punch the deck, or eat shit

-this comin from the guy that backseated a safety once.
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Jan 4 2003 3:39PM
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NH_LiNe
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nice all this shit is gunna help me tommorow


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Jan 4 2003 6:21PM
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Parkboy
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make sure your bindings are set tight so you dont pre release, and even then don't lean forward too much because you'll snap out of your heals and eat shit, try to stay centered.
Jan 4 2003 8:02PM
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Hobojibber
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Now im not one to give tips, but i can lands switch. My key to landing switch is to not look back. Basically ill land switch blind. I let my body land me.
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Jan 4 2003 8:05PM
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ESB
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Actually hobojibber has a good point. The best way to be looking while coming down switch is straight down at your skis, not over your shoulder.

Anyway, a bit of clarification: when I say lean back, I mean lean back like into the back of your boots. You know how you get backseat on a jump when you land regular? Well, you have the same problem landing switch, except you get backseat going backwards; i.e., you're leaning forward too much. It's all about keeping that line of balance perpendicular to your skis, which, when you're landing switch on an inclined landing, means you have to lean backwards, as in leaning back towards your tails. It works. Trust me.

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Jan 5 2003 12:44AM
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Airspeed-X
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Yeah if you land switch and look over your shoulder you'll have a hard time. I always look down at my skis but from all of this Im going to try to do what kamikaze says.. lean back as in down the mountian. Thanks :) I find it tough crossing my skis while doing a tail grab with a 180.. anyone have tips for that?

-Randy
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Jan 5 2003 2:58PM
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Sammy69
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I think it's all about practice
Jan 5 2003 3:11PM
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Airspeed-X
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yea you are right.

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Jan 5 2003 3:12PM
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epimitheus
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look up the hill when you land and it helps you absorb with your knees and not you back. the reason that people bend over when landing fakie is because they are looking down at their tips.

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Jan 5 2003 9:29PM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
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yeah it's all in the knees - that's how Crichton lands like butter. And for tail grab 180s try and turn your shoulders into the spin when you first leave the jump it'll set you up to grab the tail easily then when you're done with the grab you'll just need to spin the skis and not your whole body.
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Jan 5 2003 10:03PM
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