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Why do i suck so much?

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skicali916
Posts: 469 - Karma: 10
So today was my first dat skiing this season. I had fun but i realized how much i really suck. I am good with carving and the general skiing techniques but i can never seem to progress in the park. I have a problem with just being too scared. Call me a pussy if u want, but i know u guys were all in this same situation at one point and i just want your tips and how u guys get the balls to try stuff.
Dec 17 2005 8:34PM
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Ski_Unit_19
Posts: 8188 - Karma: 38
im usually just like "fuck it" then i go
Dec 17 2005 8:35PM
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i8van
Posts: 2953 - Karma: 230
after some time u will realize that to do a trick u just have to go for it. hard to explain. just go for it. fall, stand up, go again...
Dec 17 2005 8:36PM
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i8van
Posts: 2953 - Karma: 230
yea, i usually say "fuck that". hhaha
Dec 17 2005 8:36PM
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TheProfitSkier
Posts: 3901 - Karma: 9
ive learned this season that jumps and rails that you make you self are much less intiadating. the landings softer, and there is just something about feeling safe on something you have built. try it i promise you will get better, unless your really a pussy
Dec 17 2005 8:40PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
I used to be the same way back in the day. You just have to realize that you're going to go out of your comfort zone when you're learning something new, just go for it.
Dec 17 2005 8:41PM
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potatofarmer
Posts: 2020 - Karma: 13
fo reall, you just gotta go for it, dont think. Then you'll do it, and if you get it, sweet keep going and do it again. If not ya just gotta get up, brush it off and try again.
People wont make fun of you for trying, the only way that you'll get made fun of in the park is if you dont.
Dec 17 2005 8:42PM
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skicali916
Posts: 469 - Karma: 10
yeah i always feel like if i fall im gonna get made fun of and shit and alot of times that really keeps me from going for it
Dec 17 2005 8:43PM
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nilzlet
Posts: 1892 - Karma: 16
think of all the times youve fallen? and have they really been that bad? No, you get up and ski away, 99% of the time. so think of that.
Dec 17 2005 8:44PM
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seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
just yesterday and today Ive gotten a lot better and more comfortable, doing 1's off everything I can, thats it besides some boxes till my thumb gets better.
Dec 17 2005 8:44PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
^doing ones off of everything helped me a ton too
Dec 17 2005 8:57PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
yea
i cant do a 3 yet
i fell 10 times out of 11
i hesitate a lot and wait for like 20 minutes and then do it
Dec 17 2005 9:00PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
Thinking is the worst thing you can do, you just have to have a general idea of what you're going to try and just do it.
Dec 17 2005 9:01PM
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freestyle_kyle
Posts: 2620 - Karma: 164
yeah i just watch ski movies, get pumped, listen to some music (S6 soundtrack works nicely) to pump you up and just fuckin give 'er!!! and ski with people who are better than you, that way you'll progress more quickly, cuz if ur not pushing yourself then they should be. and it also helps to set goals for yourself. dont like set your goal to spin a 7 after u just stomped your fisrt three. just take small steps. like do a box. then switch out. then same thing on a rail. then unnaty on box, then rail. then 270 off box, then rail. 270 on box, then rail. baby steps.
Dec 17 2005 9:01PM
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Lineskier-101
Posts: 7863 - Karma: 22
I have to tell myself i can do it, and If I fail, I tell myself I'm doing something wrong, and It can't be that hard to correct it.
Dec 17 2005 9:10PM
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Balgus
Posts: 474 - Karma: 14
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if you go for something you have to be fully commited and you cant go half way if not you will get injured.so be confident

dont worry about it it'll come

good luck bud
Dec 17 2005 9:12PM
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iheartskiing7
Posts: 410 - Karma: 10
i have the same problem
Dec 17 2005 9:16PM
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iheartskiing7
Posts: 410 - Karma: 10
but usually i just go for it. its so satisfying when you finally do it, even if you don't do it perfect
Dec 17 2005 9:18PM
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martockpublicenemy
Posts: 2284 - Karma: 11
you just have to say in your mind that you can do it, unless you truly can't, then don't
Dec 17 2005 9:26PM
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*T-Hobbs*
Posts: 718 - Karma: 193
Wear headphone (at leaszt in one ear if not two), it helps soooo much, i dunno why. I used to get really scared before comps until i started wearing headphones, just makes me relax, its like you have the park to yourself and no one matters.... i promise- try it!
Dec 17 2005 9:30PM
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wskibum176
Posts: 1536 - Karma: 13
exactly, if you thinka about it, your gonna have second thoughts and pussy out. just go for it and do it how you think it sohuld be done
Dec 17 2005 10:31PM
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aznpcskier
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 113
ski with good people, after moving to pc there are so many good kids, and when I see them do a manuver, I tell myself that I can do it also. Idk whenever I do a train I look ahead and see someone do a trick I've never done and I tell myself I could do that.
Dec 17 2005 10:33PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Say it's a big jump, just go strait at it and not think. That's the key is just not thinking, don't think about the gap, the size of the jump or whatever becasue when you are in the air, you won't notice.
Dec 17 2005 10:36PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
first, dont say u suck, otherwise you'll just settle with sucking and not care anymore... so do simple shit, 180s, grabs, 180s with grabs...dont just be like "I wanna do 720" and then when u pussy out say u suck...start small and think positive
Dec 17 2005 10:38PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
^ agreed. if u put yourself down, u wont get any better
Dec 17 2005 10:45PM
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bigsoxfan
Posts: 734 - Karma: 10
yeah i have the same problem i dont commit enough, like ever so im really gunna work on not thinking as much and just goin for it, cuz i didnt commit to a rail and it sucked
Dec 17 2005 11:11PM
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crazyfuck
Posts: 5968 - Karma: -7
i just tell myself "pin it, you fucking fairy" and then go for it. the beginning of the season is usually like what you were describing, though- it takes a couple times to get used to throwing yourself 30, 40, 50, 60+ feet through the air while spinning.
Dec 17 2005 11:18PM
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*542*
Posts: 1224 - Karma: 19
What you need to work on is having fun and skiing with other people. Having fun as in throwing spread eagles and joking around. If you super uptight and serious about skiing in the park, you may never progress. When you ski with with other people you also have more fun. Just remember that if you dont want to try something-dont do it. Skiing is very mental. Whenever I dont feel good about trying a new trick or something, thats always when I get hurt.
Dec 17 2005 11:19PM
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salomonskiier12
Posts: 2862 - Karma: 19
same-just have the balls to do it-think about yourself landing it and you can do it-practice make perfect....
Dec 17 2005 11:20PM
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fuzz.
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 47
^ very true just relax and have fun dont worry about getting hurt you only learn from your mistakes
Dec 17 2005 11:21PM
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Dirac
Posts: 1304 - Karma: 335
i usually dont wait before doing things, if im gonna try somthing i just go for it, i also tell my friend to puch me in the arm if i dont try something on the NEXT RUN because i used to say ill try somtime that day, and then try it once at the end
Dec 17 2005 11:25PM
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bmxican_89
Posts: 2617 - Karma: 23
haha thats exactly what i do! i fuck around so much and without even really trying i end up progressing because im only worried about having fun.

but its so funny to come into the park lek you are some random gaper and like snowplow and fall on your ass right infront of every body thats waiting. you get some wierd looks but its kind of a thing you can only do once in awhile. but i do so much random shit like that just to keep it fun.
Dec 17 2005 11:26PM
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MSdemeanor
Posts: 106 - Karma: 10
I know the feeling. Especially being a girl it's tough, because I get bashed on daily about wanting to learn park. but the thing of it is, once you get out there, if you talk to people and they know its your first time or whatever, they really support you

I was skiing and actually had someone come up to me and ask if i would go to the park. after i said i wasnt sure cuz i didnt know much, he took me and showed me and helped me learn some stuff. It was fun, but i was scared to mess up too. but i did it anyways

i even had people cheer for me when i landed a jump good. it was cool. it makes you feel good.
Dec 17 2005 11:31PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
where i ski there are probably only about 40 ppl around and i fall alot and i dont care because i know everybody
Dec 17 2005 11:32PM
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UTskier
Posts: 743 - Karma: 158
Sometimes being a pussy is good. I skied a nice line today, perfect untouched pow, but it dead ended at a small cliff. I was alone, so I just stood there looking at it, saying to myself "come on, do it you fucking pussy". Eventually I realized I wasn't going to do it, so I came out the side of it after a lot of flailing and hanging on trees. I checked out the landing, and it was a rock slab and water ice covered in like 3" of fluff. Glad I was a pussy, that would have sucked.

But yeah, I guess for the park, you should just sack up. I just hate hitting the ground and getting hurt, I'm kind of a baby like that.
Dec 17 2005 11:33PM
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jimmychung
Posts: 6857 - Karma: 25
i just picture myself stomping it, tell myself "fuck it, i'm the man" and just go. make sure you're growling as you go for it too.
Dec 17 2005 11:35PM
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JayDope
Posts: 6842 - Karma: 408
the hardest thing is the first time u try the trick exactly "fuck it"
Dec 18 2005 12:31AM
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Pklink04
Posts: 5608 - Karma: 392
dude once you try the trick your like damn, thats easy, why was I scared, like there was this flat down with like a one foot gap, at first I was scared then the kids I was with told me to do it, so I was like well I guess I have to, so I did it, and got it, then I was like, Jesus, why was I scared of that
Dec 18 2005 12:35AM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
you gotta visualize the thrick you wanna do and keep telling yourself that youre going to do it
Dec 18 2005 12:38AM
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AKFREERIDE
Posts: 1718 - Karma: 11
eh, everyone sucks at the beginning of the season. they havnt been really skiing in 5 months or so. but yea, im usually the one in the group that says fuck it, or the guinea pig like "is that jump big enough" or "will we have enough speed" im usually the tester. whatever. its fun, gets my adrenaline going thinking i could really come up short or really to far. whatever, its not balls, its a lack on common sense at some times. dont think about what can happen, thats retarded and stupid. youll get yourself to messed up to do it.go into it with no worries. a "fuck this, im doing this shit and showing all of my friends that they are pussies" sense. it works well.
Dec 18 2005 12:39AM
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skicali916
Posts: 469 - Karma: 10
Hey thanks alot all u guys for help. i thought when i wrote this i was gonna get alot of shit and get made fun of and stuff, but i havent seen one mean comment. I think its good to see that maybe newschoolers.com is starting to become more of a brotherhood type thing and not just a bunch of skiers bashing on eachother.
Dec 18 2005 2:40AM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
You gotta be confident to. I think that is super important. If you aren't confident about what you are about to attempt you will probably half ass it and eat shit. Take what I did today for example. Went to 270 on to a rail. I wasn't feeling confident, half assed my spin, and ended up doing a 90 to nuttage. Don't be like me. BE CONFIDENT.
Dec 18 2005 2:59AM
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pierceme
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just think of how pros will fall at the first kink of a 50-stair urban rail, and still are able to get up and walk away at the bottom. Then go hit a 10ft flat box in the park and u realize that ur probably not gonna get seriously injured. Im just getting over my pussyness this year(hopefully)
Dec 18 2005 3:02AM
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SteezePatrol
Posts: 10281 - Karma: 36
they're called testicles...use them every now and then

and trying something to show off to others or in fear of ridicule is often the only way to progess
Dec 18 2005 3:21AM
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Xave
Posts: 2672 - Karma: 18
And if you dont want too much ppl looking as you try, just try it early in the morning when there are not many riders in the park. works for me
Dec 18 2005 6:24PM
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bigbromskier
Posts: 1175 - Karma: 330
dfeinitely true this season imade a bunch of shit and learned 270s and switch ons and nwo that im used to it im doing all the rails at the mountai now
Dec 18 2005 7:26PM
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B-Har406
Posts: 2484 - Karma: 6
Whenever I try something new i always do it and the end of the day. Don't think about it much the whole day. When i get the jump or rail or whatever your trying to do, think about what you need to do. Visualize and just stomp it. Don't be afraid.
Dec 18 2005 7:33PM
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freestyleskiin
Posts: 1598 - Karma: 9
im in the same boat right now and I have a lot of older kids that are in collage right now but when they used to be around i was really pumped up but now i just cant seem to get the balls to go for it...
Dec 18 2005 7:49PM
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LDuggan420
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 13
ok all you have to do is try it thats it i used to suck to and some days im just a plain pussy but what helps is for your friends to push you. i tell my friends im gonna do a 3 over the 60 tom. and then ill get there and they'll be like so you doin the 3 and they'll make me do it. your scared at first but it pays off in the end
Dec 18 2005 7:52PM
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ihatemyscratches
Posts: 753 - Karma: 9
trying stuff small is good. this is my second season back on skis and my first day i was throwing 3s off a one foot drop. by the end of the next day i had a 360mute over a 10ft gap down no problem
Dec 18 2005 7:55PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,647
thinking too much will kill you

just visualize the trick in ur head and try it
Dec 18 2005 7:56PM
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