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How to Jump and Land

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k10k
Posts: 46 - Karma: 10
Ok this may seem like the most stupid thing ever but I don't usually go skiing that often, and a few years ago I just couldn't land any jumps. (well I did once)
Maybe I'm missing the most basic thing?
What's the trick to jump and land?
Dec 21 2005 5:16PM
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KingShit
Posts: 4483 - Karma: 7
Practice and balance.
Dec 21 2005 5:18PM
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xcjumpx
Posts: 141 - Karma: 24
balance is the key to it all.
Dec 21 2005 5:22PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
when u get to the lip, jump, and try to land with ur skis on the same slope as the landing
Dec 21 2005 5:23PM
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shagalabagala
Posts: 2101 - Karma: 10
yep
Dec 21 2005 5:23PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
dont hit the jump with your knees locked, keep em soft and bent
Dec 21 2005 5:27PM
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Galin
Posts: 2342 - Karma: 3,940
im surpised theres been no bashing yet, ns is really shaping up. But ya balance is the key as all of the people above me said. That and making sure your skis land at the same angle as the landing and your weight centered
Dec 21 2005 5:36PM
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Da-Phunk
Posts: 138 - Karma: 10
don't lean back?
Dec 21 2005 5:49PM
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R-Bertsch
Posts: 4719 - Karma: 20
haha i just had this thought. I think NS is a lot cooler in the winter time, because all of us skiing addicts can get our fix in and we are a lot more chill. In the summer, theres no skiing to be found and we are like a bunch of crack addicts gone cold turkey and everyone is pissed off at eachother hahahah.
Dec 21 2005 5:51PM
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[[Totoro]]
Posts: 84 - Karma: 10
remeber to pop and lock of the lip and loosen up just before u land. Just do some straightairs and try to keep your weight slightly foreward.
Dec 21 2005 5:58PM
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Belle.Vue.
Posts: 5 - Karma: 10
find some smaller jumps, maybe on the side of a run, you'll get a feel for being in the air and then finding your balance to land. Dont start going that big, you find yourself getting injured.
Dec 21 2005 5:58PM
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t_walker
Posts: 934 - Karma: 37
balance is def the key, as your in the air you kinda want to adjust your weight forward so that your landing with the slope of the landing as someone else said
Dec 21 2005 6:04PM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
i dont know if you jave ever skateboarded or rollerbladed alot on transitions... like quarter pipes or mini ramps, but there if you have you will be familiar with pumping.
as you ride up the lip you want to pump up... as if you are riding up a quarter pipe. dont fully extend though, pump enough to get your center of balance parralell to the top of the lip.
you need a little bit of pop to get yourself upright, and that momentum should carry you forward just enough to match the angle of the landing.
Dec 21 2005 6:05PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
Just spend as much time on skis as possible and it just comes.
Dec 21 2005 6:20PM
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cLyOnS_45
Posts: 1072 - Karma: 10
no. dont.
Dec 21 2005 6:22PM
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xcjumpx
Posts: 141 - Karma: 24
that is a lot of it too.
Dec 21 2005 6:49PM
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BCKicker540
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 11
try not to fall when you land
Dec 21 2005 6:55PM
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kickerlicker
Posts: 820 - Karma: 11
start off big jumps and work your way down
Dec 21 2005 7:01PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 349
keep pressure on the front of your boots when your riddin the lip. not a ton, just dont be in the backseat.
Dec 21 2005 7:15PM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
try to make the landing. It helps a butload. Like the first year i kept hucking the knuckle and that hurt like shit. The first real time i got to the tranny landing was so much easier and smoother.
Dec 21 2005 7:36PM
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DannyJ
Posts: 365 - Karma: 10
In the words of Mugatu "RELAX"
Dec 21 2005 7:54PM
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keasbynights
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 11
crouch over the front of your boot as you approah the jump, and then as you hit the lip, extend you body-like popping sort of. sort of shoot up and don't worry about style if you are doing your first straight airs. that'll come later.
Dec 21 2005 7:56PM
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