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Down-flat-down?

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4ss4ssin
Posts: 649 - Karma: 38
every time i slide i down-flat-down i kicks me off after the first kink. i kinda got it down towards the end of the day, but not really..

any pointers?
Jan 22 2006 9:39PM
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TheProfitSkier
Posts: 3901 - Karma: 9
when i do them i just think of it as a flat rail
Jan 22 2006 9:40PM
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Subjekt
Posts: 1431 - Karma: 12
expect the kinks, absorb any transition, keep it smooth.
Jan 22 2006 9:40PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 257
and focus on the end of the rail
Jan 22 2006 9:47PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
with d-f-d you really have to absorb the kink. Bend your knees a lot when you hit the flat. Try to thing like you are stepping on eggs when you reach the flat
Jan 22 2006 9:51PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Along with absorbing the kink when you get on to the rail just go completely parellel with it ollie and turn your skis. My old problem with falling of early was that I went on with an angle.
Jan 22 2006 9:53PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
go slower
Jan 22 2006 10:12PM
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twintipteles
Posts: 2954 - Karma: 13
as with any rail, pretend the rail is a living baby, so be as gentle with it as possible. except when pressing, then you wanna make that baby cry.
Jan 22 2006 10:15PM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
ive never heard the eggs idea before
Jan 22 2006 10:17PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
^ he knows his shit. he schooled my ass on the mt snow dfd
Jan 22 2006 10:21PM
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DuncanK
Posts: 1040 - Karma: 2,634
i agree, approach it with a little less speed, and pretend its a flat rail, so stay forward, you are much more likely to get bucked back and hip check, then you are to catch your front edge
Jan 22 2006 10:32PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
I want to do a flat down next week. I am trying to get ready for my Utah trip.
Jan 22 2006 10:36PM
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