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Any tips on fakie riding

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4Frontstl
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I was having some trouble riding fakie and i was lookin for some tips
Jan 23 2006 8:35PM
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squibble
Posts: 4569 - Karma: 104
go faster, stagger, practice
Jan 23 2006 8:37PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
practice practice practice
Jan 23 2006 8:40PM
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4Frontstl
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hrm i have trouble seeing like behind me and whenever i look i spin out
Jan 23 2006 8:40PM
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Jan 23 2006 8:43PM
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gaberaham
Posts: 640 - Karma: 17
keep your hips facing uphill and piviot your sholders and neck. If you move your hips, then you will spin out. just keep on practcing that
Jan 23 2006 8:44PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
how do you have trouble riding fakie, just look over one of your shoulders, if its your first time, snowplow backwards a little
Jan 23 2006 8:47PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
Just do it all the time, like if youre just cruising from the park to the lift go around switch til you get to the lift.
Jan 23 2006 8:52PM
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4Frontstl
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
not havin like trouble where i fall like all the time but i am not like fuckin awsome at it i was just lokin for some tips
Jan 23 2006 8:57PM
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pwallstreet
Posts: 1627 - Karma: 41
push your down hill turning ski out more-exaggerate it- once you get the hang, smooth it out
Jan 23 2006 9:06PM
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bigsoxfan
Posts: 734 - Karma: 10
watch other ppl do it and try to imitate how they do it...unless they blow at life then forget that

and do it often
Jan 23 2006 9:06PM
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skiierman
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Shit I've got to really work on switch spinning, but turning/carving switch I can do no problem because of PRACTICE!
Jan 23 2006 9:20PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
go back to the bunny slope. re-learn how to ski, but backwards i suppose
Jan 23 2006 9:22PM
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seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
I skied pretty much a whole day fakie and got a lot better, so just practice.
Jan 23 2006 9:25PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
Just practive every time you ski. It also helps to ski switch on steeper runs because it will help you to learn to carve.
Jan 23 2006 9:26PM
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brogilvie
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My advice is to try and do everything in your power to prevent you from snowplowing backwards and riding on your inside edges. I usually only look over one shoulder and really exagerate my staggered ski so I can look over the one shoulder, its better for riding backwards into jumps aswell.
Jan 23 2006 9:33PM
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rossiscratch04
Posts: 680 - Karma: 10
if u need to try doing a backwards snowplow at first
Jan 23 2006 9:48PM
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Genome
Posts: 1170 - Karma: 24
I know this sounds really gay but it works if your having a trouble and is actaully kinda hard.
the day iwas learing how to ride switch comfortably a gruop of racers passed by with thier poles behind thier necks and arms draped over it (jesus carryign the cross style). Anyways i tried this switch and helped tremendously both with spotign turns and keeping skis straight
Jan 23 2006 10:47PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
start out like regular skiing start small but then go bigger, at firt when ridding backwards you should V-Bomb (backwards snowplow) instead of carving, but you will get better eventually.
Jan 23 2006 11:27PM
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sKILOve07
Posts: 3482 - Karma: 9
precisely
Jan 23 2006 11:30PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
practice alot. when you try turning sorta pivot your legs back and worth wit your knees bending if you get what i mean
Jan 23 2006 11:33PM
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cool_catskier
Posts: 715 - Karma: 12
bend over, and look between your legs
Jan 23 2006 11:43PM
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cams
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 27
Start with skiing every run outside of the park switch.
You know how when you ski forwards and you carve your outside ski goes forward and your inside kinda stays back? Do the same switch. Look over your shoulder of the direction you are carving and keep your outside ski further downhill than your inside. When you get to the end of your carve even your feet out, look over the other shoulder, and switch your feet the other way. You will now be carving backwards. For hitting jumps or rails you'll want to keep looking over the same shoulder but you can still carve by changing the positioning of your feet. Just practice ALLLLLL the time and it will come. Skiing backwards is cool.
Jan 24 2006 12:00AM
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cool_catskier
Posts: 715 - Karma: 12
i love skiing backwards
Jan 24 2006 12:14AM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
twin tips help
Jan 24 2006 12:16AM
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Hctiws_iks
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feel your edges.
Jan 24 2006 12:16AM
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