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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I just don't like them very much.
Jan 23 2006 9:19PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
I love them because it's the only switch trick I can do off jumps.
Jan 23 2006 9:21PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
Me neither. I'd prefer a straight air anytime. To me, straight airs look so much better than zeros.
Jan 23 2006 9:23PM
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BillyGoteMan
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 12
theres no way a straight air looks better than a zero
Jan 23 2006 9:24PM
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wdbo.
Posts: 4935 - Karma: 173
ur crazy, i love zero's, i love to do em, and i love to see em
i fell hard on one at vail
Jan 23 2006 9:26PM
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Whitehead
Posts: 285 - Karma: 16
the thing is, there is so much more to a zero then there is to a strait air. A zero requires wwayy more control than a simple strait air and hey lets get serious, they just look so much better.
Jan 23 2006 9:28PM
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eheath
Posts: 61644 - Karma: 123,444
I love zeros, i suck at them, but watching lolo do his last year at the open, sooo sick.
Jan 23 2006 9:29PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
See, its just an opinion. Maybe 90% of skiers like 0s more, but I just think straight airs are more fun and look better. But I would agree that half cabs are cooler than 1s.
Jan 23 2006 9:29PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Ehhh... Maybe for some skiers. All I do is lean forward.
Jan 23 2006 9:30PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
ZERO OR DIE
Jan 23 2006 9:53PM
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t3shellvenom
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 56
laurent favre's zero spins are dope!
Jan 23 2006 9:54PM
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SkierJulie
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 101
i second that
Jan 23 2006 9:56PM
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Alkyy
Posts: 2839 - Karma: 149
1's are harder over a big table then a switch one, and look better
Jan 23 2006 10:01PM
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e.will
Posts: 1981 - Karma: 967
everytime i do a zero, i end up landing on my face, it hurts
Jan 23 2006 10:04PM
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Aseets
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 17
I landed a couple last year, but this winter everytime I try one I land on my back and it fucking hurts so I try one then give up for a week
Jan 23 2006 10:08PM
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zerospinskier
Posts: 4867 - Karma: 350
dude, how cna u not like them. well i guess it just depends, they need to have good style, which is hard to do. most people do them kinda weird lookin, like treakin it too much n stuff. in my opinion peps zeros r pretty much the sickest thing ever, id take one of those any day over like a 5 or something. and i love doing them off huge jumps cuz its feels awesome and like not many people do them.
Jan 23 2006 10:16PM
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R.Fahey
Posts: 8602 - Karma: 539
Zeros are fun, but wayyyyy over rated. some kid here got second in a contest a couple years ago with a zero spin. its so easy...just don't spin. they're fun, and look neat, but i don't think its a good comp trick, and shouldn't be hyped on so much.
Jan 23 2006 10:17PM
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MadTrix4Me
Posts: 209 - Karma: 10
Aren't zero's straight airs in a sense? just backwards? so really everybody agrees here! but since zero's are backwards, and backwards is always more difficult, zeros win
Jan 23 2006 10:19PM
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JONNYZ
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i like em'.
Jan 23 2006 10:21PM
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Aseets
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 17
Zero's are fucking sick, but I agree they shouldn't be winning any big air comps.
Jan 23 2006 10:30PM
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Matty.
Posts: 9458 - Karma: 105
It all depends...I would say doing a zero to the bottom of the landing is harder than a switch cork 7 by any means...you can barely look where you are going and spotting for the landing is hard.
Jan 23 2006 10:33PM
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nothanks
Posts: 13551 - Karma: 31
I love them. They are nuts...Laurent's is still one of my favorites...so many good ones.
Jan 23 2006 10:34PM
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A@ron
Posts: 1320 - Karma: 86
i agree zero spin is way sweet
Jan 23 2006 10:36PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
zero spins are the ugg boots of ski tricks. Everyone wants them but they're just kinda dumb.
Jan 24 2006 10:47AM
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renojames
Posts: 98 - Karma: 10
michelle parker did one on the last hit in her open run and took the bronze. i have no problem with zeros in comps if they are done well, plus its a statement.
Jan 24 2006 10:55AM
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thejackal1177
Posts: 3434 - Karma: 2,724
I think they look real sick off anyrthing over 20 feet......There alot harder than some people may think they are tho ..... you have to spot your takeoff over your shoulder and at the same time you must pop switch and look back up the hill to prevent yourself from spinning then it is really hard to spot your landing because you are looking up the hill....
Jan 24 2006 10:55AM
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nothanks
Posts: 13551 - Karma: 31
How long were you waiting to write that one out, or just take that joke from another hotXxX topic and inserted "ski tricks".

If you don't like them, that's cool, but the people who can really put them down over HUGE shit, i.e. Mahre on Pyramid, Launrent last year at USOpen Big Air, make them look amazing, and hard to beat.
Jan 24 2006 11:52AM
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Mahre
Posts: 2507 - Karma: 490
no hes rights...anything backward to backward is gay. DONT EVER DO IT. especially turning. if you make 2 turns backward in a row, youre homosexual.
Jan 24 2006 11:55AM
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freestyleskiin
Posts: 1598 - Karma: 9
they are sick if they tweak the shit out of it or do something like a sweet grab
Jan 24 2006 11:55AM
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linds-o-rama
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I disagree, but that is fucking hilarious.
Jan 24 2006 11:59AM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 481
Zeros are amazingly easy off small jumps and amazingly hard off big jumps
Jan 24 2006 12:07PM
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onLINE
Posts: 1013 - Karma: 423
zeros be the shit
Jan 24 2006 1:10PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
u mean switch carving? that shit is sick.
Jan 24 2006 1:18PM
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617jibber
Posts: 2391 - Karma: 28
i think that zero spins look so much better
Jan 24 2006 1:59PM
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pesja
Posts: 806 - Karma: 148
spot over your shoulder? blinded? what, i just crumb togheter and look under my shoulder, then you get a sick ass view of the landings. and all you who says zero spins suck and is way too easy, come back when you can do zero spin truetail( not crossed, like pep at åre back when rfa came out), zero spin double true nose, zero spin shifty, and the sickest ever, i have tried it a couple times: the zero spin daffy! zeros are so fun, you can do all kind of weird stuff in them. try zero over corners, thats fun!!!! if i decide to make myself a segment in our movie, it will be zeros on all the jumps we got!!! and nothing more!!! cause i love zero spins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and also try zero spinning out cliffs!!! then i agree on that you get blinded!!!!
Jan 24 2006 4:07PM
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Galin
Posts: 2342 - Karma: 3,940
i love colby west's zero spin in Shanghai Six. Its so sick
Jan 24 2006 4:13PM
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Frza
Posts: 438 - Karma: 10
Mahre & Dumont can do some sick zeroes.
Jan 24 2006 4:15PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
this guy hates zeroes. he truly does. he never does them, and he kills people that do
Jan 24 2006 4:17PM
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pesja
Posts: 806 - Karma: 148
ah, i watched that so many times!!! its so..... sexy performed
Jan 24 2006 4:22PM
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Galin
Posts: 2342 - Karma: 3,940
ya i kept rewinding it, its so smooth
Jan 24 2006 4:24PM
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keasbynights
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i agree, so is mahre's in the tangerine dream.
Jan 24 2006 4:31PM
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radskier
Posts: 685 - Karma: 16
I love doing zeros, they're so cool!!
Jan 24 2006 4:35PM
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Hctiws_iks
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 25
zeros are much harder than most think. the are easy on littlelike 10-30 foot tables. but on bigstuff they arereally hard.
Jan 24 2006 4:48PM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
Haha Andy is right they are so gay. NOT. Watch WAR! Andy's zero over pyramid was like one of the most technical tricks and most high risk things I have ever seen. I can not even fathom hitting a booter like that switch, not turning and stomping like that. Unbelievable.
Jan 24 2006 4:53PM
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midwestskier69
Posts: 1145 - Karma: 11
yeah you guys are whack. zeros are far from an easy trick or a straight air. just go and try the two and compare. and from there, make a zero look good, have your arms down the whole time, grab, and stomp the shit outta it. and from there, grab tail, nose, all that stuff. we'll see how much its equal to a straight air. and i wanna see zeros off cliffs and shit, theyre fun.. and hard, and all of this. end of story, get off topic.
Jan 24 2006 5:35PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 152
zeros are kool if you dont look behind you at all, you jus tthrow em and hope you land well
Jan 24 2006 5:42PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Haha that's how I did them last year... I can upload a video if I can still find it. Arms rolling down the windows and everything.
Jan 24 2006 5:54PM
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tahoeskier170
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i hate them 2. i always loose balance but i found a trick to help. if u blindfold urself and get on a balance board and do it until you can just stand there
Jan 24 2006 7:16PM
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