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Switch or fakie?

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tjski
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did anyone else read the article in K2 SKEEZE i think it was? that guy actually made a good literal point. i call it both fakie and switch.
Jan 26 2006 12:19AM
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eheath
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i say switch, fuck what it means in other sports, in skiing switch means backwards.
Jan 26 2006 12:19AM
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90iwish
Posts: 324 - Karma: 10
Switch
Jan 26 2006 12:22AM
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Matty.
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I don't really think it matters that much on what "termonology" we use for stuff like this. The overall point would be to get the message across...and I think if you say Switch, Fakie, or Cab the odds are just about everyone will know that you mean "backwards"...
Jan 26 2006 12:23AM
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90iwish
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Cab means backwards?
Jan 26 2006 12:26AM
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Matty.
Posts: 9458 - Karma: 105
In skiing it is used for that very frequently...people say cab 5, cab 7, cab whatever...they mean backwards 5...etc.
Jan 26 2006 12:28AM
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90iwish
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Holy shit im a dumbass, i thought it was a grab :D
Jan 26 2006 12:29AM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061
switch is the only one that makes sense. like in boarding, or skating, if you're riding switch, you're going the opposite way. which makes perfect sense. cab and fakie make no literal sense at all. stupid skater terms!
Jan 26 2006 12:31AM
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Schoening
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i just say switch
Jan 26 2006 12:41AM
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Stan_Darsh
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 185
call it whatever the fuck you want. i switch up the names, cab, switch, fakie
Jan 26 2006 12:41AM
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grubix2
Posts: 2628 - Karma: 25
...we have a word(s) for going backwards???

fuck and all this time I though was calling them skiing-with-tails-facing-downhill-540s
Jan 26 2006 12:41AM
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mark311
Posts: 508 - Karma: 21
bring the hate, but in rolling we use switch to describe an unnatural grind, so to me it doesnt make sense to use it for going backwards. an unnatural spin is just unnatural, and going backwards is fakie. so thats at least how i think of it. i use switch to refer to actually skiing backwards, not hitting a jump backwards.
Jan 26 2006 12:52AM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i hope your not serious.
Jan 26 2006 10:05PM
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Aenigma
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REVERSE!
Jan 26 2006 10:08PM
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twix_182
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in america we call em what we want, and we kill commies
Jan 26 2006 10:16PM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
i just call it an "oh shit"
Jan 26 2006 10:19PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
Do you drive backwards or reverse? Unless you are a complete dumbass, who cares.
Jan 26 2006 10:20PM
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SHastatahoe
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I just call it gnar gnar
Jan 26 2006 10:22PM
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C-DEUCE
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i think of it as switch when you are just riding OR when you havent hit the feature yet, and i call it fakie when you land backwards... aka switch on (before) and to fakie(after)
Jan 26 2006 10:37PM
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Caledon-skier
Posts: 532 - Karma: 10
switch
Jan 26 2006 10:43PM
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onLINE
Posts: 1013 - Karma: 423
switch
Jan 26 2006 10:45PM
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sKILOve07
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i like the word switch... fakie, not so much
Jan 26 2006 10:49PM
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malibufishnsurf
Posts: 243 - Karma: -8
switch
Jan 26 2006 10:51PM
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potatofarmer
Posts: 2020 - Karma: 13
switch
Jan 26 2006 11:00PM
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salo_1080
Posts: 127 - Karma: 10
i think fakie is politically correct but im so used to saying switch thas wat i use
Jan 26 2006 11:51PM
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Anathema
Posts: 21048 - Karma: 5,061
no, it isn't. switch is. fakie is a skate term meaning switch nollie.
Jan 26 2006 11:53PM
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table_top08
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switch just sounds much better
Jan 26 2006 11:54PM
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Tclif
Posts: 1559 - Karma: 19
who cares what is "techniqaully" right b/c at least from my experiance i hear the phrase "switch" the most, 86% switch, 10% cab, 3% fakie, 1% other/
Jan 26 2006 11:55PM
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eastAR5
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fakie sounds kinda gay if u think aobut it
Jan 26 2006 11:57PM
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dan.b
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anyone that have ever skate in his life would use fakie... for the cab, it mean fakie bs360 and when your ridind switch, your tail is still in the back and the nose in the front wich is not the case in skiing...
Jan 26 2006 11:59PM
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freeride724
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don't worry, neither did I, but now we can impress people who still don't know
Jan 27 2006 1:21AM
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KeegLove
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hahah that was gold my friend
Jan 27 2006 2:22AM
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theguynextdoor91
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i use switch for almost and thing exept a backwards spin that unatural thats cab
Jan 27 2006 8:09AM
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onLINE
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^unatural is when you spin the opposite direction you are use to spinning
Jan 27 2006 9:12AM
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dandoy
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yeah I do the same
Jan 27 2006 9:14AM
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Switchstyle
Posts: 1194 - Karma: 11
let people call it what they may...i call is platypus, as in "check this i am gonna throw a platty 7 off that kicker." I dont actually do that but it wouldnt matter at all
Jan 27 2006 10:23AM
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chrismoJBEATS
Posts: 5898 - Karma: 44
switch but whats a bio 5?
Jan 27 2006 10:57AM
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DaveHumphrey
Posts: 1758 - Karma: 82
switch but when i tell people that dont know nethin bout skiing or boarding i have to say backwards. like i say. "i did this switch 360, like go off backwards spin 360 then land backwards" and all my friends are like "u can go backwards on skis?!?!?"
Jan 27 2006 11:46AM
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