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Learning mute

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japie99
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I'm learning a mute but does anyone have some suggestions...
Feb 1 2006 1:31AM
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parkerhouse
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first, try it off one of the small jumps at the side of trails, but make sure you tweak it like crazy, or else it looks bad and everyone wants to have madd steeze. the landing is sick when you do that.
Feb 1 2006 1:59AM
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parkerhouse
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just kidding, go off a medium jump and do it, it's pretty easy once you get over crosing your skis.
Feb 1 2006 2:00AM
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japie99
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WTF haha
Feb 1 2006 10:51AM
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ridethemountain
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mute isn't that hard. just try and succeed
Feb 1 2006 11:51AM
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-+Siver+-
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just start off tweaking it a little though
Feb 1 2006 12:07PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
mute is the firstgrab i leanrt, its easy,
Feb 1 2006 12:20PM
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-+Siver+-
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so, you didn't learn a safety grab first.
Feb 1 2006 12:22PM
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ECski
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i learned a safety first then started doing like uncrossed mutes, im jut startin to cross em
Feb 1 2006 1:17PM
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tjski
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is it still called a mute if you grab the toe pice of your binding instead of the ski?
Feb 1 2006 2:21PM
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617jibber
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they aren't hard at all just grab then tweeak it
Feb 1 2006 2:31PM
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bmxican_89
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yeah but they are stupid if you do that. the farther up the ski the better.
Feb 1 2006 2:32PM
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forfun
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a grab is a only a grab if you your ski is in your hand. boot and binding dont count
Feb 1 2006 2:41PM
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-+Siver+-
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true
Feb 1 2006 2:55PM
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Fusion
Posts: 153 - Karma: 10
when i do them the cross just comes naturally. The more comfortable and balanced you are in the air the easier it will be, I get bored in the air and look for things to do unless i'm spinning, then it gets a little more hectic to grab. And I still suck at skiing so... lol
Feb 1 2006 3:05PM
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Elife
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try some double grabs...double japans are tight
Feb 1 2006 3:11PM
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poofartpee
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do a iron cross and bend down and grab then tweak later
Feb 1 2006 3:14PM
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japie99
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Sorry guys I'm not that good in ski languages so can u please tell me what an iron is and a double Japan? Sorry...
Feb 2 2006 1:42AM
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fredsters_s
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uh didn't you read Doug Bishop's blog??? Double japans are like, so played. The cool "unique" riders like Doug are rocking the straight air pencil steeze, cos thats like so "individual". Hah
Feb 2 2006 1:56AM
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skiman523
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think about brigging your knees up insteead of reaching down to grab
Feb 2 2006 4:40AM
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stylishskier
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just don't pull on your ski too hard... it might come off
Feb 2 2006 9:41AM
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JoakimHayland
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^thats fun
Feb 2 2006 10:50AM
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canadaskibum
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
bring your left leg up and grab your ski with right hand. then tweak back towards your right side while bringing your right leg up. Point your toe and make it look like an X. This was the first grab I learned. It looks good
Feb 2 2006 10:55AM
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BELFRAGE
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what do u mean by tweaking, and should start pulling the cross back and then grabbing or should i just reach down and grab?? Help
Feb 2 2006 10:55AM
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canadaskibum
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
tweaking is when you grab your ski, you pull it back just that bit more. Watch the vids of them doing it. It should look like a good X. When you go for the grab, just pull the same way you are grabbing. or look it up in the seachbar...
Feb 2 2006 10:58AM
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japie99
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So I grab with my right hand my left ski. Then put my weight to the right and my left ski over my right ski? And still grab my ski? But do I grap ski or binding? Back or front?
Feb 2 2006 11:47AM
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chapz
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i learnt them on the same run, it was two years ago so i dont remember
Feb 2 2006 11:49AM
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TheQuailman
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take your left ski and trun it 90 degress and put it over your other boot, grab the ski or binding, put your other hand straight in he air for steez
Feb 2 2006 12:43PM
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Silence
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^^^ check the icon from the post above, thats pretty close to a mute
Feb 2 2006 1:06PM
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BELFRAGE
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ha i never noticed that that is a nice picture
Feb 2 2006 1:27PM
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TahoeSkiPunk720
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i think true tails look way sicker...
Feb 2 2006 2:21PM
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TheGeneralSphene
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Ok just to be sure, a mute grab is reaching accross and grabing the outside of the opposite ski and pulling it back accross the top of the other ski,
Feb 2 2006 3:21PM
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potatofarmer
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its super easy, just reach down like your gonna touch your ski, and bring your leg up, so you meet it half way (grab as far up on your ski as you can). then tweak it out majorly, show the bases of your skis to the camera.. bring it back, land and be like BITCH WHAT!
Feb 2 2006 3:37PM
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*rkp*
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yes only you dont necessarily have to grab the outside of the ski
Feb 2 2006 3:41PM
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canadaskibum
Posts: 96 - Karma: 10
go to this site picture. It was the biggest one I can find. Not great style but that is what a mute is...

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/e/des257/images/ski%20page/Picture%20040.jpg
Feb 3 2006 3:11AM
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japie99
Posts: 2128 - Karma: 20
Oke thanks! It's totaly gonna work thanks guys. Only thing is hat i hope i dont freeze at the jump so I do a simple trick instead of the mute:S
Feb 3 2006 12:08PM
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Treestman
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im afraid to cross my skis!
Feb 3 2006 12:17PM
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rockymountainmilitia
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hit the same jump a couple times to get to know your trajectory through the air. remember to keep your weight over your toes and and arms and infront of you. its super easy at first to use your arms like a sight for a gun and spot your landing from between your hands. after you have your air sense. try to through a mute in sort of mid way through the air when you already knwo your going to land properly. after a few more attempts of grabbing sooner and holding longer you should be able to tweak it. remember start small and work up. its all about progression. if you jump right into a schiller tweak you'll eat shit. take it easy and get your grab dialed. then the next step is a nose mute. this I find is easier then a mute because grabbing forward on your skis actually helps you with your landing because your already leaning forward. good luck.
Feb 3 2006 12:23PM
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crazyfuck
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uncrossed mutes are sick. basically do a shifty and grab mute. i have to agree with whoever said the further towards the tip you grab, the better. anyone notice how crossed Gagnier had his skis during the X big air? pretty crazy.
Feb 3 2006 12:24PM
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canadaskibum
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if you arn't joking, get over it princess
Feb 3 2006 12:58PM
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kickerlicker
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pussy
Feb 3 2006 12:59PM
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CZA
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fuck, your an idiot, first off all dont even learn mutes they are on of the gayest fucking tricks
Feb 3 2006 1:01PM
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japie99
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It got steeze man!
Feb 3 2006 10:39PM
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DaveHumphrey
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exactly, and commit dont pussy out
Feb 4 2006 5:48AM
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japie99
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can someone please tell me what a tweak exactly is?
Feb 4 2006 7:27AM
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slimbruddah
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tweak's just pulling it more to make it look more..... steezy. but don't do what i did the other night, i grabed the mute and just yanked it to hard for the tweek and i pulled my ski off. It was by far the gayest thing that has ever happened to me. It was like right at the peak of my air to and i was just like, "oohhhh fuck."
Feb 4 2006 7:31AM
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japie99
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Haha thanks, that was probably funny to watch lol:P
Feb 4 2006 7:35AM
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BELFRAGE
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what is a philidalphia pardon my spelling
Feb 7 2006 8:00AM
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Potatoes
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dude you just have to do it.
Feb 7 2006 8:32AM
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mnptd1771
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i found out that i did reverse mute instead of regular but i cant seem to grab with the other hand but i guess reverse mute is harder.
Feb 7 2006 9:02AM
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