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How do you ride switch!?

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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
I want to see how many people ride switch differently and the different techniques they use. For me it's over the right shoulder, right ski ahead of left ski.
Mar 1 2006 7:24PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
backwards
Mar 1 2006 7:25PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
depends what im skiing/ the speed. i switch sholders a lot for different stuff and when im carving i switch shoulders on turns depending which way im turning.
Mar 1 2006 7:26PM
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poncho
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same as you skiierman.
Mar 1 2006 7:26PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
it's gonna be a lot more useful if we keep this to a single thread. My vote is the other one.

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/forums/readthread.php?thread_id=198934&
Mar 1 2006 7:27PM
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Subjekt
Posts: 1431 - Karma: 12
when bombins straight, head over left shoulder, right ski down hill, when im turning n shit, i alternate.
Mar 1 2006 7:27PM
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thedutchmayn
Posts: 1653 - Karma: 45
i cant say i have it down good but i usually look over which ever shoulder is easiest for that angle i need to get and switch which skis in front. i dont have a defined style for myself yet but im working on it. ill take some advice from this thread for sure.
Mar 1 2006 7:28PM
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LDuggan420
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 13
the same way forwards just the other way
Mar 1 2006 7:29PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
No, he's asking how to ski switch, I'm asking how do you ski switch.
Mar 1 2006 7:29PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
Oh, my bad. I look over my right shoulder with right ski forward until right before hitting a jump at which point I switch to looking over my left shoulder and my left ski forward because I spin left.
Mar 1 2006 7:40PM
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Squaris
Posts: 111 - Karma: 10
I always look over my left. To get comfortable with high speeds when I was learning, I would just straigth line switch down the steepest part of the mountain. It was scary as hell at first but it helped me ride switch better at higher speeds. The carving switch part comes pretty easily!!
Mar 1 2006 8:47PM
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ineedarealname
Posts: 2658 - Karma: 20
skiing backwards!?
Mar 1 2006 8:52PM
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gone
Posts: 199 - Karma: 98
amen to that broha
Mar 1 2006 8:54PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
What's switch?
Mar 1 2006 8:54PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
i switch shoulders when im carving with LOTS of feet staggering. for hitting somthin i just look over the right and straightline with my feet pretty even.
Mar 1 2006 8:56PM
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wdbo.
Posts: 4935 - Karma: 173
i look over my right shoulder cus i spin right
Mar 1 2006 9:01PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
i bend my back all the way back until i can see where i'm going upside down, its so amazing, sometimes when i hit jumps i land wrong and break my spine
Mar 1 2006 9:02PM
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actchill
Posts: 2114 - Karma: 259
looking left, left foot in front of right, when i carve right i move my right foot slighty infront of left but still look left. spining switch right i look over right shoulder
Mar 1 2006 9:42PM
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Phil.Green
Posts: 718 - Karma: 96
same....just watch eric pollard and how he switches shoulders when carving switch...
Mar 1 2006 9:45PM
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Blackmer
Posts: 156 - Karma: 10
Are you serious?

If you are, then it's when you ski backwards
Mar 1 2006 9:47PM
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BillyGoatMan
Posts: 246 - Karma: 10
when straight lining or into rails over left shoulder, when carving obv looking over downhill shoulder, downhill ski in front
Mar 1 2006 9:52PM
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sampsihoyos
Posts: 1939 - Karma: 910
i look over right shoulder and carve
Mar 1 2006 9:52PM
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sampsihoyos
Posts: 1939 - Karma: 910
left*
Mar 1 2006 9:52PM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
when just going straight head over left shoulder left ski in front. Otherwise i turn my head depending on way im turning and stagger skis.
Mar 1 2006 9:53PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
Are you like an owl? twisting your head 360 degrees? Damn, I'm jelous.
Mar 1 2006 10:20PM
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squibble
Posts: 4569 - Karma: 104
clever
Mar 1 2006 10:21PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
it doesnt matter which shoulder i look over, wen im carving backwards i always change and i get dizzy, but i have to watch out for people so i have to keep turning my head
Mar 1 2006 10:23PM
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i8van
Posts: 2953 - Karma: 230
over the left shoulder. left ski farther back than right one.
Mar 1 2006 10:25PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
oh RADICAL!!!
Mar 1 2006 10:26PM
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LATARIANmilton
Posts: 866 - Karma: 418
i try to copy laurent favres style, i think he is super money at skiing switch. i dont really come close but i think hes got it down.
Mar 1 2006 11:08PM
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monkeysteez
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 99
left shoulder left ski infront shoulder width. sometimes pinned together tho if i am carvin the shit up.
Mar 1 2006 11:09PM
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deleted
Posts: 50 - Karma: 10
i hope your joking
Mar 1 2006 11:10PM
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crazyfuck
Posts: 5968 - Karma: -7
i do the swish-swish, but backwards so it's hsiws-hsiws.
Mar 1 2006 11:11PM
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mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
by skiing backwards! I look over both shoulders when skiing switch...jumping over the right shoulder to spin.
Mar 1 2006 11:19PM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
word, my thoughs exactly
Mar 1 2006 11:23PM
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issdawg
Posts: 89 - Karma: 10
well generally i look over my left shoulder and spin left, but otherwise i stare straight through my legs, especially if im trying a switch front
Mar 1 2006 11:23PM
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hoodskiier
Posts: 288 - Karma: 12
like a baller
Mar 2 2006 12:09AM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
I love keeping my stance really staggered, its so much fun to do switch turns. Check out the bonus video in TBC if you have it, theres this one guy who hits this jump switch at night... hes got the most crazy staggered stance when he rides, and it looks awesome. I look mainly over my left shoulder, helps when i do switch butter 3's.
Mar 2 2006 5:38AM
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wallner_m
Posts: 181 - Karma: 44
backwards
Mar 2 2006 8:44AM
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B.L.A.K.E
Posts: 932 - Karma: 27
i look between my legs to ski backwardsi bend over, naahh i switch when im turnin right i look over left and vise versa.
Mar 2 2006 1:43PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
i look over mah downhill shoulder,, inside shoulder is less steezy, and you have more blindspots
Mar 2 2006 5:14PM
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linedawg
Posts: 482 - Karma: 10
just go
Mar 2 2006 6:17PM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
i kind of look beside my left shoulder. i hunch over and curl around. not sure if thats a good way to do it, but its how i do it.
Mar 2 2006 6:24PM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
first i do a switch 10 and then when i land i bend down and look under my legs and if im turning i use my mirros on my helmet
Mar 2 2006 7:23PM
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Thomson.
Posts: 4634 - Karma: 227
If im taking short skimpy turns ill stick to looking over my left shoulder, but when I'm taking nice wide, big carves ill switch shoulders, left turn, right should, vice-versa. And if I turn left my right ski goes behind my left ski a bit (inside ski = higher)
Mar 2 2006 7:28PM
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CBROOKS
Posts: 4979 - Karma: 10,708
always over the right shoulder, alternating which skis forward and such depending on the speed / how im turning.
Mar 2 2006 7:29PM
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LINEskier91
Posts: 196 - Karma: 7
lead wit one foot like if ur going down the hill turning to ur right while ur switch look over ur right shoulderthen switch ur leading foot to left and look over left shoulder at first to slow down jut pizza
Mar 2 2006 7:30PM
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l337
Posts: 1244 - Karma: 14
I think it is the skis that matter, then you work on it
Mar 2 2006 7:31PM
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freestyleskiin
Posts: 1598 - Karma: 9
same
Mar 2 2006 7:32PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
wow dude if you ride switch u have to look over both shoulders to turn
Apr 9 2006 7:50PM
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