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aznpcskier
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anyone have any pointers I began to attempt these after a 270 on but i can never reverse my spin to the other way, these things are hard, I cant even do swich out of a 270 on
Mar 28 2006 10:14PM
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nickmcnutt
Posts: 4396 - Karma: 2,966
practice. and try not to rotate as hard onto the rail, jst learn mellow spins on. also, once your locked on, try to shift your body weight. its hard, but possible. good luck!
Mar 28 2006 10:16PM
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aznpcskier
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 113
long or short box/rail
Mar 28 2006 10:22PM
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Phil.Green
Posts: 718 - Karma: 96
pretzels look sooo tight...but hard as shit
Mar 28 2006 10:25PM
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DietCoke
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id think 270 outs would be easier at first, but yeah just try and reset your weight once you get on the box
Mar 28 2006 10:34PM
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BRMN
Posts: 439 - Karma: 14
do them on rails, and the longer the better
Mar 29 2006 1:25AM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
what is a pretzel, besides a delicious snack
Mar 29 2006 1:39AM
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Dakoulas
Posts: 2894 - Karma: 40
Spin onto a rail one way then spin out the opposite, I.E. leftside 270 onto a rail to rightside 270 out. Some pretty tech shit
Mar 29 2006 1:41AM
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awickes
Posts: 1205 - Karma: 51
All i can say is there is this dope down flat down box and MATT WALKER did urban 270 on, pretzel (backside switch up), to switch out. so there thats cool, i guess
Mar 29 2006 1:50AM
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*scotty
Posts: 1579 - Karma: 20
yeh man same problem here when i was learning them. the trick is once you have 270 on you have to look back up the rail.

so when you spot the rail and look at it and stompe the 270 on you look back up the rail. YOU CANT LOOK DOWN THE RAIL! you have to look back up. took me a heap of tries but watch corey vanular in slow mo in shanghai six about 1000 times and you will get it easy!
Mar 29 2006 3:56AM
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knotbox
Posts: 1790 - Karma: 13
a pretzel is the snowboarding term for a 270 off the opposite way upon which you slide the feature as in back or frontboard.... skiers can not use this term as it doesnt apply with skiing...also when you do a 270 then spin an opposite 270 off its not called a pretzel in snowboarding...soo please for skiing sake stop or we will become even more of a laughin sock of the winter sports world.
Mar 29 2006 3:59AM
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VOLEURZ
Posts: 121 - Karma: 2,173
This is a good clip of Joe Schuster that might help you out. http://media.putfile.com/Joe---270-switchup-pretzel
Mar 29 2006 4:11AM
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minihef
Posts: 813 - Karma: 781
Since when were we a laughing stock? and who in the 'winter sports world' ie people outside the newschool ski community, even knows about tech tricks like spinning onto rails one way and off another. If they did would they suddenly laugh at skiing because the name has been adapted from snowboarding? do you really think they know or care? i don't think people decide whether skiing is cool or not because of the names of the tricks, they decide because of how it looks.

Also there's nothing wrong with adapting names of tricks from snowboarding- the meaning of all words is constantly evolving- they get applied to new things and can assume a variety of meanings. Because snowboarders do mute grabs does it mean we should't call any grabs mute because skiiers do them differently to boarders? The fact that there are people who do apply the term 'pretzel' to a certain ski trick and many people who recognize what a 'pretzel' means in skiing terms means of course it can be used in skiing- it already is!
Mar 29 2006 6:27AM
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TotesMcgotes
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YEah man, If you think skiing is the laughing stock of the winter sports world than maybe you should stop skiing and get off this site. Just a suggestion.
Mar 29 2006 9:02AM
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gambino500014
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wow
Mar 29 2006 9:09AM
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Greenish
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 367
dude, just try them on the longest flat rail at pc, maybe that one at the top of p'n's, but its kinda hard to do 270 on to that. but if you do get 270 on then you wanna look back up the hill at you have to get you skis kinda angled so you can push off the side of the rail to reverse your spin. its alot harder on boxes
Mar 29 2006 9:10AM
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mnjib
Posts: 5592 - Karma: 362
if its a short rail or box look at your tails while you are sliding the rail.
Mar 29 2006 9:13AM
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CamBrowne
Posts: 1830 - Karma: 99
they are also called silllys by some people
you cant do it on a box it has to be a rail and you have to sissor your skis so that one tip is up and the other is down it stops your spinning momentum
Mar 29 2006 9:17AM
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dead
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 11
^ I wouldn't say you can't do them on a box. They are just tougher on boxes and look a bit more fugly because you would really just be rotating your hips and arms a lot, at least with most of the people I have seen.
Mar 29 2006 9:49AM
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twintipteles
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tip your front nose down and open up a bit with the back ski to reverse/reset your momentum.
Mar 29 2006 10:10AM
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slogan
Posts: 117 - Karma: 309
you are an idiot. skiing is not snowboarding, just cause people call it a pretzel doesn't mean it's the same trick on a snowboard.
Mar 29 2006 5:21PM
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shagalabagala
Posts: 2101 - Karma: 10
the whole thing about a pretxl is that you're spinning out the opposite way that you spun on(change in spinning directions)
Mar 29 2006 5:27PM
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canudoa9
Posts: 382 - Karma: 99
if you didnt know,on the topic of food, a Pop-Tart is a swithch to reg in the pipe.
Mar 29 2006 5:35PM
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parkerhouse
Posts: 2087 - Karma: 11
you're both wrong and gay
Mar 29 2006 5:48PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
thats so fuckin smoooth
Mar 29 2006 5:59PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7487 - Karma: 3,618
maybe only try to rotate like 260 on and be thinking of the pretzel the whole time!
Mar 29 2006 6:03PM
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MALONE
Posts: 3819 - Karma: 73
dis kid knows dem pretzels, seen dat niggah put down like 4 bags O' bavarians just the other day.. f'real
Mar 30 2006 9:17PM
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twintipteles
Posts: 2954 - Karma: 13
no, he said he couldn't even do switch out after 27 on, which is harder because it's a small pretzel, he never said anything about not being able to do reg 27-27
Mar 30 2006 9:20PM
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jerome1233
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personnally I think pretzels are easier
Mar 30 2006 9:26PM
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oakjewlery
Posts: 4905 - Karma: 32
find a medium length box with square edges

270 on and look back at the top of the box

if you do that right you leading ski will drag and stop you from spinning

and then just 270 the other way
Mar 30 2006 9:30PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
longer rails might help more because then you hae more time to think about it and get ready for the spin off
Mar 30 2006 9:35PM
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DynastarriderGP
Posts: 8258 - Karma: 214
look the way you want to spin the entire time ex. 270 on look backwards the whole way and make sure your upper body spins out too
Mar 31 2006 8:31AM
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TKMB
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"also when you do a 270 then spin an opposite 270 off its not called a pretzel in snowboarding"

snowboarders dont even do that trick retard
Mar 31 2006 4:53PM
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Greenish
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 367
good call^
Mar 31 2006 4:56PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Just practice and your body will adjust to doing them eventually. It's just like learning just 270's off, it just takes practice... the kind I don't have time for hahaha.
Mar 31 2006 4:59PM
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knotbox
Posts: 1790 - Karma: 13
please dont call me a retard for anything that has anyhing to do with snowboarding i snowboard more than i ski.....and the i ride with a crew of snowboarders that would make you wet your pants when you just hear thier names.... i have seen snowboarders do this....it aint a cool trick but they do it for a laugh kinda like spinnning on a box .....i was merely backing up a point.
Apr 4 2006 5:31AM
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iskindiana
Posts: 1149 - Karma: 19
stop taking names from snowboarding... its rewind... and its not cab... its switch
Apr 4 2006 7:57AM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 257
what?? they are easier than danish
Apr 4 2006 10:28AM
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gambino500014
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not with a 270 on ^
Apr 4 2006 10:34AM
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levistewart
Posts: 3360 - Karma: 111
damn it matt walker is down right sick... andat keystone he did sw on blind side sw up sw out
Apr 4 2006 12:03PM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
that was so dope
Apr 4 2006 1:48PM
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wdbo.
Posts: 4935 - Karma: 173
they are hard, mostly cus you have to spin unnaturally
Apr 4 2006 2:14PM
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I-SKIrails
Posts: 58 - Karma: 10
are quite sick!!!
Apr 4 2006 3:18PM
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albatross.
Posts: 4380 - Karma: 772
270 switchup pretz = easier than 270 pretz
Apr 4 2006 3:48PM
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andrewg
Posts: 4746 - Karma: 18
whats a pretzel?
Apr 4 2006 3:49PM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
In snowboarding, a pretzel is like doing a frontside noseslide (where you do a backside 90 onto the rail) and then spin a backside 270 off (same way you spun on) but a DANISH, is when you do a frontside noseslide for instance, and do an oppositely spun 270 off. Mmmm, Im hungry now.
Apr 4 2006 4:53PM
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jksl
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uuuuuh...pretzel is opposite.
Apr 4 2006 4:55PM
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quebecfreestyler
Posts: 13040 - Karma: 1,419
locking on after a pretzel switch up is hard, if you think they are easier, then go try a 270 in
bs switch up bs 270 out


anyway, the key is looking uphill as you spin your 270 and always keep an eye on the top of the rail
Apr 4 2006 5:47PM
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