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Flatspins

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LineSkis153
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uhm how do you do them?
Apr 8 2006 3:18PM
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skier24
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ahhh i think it is just a spin off of flat ground..haha im pretty sure thats what the term flatspin means..
Apr 8 2006 3:45PM
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Redstar
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Flat spin is just like, spinning through the air without corking or any of that jazz. You just gotta make sure you're centered and balanced over your skis when taking off, and when unwinding your arms (you pre-wound, right?) dont angle them or anything, try and make em parallel to the ground..works for me.
Apr 8 2006 4:36PM
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Ski_Unit_19
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i feel confident that you have no idea what you are talking about
Apr 8 2006 4:37PM
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Redstar
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Oh? Well then enlighten me. I'm talking snowboard-wise, as that's what I do, so maybe that's the problem.
Apr 8 2006 9:24PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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well I just do them like a rodeo, then I don't drop my rear shoulder as hard, and I keep looking at the ground longer before I look over the other shoulder. Say a 5, I would do a rodeo 5, but I would not drop my left shoulder as hard and I would pretty much put my full attention off the lip on my feet not going over my head. Then grab safety just cuz its simple with the trick and locks it in, then look down and roll out. Learn rodeos first.
Apr 8 2006 10:40PM
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ander
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do u have any idea im with the other dude ur way off
Apr 8 2006 10:58PM
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n-o
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i usually just hit down, right, and hold c
but make sure you press the ollie button to get speed and pop just before the lip.... thats what i do

o and i sometimes jazz it up by holding x to do grabs
Apr 8 2006 11:02PM
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dweezileast
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^hahahahahha. right on
Apr 8 2006 11:05PM
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MALONE
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for a 3 just pop and spin fer a 3, drop the shoulder that isnt leading and lookstraight over your leading shouder
Apr 8 2006 11:29PM
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Redstar
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Then what's a flatspin, in terms of skiing. As far as boarding is concerned, it's just a spin that is done nice and flat, not off-axis, corked, or any of that jazz. I dunno why it'd be different for skiing.. but eh.
Apr 8 2006 11:43PM
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Ski_Unit_19
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as cody said

well I just do them like a rodeo, then I don't drop my rear shoulder as hard, and I keep looking at the ground longer before I look over the other shoulder. Say a 5, I would do a rodeo 5, but I would not drop my left shoulder as hard and I would pretty much put my full attention off the lip on my feet not going over my head. Then grab safety just cuz its simple with the trick and locks it in, then look down and roll out. Learn rodeos first.
Apr 8 2006 11:50PM
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aussiejibber
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watch some rollerblading and you'll understand...not that i rollerblade but those guys have them mastered
you are kind of spinning but your body is parallel to the ground
Apr 8 2006 11:56PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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no your wrong.
Apr 9 2006 12:22AM
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Greenish
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good call
Apr 9 2006 11:49AM
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HuckerGently
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i've always done them where i throw the spin forward. i got my pointers from skiingmotion.com a long time ago. they said to throw your right shoulder forward as if you were checking someone in hockey or something. the key is not letting your feet go above your head, because its no longer a flatspin.
Apr 9 2006 11:59AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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yeah thats actually true^^^^ you do thropw yourself more forward.
Apr 9 2006 12:55PM
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HuckerGently
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p.s. i miss skiingmotion
Apr 9 2006 1:11PM
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Thug_Scout
Posts: 116 - Karma: 89
well my great grandfather invented the flatspin, i should know
Apr 9 2006 1:22PM
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putzld
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Yea skiingmotion was the shit, that was long time ago though...
Apr 9 2006 2:55PM
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jayamait
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hahahahaha. nice nolan.
Apr 9 2006 3:35PM
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Pman13a
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thats hilarious
Apr 9 2006 7:40PM
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timoski
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sideways backflip
Apr 9 2006 8:49PM
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aussiejibber
Posts: 183 - Karma: 22
perfect defintion
Apr 9 2006 9:11PM
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slimbruddah
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I can do them on trampoline. Very easy on trampline... but that's trampoline. It's like i spin left, so I just kick my feet up and to the left like diagonally so that at 180 my backs at the ground and you bring it out like your coming out of a lincon or a sunrise or whatever.
Apr 9 2006 10:21PM
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burr
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You flat spin by trowing you leading leading sholder back of over top of you so your head is parell with the ground(So your head horizonal not verical) as much as possible.

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Apr 10 2006 2:20AM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
Watch Andy Mahre's part in the Hit List. He throws some gnarly flatspins. Especially the one where he's talking about the helicopters around him. I think its a flat 5 but its sick as fuck.
May 12 2006 5:13PM
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Jake...
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haha this thread is all ownage
May 12 2006 5:16PM
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4frntSkier
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they are dope
it looks kinda hard to set up for theem
May 12 2006 5:18PM
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bpalmer
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Nah man they just look complicated. I learned em on tramps, had a few PMs with ole Akoby, and now I can do them on command. Flat 5 that is.
May 12 2006 7:09PM
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dweezileast
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skiingmotion was sick shit
May 12 2006 10:50PM
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KeegLove
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un-inverted rodeo.
May 12 2006 10:58PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
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i try and hcuk like a sideflip but imagine my feet up in front of me instead of over my head and that usually works out i still kinda get inverted though
May 12 2006 11:01PM
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tahoearmada20
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so since the question hasn't yet been answered... a flat spin 3 on skis is a backflip parrallel to the ground rather than perpendicular... you're welcome
May 12 2006 11:15PM
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Logchucker
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Just watch crichton and Mike Nick in RFA
May 12 2006 11:19PM
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