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Defining Trick

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rossignol_rider
Posts: 1956 - Karma: 13
In most other sports there is a trick, or feat that once done, seperates you from others. For example, you arent a 'great' basketball player until you can dunk. In your opinion, is there any trick that seperates good skiers from bad skiiers?
Apr 30 2003 3:20PM
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The_Professor
Posts: 1216 - Karma: 7
a 360 with a grab


why are doves the international symbols of peace? why not pillows? they have 2 times as many feathers and not that dangerous beak!

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Apr 30 2003 3:27PM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
are you fucking dumb, you dont have to be able to dunk to be great and once you dunk your not great, what kind of basketball have you been watching, i know some tall ass kid in my school who can dunk, and he sucks, and someone like mugsey bouges can barely dunk and he is a sick basketball player
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Apr 30 2003 3:29PM
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bigskia
Posts: 3463 - Karma: 35
i'd say a 360 grab or a big 180...i find big 180's harder than 360's now because switch landings are something different


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Apr 30 2003 3:29PM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
360 grab AND being able to make a rail your bitch. if you want to compare skiing to bball dunking is like making a turn on a groomer while a dope ass crossover is more like a 360 grab and being a sick passer or rebounder is like cleaning a rail





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Apr 30 2003 3:42PM
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l_KeViN_l
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 16
I think with skiing its a backflip.. it may not be the hardest trick in the book but I bet its one of the most defining..

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Apr 30 2003 3:53PM
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The_Professor
Posts: 1216 - Karma: 7
maybe clean definetely 360's,180's and rail slides



why are doves the international symbols of peace? why not pillows? they have 2 times as many feathers and not that dangerous beak!

its 4:19 do you know where your kids are?
Apr 30 2003 4:03PM
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massivemassing
Posts: 396 - Karma: 10
ya
Apr 30 2003 4:09PM
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massivemassing
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ya
Apr 30 2003 4:09PM
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K_2
Posts: 1446 - Karma: 11
360s smoothly and big ass 180s
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Apr 30 2003 4:14PM
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HeliX
Posts: 362 - Karma: 20
Learning to flip definitly sets you apart.

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Apr 30 2003 5:18PM
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Ds91260
Posts: 9984 - Karma: 19
yea theres a trick that makes u a good skier, being able to take any line and make it ur bitch
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Apr 30 2003 5:26PM
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strode
Posts: 7549 - Karma: 14
^word to that





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Apr 30 2003 6:16PM
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strode
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^word to that





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Apr 30 2003 6:16PM
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Geekypunkboy
Posts: 389 - Karma: 10
Yeah, definitly agree with Ds91260. You gotta be able to see the sick shit and huck the drops. On the jibbin side of things, its the rail slide.
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Apr 30 2003 6:28PM
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Ds91260
Posts: 9984 - Karma: 19
i like to ride park just as much if not more than the next guy, but anyone who can stand up and knows how to throw a spin can hit a jump and do a 3 safety, and any fruit booter can slide rail, but that dosnt make u a good skier
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Apr 30 2003 6:30PM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
switch, when a rider can take off, land, railslide etc. switch it seperates him form the normal vision of skiers...

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Apr 30 2003 6:49PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
i think its just style

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Apr 30 2003 7:24PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
switch tricks, mogul skiers can do 360 grabs and such but there not newschool. switch tricks seperate us from the norm.
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Apr 30 2003 7:39PM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
cj knows....

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Apr 30 2003 8:32PM
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bigskia
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but not switch 180's because those are way too easy


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Apr 30 2003 8:35PM
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rossignol_rider
Posts: 1956 - Karma: 13
Basketball was just the fitsy comparsion i could think of. It probably wasnt the best.
Apr 30 2003 9:14PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
it dosent matter if switch 180 are too easy, they are stil defining for our sport, when in skiing, (other than ballet) do skiers go backwards?
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Apr 30 2003 9:18PM
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The_Professor
Posts: 1216 - Karma: 7
definetely man, if you can ride park thats good and all but if you can ski a sick line and huck off cliffs you are definetely set apart


why are doves the international symbols of peace? why not pillows? they have 2 times as many feathers and not that dangerous beak!

its 4:19 do you know where your kids are?
Apr 30 2003 9:24PM
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sirjibsalot
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 19
style seperates the good from bad.
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Apr 30 2003 9:26PM
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sherLocke
Posts: 4701 - Karma: 8
off axis tricks done or landed switch.


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Apr 30 2003 10:09PM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
Posts: 6146 - Karma: 73
inverted or corked stuff. you spend all of your time before you can do them, thinking about them and once stick them it opens up a whole new aspect skiing, not just how many rotations you can spin.
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Apr 30 2003 11:12PM
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Ghost
Posts: 7116 - Karma: 339
switch mule kick

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Apr 30 2003 11:27PM
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mikee
Posts: 7813 - Karma: 5
Yeah, probably an invert. And in the area of spinning. Id say 540s. Cuz everyone can 3, but 540s are something you dont see everywhere.

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Apr 30 2003 11:35PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
probobly out of 100 people that can do 900s only 65 can do a styley 540 grab. so its definently style

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May 1 2003 5:20PM
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midwest_720s
Posts: 648 - Karma: 10
the 3' w/ grab and bacflip have gotta be the breaking point

once u can ski midwest dirt and grass, you can call yourself good

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May 1 2003 7:11PM
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SkiSundownJibber
Posts: 1013 - Karma: 19
doing a good slalom run. Yeah, bitches, talk shit. But most of you can't even do it.
May 1 2003 7:20PM
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k2skier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 13
anything inverted i think sets you a part nowdays everyone can do a 360

but of course you must have that steeze
May 1 2003 7:26PM
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rossignol_rider
Posts: 1956 - Karma: 13
There really is no 'trick' in a slalom run

May 1 2003 8:57PM
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petek
Posts: 8762 - Karma: 12
OK, almost all, about 99% of the pro basketball players can dunk. But anyways, i think the 'defining' trick for ppl, is the backflip. There's just something so nice about it, as mike douglas says, its sexy.



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May 1 2003 10:18PM
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A_W
Posts: 295 - Karma: 16
I think hes getting to what makes you 'great' not good. NA players are all great or they wouldnt be there. I would say the trick that all great skiers can throw is the Dspin every pro has that in his back pocket



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May 2 2003 4:09PM
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BrownEyeIn
Posts: 878 - Karma: 457
360 mute big, small, and has control over the grab
May 2 2003 4:14PM
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jman
Posts: 3117 - Karma: 19
360 or backflip, but it has to have style, beacuse ther is always a racer or somebody who does a plain and sloppy back or 3.
May 2 2003 7:51PM
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petek
Posts: 8762 - Karma: 12
i remember in the first half of the first trailer of the playground, everybody did a d-spin.



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May 2 2003 8:57PM
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sherLocke
Posts: 4701 - Karma: 8
not every pro can do a d-spin, why does everybody think d-spins are like THE trick. if you can d-spin then you kick ass or something, it doesnt make sense. Skogen Sprang can't d-spin and will own all of you any day of the week including myself.
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May 3 2003 11:55AM
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