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Refuses to do switchups

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OhioRiderSPK5
Posts: 968 - Karma: 24
when im on a rail or box i always wanna do a switch up but i really dont know how.... i grind right foot forward so which way would i wanna switch up too o and i spin to the left..... but its like my body refuses to let me do it
Dec 13 2006 9:26PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
try it blindside. just continue your spin off the jump and jump when your about to nut yourself
Dec 13 2006 9:27PM
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Hctiws_iks
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 25
frontside sw ups are usually considered easier.
push down with your toes of your rear foot and pop
Dec 13 2006 9:28PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
its just commiting to it, what people have told me is to just look over your shoulder, just like you normally initiate a spin on a table,
Dec 13 2006 9:36PM
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stinkypoodangle
Posts: 1322 - Karma: 33
rotate your shoulders and pop, your feets will follow.
Dec 13 2006 9:39PM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
for me, the easiest switchup is left foot forward frontside switchup, and i naturally slide right foot forward. maybe start with that one.

also, right foot blindside switchup is pretty easy on certain features.
Dec 13 2006 9:46PM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
spin really hard onto a box and butter it everytime and when u get comfortable start to jump b4 u come around then try it on the rails when u feel comfortable!
Dec 13 2006 10:43PM
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PaulWall
Posts: 1994 - Karma: 43
Quick question about my man Tanner Hall.
I love the guy but Im curious to see if anyone has seen this.

HAS ANYONE SEEN TANNER HALL DO A CHANGE-UP?
Dec 13 2006 10:45PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Its all in the hips, its all in the hips, and shoulders. Mainly shoulders though.
Dec 13 2006 10:46PM
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STACKS
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 42
just pop and turn
Dec 13 2006 10:57PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
just spin while on a box and jump between every 180
Dec 13 2006 11:00PM
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Stan_Darsh
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 185
jump/pop and spin. try learing them on kiks, it is alot easier in my opinion
Dec 14 2006 12:31AM
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eric@jerzy
Posts: 285 - Karma: 9
i find it ezer when u bend your knees alot when i am not bent much i wont do them too
Dec 14 2006 1:00AM
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xnick11
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 171
I find it easier to fakie on then swich up in the same direction until you get it down.
Dec 14 2006 9:58AM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
thats weird cause the exact same thing happens to me, im like locked onto the rail and i just cant do it
Dec 14 2006 10:12AM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,621
start by doing box dance butter switch ups to get the feeling then start trying to jump with it, start on a small flat box
Dec 14 2006 10:39AM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
you gotta really commit. sometimes my body just locks up too
Dec 14 2006 12:24PM
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kylebrazil
Posts: 317 - Karma: 14
i just learned front side today, and wut i did was edge pressure with the leading foot and then just really pop and spin.
Dec 19 2009 10:29PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
you have to try to do it. wont magically happen for you.

drop your front foots heel as if you were going to 270 out. use that edge grabbin to help with your rotation. the rest is just doing the effot. dont think too much about it. pop, rotate shoulders and hips. thats it.
Dec 19 2009 10:33PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
Plan B:   go around the rail and huck off the 40 foot booter
Dec 19 2009 10:43PM
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W...
Posts: 556 - Karma: 270
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Aw2i7iHA0&feature=related

at 30 seconds

Dec 19 2009 11:00PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
Posts: 632 - Karma: 10
if you are aything like me (6'2 200 lbs.) try really getting low on the rail and bend your knees when you jump up to do the switch up. for a big person it is really hard to just stand there jump up and do a switcj up. I have to really bend my knees and jump really hard to get high enough to get around on the rail.
Dec 19 2009 11:40PM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
yeah
Dec 20 2009 1:06AM
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pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
fuck when were you 22222?

Dec 20 2009 1:32AM
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pbcrazy9898
Posts: 274 - Karma: 21
What helps for me is to learn a blindside 270 out first.
then... try the samething but just earlier on the rail
i usually did a short switch up before the end of the rail.
eventually you will get it
but...
yeah you gotta just try it .. don't worry about falling, everyone falls.
Progression is inevitable without getting your ass kicked first....lol
Dec 20 2009 1:43AM
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