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Wis_Skier_23
Posts: 2263 - Karma: 245
everytime i go for the truck driver i get like 3 in from the grab but i never get it any help....does it make it easier carving into it because i have seen many do this???
Jan 31 2007 11:01PM
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Mike.Records
Posts: 1311 - Karma: 756
do you push your heels away from you and your toes towards you to bring the tips of your skis up?
Jan 31 2007 11:02PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
im still learning truck drivers too, but i find it really helps to flick your toes up right after you pop and also set your spin before your grab, besides that idk start stratching alot, i never really have to much trouble with grabbing my skis, i just stop spinning once i gabb them...
Jan 31 2007 11:04PM
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Notorious_BLT
Posts: 3401 - Karma: 14
i would say they are alot easyer with corks... which you do usually carve off the lip. but i cant say ive ever thrown a truck with a cork
Jan 31 2007 11:04PM
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IRockLizzys
Posts: 391 - Karma: 11
I've always found that carving into a spin makes the grab a lot easier.
Jan 31 2007 11:04PM
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Wis_Skier_23
Posts: 2263 - Karma: 245
like i havent tried pullin up with my toes ill try it.....but like i go for the grab and get close but ill give it a try....it feels like im not gonna get the spin around but somehow i just do its wierd
Jan 31 2007 11:07PM
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LesBainsDouches
Posts: 171 - Karma: 13
Ehh fuck it, don't even grab. Too much work.
Feb 1 2007 12:59AM
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C.R.420
Posts: 2441 - Karma: 28
thats a very bad theory.

pencil steeze is lame to the max.
Feb 1 2007 1:11AM
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eheath
Posts: 61645 - Karma: 123,444
That makes no sense at all.
Feb 1 2007 1:12AM
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Schoening
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who said it had to be pencil?
Feb 1 2007 1:13AM
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Lineskier-101
Posts: 7863 - Karma: 22
A stylie switch three looks amazing without a grab.
Feb 1 2007 1:23AM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
a big enough slow spin can look stylie without a gab. but grabs look better most of the time
Feb 1 2007 1:32AM
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eheath
Posts: 61645 - Karma: 123,444
Exactly, see tanner hall in 1242, cork 3 no grab.
Feb 1 2007 1:33AM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
If you're 15 or younger, I have some serious advice for you on this matter: stop doing truck drivers. the truck driver (aka the suck driver; the prison offering; the push it; or the pike, in competitive diving) is considered to be cool right now. However, when its novelty wears off in a couple years, it will be exposed for what it truly is: a very gay grab. So if you're young and hoping to be a pro skier in, say, 2010, then you shouldn't practice truck drivers, because by the time you're ready to be a ps (pro skier, for those who don't know what time it is), truck drivers will be a no-no.
Feb 1 2007 2:15AM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
well i guess it helps to set tjhe spin if you carve into it.
Feb 1 2007 10:16AM
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1990
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 52
have you ever had fun while you skied? or do you just try to make money?
Feb 1 2007 10:20AM
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Roy
Posts: 1982 - Karma: 1,240
Yea truck drivers look soo gay, but that being said they are a hard grab spesh to spin with. Tips would be either start streching (I coach tramp and when we strectch before class I can't beleive how many kids can't touch their toes), Or you can try and get sent to prison and play drop the soap with your cell mate.
Feb 1 2007 10:21AM
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thejackal1177
Posts: 3434 - Karma: 2,724
i think stylish no grabs look amazing sometimes
Feb 1 2007 10:27AM
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lolBACKFLIP
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
you can't get the grab because your a pussy and afraid to fall so you jsut do half-assed tricks
Feb 1 2007 10:30AM
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Tuba
Posts: 18 - Karma: 12
mabey you should ski better noob-hole. mabey if you could get some air you could do this stupid trik no one cares about

I ARE TEH POWNZOR
Feb 1 2007 10:35AM
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*freeskierpj*
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 13
HAHA!!!
Feb 1 2007 11:06AM
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espen^R
Posts: 2330 - Karma: 192
ever heard of shifties ?
Feb 1 2007 11:44AM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
I have fun all the time when I ski. But I don't have fun trying my hardest to do things that look gay. Why work hard to look gay while you ski, when you can look cool?
Feb 1 2007 12:11PM
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wils.
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 48
start grabbing it after you spon about 160 and when you get comfortable and its starts to get easy try it after 90 degrees
it will come with practice
Feb 1 2007 1:16PM
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(fujative)
Posts: 332 - Karma: 14
how do you know that truck drivers will go out of style? can you foreshadow the future? mutes were like the first big newschool trick and they are still plenty popular
Feb 1 2007 1:48PM
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SlickRick.
Posts: 4329 - Karma: 300
first off you probably arent good enough to be attempting these yet, second they only look good with CORKED spins, and im guessing you arent quite there. because if you werre good enough you would now why you cant get the grab. im admitting i cant do them, but at least i am smart enough to realize that.
Feb 1 2007 3:23PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
hahaha, now I know what a PS is, thanks for the help on the "insider lingo".
Feb 1 2007 3:41PM
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49566738265
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that would help alot. do it on the ground and you'll feel it.
Feb 1 2007 3:47PM
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SeanB
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haha I'm glad someone else found that funny
Feb 1 2007 4:02PM
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McLeod
Posts: 1762 - Karma: 1,582
john what happened to idolizing creed?!!!?
Feb 1 2007 4:35PM
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hoodratz47
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matty just pwnd that kid.................sooo good
Feb 1 2007 4:38PM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
mutes were not gay.
Feb 2 2007 2:44AM
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JAYTRON
Posts: 2373 - Karma: 16
I never really liked the look of truck drivers. I would definetly like to see them go out of style. Mutes have always looked good though, so they aren't going anywhere. It looks like the octo grab is taking over truckers.
Feb 2 2007 8:30AM
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(fujative)
Posts: 332 - Karma: 14
neither were truckdrivers when they were introduced
Feb 2 2007 1:45PM
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fcskier27
Posts: 736 - Karma: 11
i think truck drivers just look gay. maybe thats because i cant do them though
Feb 2 2007 1:52PM
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Grimace.
Posts: 8345 - Karma: 25
just cause you dont grab doesnt mean its pencil, look at simons segment in ski porn, his giant hits without grabs are so smooth and sick
Feb 2 2007 2:44PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
have you ever seen any of his video parts? hes always having fun. seriously, he throws screamin backflips and shiftys all over the place. he definately has fun and it shows in his parts
Feb 2 2007 2:52PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
pretty true. but its always good to have another trick in ur arsenal.
Feb 2 2007 6:43PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
have u ever seen him? he seems like a funny guy.
Feb 2 2007 6:44PM
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MLB
Posts: 4462 - Karma: 298
ive never done a 360....but i have been ripping 180 truck drivers all day today. They are easyer to learn with no poles ( please no hate, just try it with out poles, then you will know i speak the truth). Pop hard off the lip and just try and kick your head, then grab those skis. You have to set the rotation before your in the air, or else your doing it straight air style.
Feb 2 2007 6:48PM
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Greenish
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 367
i think you just need to find the right jump. i usually try them off of the lip onto the rainbow box cus its a nice smooth one with decent pop
Feb 2 2007 6:50PM
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Alkyy
Posts: 2839 - Karma: 149
i always bend my knees first to get the grab then kick out once i have it.  Not as smooth as most peoples but im not flexable enough otherwise
Feb 2 2007 7:10PM
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lyndon
Posts: 7266 - Karma: 128
yeah mat, who told you to drop the poles??? huh? yeah, me.
Feb 2 2007 7:31PM
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Wis_Skier_23
Posts: 2263 - Karma: 245
ok lets get something straight....FUCK YOU first of all......and second i know i am new to NS but your more of one than i am and your calling me a noob-hole so can it.....i was doing it off 35 footers so dont give me shit about air either
Feb 3 2007 10:39PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,032
dont know if you know this but you dont have to grab the tips to be a truck...anywhere in front of the binding is considered a truck, even though tips look alot better, they are for gay yoga bitches
Feb 3 2007 10:55PM
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SnowMedic
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 25
that and pre skiing stretching, if you ask any pro 90% of them will tell you they stretch before skiing.
Feb 3 2007 11:36PM
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Casey
Posts: 7871 - Karma: 24,631
just half ass it and grab your binding toe pieces, its not like anyone's going to care.
Feb 4 2007 12:20AM
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Dilla
Posts: 6447 - Karma: 106
yeah man, as long as its stylie, youre good.
Feb 4 2007 12:26AM
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