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ijibgoremtn
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ok so im still sketched about spinning off big jumps i can do spins over like small stuff and rails dont bother me but when ever i try to spin off a big jump i speed check a little when i widen my stance and it slows me down, then i land flat and look like a gayper any suggestions on how i should come through this besides sacking up cuz im not intentionally speed checking i just do it cuz off smaller jumps i amost start to spin at the tip of the jump i carve it kinda
Feb 13 2007 8:52PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
just straight line it and dont speed check
Feb 13 2007 9:00PM
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crash_man
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just rember better to overshoot than undershoot
Feb 13 2007 9:00PM
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Canuker
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^^ thats arguable, but most of the time thats true

Feb 13 2007 9:02PM
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S2daJ
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i hear that a lot, but i wonder if its true because usually knuckling sucks but how often do people really get injured BADLY from knuckling as opposed to overshooting...
Feb 13 2007 9:04PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
ya like simon dumont probably wouldntve gotten injured at all if he had just knuckled that jump at park city. but i usually just charge a jump and dont htink about it.
Feb 13 2007 9:10PM
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doublexl
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ya but T Hall probably would have walked away from chads if he had overshot. i guess its slightly larger though.
Feb 13 2007 9:19PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
but thats cuz that was a gap and not a kicker with a knuckle
Feb 13 2007 9:23PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
NOOOOOOOOO

I overshot 40ft to flat and broke my back in 3 places...definitly NOT better....
Feb 13 2007 9:26PM
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Black-Bandanna
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Take more practice runs and get more comfortable on the hit. That always helps. Just wait until you start hitting big shit switch....now that's a ride and half....
Feb 13 2007 9:27PM
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snowXrider540
Posts: 1182 - Karma: 12
i kinda have that same problem...but all i do is just hit it a couple times and straight air it to get the speed down perfect then throw the spins...seems to work real good for me cause then i know i have the right speed cause that worries me going off a jump and im thinking am i gonna clear it or whatever...so thats my take on it
Feb 13 2007 10:02PM
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Abes2009
Posts: 1144 - Karma: 58
basically, you just have to man up to it. No other way around it. And I think overshooting is better but depends on how far you overshoot. Like at stratton sunday i overshot the last jump that was about 40 feet ish by 20 feet to flat. Yeah. Fun. Not.
Feb 13 2007 10:07PM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
for me bigger jumps are easier to do spins on, just don't speed check if you keep casing and giver
Feb 13 2007 10:07PM
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jKutcher
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not always
Feb 13 2007 10:15PM
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philipc
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maybe on smaller jumps you never know
Feb 13 2007 10:17PM
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Edward.
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i always try to aim for around 10 feet after the knuckle of the landing
Feb 13 2007 10:18PM
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tribefan226
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i'd say experiment with different speeds but just doing straight airs. them once u find how much speed u need to make it past the knuckle try and go the same speed when ur gonna spin
Feb 13 2007 10:59PM
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alexL
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
i ended up with a broken wrist a few years ago from overshooting... but thats usually when i have enough air to do anything. and i dunno the thing that helped me was not going for the huge spin right off the lip but kinda straight airing it halfway then kinda spinning so i end up landing switch, and once i had gotten the feel for that spinning the whole was wasnt too bad
Feb 13 2007 11:05PM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
yup how I broke my wrist to. I've never gotten hurt by knuckling so... yea i'd rather knuckle any day than overshoot a huge jump. there is no worse feeling than going off a jump and knowing right away you have overshot it and are fucked and there is nothing you can do but wait for impact.
Feb 13 2007 11:13PM
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Salomonkid161
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
Dont worry about spinning till your in air cause nothing is worse than looking like a gayper.
Feb 13 2007 11:23PM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 1,277
sometimes its better to get more speed then needed wit a big ass landing then caseing, but then again u can overclear like a bitch!
Feb 14 2007 12:19AM
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Abes2009
Posts: 1144 - Karma: 58
no its worse to actually be a gayper
Feb 26 2007 6:17PM
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Alkyy
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I had the same problem for years, eventually you'll do one without the last second speed check and everything will start to work out.

Feb 26 2007 6:47PM
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Wis_Skier_23
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dumont also overshot the jump by 100 feet so had he not been an idiot and gone so fast if he over shot by 40 feet he would have been fine
Feb 26 2007 6:54PM
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Mr.O
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yeah i had the same problem what i did was just go used to the jump first by doing a lot of straight airs with grabs
Feb 26 2007 7:05PM
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snowXrider540
Posts: 1182 - Karma: 12
i love going in air and looking total gayper style to get the speed right then going up and stomping and huge 540 haha that always surprises some people
Feb 26 2007 7:13PM
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