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We got it BACKWARDS!!!

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snowbird4life
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someone explain to me, why what jon olson does is a switch MISTY but what rory B does is a switch BACKFLIP


Mar 31 2007 1:16PM
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turbo_penguin
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huh?

switch backflip is self explainatory... no spinning involved. either one flip or two, straight over.

switch misty is skiing up switch, and spinning with a forward rotation. can be done 5, 7, 9, 10+.



Mar 31 2007 1:23PM
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max.
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yeah I dont het the question, but thats what it is.
Mar 31 2007 1:24PM
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snowbird4life
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you guys are dumb.


im saying jons switch misty spins FORWARD. rorys switch BACKFLIP spins FORWARD.
Mar 31 2007 1:30PM
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skier24
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rorys switch backflip is him skiing to the jump and doing a backflip but he is switch. he technically spins forward because he is switch but he is doing a backflip
Mar 31 2007 1:32PM
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CTD
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no i get what your saying. with a switch backflip. your flipping forward. but with a switch trick like a misty, rodeo, cork or something, it doesnt matter what direction you hit the jump in, or how its set. it is wierd.
Mar 31 2007 1:49PM
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snowbird4life
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dude i get that.


thats why im saying we got it backwords. because technically he is doing a backflip but he is switch. WELL technically jon is doing a rodeo but he is switch YET WE CALL ONE A BACKFLIP and the OTHER A MISTY (all im saying is it should be switch backflip switch rodeo, or switch frontflip switch misty)

does anyone get my point or am i off my rocker.
Mar 31 2007 1:50PM
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fouldsys
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i call it sw rodeo^
Mar 31 2007 1:56PM
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K2skipunk
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dude, just stop thinking about it so hard, its a trick, no sense to confuse yourself. but good points made.
Mar 31 2007 2:04PM
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snowbird4life
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trust me broheem me and a bud were dicussing this on a lift.


the internet can make people sound like they actually give a fuck i guess!
Mar 31 2007 2:17PM
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Shorton
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thats a pitty stupid question, haha
Apr 1 2007 10:04AM
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R.Fahey
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I understand ecaxtly what you are saying. A switch misty is thrown exactly like a cork 7 if you were going off forward. A Switch cork is throwm more like a misty. For some reason the people who started doing them first decided on it I guess.
Apr 1 2007 11:10AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Yeah, the trick names are a little inconsistent.
Apr 1 2007 11:25AM
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poofartpee
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dude haha why the fuck haha why would u even think of something like that haha
Apr 1 2007 1:17PM
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artfullydodged
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i get it
Apr 1 2007 1:40PM
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skier24
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brilliant
Apr 1 2007 4:24PM
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mckeeman
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Ok to better understand this, say the following words over a couple of times...

I AM SOFA KING WE TODD IT.
Apr 1 2007 6:05PM
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chickenwang
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so you dont get that a switch misty is throwing down the hill (or wat looks like over your shoulder) and a reg misty is also thrown downhill (going under your shoulder?)
Apr 1 2007 6:21PM
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shoenice22
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it is called a switch rodeo
Apr 1 2007 7:32PM
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twintipteles
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umm, I think about shit like that all the time. I'm  know i'm not alone when i say that i've discussed this before with friends.

Apr 1 2007 7:36PM
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asfffffffffdd
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word
Apr 1 2007 8:07PM
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jhackbeez
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wtf
Apr 1 2007 10:43PM
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FUUUCK
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i know what you mean, but its not worth getting your panties in a knot
Apr 2 2007 12:54PM
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nhjibber
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i don't know whos with me on this but i dont even care what the trick is called, its on axis or off, its looks cool or it doesnt.

it's like simons 12, people are like holy shit he did a twelve, yea but it's forced. People get tied up in the numbers and forget to actually look at the trick for it's style, or control.
Apr 2 2007 1:32PM
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snowbird4life
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whats funny is im not even really a park skier yet some of you douchebags are acting like im some kind of FIS park skiing nazi

for fucks sake it was a convo on a lift that i brought to you guys to see what you thought.


but thank you for the people that got what i was saying, or at least acknowledged that they have discussed or thought about it.

and posts like "wtf" are such brilliant contributions to this great site.
Apr 2 2007 2:32PM
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ECfreeski3
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i unsderstand your question, and asked it mnyself once, but if you think about it the names are accurate. you do a swtich backflip, and youre just doing a backflip, but going switch.
but if youre doing a switch misty, as soon as you complete even 180 degrees of rotation, from there on out its just like a regular misty...
if we called what we currently call switch rodeos switch misties...a switch rodeo would look like a forward misty

im not sure i explained that well but yeah..
Apr 2 2007 4:47PM
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MarkieR
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yes yes yes! basically, the tricks are named the way they are because they are the same once you're in the air. a switch cork and a regular cork are thrown completely differently, but in the air, the trick looks the same.
Apr 2 2007 4:55PM
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