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Slowing down in switch?

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JakeCastDotCom
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Working on my switch skiing, wondering what methods people use for slowing down in switch. Also, any tips on stable turning?

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Jake
Apr 10 2007 4:07AM
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Love_Wins.
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Same as skiing forward really, weight on the outside ski, and just turn to scrub speed. Practice skiing groomers...or anything really, but start on easy green and blue groomers, and just ride everything switch...the more you do it, the more natural it will become.
Apr 10 2007 5:54AM
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zylstra
Posts: 3613 - Karma: 125
To slow down theres always just the reverse pizza where you create a v pointing downhill while riding switch.  Turn by doing the exact same thing the racers are doing except BACKWARDS
Apr 10 2007 7:04AM
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TheButterHashira
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^pizza is the way to go
Apr 10 2007 7:23AM
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pales
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lead with your downhill ski and use weight on it to turn. look over your left shoulder to turn right, right shoulder to turn left.
use the reverse snowplow if until you are comfortable with turning and then use that as a way to dump speed. the harder you turn the more speed you drop. do it as much as possible and youll soon get the hang of it and wont be looking to dump speed much anymore
Apr 10 2007 8:16AM
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mski
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switch pizzas n frenchfries! make sure you legs go reallly far apart when you do it too!
Apr 10 2007 8:18AM
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KG_
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make sure u look liek this kid going up to the jump^^ n then panic
Apr 10 2007 9:06AM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
just do a regular stop, only backwards.   like angle your skis so they're both parallel and sideways down the mountain.
Apr 10 2007 11:02AM
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skiEER
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swicth wedge is the easyest method of slowing down
Apr 10 2007 11:09AM
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HeathR
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im confused. Just use the same method u would when u r not skiing switch. Its the same thing just backwards. You can wedge, turn, or do a hockey stop.
Apr 10 2007 11:13AM
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Peter.
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just pizza, or fall if you reallllly need to stop
Apr 10 2007 11:25AM
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james44
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just learn how to turn.. its not hard
Apr 10 2007 11:28AM
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bfnradford
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yah turning really isnt that hard it helps to keep one ski in front of the other and really turn your body so you can see whats going on, feet apart helps too, check out andy mahre or pollard, they seem to have it down
Apr 10 2007 11:44AM
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KG_
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snowplows rule!
Apr 10 2007 11:56AM
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