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Landing switch

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zephyr_sc
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I just watched the 2006 Candide Invitational video, and the skiers landed switch on every big jump. Is landing switch a lot safer and softer on the legs?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQmDUkg878c
Apr 22 2007 2:34PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
I find it softer, because the impact is partially absorbed by the flex of your boot. your body in releation to the hill works like suspension, if that makes any sense.
Apr 22 2007 2:36PM
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Calb3rt
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i land switch better then i land regular.
Apr 22 2007 2:37PM
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4ReeL_
Posts: 3187 - Karma: 1,563
i dont think it has anything to do with "safer" maybe because everyone was throwin sw 10's
Apr 22 2007 2:40PM
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4ReeL_
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i dont think it has anything to do with "safer" maybe because everyone was throwin sw 10's
Apr 22 2007 2:40PM
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eheath
Posts: 61588 - Karma: 122,906
Landing on the knuckle or landing towards the bottom of the landing switch isn't bad at all, unless of course you get kicked off the knuckle and fly down the landing.
Apr 22 2007 2:41PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
i was raised skiing switch. its my natural direction. so really, switch is regular for me. the question i have is how do you land forward?
Apr 22 2007 2:42PM
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JPOB
Posts: 423 - Karma: 266
landing switch also looks cooler i think..
Apr 22 2007 2:50PM
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R.Fahey
Posts: 8602 - Karma: 539
Landing switch is so much better for your body. Landing backseat going forward destroys your shins.... There really isn't a backseat switch. If you land too far forward your tips it and it just sorta pulls you down and you can still land it.
Apr 22 2007 3:05PM
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illianceblock
Posts: 154 - Karma: 10
there is a backseat switch landing, kind of. you know when you land switch, and your leaning a bit back towards your tips, and you know your going to fall in a few seconds, but you cant do anything about it? i love it
Apr 22 2007 3:12PM
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R.Fahey
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^ do you mean leaning too far forward so you fall towards your face? you have to be really off axis for that to happen, and you have hands/arms so it's easy to ride away. If you mean land sitting on your tails so leaning back, then that's just wierd, and I find it hard to even get into that position.
Apr 22 2007 3:15PM
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Gez
Posts: 294 - Karma: 10
^I think he's talking about when landing switch you open up or put your legs down a bit too early and end up leaning back a bit before you land (down the hill) then hooking your tail and somersaulting backwards.

For me I find this happens a lot on zero spins or big 180s...nothing like getting that feeling of being totally boned while 10 ft above your landing
Apr 22 2007 3:25PM
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BFFset.
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quality post right thurrr
Apr 22 2007 4:01PM
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1080ski
Posts: 4424 - Karma: 191
haha ya that sucks when you feel yourself floating back and your just like "o shit this is going to hurt..."
Apr 22 2007 4:21PM
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-NY-STeeZE-
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i ;and switch better than straight, it seems more comfortable
Apr 22 2007 4:24PM
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wils.
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 48
^yuppp
Apr 22 2007 4:25PM
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illianceblock
Posts: 154 - Karma: 10
yeah, thats it. i know what i mean. it sucks though.
Apr 22 2007 5:13PM
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miroz
Posts: 10333 - Karma: 3,945
been there done that...
Apr 22 2007 6:04PM
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james44
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 578
landing switch is sooooooo much nicer then forwards and easier too
Apr 22 2007 6:10PM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
bad ass haha
Apr 22 2007 6:14PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
I know its pretty hard to get shin bang when landing switch...not sure if thats there main reason for doing it thoe
Apr 22 2007 7:20PM
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lyndon
Posts: 7266 - Karma: 128
Yes, I have done than a few times.
Apr 22 2007 7:39PM
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mr_mckee
Posts: 122 - Karma: 14
landing switch is definaltly 10000000000 times better for your shins
Apr 22 2007 7:40PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
switch for me because when i do 180s (bad ass i know) i land on my front tips, so the ski flexes and takes all the pressure/landing shock whatever you call that. but landing switch is usually scarier, especially on non-groomed jumps
Apr 22 2007 10:18PM
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eheath
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Unless you land correctly forward.
Apr 22 2007 10:23PM
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liukangkid
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 82
yeah once you get over landing backwards its funner i think
i feel like i stomp the trick more
Apr 22 2007 11:19PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 1,660
yeah i find it sooo much smoother
Apr 22 2007 11:27PM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
I like to land switch...
Apr 23 2007 1:30AM
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zesty_buddy
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
landing switch is fun. xcept wen u crash. den it hurts more. usually..
Apr 23 2007 6:35AM
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skitheeast1100
Posts: 520 - Karma: 10
new icon just testing it
Apr 23 2007 8:12AM
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skitheeast1100
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2nd to last switch landing of this year i got straight owned...i hit this 50ft. kicker, maybe more maybe less. but anyways i dont know i got kind of off axis because i didnt know it had that much lip. landed and got straight killed. but i got up and threw a zero off of it next lap around the park and killed it. i ended it right there cause it was the last day...
Apr 23 2007 8:17AM
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GreenStezz
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i think its because they were throuing "switch landing" tricks .....you know "putting on a show"
Apr 23 2007 9:39AM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
I think switch landings just look cooler.  In my opinion a good 5 looks better than a 7. It may also be easier on your body. Its the same reason that rollerbladers always do ones off drop rails or over stair sets.
Apr 23 2007 10:02AM
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EL_FINRE
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 52
im more comfortable landing switch, its just how you feel about it
Apr 23 2007 11:30AM
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-NY-STeeZE-
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hah nice cum shot icon
Apr 23 2007 3:24PM
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RudyGarmisch
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I think the way human legs are built gives us more flex and ability to withstand larger landings when going switch. I feel that landings are much better when I go switch. Might have to be with the flex of the boot, but I bet it has more to do with the natural flexion of the knee.
Apr 23 2007 3:28PM
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skitheeast1100
Posts: 520 - Karma: 10
woohoo!! someone noticed
Apr 23 2007 3:32PM
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