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Good begginer tricks

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Hannyskis
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I'm gonna gt into skiing park this coming season and I was just wonder what tricks were good ones to start with
May 12 2007 5:07PM
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Calb3rt
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whatever you feel comfortable doing.
May 12 2007 5:10PM
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garrett.
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i would guess 180s and 360s on the smaller jumps and then just go form there.. and i woudl start off on boxes if you want to get into rails
May 12 2007 5:11PM
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Hannyskis
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What are some good beginner grabs?
May 12 2007 5:11PM
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garrett.
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saftey is pretty basic.. just suck your knees up and grab underneath your boot on the ski. japan tyoo, same as saftey but rech behind your binding with right hand on left ski. octo grabs are pretty basic too
May 12 2007 5:26PM
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Hannyskis
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thanks for the tips man
May 12 2007 5:29PM
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Ceru
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180s, 360s, boxes, maybe a backflip if ur comfortable doing them on tramps and stuff
May 12 2007 5:42PM
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_R3iD
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criticals and japans
big ones and half cabs
May 12 2007 5:44PM
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TheMoostafian
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cork 1620's
May 12 2007 6:00PM
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mtbakerteacher
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im a blunt fan personally, and if you can cross your skis and grab and spin, than you'll be set for further progression. go for 180's so you can get used to landing switch, and 3's once you are comfortable landing jumps.
May 12 2007 6:00PM
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*monsterskier*
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try some 180s or 360s..so u can feel how the whole thing works, and if ur bold enough, go for some grabs in there
May 12 2007 6:04PM
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skiminnesota
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one of my favorite tricks i learned this year ( i just started) is a switch 180 it sound harder than it is but once you stick it it such a fun trick.
May 12 2007 6:10PM
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TheButterHashira
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id say first just try safety grabs to get you comfortable doing something in the air. and ski backwards, get used to that and then do a 180. learn iron crosses or something else to do in the air. then try to take off switch and do 180s switch then go for the 360.
May 12 2007 6:16PM
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Hannyskis
Posts: 153 - Karma: 12
thanks for all the tips
May 12 2007 8:28PM
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Hannyskis
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No any good ways to practice during the summer, so when the season comes I'll be able to catch on faster?
May 12 2007 9:02PM
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eljefe
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trampoline, 3m spring board, water ramp, summer camp. In that order
May 12 2007 9:08PM
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artfullydodged
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i'll learn you hanny
May 12 2007 9:14PM
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Hannyskis
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thanks man, I'm gonna hold you to that, hahha
May 12 2007 9:20PM
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SteezePatrol
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daffy's and twisters (shifty style) and kossacks are crucial to learning how to control your body/skis in the air

srsly
May 12 2007 9:24PM
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-+Siver+-
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learn how to ski switch
May 12 2007 9:43PM
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tribefan226
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make a summer rail maybe. a tramp would help with jumps
May 12 2007 10:01PM
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396222687862
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ski switch on the way to the park and everywhere you go, considering you can already ski regularly quite well.....
May 12 2007 10:09PM
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InitialG
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I started skiing last season (came over from boarding) and there is a lot of good advice here, get comfortable with switch as soon as possible, it will be totally natural if you do. Try doing 180's everywhere and when you get those good take it to the noob park jumps and go for 360's. Start doing boxes straight on and then start rotating 90 onto them (180's can help here), try rotating off to regular and fakie just to get used to it, maybe even try rotating the opposite way than you normally do. Once you have boxes down step up to rails. The hardest thing about any of these tricks is psyching yourself out. If you get all of those down you should be good enough to know how to progress, it all pretty much builds on that stuff.
May 12 2007 11:25PM
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Hannyskis
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Just curious, what were your reasons from switching over to skiing?
May 13 2007 11:40AM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
get comfterable in the air
hit bigger jumps and just straight air them
whatever grabs you want
180's off of small jumps then progress into 360s
bring spins to bigger jumps
start off on simple boxes for trying rails
have fun
May 13 2007 11:43AM
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killabees
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hahah yea everyones forgetting about this, this is the most important thing your gana need, or else you wont beable to do alot of anything else
May 13 2007 11:43AM
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SteezyMcDizzle
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definitely learn to ski switch and get comfortable landing switch..i was doing 180's off of 20-40 foot kickers before i could even do a half decent 360..and even now i usually like to land switch
May 13 2007 11:54AM
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Peter.
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ski switch, wide boxes, 3s, 1s, um butters, try some grabs
May 13 2007 12:05PM
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KLovelace
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try skiing boxes straight accross first.. then start shifying in to sideways.. always hunch down with your hands over your knees, and on a box or rail lean onto your front foot. get used to jumps and switch. and try just going switch off a jump.. cause then youll be set for switch 180s and normal 180s. 3s are pretty simple.. you just gotta give it a try. then add grabs n shit.
May 13 2007 4:53PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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first you should work on 180s over really small jumps and bumps and stuff just to get your balance down and also work on switch skiing so you will feel comfortable landing backwards and eventually taking off backwards. then you should try a three off a small jump and after you get that stuff down you should go to the bigger jumps and just get comfortable going off them and just do some safety grabs and then maybe a tail grab or blunt air then it is pretty much up to you what you want to do
May 13 2007 5:06PM
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ride-rider
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set goels for yourself. do boxes, throw down some 1's and 3's with grabs. thoughs are good goels for your first year in park.
May 13 2007 5:07PM
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supportillmitch
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learn how to spring off the lip of a jump. a lot of beginers ski off a jump without any spring. if you dont spring, you wont be able to learn tricks. jump off the lip, then suck up your feet to your upper torso and grab saftey. once you get this down, try crossed variations like mute and tail. do these grabs on bigger jumps, and try 180s on small jumps around the maoutain. and like people have said before, mess around on small boxes, and ski backwrds on mellow runs.
May 13 2007 5:38PM
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kickerking
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front flips are soooooooo easy, easier than 360's for me, but you just have see what you are good at, try on a tramp see what motions are most comfortable for you.
May 13 2007 5:50PM
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alaskakid
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um you mean backflips are easier.
May 13 2007 5:53PM
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alaskakid
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sry for double post but

start hitting jumps and learning to hit a jump going fast. try baby grabs with no spin of those jumps. then do 180's off baby jumps and ride switch as obsoletely as much as possible, like between jumps and anywhere you can. then just keep adding to that
May 13 2007 5:55PM
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Kevski
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yeah, all those things sound really good. That's what i'm doing, and it's helped me progress so fast.
Also, watch lots of ski movies. I was able to get a box sideways within about 5 tries on my first day. I watched tons of ski movies, so i knew the stance subconciously.

My friend doesn't watch any, and he tried about 10 times, and isn't even close. Could be the ski movies, i dunno.

They help you learn more than just rails, too.
May 13 2007 6:20PM
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jibmaster_josh
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when u start boxes/rails.....spin on both ways, get comfortable with both so you have no unnatural way and u will be able to do switchups hella easy
May 13 2007 6:26PM
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poofartpee
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taill whips, bar spins, no foot cans, no handers are a good way to start
May 13 2007 7:22PM
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Hannyskis
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what are bar spins and foot cans?
May 13 2007 7:33PM
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alaskakid
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dont listen to him those have nothing to do with sking
May 13 2007 7:59PM
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Hannyskis
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thanks, I thought they made no sense but I didn't think anyone wood post bike tricks on a ski website
May 13 2007 8:16PM
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SteezonSkis
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try a miller
then a switch 40
then go with bud light
May 13 2007 8:16PM
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theconcept1212
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switch to switch, both 3s, both 9s
May 13 2007 8:42PM
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InitialG
Posts: 1505 - Karma: 14
everyone I rode with were skiers, and personally I think skiing looks better, I definitely think it's more fun too

way better than boarding in my opinion.
May 13 2007 8:59PM
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mohawkskier
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master daffys
May 13 2007 9:08PM
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invader7
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word
May 13 2007 10:00PM
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Hannyskis
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bump
May 17 2007 3:18PM
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T-Wash
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Learn some zeros.
May 17 2007 4:01PM
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Joan
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yea start with ones and threes and just sliding boxers sidewyas and after that start doing rails and everything will just go into place from there
May 17 2007 5:13PM
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Hairmetaler
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1's 3's90's on to boxes
May 17 2007 5:31PM
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poofartpee
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sadley im going to have to be mean here...if u cant figure out what a beginer trick would be ur kinda retarded (no offense if u actually are)
May 17 2007 5:36PM
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