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Switch up tips?

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mike_e
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i have a question.. r switch ups hard cause ive been visualing how to do it and it doesnt seem that hard but can someone like explain/describe it?
May 19 2007 10:58PM
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P3TER
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u gotta hop, like dont lift one leg then the other leg , just hop and have ur head before u do it
May 19 2007 11:02PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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practice sliding unnatural first then they will come easy
May 19 2007 11:03PM
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EL_FINRE
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werd
May 19 2007 11:25PM
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Literature
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Keep your eyes up. Your spin will come around correctly, instead of corked out, which will make you land off center and slide off.
May 20 2007 12:20AM
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_R3iD
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for blindside go on like ur buttering then just pop
for natural switch up o suggest going on switch then carry momentum to switch up
May 20 2007 12:32AM
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HeathR
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yeah depends which way u are going. Frontside is easier. Not that hard just go for it. The first time i did one was on an dfd urban ledge. It was really easy you just have to go for it. Try it on the flat down of any kink and it will be easier.
May 20 2007 12:33AM
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C_McKeever
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You need to be able do girnd really good unnatural
May 20 2007 1:34AM
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Dr.Seuss
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grinding is for dances
May 20 2007 1:36AM
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EClay46
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no u dont
May 20 2007 3:31AM
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eljefe
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Yea I agree^ I could never slide unnaty until I learned sw-ups and then I suddenly could slide unnaty. If you can visualize, you can do it. All in the shoulders. All in the shoulders.
May 20 2007 4:17AM
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jp_draves
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all these people that say you need to be really good at sliding unnaty or full of it. Yes its true, being good at sliding unnaty will help but in my experiance at least when i learned 270s the day after i learned to slide a box i didnt even know what unnaty was and it felt no different.
May 20 2007 8:34AM
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_R3iD
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ya that doesnt matter unless its like a flat down with a huge long down but otherwise no u dont need to b good at unnaturral
May 20 2007 11:55AM
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Moses
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Commit to it. once you bring the spin around you should be ok, that is if you dont lean back
May 20 2007 11:58AM
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tribefan226
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yeah i been learning switch ups the past week on my summer setup and i keep sliding off after it do the swith up. any tips?
May 20 2007 12:06PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
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Just hop and look around with your head. It's a no brainer trick, just one you have to get over that initial fear of trying/
May 20 2007 12:35PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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wait, you can do a 9, but not a switch up....!!!!!!!?
May 20 2007 2:01PM
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dozerr
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i feel like it mostly has to do with moving your shoulders, because then the rest of your body pretty much follows
May 20 2007 2:07PM
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wolf07
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yea there deifntly not as hard you would think wut i tried to do is almost over spin my spin on so that i have spin momentum going into the kink so that my body almost wants to do the switchup.


I dont know if any of thay made sense
May 20 2007 3:47PM
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aznpcskier
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for downhill switch up do a 270 out, but really early on the rail, for starters.  for uphill change up just do a 270 on but tap the rail, or set for a butter but pop a little
May 20 2007 3:51PM
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tjski
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its eaisiest to do the rail swtich then switch up after you get on..that way momentum is in your favor.
May 20 2007 4:08PM
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mohawkskier
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try it on a box 
May 20 2007 4:12PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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your first one you ever landed was on urban?hmmm...
May 20 2007 4:44PM
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mike_e
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rite now since its summer ive been doing a lotta visualizing and i feel like im gonna like kill myself next year cause when im vizualizing all this stuff it doesnt seem to hard lol
May 26 2007 10:53PM
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mike_e
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yea ive been doing jumps for a lot longer than rails
May 26 2007 10:54PM
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Min_Soo
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listen to scott, he kills it
May 27 2007 11:12AM
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JFerg
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For frontside, get on normally, then grip the rail. Drop your leading ski's tail, drop your uphill ski's tip. have your shoulders facing the end of the rail. Once you are locked, pop dat shit and spin. Make sure you initiate the spin a little bit before you pop. Try not to pop off your heels, or else you will sliiiide of the rail when you land back on it. For backside, swing your arms when you are getting on, you it almost looks like you are going for a 270, or some sort of spin on the rail. Then just get on normally, and let your momentum move your shoulders to face the take off. When you can't hold your skis straight anymore, and you feel like you are gonna spin too far and do a switch nutting, hop and spin again. Dope shit.
May 27 2007 11:25AM
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ecsm.
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if its a fronside switchup dont be scared to land switch...and then it looks bettrer

May 27 2007 12:13PM
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-+Siver+-
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also just try them out on boxes
May 27 2007 12:44PM
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jibmaster_josh
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frontsides are easier on round rails, its easier to lock on.
havent done backsides.
May 27 2007 12:57PM
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solidstate85
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what is a switch up?
May 27 2007 1:39PM
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parkerhouse
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a jump turn on to a sideways 50-50 railgrind to a half spin and you grind on your opposite side then do a jump turn out
May 27 2007 1:47PM
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Colt45er
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perfect.  i can slide unnatrural from my switch ups only.
May 27 2007 1:47PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
blindside on boxes are the easiest to try first. jump onto the box and keep the spinning momentum going a little, and you basically jump and bring your body over, land, spot the end of the box after you switch up and youre good basically
May 27 2007 1:57PM
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aronSKIP
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normal switchups (frontside i guess), is techy, basically its the same thing as a 2 out, but its a 180 instead; dig ur ski and do a 180, for blindside just hop on more then 90 and hop and do the 180 for starters then once its ez do ur 90 on normal.
May 27 2007 7:49PM
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