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Buttering on stiff skis

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uosdwiSrjewoH
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I've got the volkl bridges, and maybe i'm just a puss, but they're pretty stiff, and i can barely butter at all, let alone go any further, so i was just wondering if there was anything special i should be doing, or should i just dive at the ground like i've been doing?
Dec 13 2007 8:31PM
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BK
Posts: 2353 - Karma: 1,122
you are naturally going to have to crank harder to butter stiff skis
Dec 13 2007 8:35PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
or weigh more?
Dec 13 2007 8:39PM
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messplay
Posts: 4483 - Karma: 1,066
yeh gain weight
Dec 13 2007 8:41PM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
fill your backpack with lead
Dec 13 2007 9:01PM
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invaderskier36
Posts: 6192 - Karma: 41
really have to swing your weight

lots of speed and a lil roller will help when first starting
Dec 13 2007 9:03PM
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-Nick-
Posts: 1479 - Karma: 24
ya im like 150 and have karmas and i cant butter for shit
Dec 13 2007 9:12PM
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SHastatahoe
Posts: 3414 - Karma: 20
Hammer in butter zones.
Dec 13 2007 9:13PM
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steezyjibber
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i can't butter on my butterlicious i hear ya
Dec 13 2007 9:14PM
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popNfresh44
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i have urban triplets and i weigh like 130. pretty much impossible.
Dec 13 2007 9:30PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Gain some weight.

Honestly, you aren't gonna be able to do it. If you wanna butter, then just demo some softer skis for the day.
Dec 13 2007 9:31PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
well, im gonna be real with you. If you wanted to butter, you shoulda gotten a different ski. The point is obvious, the reason why a ski is made stiff for the park is so that when you hit large jumps you DONT butter out and die.  So basically if you wanna flex that stiff ski, your gonna have to push real hard. If you wanted to butter on a ski, shoudl look for a ski with a little more "fun" to it, ie invaders, anthems, you know.
Dec 13 2007 9:39PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375

ye ive got one soft pair of skis and a stiff pair. with the stiff ones i kind of force it by pickin my feet up off the ground as i lean forward.

Dec 13 2007 9:59PM
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michaelclarke
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 638
stiff skis are fun!
Dec 13 2007 10:05PM
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Alex_thedroog
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I think stiff skis were meant to be stiff so they would be a little stabler on jumps.  not to butter like invaders or fujatives
Dec 13 2007 10:05PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
the more you try to butter them, the more broken in and the softer they will get. my mojos are soft as hell now in the nose. the tail is still a 2x4.
Dec 13 2007 10:07PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
I can still barely butter by 172 mad trix....stiff fuckers!
Dec 13 2007 10:33PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,621
Buy the invaders!!!!!!, your life/park prowess will never be the same!!!!!!!!
Dec 13 2007 10:34PM
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bperron1
Posts: 190 - Karma: 942
just give her gasoline
Dec 14 2007 12:38AM
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eurotune2
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 10
yea man i got 180 mad trix and some prophets, not a good set of buttering skis, if i throw it down hard on the mad trix i can get em though
Dec 14 2007 1:56AM
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PacificRimJob
Posts: 24725 - Karma: 29,944
i butter my scratches and thrusters like they are freakin toasted bread...

and i weigh  NOTHING.
Dec 14 2007 2:09AM
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Casey
Posts: 7849 - Karma: 24,311

well, your style of riding is kind of determined by your skis, to a point. my advice would be to go through puberty, gain 40 lbs and grow 10 inches, aquire some strength and flex that shit. you can't remain a child forever.

Dec 14 2007 2:46AM
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A@ron
Posts: 1320 - Karma: 86
haha yea!
Dec 14 2007 3:17AM
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Flowsion
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i can butter my stiff skis, but it's so hard to do that i wouldn't count on them buttering onto rails or anything like that.
Dec 14 2007 11:21AM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,538
u could do fake butters

poppin and doin a 180 but pushing ur tips onto the ground while ur in the air
Dec 14 2007 7:11PM
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solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
i can barely butter my brand new invaders and im like 155 :(((((( hopefully they'll break in.
Dec 14 2007 7:19PM
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jacobg
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ya same problem here

Dec 14 2007 7:20PM
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scurry4
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haha, hopefully ill be able to do some on my thrusters, but im also 190/6'4", so ive got a decent amount of torque.
Dec 14 2007 7:43PM
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STACKS
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 42
it suck not worth it
Dec 14 2007 8:00PM
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skithesprings
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strange, because besides nose presses, i cant butter my 174 scratches for shit. i weigh 135 though.
Dec 14 2007 8:16PM
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comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
word i've been tryin butters on my mojo's and i have to basically fake butter hahaha (i.e. kinda jump and press tips while doing 180) but i think i'll get them broken in to the point i can butter decently haha.
Dec 14 2007 9:35PM
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colin13
Posts: 2201 - Karma: 216
you really just got to throw your weight, on stiffer skis it just takes more commitment and maybe a bit of strength.
Dec 14 2007 10:39PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
Posts: 2715 - Karma: 355
not have stiff skis like my ar6s and try your best thats all i got to say
Dec 14 2007 11:33PM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
dude you're not doing it right then, cause those skis are sooo soft. just give a realll good lean into that shit,  you should be leaning enough that if you fuck up, you'll land on your ass.
Dec 15 2007 3:59AM
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zerospinskier
Posts: 4867 - Karma: 350
How is a backpack full of lead sitting at home ever gonna make it easier for him to butter batman!
Dec 15 2007 4:52AM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7821 - Karma: 21,850
that is weird. Invaders butter pretty much automatically for me. all i have to do is lean a wee bit and spin, and I weigh 10 pound smore than you. I can also butter on my PEs no problem thoguh and tehy are way stiffer.
Dec 15 2007 7:23AM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
Original Chronics - not gonna happen. If I wanna "butter" I usually just hop hard and drag the very tips of the ski, cause the boards flex about 1/2 an inch if I acually lean on them.

But then again I use them more for dropping cliffs and slaying n00bs than I do park skiing..... and god knows you need stiff skis to slay n00bs.

Oh, shameless plug, Chronic 167's are a dream in waist deep (EC) tree skiing.
Dec 15 2007 1:46PM
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artfullydodged
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ya gotta pull your knees up
Dec 15 2007 2:22PM
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