Can anyone stand on their skis?

rorybw · 2008-02-13 16:10:14

always remember seeing an ESF instructor standing on his skis as a child and even then i thought it looked sick. by standing on your skis i mean tucking your knees up under so your weight is balanced on the weight of your skis. here is andreas giving us a demo:

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ya..i do all the time...its a fun way to chill around

Feb 13 2008 4:11PM

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MANDER

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ya its really easy. at first its hard but pratice makes perfect! haha

Feb 13 2008 4:13PM

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D-HAWK

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i cant do it unless i got poless

Feb 13 2008 4:13PM

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.makuma.

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jea..ive tried, and well just say that poles are required for the advanced

Feb 13 2008 4:21PM

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cr1080cbr

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Its cake!!! Just lean foward and tuck your knees in....you will prolly land on your face the first couple of times...but hella fun and chill

Feb 13 2008 4:39PM

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Steezasaurus

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yeah ive stood on them for 5 minute and love doing it in front of the gapers who look at me as if im the messiah

Feb 13 2008 4:41PM

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Pirruccio

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i do them too
but is it bad for your skis?

Feb 13 2008 4:45PM

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duckets.

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yeah, but i need to use my poles

Feb 13 2008 4:47PM

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mogulman

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Skis aren't made with the intention of 'standing' in mind, and doing it routinely or for long periods of time can damage a ski. Don't fret though, the occasional ski stand shouldn't break or damage them....after all I hope you're actually skiing rather than 'standing' on your skis at the base of a mtn.

Feb 13 2008 5:04PM

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Piste.Off

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who cant stand on their skis

Feb 13 2008 5:06PM

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massrider1076

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every day about 5 kids post pics of themselves doing tip stands. so to answer your question...Yes, anyone can stand on their skis.

Feb 13 2008 5:13PM

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OMGWTFBBQ

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i can't believe someone would make a thread about this kind of thing

Feb 13 2008 5:23PM

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Kal-Fitz

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i have only tried once and didnt get it. i lean as far foward as possible and my skis just dont go up.

Feb 13 2008 5:34PM

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not really a problem ... if your skis have a good pop - if they are too stiff and too long in front of the binding.Â

Feb 13 2008 6:28PM

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Kal-Fitz

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so if my bindings are behind central it will be harder to do?

Feb 13 2008 7:01PM

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ButteredToast.

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I do to haha

Feb 13 2008 7:02PM

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Robby.

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not hard takes practice

Feb 13 2008 7:06PM

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chairdawg

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i enjoy 1 ski tip stands as if i was doing a land bound grabless kang

Feb 13 2008 7:16PM

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-Kieran-

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i can

Feb 13 2008 7:20PM

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KellyK

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ya, they're called tipstands buddy, and i bleve ther've been like 100 other threads about them lately

Feb 13 2008 7:53PM

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skiEER

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why does it seem that people always make a couple of the exact same thread right at the same time

Feb 13 2008 8:11PM

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saucer_boy_lives

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i know of two people that can walk in that position.

Feb 13 2008 8:17PM

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l337

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i got a pic somewhre where like 15 skiers are all doing it at once

Feb 13 2008 9:18PM

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ElliotG

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ya i can. to learn it you have to sort of lift up your feet not lean forward

Feb 13 2008 9:25PM

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WhackStyle.

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Ya I can do them. I just decided to try it one day and did it after a few tries. It's kinda funny and not really that hard at all.

Feb 13 2008 10:25PM

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i think we might be brothers??

Feb 13 2008 10:30PM

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Feb 13 2008 10:31PM

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dave44

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there was a vid or picture of two guys facing each other in this field standing on their skis. it was so sick

Feb 13 2008 10:35PM

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ryano

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i do it.

i'm pretty sure poles are required for this trick.

its pretty fun to do it and see little kids go, woah look at that. (then point at you) haha

Feb 13 2008 10:37PM

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dave44

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it'd be hilarious if someone's bindings ejected them and they shoot facefirst into the snow

Feb 13 2008 10:51PM

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happened to me, but I kind of just front flipped

Feb 13 2008 11:04PM

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scientist

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Lately i have been working on the tail stand, and the daffy stand, both tricky as fuck.

Feb 13 2008 11:10PM

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BMB

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thats sick

Feb 14 2008 9:48AM

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80*s4eva

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word- anyone who does a tip stand using poles to hold or push themselves up is a gaper

Feb 14 2008 2:15PM

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BusyJohnSohn

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The best is walking like that, you look like some giant praying mantis from Mars

Feb 14 2008 2:20PM

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CodyTurner

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danm,i seen a guy doing a daffy standy ,so i decided to try it.

i almost snapped my acorn sack in half.

Feb 14 2008 3:56PM

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Package breaker. I've done it.....On accident i was waiting in line one day and was streching and lost balance and wahlah, bam, there it was. It was a godsend or something .... then i fell, direct snow to face impact. No vid though. You'll have to trust me.

Feb 14 2008 4:46PM

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I can't stand on my skis. the second I get off the lift I just eat shit so bad, I need my friends to hold me up for balance it's really embarrassing I dont wanna talk about this anymore.

Feb 14 2008 4:49PM

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steevner

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[CLAIM] I can do it without poles! [/CLAIM] but not for a long time. point is i can get into a tipstand with no poles.

Feb 14 2008 5:42PM

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^lol, i love nose buttering, do it whenever i get bored

Feb 14 2008 5:44PM

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BvK

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This guy nose how to do it

Feb 14 2008 5:56PM

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bobs

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mhmm, at first was like fuck this, now i do em all the time when i'm bored waiting

Feb 14 2008 6:29PM

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in an old super8 ski movie my dad made with his friends there is a clip of one of them standing on his noses but stretching his poles out so his body is parallel to the ground and he walks with his two poles and skis.

i call it the spider walk

and i challenge you to try one.

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