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twin-tip-hero
Posts: 2896 - Karma: 277
okay i got my 5's down and i was working on switch on smaller jumps to get the feel for switch. just the other weekend i was working on switch 1's to get the feel of hitting a big jump switch. and i got that down. but i am afraid that if i start the rotation to soon then i will catch an edge and eat some shit, so i start rotating for the 180 midway through im in the air. what should i do so that i can land the 540 but not catch an edge on the jump?
Mar 19 2008 10:35PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
learn switch 3's first, then just keep stepping it up
and dont pop too early off the kicker, it helped me to watch videos and look at the timing and stuff, now switch is eaier than regular for me
Mar 19 2008 10:42PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
get comfortable with floating cab 3s.. then u wont have to worry about it , do the same thing but wind up a lil bit and come into the lip knowing you are going to whip a bit more and go blind for a sec over your shoulder you'll pass 3 and spot for 5 before you know it .
Mar 19 2008 10:44PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
just huck for it on a soft jump and hope for the best, thats kinda what i did when i landed my first switch 5
Mar 19 2008 11:05PM
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three6steeze
Posts: 484 - Karma: -3
noo dont

first learn switch 3's solid make sure your poping SUPER hard. Then add a little more wind up into the equation and really insivion it and commit to doing it. Invision landing forward again and commit to it and its a cake walk. ohh annnnd

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Mar 19 2008 11:25PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
though switch 5s and switch 3s are very different, you better have sw360s down 100% before you try sw5s.
Mar 19 2008 11:45PM
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ShredtillURdead
Posts: 2024 - Karma: 93
step one: have switch 3s on lockdown

step two: set a little harder than a switch 3, not much though cuase youll go squirrelly in the air, and once you get to 180 just spot like you were doing a regular 3, dont overthink it, just pop, and once youre into the  start of the spin bring your head around to spot the 5, should feel just like a forwards 3 once youre in the air.  dont think about spinning faster or harder, just think about spotting around to land forwards.
Mar 20 2008 1:16AM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
i did have switch 3's dialed before i tried a switch 5, its just i dont think about things like when im going for a new trick, i just think get the rotation now worry about the landing when it comes up, it works sometimes others it doesnt
Mar 20 2008 1:39AM
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Mike.Records
Posts: 1311 - Karma: 756
when i learned them i sort of just thought of it like going from switch into a 3. you pretty much have to look the same way as a three. i think other things that really helped are to be low going into the jump so you can get a good pop. and set the rotation with your arms, then let your legs start rotating once they are in the air.....also for me, im more prone to start the rotation to early when im still on the jump when im scared, so its nice to be really comfortable with the jump you are learning on

Mar 20 2008 1:47AM
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sirmurdah
Posts: 208 - Karma: 14
yeah, get your switch 3s on lock first. might take a while for that since your JUST learning switch 1s but i mean you need to grow some first..
Mar 20 2008 8:45PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
i had that problem. i would catch my edge of the lip and do a mad corked switch one and always land on my hip and hurt it. but now i can carve off the lip switch and not catch a edge now. so im good.
Mar 20 2008 8:50PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
yeah man I'm with you. I'm just learning switch stuff. It's hard to get the timing right.
Mar 20 2008 8:55PM
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sirmurdah
Posts: 208 - Karma: 14
i used to do that too..

catching an edge riding switch off a jump= OWNED.
Mar 20 2008 8:56PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
AGREED
Mar 20 2008 9:20PM
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