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Hand Drag Spins: Epic or Overrated?

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krazykeegs
Posts: 113 - Karma: 30

Hand drags have pretty much exploded out of the darkness lately..
I think they're sick but,


Are they legit or over used?

Jun 11 2008 9:39PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
Well i can't do them, but i think hand drags are super sick.
Jun 11 2008 9:41PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
i wouldnt say that theyre overrated. its just that too many people do them wrong, including me
Jun 11 2008 9:41PM
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ajax
Posts: 2852 - Karma: 1,245
Epic when done with style, otherwise they are quite ugly
Jun 11 2008 9:45PM
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Jamie_Baril
Posts: 2196 - Karma: 2,513
epic
Jun 11 2008 9:50PM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
its really all opinion man. i personally think they are way way sick. but thats probably just because i can do them.  someone who couldnt do them might get frustrated and say that too many people do them and theyre way overrated, when really they just need to try them and have some fun. this situation is similar to kangaroo flips.
Jun 11 2008 9:51PM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
they are the funnest things in the world.... so why does it matter?
Jun 11 2008 9:52PM
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teleTay
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 186
ummmmmmmmmmmmm......























EPIC!!!!
Jun 11 2008 10:00PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
i think this is a copy of like 50 other threads that no one really cares that much about if a trick is over or under rated and it looks like someone with 5 posts is too lazy to post so they just made a thread
Jun 11 2008 10:03PM
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short_and_steezy
Posts: 760 - Karma: 18
epic!!!
Jun 11 2008 10:05PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
epic and fun in pow
Jun 11 2008 10:06PM
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teleTay
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 186
way fun in pow

Jun 11 2008 10:07PM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
I would have to say epic, because they are super fun, even though mine are probably pretty ugly.
Jun 11 2008 10:08PM
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BK
Posts: 2353 - Karma: 1,123
hathaway, bishop, wallisch, delorme
Jun 11 2008 10:08PM
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shortdawg
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 19
Epic when steeze is applied
Jun 11 2008 10:10PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
epic. i think they are fun and not that scary but they can't really be used in comps.
Jun 11 2008 10:11PM
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keystoneandbone
Posts: 187 - Karma: 15
they can be if there is a rainbow box, and the judges usually havent seen one yet so they will give u mad points for them
Jun 11 2008 10:31PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
epic when ur the only one at ur mountain who can do one good lol
Jun 11 2008 10:34PM
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phishfood
Posts: 2542 - Karma: 298
Jun 11 2008 10:36PM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
sooper cool
Jun 11 2008 10:39PM
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Franny
Posts: 3980 - Karma: 77
I can see myself skiing over my hand doing that.
Jun 11 2008 10:43PM
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punkrock32
Posts: 1183 - Karma: 21
Hand drag spins are both epic and overrated.  They are epic because they may be the most fun trick, but overrated in that they are pretty easy, its just about committing.
Jun 11 2008 10:45PM
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krazykeegs
Posts: 113 - Karma: 30
yeah yeah
Hath taught me at Jib Academy it was soo intense
Jun 11 2008 10:48PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
epic in the backcountry, stupid in the park, IMO.
Jun 11 2008 11:04PM
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alev
Posts: 7819 - Karma: 416
their super fun either way
Jun 11 2008 11:22PM
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Klick_2_klaim
Posts: 3396 - Karma: 25
I have no idea how to do them, and that makes them all the more epic.
Jun 11 2008 11:38PM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
who cares stop worrying about if something is epic or overrated and think for yourself...........
Jun 11 2008 11:38PM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 248
i dont think its either
i mean to many people do them. they were cool for a while but now idk
the one i only like is t-walls handdrag over the rainbow box in the hephi edit
Jun 11 2008 11:44PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Hand drags are fun!
Jun 11 2008 11:54PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21

i love them, they look so sick when done right

Jun 11 2008 11:59PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,540
there alot harder then they look and they feel/look amazing
deff a legit trick
plus i saw no one do them in my area all last season (well ok i saw like 5)
Jun 11 2008 11:59PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,631
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fun, I can't do them as well as I want, only can get the 1's in, I heard I'm good at them and that they loook good, but I'm the only person I know at my mountain that does them. So who knows. Just take the trick and make it yours, it's freeskiing, not fitted.
Jun 12 2008 12:19AM
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eheath
Posts: 61671 - Karma: 123,729
If you can do them well and film em right they are siicckk for shotss.
Jun 12 2008 12:46AM
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skiingonskis
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 262
if they're done right, sick!
Jun 12 2008 12:47AM
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Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107

so hot right now.

personally I think they look sick and definetly add a level of difficulty and style to tricks. and its way too much fun in pow.

Jun 12 2008 2:38AM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
yeah.

good thing.

Jun 12 2008 2:41AM
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SkiingNinja
Posts: 1970 - Karma: 901
turpin rocks that shit so hard
Jun 12 2008 4:35AM
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aja_kiki
Posts: 2354 - Karma: 51
epic
Jun 12 2008 8:42AM
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SteevJee
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 144
i just learned them last weekend and I think they are sick
Jun 12 2008 1:19PM
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rj.
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 28
righto...buttsecks.! hah
Jun 12 2008 2:23PM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,201
yes so EPIC!! and any variation of them too!! (i.e. all tricks involving hands like handdrag over knoll, over rainbow boxes, etc i LOVE THEM!)
Jun 12 2008 2:28PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
epic.. much harder to do with style than one would think.
Jun 12 2008 6:35PM
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McSlay
Posts: 651 - Karma: 1,182
are we talking about doing it on jumps or like landings and knolls and stuff either way EPIC
Jun 12 2008 6:40PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
so steezy
Jun 12 2008 6:48PM
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heFF
Posts: 5786 - Karma: 4,456
i can't seem to get the hang of them yet :(
Jun 12 2008 7:46PM
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artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
sooooo fun. even falling is fun haha
Jun 12 2008 7:49PM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
if you do them off the lips of the jumps you can. its different then one off of a knuckle but you go cork and shit. fun stuff, and nobody ever does them so judges notice that.
Jun 13 2008 1:48AM
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ajax
Posts: 2852 - Karma: 1,245
and if you're lucky you'll win a pair of snowblades....
Jun 13 2008 11:19AM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
kinda harsh i think.

they're epic
Jun 13 2008 11:24AM
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chazz.
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 23

i second this

Jun 13 2008 1:00PM
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