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masta_LE3B
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alright iv been skiing since I was two and i stil dont know waht "piste" is and waht "flairs" are? please explain
Sep 4 2008 8:06PM
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Malcolm
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a trail  and a backflip 180 type thingy. this sounds like a joke though
Sep 4 2008 8:07PM
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Peter.
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flairs are what we call underflips and overflips. an underflip is a backflip with a 180, while an overflip is a frontflip with a 180

flair is the bmx term i think
Sep 4 2008 8:07PM
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skiingonskis
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piste=euro kinda word for a trail
flair=backflip 180 on a quarter pip0e or a loopish thing in the halfpipe.
Sep 4 2008 8:08PM
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masta_LE3B
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so piste is just groomers baisicly?
Sep 4 2008 8:11PM
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pianoman
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underflips and overflips are the two types of lincoln 180's aren't they? not like a flair which is a backflip 180, somewhat different.
Sep 4 2008 8:11PM
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Peter.
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my definition is the correct one for flair, if you are just gonna say "loopy thingy" dont post
Sep 4 2008 8:11PM
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wellpreparedrare
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u have to be joking, ur karma's way too high to not have the exposure to skiing which would be necessary to understand what 'piste' and 'flair' means
Sep 4 2008 8:23PM
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masta_LE3B
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iv heard of it for years, but i could never figure out what it was. 
Sep 4 2008 9:24PM
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123ski
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wrong
Sep 4 2008 9:28PM
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blindside
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piste is a french word that means trail.
Sep 4 2008 9:28PM
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123ski
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wrong.

Flair = Backflip 180..mostly done in the pipe

Underflip = Lincoln Loop + 180 with the 180 in the same direction that you are doing the lincoln loop (Left Lincoln + Left 180) Easiest way to explain it is left 90 + left lincoln + left 90.  It cannot be Lincoln to 180 though, it has to be divided equally, as explained above.

Overflip = Lincoln Loop + 180 with the Lincoln in the oppoiste direction from the spin.  Left 90 + right lincoln + lef 90.  The spin and flip have to be divided like this, so that you arent doing lincoln to 180 which looks like a rodeo.
Sep 4 2008 9:32PM
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angelo
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 a flair is defently a backflip 180.
Sep 4 2008 9:41PM
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pianoman
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this man is right, confirmed my thoughts exactly
Sep 4 2008 9:51PM
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KarmaSkiier
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thats exaclty what piste is. like when skis are given reviews they are given ratiins on thier off piste and on piste performance. and a flair is bmw term
Sep 5 2008 12:09PM
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skiP.E.I.
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I'm pretty sure 'piste' is what Europeans say when they mean groomers and a flair is a backflip 180 in a half or quarter pipe.
Sep 5 2008 12:11PM
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KarmaSkiier
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thats exaclty what piste is. like when skis are given reviews they are given ratiins on thier off piste and on piste performance. and a flair is bmxterm
Sep 5 2008 12:18PM
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Nicko1981
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PIste is a French word meaning "track" literally, like on a CD, in French you'd have "Piste 3" instead of "track 3".

For skiing it refers to what in the US you call "trails". Doesn't matter if it's groomed or not; any area that is marked for skiing is a piste. Areas that are left natural but still patrolled are called "itinerant pistes".

So skis are rated on their on-piste suitability as how well they perform on the groomed runs, off-piste is anything more natural.

And a flair is like an underflip in the pipe I believe, underflips are awesome because it's pretty much all I can do.
Sep 5 2008 12:50PM
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123ski
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correct...but your whole flair/underflip thing was a little bit skewed.
Sep 5 2008 3:57PM
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schlopy
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wrong.
underflip, 180 to frontflip in same air
overflip 180 to backflip same air
Sep 5 2008 8:11PM
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123ski
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erroneous
Sep 5 2008 8:30PM
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Scott~
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123ski laying the smackdown, but yeah under/overflip =/ flair~
Sep 5 2008 8:39PM
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Scott~
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^That was a ghetto does not equal sign btw lol~
Sep 5 2008 8:40PM
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schlopy
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i beg to differ batman
Sep 17 2008 3:08AM
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EClay46
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ur right, but you put it together in a weird way

underflip = left 90 left lincoln left 90 but it is different than a lincoln 180, a lincoln 180 is a lincoln and then you 180 at the end,
Sep 17 2008 3:54AM
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EClay46
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well you obviously have some sort of mental disability
Sep 17 2008 3:56AM
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