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powderhound100
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K so a little backround information. I am 17 (18 in 2 months) and have been skiing my whole life, but live in the bay area so I get about 30 days a year.

I am a pretty good skier, but I havnt really gotten into the park. I can straight air pretty much any table top (maybe with some grab) but I can't really do any tricks. I can 180 on small jumps, and 360 sometimes, but its not solid yet.

So this year I would like to do a little more park. In the end I want to take these into the backcountry. In what order should I be learning tricks? which tricks should I do first, which will progress into other tricks?

Also I am not really scared to try stuff, but obviously don't want to get hurt, so might be trying some tricks (like backflip maybe??) in the backcountry.


Thanks a lot.

Sparknotes: the underlined part.



Nov 9 2008 11:39PM
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Alex_G
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son i was in the exact situation as you! i used to live in the bay and only got maybe 10-20 days a year and then got into park when i was 16 almost 17 years old!

this year im out in utah so its a little different. but whatever you do, LEARN EVERYTHING BOTH SIDES!! one of my biggest regrets.

i'll let turpin tell you the rest.
Nov 9 2008 11:51PM
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powderhound100
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haha yeah. thanks. I made a backyard set up, and have been doing both ways . I go off to college next year, and all the colleges I am looking at are fairly close to skiing. (washington, oregon, Utah, Colorado) so hopefully I will get a lot of days in.
Nov 10 2008 12:00AM
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Alex_G
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what city do you live in?
Nov 10 2008 12:04AM
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Elg
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i'm in the exact same situation as you!
Nov 10 2008 12:53AM
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powderhound100
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I live in San Francisco. Noe Valley I guess, but right at the end.
Nov 10 2008 1:00AM
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Alex_G
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oh worrrrd back home i live in a town called moraga in the lafayette/walnut creek area
Nov 10 2008 2:20AM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
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Well if I where you I would track down the old ski movies like 13,Balance, and some early Volume VM. And use those as your new bible to freestyle skiing, moves like these have a lower tec dif level. You will find your self watching them thinking `man if i watch this a few more times I know I can do that`. Move now are so sick half the time im like what the hell just happend that kid is nuts.

So give that a try, an as you get better start getting newer vids. hope that willl help ya
Nov 11 2008 12:37AM
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powderhound100
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well I was thinking more what tricks progress into which. Like when your coaching. Which tricks do you tell kids to try first. and after they have that trick what do you tell them to do next???


thanks a lot -jonas
Nov 11 2008 4:38AM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
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well none the less I think you should still try my last tip for some visual aid.


but ya ok, lets see here......

180
360
sw180
sw360
540
sw540
720
sw720
front flip
back flip
lincoln loop
branny
cork or bio
misty 5 and 7
sw flair
underflip
by the time you learn underflip you will know what direction you want to go with your tricks. wether your a rodeo or d-spin guy is up to you

Nov 11 2008 8:53AM
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colin13
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i thought a branny was more or less a misty 5? maybe a bit more on axis?
Nov 11 2008 11:11AM
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powderhound100
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perfect. thanks a lot.


If I wanted to go in the backcountry and try some flips. frontflips are easier??? I always thought backflips would be (anyone can answer that)


thanks
Nov 11 2008 1:05PM
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ct_steeze
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whats a branny and a flair
Nov 11 2008 2:04PM
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greenman
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idk if it really matters but i went from 3s to fronts in one day but now im stuck at 3s
Nov 11 2008 5:15PM
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powderhound100
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you learned front flips in the terrain park?? or on jumps you built into powder?
Nov 11 2008 7:10PM
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greenman
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if your asking me i learned them at momentum the day after turpin was my coach
i decided to try them n stuck my first one using cccr (ask turpin or look around if you dont kno what thius is)
Nov 11 2008 7:50PM
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N_well23
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This seemed appropriate for this thread.... I just got into park last year and made a lot of progress on jumps and I started doing rails this year and its going very well but at the beginning of this year I commited myself to relearning my spins with grabs and not moving onto a new spin until I can grab the first one (for example being able to grab a 540 before I start doing 7s). Its going well but im wondering if I should be learning unnatural spins at the same time also (for example learning both natural and unnatural 5 before I move onto a 7) ? and same with rail tricks. Is it eaier to learn like that or to just learn everything one way and then come back and learn unnatural spins later. I dont plan on being able to do switch tens or anything but I dont want to be a one way spinner. maybe it doesnt make a difference... just wondering
Jan 29 2009 11:05PM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
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its all up to you. just learn the tricks you want. but i would say if you want to learn to spin bolth ways its ezer to learn them at the same.
Feb 1 2009 12:18AM
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BKlein
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Just let it come naturally but also push yourself
Whenever I head up to my hill with a list of goals I rarley ever accomplish any but rather different things, Like yesterday I wanted to learn nines but the jump wasn't big enough so instead I learned truck driver 3's  and blunt 5's along with other things
Just go with the flow and have fun
Feb 1 2009 9:45AM
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