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Tips on spinning medium to big sized kickers

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elk.
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everytime i get to the lip of a 15+ kicker to spin i always get a weird feeling to it. Is this becuase i approach it to straight forward or is it something else. Tips would help. leave the hate out
Dec 10 2008 8:40PM
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peyton
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ok so prob the biggest thing is to stay in control.. you dont wanna get loco off the jumps and huck it cause you might loose control and loose your balance... pop off the lip and set the spin.. you will get more and more comfortable as you practice but the best way is prob just work you way up and keep in control
Dec 10 2008 8:51PM
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InfernoHits
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be a man and hit it, its the same shit just bigger
Dec 10 2008 8:55PM
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elk.
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last time i did that i over shot a 50 ft kicker by 30 ft to flat.
Dec 10 2008 8:58PM
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InfernoHits
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no one said to hit it at 80 mph...
Dec 10 2008 9:00PM
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i.ski.troll.
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just come up keep your shoulders square when you get to the lip pop up and just spin make sure you pop when you get to the lip other wise you will get rag dolled. and we all know thats not fun
Dec 10 2008 9:01PM
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elk.
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lol yeah ik. thats one of the reason i have problems with jumps now. I sometimes geek out just looking at larger sized kickers because i almost died last time
Dec 10 2008 9:01PM
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SeanB
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I have trouble figuring out my speed for bigger jumps as well, the only thing I can suggest is watching other people who are landing nicely on the tranny and trying to get a sense of where they dropped in from. Obviously their weight and wax are variables to an extent but that should at least give you some idea. As for the spinning thing the key for me is to be patient and not set my spin too hard. I have a tendency to set my spin a little harder than I need to and it leads to a lot of overrotation to death or landing to immediate reverts.
Dec 10 2008 9:03PM
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peyton
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well youll wanna speed check it before spinning it.. but just pop and keep shoulders square and dont freak out
Dec 10 2008 9:03PM
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linesteeze
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no speed checks, straight in one carve on the lip so you can go inverted. thats your best bet!
Dec 10 2008 9:15PM
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joystickpimp
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DONT SPEED CHECK! that equals death by knuckle, just drop from were the last guy hit it, that is if he made it and do what he does if he carved a little down the inrun then carve a little,

Hit the jump and dont over do it just let it be fluid and smooth.

Dec 10 2008 9:22PM
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Atypical
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The best thing to do is pop at the lip. Popping will set you on balance and keep you from pre-spinning and getting thrown off axis, unless thats what you want. Just remember that you don't need to pop like MJ, just a simple stand up will help.

Also try going for 12-15 footers first and hit it like 10 times in a row to get comfortable.
Dec 10 2008 9:24PM
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