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Easiest grab with 360?

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DJay.
Posts: 364 - Karma: 16
got my 3's down, what is the easiest grab to start doing with spins?
Dec 12 2008 10:06PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
most people will say safety but i would just go with whatever comes the easiest. For my first 360 grab i just reached down and grabed for some ski without anything really planned.
Dec 13 2008 12:52AM
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4frnt_4_life
Posts: 183 - Karma: 10
safety for most people is the easiest grab for anything
Dec 13 2008 2:21PM
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CFD
Posts: 1009 - Karma: 197
Most of my friends find safetys easiest, I personally find it really hard to go safety in any spin. I find mute easiest, followed by tail or japan
Dec 14 2008 7:40AM
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f.ray
Posts: 185 - Karma: 384
critical is the easiest grab by far for sure , you cant miss it , and does'nt compromise your rotation.
but do waht ever feels right for you , skiing is all about feeling
Dec 14 2008 8:30AM
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SHampson
Posts: 2355 - Karma: 1,180
idk why but mute comes easiest for me.  as im spinning i just look that way and grab it.  then after i grab it, i kinda pull on it to cross it as my top body is pulling over to spot and finish the spin.  then when i spot, the rest of my body comes around.  don't know how much sense that made, but that is the easiest grab for me.
Dec 14 2008 2:35PM
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f.ray
Posts: 185 - Karma: 384
what he is trying to say , is that a mute grab can help you control your spin and control your angle in the air.
Dec 15 2008 9:36AM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
i loled a bit but that makes perfect sence. who cares what grab it is for your first 360 grab just grab on to some ski haha. as long as it feels right
Dec 15 2008 1:38PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
serial?
Dec 16 2008 12:54AM
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JsNeagle
Posts: 1405 - Karma: 1,576
i agree with critical. you grab it and just hold on and you can spot your landing the whole time pretty much. just set your spin right into the grab. that's what i do at least
Jan 6 2009 9:49AM
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Casey
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 24,309
i agree, it was the only grab i could do with a spin that felt comfortable for a long time... kind of sets yourself up to be looking in the right spot on the spin also.
Jan 8 2009 1:26PM
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liukangkid
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 82
haha i spin to the left and i find the easiest grab is tail with my left hand. i bend my knees and shifty my legs a little bit and its right there.
Jan 9 2009 12:01AM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
Posts: 293 - Karma: 277
knees to chest not heels to bum. Know where the grab is going to be and reach there. not where its coming from so your not chasing it down the whole time.
Jan 9 2009 12:45PM
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Freestyla_01
Posts: 8586 - Karma: 34
Go from safety, then try double japan/inside mute grab, which will help you learn to grab across your body, then you'll go from there into tip/tail grabs, etc etc.
Jan 12 2009 10:06PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8784 - Karma: 6,235
for me it was a tailgrab 360. i absolutely could not do mutes at all. then this year i go for them get mutes easy and cant get tail at allll
Jan 13 2009 4:48PM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
Posts: 293 - Karma: 277
know were the grab is going to be not where it came from. so your not chasing it around
Jan 15 2009 8:39PM
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S.Anderson
Posts: 369 - Karma: 18
you will probably find the safety grab to be the easiest
Jan 22 2009 12:10AM
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liukangkid
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 82
haha yeah i can do tails mad easy but when i go for mutes in 180's and stuff it feels like i can only grab right above my boot and it feels akward. Any advice on doing nice mute 3's?
Jan 30 2009 6:02PM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
Posts: 293 - Karma: 277
set the trick with you shoulder and non-grabbing hand, leaving your grabbing hand relaxed and not involved in the spin this way it can do its own thing and grab all nice like... ya dig
Feb 1 2009 12:33AM
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Canadaski
Posts: 190 - Karma: 10
saftey
Feb 22 2009 9:41PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14486 - Karma: 10,635
my first was safety, spinning left grab with right hand. but then i started missing the grab and i grabbed left safety, and then leading blunt, which is all i do now because it looks so sick
Feb 23 2009 7:42PM
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RMillz
Posts: 693 - Karma: 61
i tried a mute for my second grab (safety first) and it was going against my spin (most comfortable) and i got grab but not really any cross and ended up landing really backseat to the point where i fall tips?
Feb 24 2009 4:03PM
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BKlein
Posts: 1031 - Karma: 81
Instead of reaching for the ski, bring the ski to you, this will keep you from throwing off your rotation
Feb 24 2009 7:08PM
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RMillz
Posts: 693 - Karma: 61
yeah i just realized that i reached down a ton when i tried it im gunna try again but bring feet to hands
Feb 24 2009 8:57PM
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StReEtPIRATES
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 138

safety is easiest but phil is barely harder and looks way sicker

Sep 12 2009 5:43PM
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shaq_finn
Posts: 235 - Karma: 2,330
I think leading tail is the easiest
Jan 27 2010 8:20PM
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