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Help me with my spins

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Daver_BC
Posts: 1256 - Karma: 307
whenever i throw a 3, i land back seat, when ever i throw something and land switch i can never hold it and ride away clean.

i got some 178 06/07 invaders and i feel like there too soft for switch landings, but who knows.

please give me advice, i'm getting damn frustrated.

+++karma and thank you.
Jan 3 2009 5:58PM
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thatsG
Posts: 2568 - Karma: 1,772
on your 3's i think you may be leaning to far back from the start
Jan 3 2009 6:02PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Make sure you're popping before you start your spin, have someone watch you. If you don't pop you'll just kinda stay in the position you took off in, if you do then it creates the arc necessary to land correctly.
Jan 3 2009 6:05PM
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KNUCKifyouBUCK
Posts: 1330 - Karma: 9
is your wieght back from the start? your skis arent too soft, are you hucking your threes because many times people who huck will land backseat
Jan 3 2009 6:12PM
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dylansiggers
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 6,089
Widen your stance, Bend your knees, keep your wieght foreward, a number of different prblems might f you up
Jan 3 2009 6:15PM
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h_bar
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 506
what he said
Jan 3 2009 6:15PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 147

most common problem when learning spins

your spin comes from your pop off the lip, heres some pointers

-pop and set your spin with your legs not your arms

-pop leaning foward on the jump.  As you ride up the jump you are leaning back.  In order to counteract this, you need to pop foward, with your toes in the front of your boots

-don't look back down at the lip of the jump or straight down, this will cause you to lean back in the air, instead look straight out so you are flat in the air

-don't grab when first learning spins, this might be causing you to land backseat

-visualize yourself spinning correctly and landing

Jan 3 2009 6:35PM
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GreekAR6
Posts: 527 - Karma: 11
I had the same problem with my spins.  It's like everyone has said already, lean forward as you pop off the jump, keep pressure on your toes and the front of your boots.
Jan 3 2009 6:41PM
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@koby
Posts: 223 - Karma: 11
two options-

buy Tips for Jibbing and Jumping the movie
or
pop cleanly when your feet get to the lip and when you look around for the landing tuck your chin down
Jan 3 2009 7:20PM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
pop into your core. What I mean is pop so you will be perfectly balanced in the air, so pop off your toes and just set your spin early and look over your shoulder, make sure to keep your head level, don't look up or down.
Jan 3 2009 7:24PM
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GOODER
Posts: 42 - Karma: 13
your prolly spinning penciled out and your feat are too close together on the switch landings and are you doing grabs with your three's?
Jan 3 2009 7:25PM
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ZachRyan
Posts: 332 - Karma: 2,279
its proably because you ski to far backseat anyway. The chronics are a pretty stiff ski so thats not the problem. Although its really awkward just work on leaning foward more when you ski... it will feel unatuaral but will help with landing not backseat and also a TON with afterbang if you have that problem.
Jan 3 2009 7:27PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
watch a few skiers hit one of the bigger jump at your hill and watch what they do.
your problem is a simple concept.  when you go off a jump your skis are pushed upwards, and your wait is put mostly on your tails.  Your skis will naturally continue at the angle of the ramp, until it loses enough speed and falls to the ground.  this makes landing almost impossible, seeing as your tails will  more than likely hit the ground before your tips.  
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS: counteract this motion by leaning forward and "popping" off the lip of the jump.  Bend your knees and "jump" right before you leave the ramp, making sure you are leaning forward enough though.  It might take a few rollers to get used to it but once you do, you will never land backseat again.
Jan 3 2009 7:42PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Consult Scott Vail if you have any more questions, he'll set you straight.
Jan 3 2009 7:44PM
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