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flat9safety
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 15
last year i was busting really good switch 5s and stuff....but this year i was set bac a few months from a knee injury. but then my first day out i went for a switch 1 on a hug botter and i git all messed. remind me how do do switch again, and yes i kno patience is the key.
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Jan 22 2004 7:47PM
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smells_like_tuna
Posts: 729 - Karma: 120
What helps me most with riding switch is sticking my butt out. It sounds funny, but when I make a real conscious effort to try to stick my butt out way over my tails, it gets my weight in the right spot and I am much more stable.


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Jan 22 2004 7:53PM
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AppSkier
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maybe try switch 180s on smaller jumps first before hitting the biggest one you can find on your first day?
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Jan 22 2004 9:17PM
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jibtastic
Posts: 4391 - Karma: 67
Don't look too far over your shoulder..I don't know what I was doing the first time I went for a switch 1 this year. But I started to cork out as I was leaning forward because as I looked over my shoulder I sorta looked down, I don't really know what happened, but it was bad news.
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Jan 23 2004 12:13AM
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steezysevens
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it's all in the ankles bro.
Jan 23 2004 10:33PM
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sxeskier
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bend your knees....rotate at the waist......stay centered




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Jan 23 2004 11:15PM
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Irotate360
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i cant seem to spin more than a 180 when goin switch. how do u spin the at the same speed as natural?





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Jan 23 2004 11:17PM
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jibtastic
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Possibly carve a bit into it, and as you come off just throw your lead shoulder as you would in a reg spin. So for me I spin left, So i throw and swing my right arm across my body and grab unless I'm grabbin with that hand.
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Jan 24 2004 1:25AM
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rodeo7
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i totally forgot what this post was.

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Jan 24 2004 2:04PM
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rodeo7
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buh that right..
when i do switch 3's i try to grab the other ski to what way im spinning
eg when spinng switch to the right, when im part through the first 180, i try to grab my right ski binding kinda thing,like a saftey belt.

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Jan 24 2004 2:06PM
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hanklambo
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wait to spin.. if you try and rush things, you catch yurself.. so just go niceee and slow...
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Jan 24 2004 3:04PM
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joe_cool_ski
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just think to yourself i am going to do a switch 9 and then maybe you will land like a switch 5 that is what i do
Jan 24 2004 4:01PM
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CCskiBum00
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i don't think that would work... but what ever works for you i guess


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Jan 24 2004 5:08PM
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freeskiing04
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^ yea wouldn't you end up doing like a half rotation..
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Jan 24 2004 6:03PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
yeah definitely be patient witht he spin, and stay calm
as for spinning more than 3, i sort of treat it as a reg spin
like when i do switch 5, it's more just like doing a straight 3 but i do a quick 180 first...


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Jan 24 2004 7:57PM
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.Blake.
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alright some kid said spin at the waist. no your wrong. just turn your head and your body will follow nice and smoothe
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Jan 24 2004 10:59PM
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