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Going bigger

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EAST~COAST
Posts: 1017 - Karma: 91
ok i can do 3's and 5's comfortably on 10-20 ft jumps. these jumps arent big enough for me to throw a legit grab in there so i wanna go bigger. i think you can see where im heading with this, but do you approach the jump differently (besides speed)? do you throw harder? any tips will help
May 31 2009 9:08PM
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VCharette
Posts: 4276 - Karma: 1,047
you can put a grab on a 20 ft jump btw and you approach it the same but make sure to have the good speed and not pussying out helps
May 31 2009 9:11PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
Well if you wanna go bigger, that=more airtime which=more time to spin so no you dont have to throw the spin harder, you wanna throw it less hard if its abigger jump. And comit fully.
May 31 2009 9:14PM
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7-3instacall
Posts: 999 - Karma: 1,005
is your jump is  really 20 ft, you should be able to add a grab, or at least a tail, that way you don't have to stretch too much
May 31 2009 9:17PM
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special_k10101
Posts: 1498 - Karma: 72
approach the jump the same way, but to make grabbing easy you should try to bring your knees up a bit and reach down for your grab when you pass about 180.

moving on to bigger jumps, make sure you get a few good straight airs in so you know your speed well, then just set the same speed and make sure you don't slow down because of fear or any other reason because you will knuckle the jump and could potentially throw your rotation back accidentally.  I've had this problem in the past, but as you practice you will become more and more comfortable with throwing stuff off of bigger jumps.
Jun 1 2009 1:05AM
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