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Front 4 outs?

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TheButterHashira
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Do most people slide the rail with their more favorable foot forward and then spin their unnatural way out?
That seems to be what I have noticed.
Every time I have done it I have gone on my left foot forward which is less favorable and spun it naturally.
Jun 1 2009 8:28PM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
haha well i slide natural and spin natural = win-win situation
Jun 1 2009 8:30PM
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geet
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same here
Jun 1 2009 8:30PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
i always felt this trick was more about getting the proper edge on the rail than it is spinning natural vs unnatural.  as long as you scissor enough and get a solid push, it doesnt much matter.
Jun 1 2009 8:31PM
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pscull03
Posts: 440 - Karma: 47
i do natural slide to unattural spin. just keep trying it and the spins only becomes natural.  i dont ever think about spinning natty and unatty after i hit the rail at first. every switch up/ rotation just needs to be practiced tills it feels natural
Jun 1 2009 8:36PM
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pjbauer
Posts: 2148 - Karma: 495
exactly, also just keep looking it around
Jun 1 2009 8:36PM
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ZachRyan
Posts: 332 - Karma: 2,279
i slide most rails left foot foward spin left. I slide down rails right foot foward and spin left. I think its easier to slide left foot foward if your spinning left becase when I slide right foot foward and spin left i always hit my tips on the rail.
so i think its easier sliding left foot foward spinning left on 450s out
Jun 1 2009 8:45PM
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traylortrash
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yesss same here
Jun 1 2009 8:51PM
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inthewoods
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try saying this fast, its like a tongue twister
Jun 1 2009 8:54PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
yeah i agree with this, untill now ive never realized that my front 4's are unnatty most of the time.
Jun 1 2009 9:39PM
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HeathR
Posts: 4359 - Karma: 1,382
yeah i feel like gripping is the hard part. When i front 4 its an unnatural spin. But i def cant front 4 with a unaty grind even though the spin is naty. It really depends what your good at. I can spin all 4 ways way better then i can grind unaty.
Jun 1 2009 9:42PM
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Jacuse
Posts: 1792 - Karma: 1,549
i naturally spin right off of rails but left on jumps. I can pretty easily 450 out of rails but I have a really hard time doing an unnatural 3 off a jump.
Jun 1 2009 9:54PM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
same here
Jun 1 2009 10:05PM
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bananas
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i just do whatever looks the steeziest
Jun 1 2009 10:57PM
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BWalmer
Posts: 9141 - Karma: 12,883
I slide natural and spin unnatural, it's really not about the right side spin cause it's more about the grip. I can spin pretty easy both ways though so that might just be me.
Jun 1 2009 11:02PM
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traylortrash
Posts: 1935 - Karma: 2,450
wait you slide a different way for different types of rails? what?
Jun 1 2009 11:53PM
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Ian.Ham
Posts: 1687 - Karma: 1,153
it is about the edge pressure not the way you spin, i spin left but i can 4 out spinning left or right, right or left foot forward
Jun 2 2009 12:10AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
I cant have been the only one who read the title as 4frnt.
Jun 2 2009 12:25AM
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JsNeagle
Posts: 1405 - Karma: 1,576
people with those spinning and sliding preferences really should be able to do it both ways pretty easily. unatty slide your spinning natty out, and the other way vice versa. I agree that it's more about scissoring your feet than the wind up for front 4s. don't get jealous of people who have the natty slide/natty spin combination for frontsides, it makes the other way hard for them.
Jun 2 2009 8:54AM
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h_bar
Posts: 1611 - Karma: 506
same
Jun 2 2009 9:23AM
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cool.
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 1,724
definitely. a lot of my friends who are good snowboarders think its gay that most skiers learn to spin one way and not both
Jun 2 2009 10:23AM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
would you rather everyone just spin the same way all the time then?
Jun 2 2009 12:27PM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
when i grind my natural way it is natural to spin frontside out. i can spin out backside from my nat grind well, and i can backside out my unnat grind well, but i really suck at grinding unnat and spinning front out, because its just too much unnaturalness going down
Jun 2 2009 12:42PM
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EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
i want to say switch but no one knows why i'm right and someone better at skiing than me too far back in time was wrong. sad face or acceptance...
Jun 2 2009 1:30PM
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MangoSteeze
Posts: 793 - Karma: 48
i learned by right foot forward (unnatural for me) spinning right out. i can 450 out of pretty much anything like that. its all about locking the edge and committing
Jun 2 2009 1:42PM
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Piste.Off
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front 4 out is unnatural for me and i can do them pretty easy, back 4 is natural and i can't do anything past a 2
Jun 2 2009 1:52PM
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