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bkimsta
Posts: 53 - Karma: 10
well this season i picked up some nice freeskis and im thinking about really starting to try jumps more than terrain? ]
anytips on what i should start out with?
Nov 14 2009 10:10PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Start with small jumps and flat boxes and work your way up.
Nov 14 2009 10:13PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
free skis. woohoo!
Nov 14 2009 10:14PM
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lilwhiz165
Posts: 502 - Karma: 47
the cleveland show
Nov 14 2009 10:16PM
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skithedirt
Posts: 1759 - Karma: 382
^this... dont be that kid who kills himself because he thinks he can clear some big ass gap and doesnt even hit the knuckle and tanner halls himself.
Nov 14 2009 10:17PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
80 foot booters
Nov 14 2009 10:18PM
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ReedSkis~
Posts: 2122 - Karma: 98
do you mean skankles?
Nov 14 2009 10:23PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
at least.


But seriously. Iyou're probably gonna get a lot of hate in this thread for being a noob (no disrepect we were all once!) but start small like 15-30 to get comfortable in the air. Speed is your friend, but can also be you enemy.  Learning the speed it takes to hit gaps is something that experience is the best teacher for. Practice makes perfect right? Dont go out and kill yourself just because you want to progress. If you have fun it will come.

Congrats on picking up a pair of dual tippers. It was probably one of the best decisions you have ever made. Welcome to the world of afterbang.
Nov 14 2009 10:25PM
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mer-man
Posts: 1079 - Karma: 10
youre grammer makes me smile i to enjoy twin tipers and skiing backwards
Nov 14 2009 10:43PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
what kind of skis did you get
Nov 14 2009 10:59PM
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skiseemore
Posts: 988 - Karma: 17
show some love to the new kid but dont give up on skiing just to ski park be well rounded
Nov 14 2009 11:04PM
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hue.
Posts: 1518 - Karma: 220
just dont be afraid to fall
Nov 14 2009 11:11PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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yeah
Nov 14 2009 11:37PM
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WAHDUPCUZZ
Posts: 9 - Karma: 10
I myself just picked up a pair of "twin tippers" an cant wait to shred um
this thread is helpful, keep the tips coming
Nov 14 2009 11:39PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
fear is a good thing... it keeps us from doign stupid shit.

You will fall, but dont be so confident that you try and hti chads gap because you arent afraid of falling. Ya hear?

And stay away from the park sometimes too. A good tree run/pow run/ groomer run/ whatever is a great way to make yourself a better skier and mix things up a bit
Nov 14 2009 11:40PM
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njwa88
Posts: 465 - Karma: 15
go progressively. feel confident yet learn to push yourself a bit
if your trying new shit, commit to it
Nov 15 2009 12:04AM
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ski_ENDUB
Posts: 2535 - Karma: 86
stay out of the main park, stick to the smaller ones
Nov 15 2009 1:05AM
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Pernille
Posts: 127 - Karma: 61

When I started hitting jumps I would do it with a friend riding next to me, someone who had been riding park for a long time, and knew about the speed. I found it way easier learning the speed that way. hope that made sense.

Nov 15 2009 10:27AM
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kpow
Posts: 373 - Karma: 33
thats the answer, it took me really long to get used to rails and jumps cuz i was always chicken and never just did it
Nov 15 2009 10:30AM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
MINIPARK and don't be embarrassed because you aren't good or else you never will be your are not going to be the next big thing the first time you ski park and its better to know how to ski all over the mountain before you go straight to the park and most of all have fun with it.
Nov 15 2009 10:38AM
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mezzy
Posts: 298 - Karma: 15
dont learn new tricks in the park for a while.
Nov 15 2009 11:21AM
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blavallee4
Posts: 360 - Karma: 93
hahaha i lol'ed to this :D
Nov 15 2009 12:57PM
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JakeC
Posts: 2160 - Karma: 101
you have a nice icon for a noob.
Nov 15 2009 1:03PM
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Dr.Brown
Posts: 588 - Karma: 21
"and tanner halls himself"

EPIC!!!

Start off slow, learn from your mistakes. Watch videos and other when they do their tricks ask a friend. And don't mind bailing at first, since you won't be going too fast and you'll learn from it. And don't mind the peeps that laugh or talk shit, since they were once beginners too.
Nov 15 2009 4:12PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19

yo your seriuosely trying to learn how to shred on a forum?

just hit the hill man, youll get better

Nov 15 2009 4:23PM
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Chris.S
Posts: 881 - Karma: 30
Really? 15-30 feet to start? I started way smaller than 15 feet, and I would suggest starting with a jump smaller than 15 feet to get the feel for the take-offs of different kinds of jumps (i.e. super wu-tang/poppy take-off as opposed to an almost flat take-off).
Nov 15 2009 4:30PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19

who said all he wants to do is jump and grind? the kid's learning how to ski.. have fun in the woods and drop some shit that he may come accross.

don't just live in the park, youll never get any better at skiing that way

Nov 15 2009 4:33PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
well my mountain didnt have any little jumps when I first decided I wanted to hit park jumps so I just went for it. It worked for me. If your hill has some smaller ones, then by all means hit them first, but a 15 or 20 ft jump is THAT bg, and anyone who can ski fairly well should be able to get it after a try or two
Nov 15 2009 4:35PM
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HamFaceGirl
Posts: 5242 - Karma: 2,676
EVERYONE STOP! read this, it helped me so much when i started the wonderful sport of freeskiing
https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/335914/
Nov 15 2009 4:38PM
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Chris.S
Posts: 881 - Karma: 30
it was implied when he started off by talking about his free skis. I'm not trying to say that's all he's going to do I was just giving my own two pennies about how I started riding park.
Nov 15 2009 5:32PM
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WVskiing
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this
Nov 15 2009 5:39PM
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will-g
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I lol'd hard and i am now sigging that
Nov 15 2009 6:05PM
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shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19
oh i thought he meant he got  pair of skis, for free
Nov 16 2009 3:04PM
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Uncle.Badness
Posts: 2545 - Karma: 55
I'm just going to put this out there, Don't be like me and not hit jumps bigger than fifteen feet for the whole season and find yourself trying to throw sevens on a miniscule kicker. Once you are boosting a jump you know it is time to hit some bigger things.
Nov 16 2009 3:07PM
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Mr.Huck
Posts: 6096 - Karma: 14,896
Go big or go home!
Nov 16 2009 5:30PM
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superpoluha
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 10
find the biggest cliff and jump off, enlightens all the beginners... lol



















































but seriously...lol


















now seriously... do it
Nov 16 2009 5:46PM
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