Member of the Month

KilaTsunami
October, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

How many of you learned to 360 before 180?

profile picture
Scrambles
Posts: 2270 - Karma: 63

I did, a 2 years ago i got my first pair of twins, realy wanted to do a spin, too scared of landing switch so i just commited and did a 3, this happen to anyone else?

Dec 14 2009 7:27PM
0 0
profile picture
GreenHorn
Posts: 4896 - Karma: 1,209
nah
1s came first for me
Dec 14 2009 7:29PM
0 0
profile picture
ScuffDUFF
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 143
noooope.  
Dec 14 2009 7:30PM
0 0
profile picture
wiglaf
Posts: 4877 - Karma: 141
180s were impossible when i learned 360s.
Dec 14 2009 7:31PM
0 0
profile picture
Dr.DRE
Posts: 246 - Karma: 270
I did 7s and 9s before 180s... Just never tried them
Dec 14 2009 7:34PM
0 0
profile picture
triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,190
I learned 3's first. Partially cus I didn't have twins at the time.
Dec 14 2009 7:36PM
0 0
profile picture
ONE-UP
Posts: 609 - Karma: 53
my first lock was a 5 because i was trying a 3 and overrotated and fell then just kept trying and got it down
Dec 14 2009 7:36PM
0 0
profile picture
PeterWojnar
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 678
nope. I learned to 180 on the little side-of-trail jumps that 8 year olds love so much. come to think of it, I like them a lot too- they're super funn to just tear around in big trains, when there's no big mountain stuff open...
Dec 14 2009 7:37PM
0 0
profile picture
jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
i learned switch 1s first because i didnt have twin tippers and for some reason i didnt catch on the lip
Dec 14 2009 7:40PM
0 0
profile picture
Dr.Brown
Posts: 588 - Karma: 21
180 first. But 450 before 360 because of over rotating my spin.
Dec 14 2009 7:41PM
0 0
profile picture
deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
dub cork 10 then sw 9's then foward 7 then sw 5 then a 180
Dec 14 2009 7:43PM
0 0
profile picture
frontline31
Posts: 158 - Karma: 15

1's first. Too scared to land sideways with 3's.

Wasnt on twins either. Just landed leaning maaad forward, kinda butter out.

Dec 14 2009 7:44PM
0 0
profile picture
marley-skis
Posts: 794 - Karma: 330
switch 180s first because this chick on my mountain was learnign them too so i decided to try them.... i got it before she did. but yeah 360s seem easier i never learned a 180 until after switch 1's and 360s
Dec 14 2009 7:46PM
0 0
profile picture
.WALDO
Posts: 2003 - Karma: 1,107
i dont even fucking remember
Dec 14 2009 7:47PM
0 0
profile picture
frontline31
Posts: 158 - Karma: 15

1's first. Too scared to land sideways with 3's.

Wasnt on twins either. Just landed leaning maaad forward, kinda butter out.

Dec 14 2009 7:49PM
0 0
profile picture
ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
1s came 1st
Dec 14 2009 7:52PM
0 0
profile picture
Chronic_
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 1,602
wait off jumps or just dickin around? cuz 1's were just fun things to pop off little shit but i learned 3's on actual jumps first
Dec 14 2009 8:21PM
0 0
profile picture
fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
i learned 1's because i used a tiny jump that was about a foot high and i had no speed so thats all i could do
Dec 14 2009 8:35PM
0 0
profile picture
mooseman077
Posts: 300 - Karma: 359
I learned 3's first but i think that was cuz i was rockin p40s at the time...no twins yet
Dec 14 2009 8:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Jgombasy
Posts: 180 - Karma: 62
i did a 360 on accident first. i tryed a 1 but over did it and landed a 3
Dec 14 2009 8:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Pablo_Sanchez
Posts: 697 - Karma: 5,520
o yea like me

not

180 360 540 720... ends there... so far..
Dec 14 2009 8:41PM
0 0
profile picture
weley
Posts: 387 - Karma: 195
i was doing 180s and switch 180s like nobodys business before i even got twin tips.  then the first day i got twin tips i went for 360.  sounds a little weird but yeah
Dec 14 2009 9:59PM
0 0
profile picture
Low.End
Posts: 556 - Karma: 21
180's came for me a lot easier than 360's
Dec 14 2009 11:15PM
0 0
profile picture
bootleg_BEN
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 44
???

New icon?


What happend to the Prince?
Dec 14 2009 11:17PM
0 0
profile picture
TGdude
Posts: 290 - Karma: 10
i know how that goes.  i learned 3s on racing skis.
Dec 14 2009 11:18PM
0 0
profile picture
mikeisener
Posts: 57 - Karma: 13
something big like a 40 or a step up 360 first but it isnt that hard to bring around a 1 just on flat ground or little bumps
Dec 14 2009 11:22PM
0 0
profile picture
wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
360 first. didnt have twins yet
Dec 14 2009 11:39PM
0 0
profile picture
DFull15
Posts: 151 - Karma: 40
I honestly started with a 3. Never tried 180 before. I don't have twin tips. Is there really a difference between twin tips and other skis? I know they allow you to go backwards, but is that all?
Dec 15 2009 12:04AM
0 0
profile picture
Tripplesixty
Posts: 835 - Karma: 148
1s first...
Dec 15 2009 12:04AM
0 0
profile picture
Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
i can spin more off of rails than i can off of jumps...
Dec 15 2009 12:05AM
0 0
profile picture
StupidDeep
Posts: 103 - Karma: 9
well i was to pussy to try and spin a 3 until 4 years ago so i did alot of 1s like it was all i would spin haha still my favorite
Dec 15 2009 12:09AM
0 0
profile picture
BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
First 3 I learned on jumps before I even tried a 1...I dunno 1s just came natural from just going switch on groomers or over little lips...Never really learnt them they just kinda came to me haha
Dec 15 2009 12:10AM
0 0
profile picture
Steazel
Posts: 553 - Karma: 16
I learned switch 1's first because i was at first afraid of both spinning a 3 and landing backwards, but skiing backwards wasnt the problem, just landing felt awkward
Dec 15 2009 9:01AM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i did a mad reverse pizza on my first 180 while i should have done a french frie and skied away like a G....
Dec 15 2009 9:06AM
0 0
profile picture
B-runge
Posts: 16558 - Karma: 361
i like to do threesixtys off the ground!!!!!!!
but one eightys off the ground just look a tool....
Dec 15 2009 9:08AM
0 0
profile picture
drwclrk
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 719
exactly.
Dec 15 2009 10:00AM
0 0
profile picture
p-oskier
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 58
I learned 360 first cause I was a racer and did not have twintips but after I also learned 180 and sw 180 with my race skis.
Dec 15 2009 10:58AM
0 0
profile picture
Fischer-Addicted
Posts: 1064 - Karma: 30
i started with 1s well before 3s. i think it totally fucked me up though cuz once i started trying 3s it was very difficult to get past the 180-270 rotation. but after i learned 3s and 5s and higher 1s became very difficult again. especially on large jumps
Dec 15 2009 11:31AM
0 0
profile picture
shredables
Posts: 647 - Karma: 19
real small lips are easy to land switch, but spinning and landing off a kicker i feel more comfortable spinning 3 and landing fowards
Dec 15 2009 11:34AM
0 0
profile picture
Waldo-
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 184

not me. i went 180 360 720 540

couldnt land a 5 thats day, went for a 7 instead, got it first try

Dec 15 2009 11:39AM
0 0
profile picture
steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
360 first
Dec 15 2009 11:40AM
0 0
profile picture
PA_ripper
Posts: 85 - Karma: 10
same
Dec 15 2009 11:40AM
0 0
profile picture
ski@jaypeak2
Posts: 2802 - Karma: 429
me too 185 straight skis baby!!
Dec 15 2009 12:03PM
0 0
profile picture
andrew.
Posts: 2349 - Karma: 165
1 then 3
Dec 15 2009 3:56PM
0 0
profile picture
freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,055
i second this.. going on 20 years of 360s, whirly birds, helicopters, whatever you call em..
Dec 15 2009 4:30PM
0 0
profile picture
A.Eberhard
Posts: 4426 - Karma: 415
Learned 180's on the little jump on the side of the run. My first 3 though was on a jump in the park I could not 180 them.
Dec 15 2009 4:37PM
0 0
profile picture
B.Lyfe
Posts: 624 - Karma: 116
i learned 1s first, then 3s, i feel more comfortable landing backwards so most of the time its a 180 540 270 or 450 to fakie

-B
Dec 15 2009 4:51PM
0 0
profile picture
i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 247
180, switch180, 3, 540, switch 360, 720, cork 540, 900, switch 540
Dec 15 2009 5:01PM
0 0
profile picture
sip166
Posts: 275 - Karma: 16
i learned 3's before 1's cuz i never practiced landing switch
Dec 15 2009 5:31PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)