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Zero Spin help

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..jack
Posts: 424 - Karma: 897
I'm confidently doing switch 1's ,3's 5's and trying 7's now i wanna try zero spins.
I tried some today and ended up spin 180 without meaning to.

Can anyone give any tips? Is it better not to look over one shoulder?

Thanks and +K
Feb 17 2010 2:25PM
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highindasky55
Posts: 624 - Karma: 32
wait to spot your landing until after you pop, if youre turning you head/shoulders to look as you pop you will spin some. once you pop you can look over your shoulder to find your landing
Feb 17 2010 2:28PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
zero spins are one of the hardest tricks in skiing, try spinning before you try a zero spin.

If you still want to go for it i find that looking at the kicker is the best because if you look towards the landing you will spin.
Feb 17 2010 2:30PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
my bad earlier when you were listings spins were they all switch or regular as i thought.
Feb 17 2010 2:31PM
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..jack
Posts: 424 - Karma: 897
yeah i got switch spins up to 7's, really confident up to 5's but my switch 7's are sketchy as hell.
Feb 17 2010 2:36PM
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mak
Posts: 700 - Karma: 167
Sounds like you're already very comfortable with hitting a jump switch. So what I do is come into the jump looking over my shoulder, just slightly so that I know whats going on around me, but not so aggressively that I'm rotating my body much. Then I just give a nice, solid pop of the lip of the jump and keep sort of looking over my shoulder. Throw a shifty in there once you get more comfortable. The biggest thing to remember is to pop off the jump with your body facing backwards and not sort of sideways, because that will mess up your pop and screw your whole jump.
Feb 17 2010 4:11PM
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PBraunstein
Posts: 1448 - Karma: 3,804
really? idk man.. i pretty much suck at park skiing, especially jumping.. all i can do is no grabbed 3s and 5s, sw 1s and 3s and zeros... thats my trick bag on jumps... not particularly hard.
Feb 17 2010 4:14PM
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elesqudor
Posts: 107 - Karma: 15
idk ive never zero spun anything bigger then ten feet so im not pro......all i do is look at my skis right before i get of the lip..... but i wouldnt use my advice cause i land them 1 out of 3 times haha
Feb 17 2010 4:44PM
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s.miller
Posts: 268 - Karma: 95
spot over your shoulder all the way until you pop off the lip, dont look uphill before your in the air or else you will get toe heavy and probably crash.  I usually spot over the shoulder throughout the entire trick but just keep my shoulders closed.  If you tend to get toe heavy try reaching back and grabbing your tail (and for style) just dont open the shoulders
Feb 17 2010 5:14PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
let me ask you, what's the biggest jump you have zero spun? it gets wayyyyyy harder on jumps over 25 feet.
Feb 17 2010 5:17PM
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s.miller
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and make sure you pop!
Feb 17 2010 5:19PM
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SHD
Posts: 397 - Karma: 83
Just start small and go bigger. Worked for me ;)
Feb 17 2010 5:25PM
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