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Steve stepp forward pretzel...... the fuck?

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debrickshaw
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i don't know what to call this thing, last thing he does at the end of the edit.... wtf? Maybe it's just me but i've never seen this before.

WHO DAT from Steve Stepp on Vimeo.

Apr 30 2010 3:46PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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all it is is scissoring with the other foot....
Apr 30 2010 3:47PM
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BMskier
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WHO DAT??

naaa it just was a weird way or "righting" himself or stopping his spinning motion so he could do a ride away.

Apr 30 2010 3:48PM
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jibgasm
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and yeah i noticed it too, i think it'd look sick if someone threw a pretzel 2 with the opposite foot like that
Apr 30 2010 3:51PM
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griz_lee
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you have never seen a 270 on front swap to reg
Apr 30 2010 3:51PM
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debrickshaw
Posts: 1957 - Karma: 68
I have but he used his back foot front edge to pretzel forward, instead of his front foot back edge like most people would have. I had just never seen it before and thought it was pretty cool...
Apr 30 2010 3:56PM
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M+M
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pretty sure he just caught his ski and its dragging....
Apr 30 2010 3:57PM
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SteveStepp
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its just me fuckin up lol
Apr 30 2010 3:58PM
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Jwenz
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Sunday River-11.22.09-Early Season Skiing from Jeffrey Wenzel on Vimeo.

Such a fun day, met up with some old friends and had a great time. Vibes were super high with no other mountain open on the east. Gotta Love SR!

Skiers:
matt, curtis, jeff, nate, dezi

Film:
Jwenz, matt


if you watch that you should see one around 1:20...
Apr 30 2010 4:00PM
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thejackal1177
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There called undergrips, you can do a bunch of different variations with them. theres one at 1:23 in this.


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i know i failed on the embed. can someone help? my browsers not working right.
Apr 30 2010 4:04PM
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nickyp
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Pat Daigle was doing those in one of his edits too.

They look pretty sick, probably because they're not something you see everyday
Apr 30 2010 4:10PM
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Italian.Stallion
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maybe it will work if i quote it
Apr 30 2010 4:11PM
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hellomynameisjef
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curt slays
Apr 30 2010 4:12PM
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EternalJens
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One of my friends used to only do these, he did them really nice and with pretzel 4.
Apr 30 2010 4:26PM
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thejackal1177
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1:23 in there is another variation of undergrip.
Apr 30 2010 4:27PM
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Puzzled
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WTF? I always called them "beginners pretzels" since for a lot of people they are easier to do in the beginning. I used to always do them that way but thought it was wrong so I learned to do it also with my right foot. Lol you guys thought it was a new trick? Just watch a few edits of beginners and alot do their front 270 out and front 450 out that way.
Apr 30 2010 4:28PM
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thejackal1177
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oops 1:27 i mean
Apr 30 2010 4:28PM
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thejackal1177
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i think you have to exagerate the grip a fair ammount for it to be a new trick. but its different and can be a little more challenging.
Apr 30 2010 4:32PM
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andersteeze
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that was dope
Apr 30 2010 4:34PM
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1337
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mitch
Apr 30 2010 4:43PM
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DutchhGutss
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Something simple but ya sick looking
Apr 30 2010 4:44PM
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Malcolm
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i do that when im on the worng side of the box
Apr 30 2010 4:52PM
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WVskiing
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that was pretty cool. should have gone for the 270 tho
Apr 30 2010 5:10PM
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titsLOL
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if what ya gotta do to spin front side if you're too far to the left
Apr 30 2010 5:34PM
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nussc
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lol
Apr 30 2010 5:44PM
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weley
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yeah my friend does them
kinda weird but pretty cool
Apr 30 2010 6:47PM
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HalfandHalf
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Wait Ive done that but pushed myself the other way.
Apr 30 2010 6:52PM
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kevinsteen
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Steve is great!
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Apr 30 2010 7:10PM
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pjbauer
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1:37 haha
Apr 30 2010 7:11PM
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c4t_l0ver
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win
Apr 30 2010 7:31PM
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chickenwang
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its not called anything, just a mistake
Apr 30 2010 7:38PM
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pussymoneyweed
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is this just cause you can't do them? oh yeah wallisch hasn't done one yet. sorry theyll be cool this summer if my trend predictor is right
Apr 30 2010 7:51PM
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thejackal1177
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wrong. im calling it undergrip. you can call it a mistake if you want but i do them on purpose all the time and there both fun and help me get away from the same cliche way of doing tricks. saying it doesnt deserve a name is like saying a tailpress deserves to be called a railslide.
Apr 30 2010 7:52PM
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jamodeo
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he was too far over to the side to stop it with his front foot?
Apr 30 2010 8:01PM
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nickyp
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Isn't is bad for the edges?

When you pretzel, the box pushes the edge against the core of the ski, but with the 'undergrip', it's pushing the edge away from the core?
Apr 30 2010 8:16PM
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m.brus
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all rails are bad for edges. but I dont think it would make that much of a difference unless you are riding shitty skis
Apr 30 2010 9:10PM
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Zump.
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maybe hes from the future too
Apr 30 2010 9:17PM
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STAUSS
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just steve ballin out.
Apr 30 2010 10:21PM
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krystoff
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shit doesn't need a name, just do cool stuff! don't need to go all scroty mcboogerballs on shit.
Apr 30 2010 10:51PM
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teleak
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hahaha
Apr 30 2010 10:55PM
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chickenwang
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im not gunna bother arguing a name, if your gunna do it, at least make it look proper whilst having fun. fun fact a tailpress on skis is just a railslide the majority of the time, kids think if their heal piece is over the edge of the rail its a press. fuck that noise, very few people actually "press" on skis.

and to the kid above you, wallisch can go suck a fat one for all i care
May 1 2010 1:22AM
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thejackal1177
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 Its freeskiing, there isnt a proper way to do it. Thats the reason I like the sport. So im gonna have fun and undergrip my shit all year long next year. Oh and steve kills it, i love how even his mess ups get people stoked.
May 1 2010 4:52AM
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thejackal1177
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+k for south park reference, but im still throwing the name out there for those who want to call it something.
May 1 2010 4:57AM
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chickenwang
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why not call it toilet paper then
May 1 2010 9:19AM
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STAUSS
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YUP.  kid wants to call it an undergrip, he can call it whatever the fuck he wants. 
May 1 2010 9:53AM
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blindside
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I do this sometimes when pretzeling frontside stuff, I think it looks good if you exaggerate it and pull the ski up really high.. but I find all pretzels look better when the scissoring ski is exaggerated.
May 1 2010 11:05AM
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PurpleDino
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when people come up with new variations of basic tricks they re-name them.  like when andy parry invented the hippy killer, isn't it just a variation of a railslide?  i say this trick gets officially named something. and since curtis has been doing them for a while why not call it an undergrip?
May 1 2010 1:51PM
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Elmo.
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its kinda cool lol... i wanna try it now but i liek how steve was like i messed up lol
May 1 2010 1:52PM
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Zoro
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my first 2 seasons in the park i couldnt balance rails properly.  i was just kinda sliding along it and falling off somewhere near the end.  undergrips were how i front 2'd off
May 1 2010 3:51PM
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thejackal1177
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because alot of people learning 270s like to put all there weight on there leading foot so the rail doesnt slide out from under them. if all the weight is on your front foot you cant really scissor with it so you use your back. Not bad, its fun to be able to do it both ways because you can grip really subtle with your non leading foot.
May 2 2010 9:45AM
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thejackal1177
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because you grip underneath the box with your edge, and with toilet paper i wipe my ass.
May 2 2010 9:55AM
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