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Crossed a big trick off my list yesterday... want to share the love

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so, this is a claim thread, but I'm real happy about it, thought NS would understand.

Also, I did not have vid or pics, because I forgot to grab my gopro, but whatever, doesn't matter, I did it for me.

Landed a 1080 yesterday at Copper Mountain. Its a trick that I never thought I'd get, but its been kind of my skiing holy grail for the last 5 years. Now, I've finally got it dialed!

Feels good to finally nail it. That's all, not too big a deal, just wanted to share the stoke!

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bryanw

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congrats man glad to hear u did sumthing youve been aiming for. respect

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AGOF

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props, ive wanted to 10 for awhile its just hard to turn my back that last time

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broto

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congrats dude! i can only spin to 7, and only to 3 or 5 with good grabs. this thread is great haha, not sarcasm.

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Njens.

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thats tight... props!

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Andi_G

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Nice job Ive only sun 5

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-Marc-

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I landed my first backflips a couple weeks ago, been wanting to do those since last season, finally have them down! Underrotated one and scratched up my face pretty bad though,at least I had fun doing it.

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Stickity

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i would like to make a small claim as well
i finally did switch 180s and i believe i've figured out how to get my 3s smoother
also close to getting blind 270s

that is all

and maaaaadddd props to OP
if i can ever 1080 i'll be beyond content with my skiing

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broto

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this entire thread = the reason i ski

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blatt

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Great to hear!

Contrary to your story of success, I received a concussion yesterday when I did a digger attempting backflips on a 5 ft table.

INB4 cool story bro

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basedjase

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I have a feeling that this wont go on in this thread..(:

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Stickity

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it actually is a cool story so you could say cool story bro and if you're trying to be sarcastic you would fail miserably

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AGOF

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i guess if we are saying tricks we are stoked on i just finally got blunt with butter 7s and 9s:)

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Stickity

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how do you buttttteeeeeerrrrrrrrr??????????????
pm?

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I just landed my first 5 and 7 over vacation, I was so pumped. I love skiing

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AGOF

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basically you lean foreward and start spinning, maybe pop just a little bit. im on revivals which are reverse camber so that makes it a little easier but the biggest thing is just committing. hope this helps a little

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Stickity

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O.o

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AGOF

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its really really hard to explain, i would start them on rollers, and just do 3s with nose drags.

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Peter.

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landing a new trick is an incredible feeling

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AGOF

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video:

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AGOF

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not grabbed well but grabbed a little, sorry for multiple posts

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Stickity

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what the fuck
it looks like you just magically start rotating on your tips
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
maybe it would help if i have been skiing for more than 2 seasons 7:-|

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AGOF

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yea i raced for like 3 years (which isnt much) but i was top half usually so i have a pretty decent amount of edge control. butters are mostly just practice and balls tho

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skiierman

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meh, spinning is easy.

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doyle.

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sick bro I just got cork 9 so I'm pretty pumped

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Crehm

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And i was stoked when i finally stuck my 5....... good job bro mebe in a few years for me

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congrats bro. know the feeling. just last week I stomped my first 9. Lol I was feeling good the next run and thought I could go for the 10 also....well turns out I set too hard and spun out of my ski. Lol that was the end of my day.

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.Tom.

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Dear mother of god, this thread has absolutely no hate on it.
Congratz bro on landing a sick trick which I can't even dream of doing and creating a hate free thread ;-)

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SNEEZE

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going from (i presume) a three to seven in one weekend is crazy, i would love to have that happen. im barley at 5's (never really gotten past 450 with a butter out) and i finally got the chance to work on them with a decent jump last weekend, was stoked that i at least had the opportunity to try them again. if i can consistently land at least 2-3 of the flips i have tried i would be so happy though, so i guess thats my goal.

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nickyp

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That's the beauty of butters, they're all about the edge control. Put a little weight over the edges of your tips, and watch yourself spin.

Before I lost weight, and when I had Anthems, I used to butter off everything, because using the tips was super easy, and super responsive to even the slightest change in body position, or shift in weight.

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hahaha I love that.

Two weeks back I started learning backies, and so far I've dug my tips in to the knuckle 3 times.

Sooooo frightening.

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blatt

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I guess the new rule for me is no inverts on hardpack.

Backs are 5x harder to spot on skis than on a tramp

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tiger_shart

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yesterday i landed my first rodeo fives soooooo stoked!!!

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Elmo.

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u got that right.... props on the 10 bro. that shit is crazy no matter what ppl say. respect for working so hard to get the trick

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mowdapow

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What I would give for a park.....but landing a new trick on natural terrain is a pretty good feeling.

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J.J.M

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you live in BC and theres no resort with a park around you?
that blows my mind

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Canuker

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mad props man thats sick.

Theres nothing like learning a new trick. Especially one that has been your "holy grail"

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Drail

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nice one. I have yet to put a 1080 to my feet. At this point, I'll probably land a switch 10 before a forward one.

my "holy grail" trick is a switch misty 9. One day... one day.

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SirStai

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I just ate some pasta.

Shit was tight.

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i wanna get 5s and frotnside 270s off and maybe blindisde 2s on today if im lucky.

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andrew.

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congrats dude, nothings better than finally nailing that one trick youve been wanting to do for a long time

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i figured that one out today. more speed than you think you need, and just keep your head turned. landed nosebutter 5 the first time i tried it, and got em with shifties by the end of the day. stoked!

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