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Crispy.
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I posted this in the trick tip forum but no one responded so I'm going to post it here.

1. Alright so whenever I do 3s I dip my head like a cork instead of keeping it parallel with the ground. I was working on it so now I dip it a little later,a s I'm coming around on the last 180 any tips for not dipping it?

2. I need help scissoring. I can never drop my front or back tail? Tips?

3. Ste up rails. The rails that you have to come from the side of and pop to get on, perhaps called urban style? Any ways I always pussy out, I get enough speed and height but never turn. Also when I do turn my inside ski never makes it over. It always hits the rail. Help? I slide left foot forward.
Jan 17 2011 7:36AM
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I_Am_Mod
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don't have those problems, but for 3s something that might help is to grab later, after the 180, grab, spot your landing and release late ....

and if you're throwing them more corked then regular, you should be happy about that :)

for the scissoring, try to stand balanced on the rail, everyone says you need to lean forward, but if you're having trouble dipping your tip or tail on the front ski, you might be leaning a little too much forward, try a stance where your weight is distributed evenly over both feet, scissoring came naturally once i had a good stance on rails ....
(btw everytime i use the word scissoring a certain image pops up in my head :(, we should name it differently)


and last, hopping on "street" rails (thats how we call rails/boxes you cannot simply ride onto ....)

in the beginning, try stepping onto it.
i read you slide left forward, so i assume you ride on from the left side ?
what you do when you're on the little ramp, lift your right foot(inside/back foot) and place it onto the rail, then do a little hop and immediately place your left foot in front...

i know this sounds kinda weird but it works very well, you're basically stepping onto the rail the same way you would step on it when you would be wearing shoes, one foot at a time ...

then later you can smoothen it out by doing it all in a single smooth hop, then shortening the delay between bringing up the first ski and the second ski, until you hop on with both feet simultaneously ...


i hope i was of some help, i'm not such a legend myself, but those things definately helped me :)
Jan 17 2011 7:50AM
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.RYAN66
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he pretty much said it all ^^^

the 3's i cant really help you with because i have that same problem when i spin to fast.

and as for urban style rails think of it as a 2 part process first pick your inside foot up and sort of step onto the rail and then just pop with your other foot and you should be on easily. if you are having trouble doing that or think an urban rail looks to high you can try just popping right over it, that will let you know you have enough pop to get on to the rail or box.
Jan 17 2011 8:19AM
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alexg1687
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im not going to offer advice on 1 or 2 because other people will be better, but for the urban rail make sure that when you start jumping onto them (rather than stepping) you do two things.

1. dont turn til you're in the air...ive hooked a tip below the rail before and it wasnt nice

2. get the front foot down, no matter what. if you hit back foot first you can recover but its hard and messy
Jan 17 2011 8:21AM
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