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Right vs Left spinning

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Big.Bird
Posts: 563 - Karma: 180
just trying to get a feel for which way most people naturally spin because in my group of friends im the only one who naturally spins to the right
Mar 12 2011 11:26PM
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ndye
Posts: 3756 - Karma: 7,094
left, but one of my friends spins right.
Mar 12 2011 11:27PM
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Abc567def
Posts: 8756 - Karma: 801
I spin to the left, and most ppl spin to the left too
Mar 12 2011 11:27PM
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HIT
Posts: 3524 - Karma: 4,996
im left as well.
Mar 12 2011 11:29PM
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bluehouseskis
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,103
spin left (better) then right. I am right handed. and i slide rails natural right foot forward
Mar 12 2011 11:30PM
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Big.Bird
Posts: 563 - Karma: 180
well i guess its just more common to spin left
Mar 12 2011 11:31PM
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S.C
Posts: 3068 - Karma: 2,285
left, rails right foot forward
Mar 12 2011 11:32PM
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,796
at first it felt comfortable to spin left. Then after trying to learn 270 on's, i got accustomed to spinning right. So i guess i'm not the norm
Mar 12 2011 11:32PM
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bluehouseskis
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,103
orly?

haha Colin whats going on man?
Mar 12 2011 11:33PM
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,796
OH HAI. I'm doing superawesomefabulous. hows you been doin.
Mar 12 2011 11:36PM
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wisconsinsteeze
Posts: 1170 - Karma: 749
i spin right, out of the about 7 kids i normally ski with only 2 of us spin right naturally
Mar 12 2011 11:37PM
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bluehouseskis
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,103
Long time no talk. Hows the wife? Kids? Beast coast snow?
Mar 12 2011 11:38PM
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wtmtss
Posts: 110 - Karma: 12
I spin right off of jumps and left onto boxes and rails. Kind of wierd. A lot of my friends do the same thing.
Mar 12 2011 11:38PM
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majora
Posts: 860 - Karma: 157
left, rails left foot forwards. but lately I've actually been standing and just jumping and spinning right on my feet cuz i think it'll help my spin unnaturally lol. maybe I'm just retarded but if it works it'll be so worth it
Mar 12 2011 11:42PM
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The.Ginger
Posts: 978 - Karma: 13
lefttttttt
Mar 12 2011 11:45PM
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j.saaaarela
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 856
forward--left.
switch--right.

i have no idea why...
Mar 13 2011 12:14AM
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derpina
Posts: 2186 - Karma: 55
Natural right everything. (Spins and boxes)

Left isn't that unnatural for me either though. Only odd thing is I have a hard time stopping my rotation when I spin left... Especially on boxes/rails.
Mar 13 2011 12:39AM
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Imagination
Posts: 2501 - Karma: 73
I can spin both ways now, but naturally it was spin left off of jumps and such, right-foot forward on rails, and I'm also right-handed, and I believe that's the norm.
Mar 13 2011 12:40AM
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Jesus-FlwrSubaru
Posts: 1077 - Karma: 53
Forward right, switch left

Mar 13 2011 3:27AM
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000000000000
Posts: 843 - Karma: 1,552
Favor spinning left, and slide rails left foot forward. feels the same to slide either way
Mar 13 2011 3:39AM
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MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
Left. Its always confused me. I'm right-handed, right-footed, and ride any kind of board with my left foot forward, but yet grind on skis so much better right foot forwarded.

and inb4 girls only spin left.
Mar 13 2011 3:45AM
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hjb
Posts: 742 - Karma: 40
Same.

I prefer looking over my right shoulder when skiing switch, guess that's why...
Mar 13 2011 4:02AM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
Posts: 2047 - Karma: 6,727
the same
Mar 13 2011 4:06AM
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kingskier
Posts: 1045 - Karma: 11
right is my natural way to spin.

is it because im left footed?
Mar 13 2011 5:23AM
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Imagination
Posts: 2501 - Karma: 73
Since you spin left most comfortably, when you are learning how to slide a rail or box, you are going to spin left onto because that is most likely the only way you can comfortably spin, and thus you are going to land right-foot forward, which you will repeat over and over and it will become second nature, as opposed to left-foot forward which you have never practiced.

And you spin left because you have no rights hehe haha!!!
Mar 13 2011 5:27AM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
more people spin left naturally.

This, over time, has created a a common misconception that all people spin left and/or that rightside is invariably harder. Of course it totally depends on the skier.

Doesn't really seem to have much to do with what hand you are, just other wired shit, just like dominant leg and all that.

I started out thinking I was a right side spinner, but this was like 10+ years ago. After a serious head slam as a kid, I started to think maybe that wasn't the case, and indeed, left is natural for me.

A lot of people who spin left find it easier to look over their shoulder/spin rightside when skiing switch. Looking over my right shoulder was far more natural, which was problematic because spinning right was not. Maybe it has something to do with dominant leg or something? I have no clue, but it is strange.
Mar 13 2011 5:58AM
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murs
Posts: 1684 - Karma: 109
spin right naturally
right foot forward on rails
but i do my flatspins left
Mar 13 2011 6:09AM
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Tikayt
Posts: 1031 - Karma: 1,543
I spin left, rail right foot forward. Weirdly enough I do mistys right (I throw my left shoulder to the right).
Mar 13 2011 6:55AM
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yann0505
Posts: 1 - Karma: 10
I spin left, right for rails me too
Mar 13 2011 7:03AM
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BIGben*
Posts: 1942 - Karma: 8
I'm right handed, my left foot goes on rails first and i spin the opposite of that.
Mar 13 2011 8:40AM
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tall_t
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 15

i spin both ways, but i can spin right faster

Mar 13 2011 10:39AM
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JeremyB
Posts: 629 - Karma: 30

in ski i spin left but i have way more balance on tramp when i spin right... and rails right foot forward.

Mar 13 2011 11:22AM
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Lick
Posts: 1927 - Karma: 518
I spin 180s to the left, everything else to the right.
Mar 13 2011 11:57AM
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MangoSteeze
Posts: 793 - Karma: 48
Left handed Spin right.



But i go both ways
Mar 13 2011 5:13PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
Right better switch better left but i've been working on switch right and it's coming along pretty well but i spin onto rails left and grind right foot forward
Mar 13 2011 6:15PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
I think I got spinning left/right foot forward onto boxes from skating goofy, and just carried that as I progressed on jumps.

PS I'm left handed.
Mar 13 2011 6:20PM
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blah..
Posts: 534 - Karma: 13
I spin left, but can only slide rails right-foot foreword.
Mar 13 2011 7:15PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
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Mar 13 2011 7:34PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
Spin right, slide left foot forward, right handed. I've gotten told it's odd...
Mar 13 2011 7:43PM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Spin right and slide left foot forward. Im naturally a lefty
Mar 13 2011 7:45PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
same here.  its wierd
Mar 13 2011 8:02PM
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KingTaco
Posts: 2510 - Karma: 2,829
naturally to the right. i cant spin unnatural but if i hit a jump switch i can spin either way

and i grind left foot forward
Mar 13 2011 8:03PM
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.brian
Posts: 1710 - Karma: 233
I spin right forward, and left switch. I slide rails right foot forward.
Mar 13 2011 8:08PM
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Uncle.tito
Posts: 192 - Karma: 139
spinning to the left is way easier most people spin to the left i feel its easier to float it $%

Mar 13 2011 8:11PM
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buddychaps
Posts: 1817 - Karma: 583
i spin left, left foot forward on rails, i'm right handed, right footed
Mar 13 2011 8:18PM
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585.
Posts: 4059 - Karma: 77
spin right, switch spin left, left food forward on rails.

idk whats wrong with me.
Mar 13 2011 8:45PM
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mcswizzle
Posts: 842 - Karma: 2,298
This.

I was just used to looking over my right shoulder skiing switch, so I started spinning that way. I haven't even tried spinning left switch.
Mar 13 2011 8:50PM
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shaggy.
Posts: 433 - Karma: 299
spin left natural. left foot natural on rails
Mar 13 2011 9:39PM
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DGski
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 2,328
left
Mar 13 2011 9:42PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
right...
on the once in a blue moon occasion i spin a jump
Mar 13 2011 9:44PM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 321
i spin right.. but rifht foot forward on rails. im so screwd up lol. anyways im pretty sure spinning right vs left is like being regular or goofy footed on a board
Mar 13 2011 10:15PM
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