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Speed checking jumps

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TTSwitchrider674
Posts: 179 - Karma: 26
so i always thought it was kinda crazy that ppl speed check a jump by flying in at mach speed nd then trying to stop right at the lip of the jump, and it always looks like their about to fall off, but they never do and then i saw the grand bizarre, and it happens at 3:30, thanks to nick martini, which i have to say is a man for taking a scary digger lie that
Sep 30 2011 12:19PM
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SwaggerJester5
Posts: 277 - Karma: 62
Speed checking is so sketchy haha
Sep 30 2011 12:21PM
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SwitchMisty540
Posts: 1862 - Karma: 629
its better than sending it first try and ending up somewhere other than the transition...unless you are just a spectator of course :)
Sep 30 2011 12:40PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
Its a pretty awesome feeling when you stop short tho
Sep 30 2011 12:42PM
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doGelyst
Posts: 2492 - Karma: 509
you can establish a feel for the amount of speed you can obtain for coming into the jump, as well as getting a feel for the transition and angle of it as well.
Sep 30 2011 12:44PM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
yeah it is actually sick haha but i usually just find someone and follow them into it instead
Sep 30 2011 1:04PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542
was about to say something like this. But peoples usualy just do it to look like their pro
Sep 30 2011 1:25PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i always speedcheck like a boss, just straightline it, overshoot by a mile and stomp on flat like a boss
Sep 30 2011 1:33PM
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POWDER.RANGER
Posts: 1698 - Karma: -24
really?? for me speed checking jumps is the easiest thing in the world.
Sep 30 2011 2:03PM
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Broseph_Stalin
Posts: 3745 - Karma: 179
any jump jarger than 30 feet i usually speed check and check out the jump
Sep 30 2011 2:34PM
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AGOF
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 3,605
this, unless it is in a park that is super consistant, speed is usually the same, jump sizes are consistant, etc. but if a park has been changed up i usually speed check
Sep 30 2011 2:39PM
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SwitchMisty540
Posts: 1862 - Karma: 629
i definitely speed check a lot more in the spring when the condition of the snow changes a lot throughout the day. 
Sep 30 2011 8:12PM
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dispatchQ_main
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 629
yah following somone is much better, if you have somone to follow. Plus you don't scrape all the snow off the takeoff.
Sep 30 2011 8:23PM
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icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Dude the worse is when you have the speed down and you realize on the incline of the kicker you are going to knuckle so you try and bail/stop. Sometimes you make it, others you go over and die =/.


Sep 30 2011 9:14PM
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Smilemon
Posts: 421 - Karma: 43
I've done that before. Broke my back  /claim
Sep 30 2011 9:33PM
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