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bob.marley
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Hi,

  I am kind of new to skiing, I started last year skiing more than just 5 times a year and staying on groomers, and I skied a lot but I still have a lot of room for improvement. I think where I am lacking is in the air, I am always legs striahgt with my arms just out and it looks dumb. When you see the pros or at least good skiers on vids just straight air, it always looks good like they shift their skis sideways or something, will; that just come over time??? Is it that I just am not going big enough? Should I be going a lot bigger than I am comfortable with to improve faster?

Dec 20 2011 11:07AM
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k-fred
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style come after skill.
Dec 20 2011 11:09AM
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Gharf
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sounds like a great idea if you want to end up in the hospital.


those pros your are talking about spend 250 + days on snow every year.

just practice on small jumps, learn the basics, 180, 360, Sw 1, sw3, Sw 5, 5, and then learn a bunch of grabs. then you can move to bigger jumps.

i always laugh in the park when i see someone who can barely do a 360 and hit a 50+ ft jump...

style will come with practice. hitting big jumps is not going to make you more stylish at the beginning.
Dec 20 2011 11:16AM
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bob.marley
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Where I go we don't have a park, everything is either natural or semi-man made. There are two jumps that are a little bigger than most of what i do, the first one is this step down jump that you must clear about 8 feet of pine shrub bush, the problem is the landing is right between two bushes and it's only like 4 or 5 feet and it's blind and coming up to it, there is a small tree you have to take an immediate right turn 5-10 feet before it, it isn't a jump someone built up it's natural but there are one set of tracks so I know it can be done.

I also hate when there is a cool jump but the run-out is very highspeed in choppy skied out snow,

Dec 20 2011 11:34AM
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Jennings
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just go for the cork 7 off it man. as long as you commit you won't die.....
Dec 20 2011 11:48AM
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bob.marley
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How much do you think I could imrpvoe if I ski the next 14 days straight???
Dec 20 2011 12:29PM
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JHendrix
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fuck that 14 days straight I'd be dead after like the 5th
Dec 20 2011 12:31PM
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k-fred
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Dec 20 2011 12:52PM
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bob.marley
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haha
Dec 20 2011 3:26PM
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Casual.
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Practice = comfort = skill = fun. Just ski a lot, it'll come by just having fun.
Dec 20 2011 3:49PM
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Its_Greg
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I know it's not what you wanna hear but style will only come with time. You can speed up learning tricks by committing to them and just trying, but that also makes it more risky. It's all about the balance between progressing and staying safe, cuz a torn acl will slow down your learning a lot more than being afraid.
Dec 20 2011 7:55PM
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bob.marley
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It says we're gonna get like 5 inches of snow tommorow night so thursday should I try 360's on a jump not too big but not too small like one I am comfortable with? I really don't want to have my first try of a 360 be on a tiny step up jump I just feel like I couldn't bring it around and spin hard enough.
Dec 20 2011 10:02PM
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bob.marley
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What kind of jump should I be working on 360's off of? Does it need to be big?? I am not confident I can spin like one of the people who 720's with only 1 foot of air.
Dec 22 2011 9:51AM
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Deluge
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any jump really, just commit and turn your head, your body will follow
Dec 22 2011 9:57AM
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Deluge
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any jump really, just commit and turn your head your body will follow
Dec 22 2011 9:58AM
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midwestpowhunter
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the jump doesnt need to be big to learn 3s if you have any ups you can learn em on a tiny jump. or if you can jump to switch while riding you should have no problem with a 3 on a small jump. with the amount of cautious ?s you have i wouldnt recommend going any bigger than you feel comfy with. As everyone stated COMMIT to the jump. expect to fall and be ok with it, just dont be afraid of falling. you watch too many edits of legit skiers and you lose sight of how many times they ate shit before making the trick that ends up in their edit loiok steezy. if you want to get good in the air go for it! the one thing thats worse than injury is regret. GO FOR IT!
Dec 22 2011 12:29PM
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MBskier95
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just learn at your own speed dont push it thats how you get hurt, and your own style is the best
Dec 22 2011 12:58PM
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Balto
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You should just worry about having fun
Dec 22 2011 1:09PM
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bob.marley
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 https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/353941.0/BC-Boys-6?c=0&t=6&o=8

Do the people in that video get that good just from skiing a lot? My problem is Whenever I go big off of jumps, I always lose balance in the air and can't stay centered and either crash or just looks terrible and I bairly land, then I see someone on the same jump go just as big but do a grab or something that looks cool.

Dec 22 2011 7:59PM
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bob.marley
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Also will my 360's look better with more style like in April if I do them a ton instead of looking like it's my first one?
Dec 22 2011 10:50PM
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970-Pow
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These Giraffe thread de-rail pictures are fucking hilarious
Dec 22 2011 11:14PM
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