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DREW
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What does everyone refer to unnatural spins as? I just call them switch, and call skiing backwards fakie. I used to skate a lot, and that is what skaters used. They didnt refer to skating backwards as switch. There is no frontside or backside on skis, so i cant see riding switch, but thats what lots of people call it. Oh well..... Darkside sounds pretty cool too. Idont know

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Sep 4 2001 3:05PM
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jesus041
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I was thinking about this today...actually.

Switch on a skateboard or snowboard is just the stance most people aren't comfortable with. Frontside and backside on a snowboard or skateboard is which way they spin. And of course most people spin counter-clockwise, because it comes more naturally.
I think thats the gayest thing to have to label which way someone spun. That got me mad before this darkside, and darkslide, crap came out (on skis)
I realize that if you spin, normally, to the left, and then spun to the right that it is harder...I just dont believe its worth labeling it.

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That was just my 2 cents.
Sep 4 2001 3:18PM
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Reed.
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in skiing its generally called switch when you hit a kicker skiing backwards, fackie dosnt really come into skiing

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Sep 4 2001 3:21PM
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FRZGene
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i call spinning unnatural either unnatural, or darkside, but i use unnatural more.

I use switch and fakie interchangeably (spelling?)
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Sep 4 2001 3:35PM
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stephen_beast
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i use switch and fakie both to describe skiing backwards like frzgene, but i think fakie sounds cooler. maybe we should have another revolution lol

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Sep 4 2001 6:41PM
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DREW
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fakie doesnt come into skiing, but i think it should. We cant really ride switch. We are a lot mor related to skaters than snowboarders, so i think that we should use lots of their terminology.

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Sep 4 2001 7:01PM
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scottkovtun
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there is no such thing as going switch on skis unless you are vinny dorion. he is the only guy allowed to use the term. everything else is just fakie.
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Sep 4 2001 8:11PM
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wntrwill
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Unnatural...not too many people do it though.
Sep 4 2001 9:20PM
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Reed.
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uhhhhh why just vinnie?

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Sep 4 2001 10:52PM
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Freestyla_01
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darkside sounds cooler. but unnatural is better

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Sep 5 2001 12:34AM
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quebecfreestyler
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unnatural is longer to say so we should always say unnatural so people who are not into skiing will be fucked up
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Sep 5 2001 8:35AM
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Gregg
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Switch came from in-line skating. At least that's what they used to call it in northern CA a few years ago. That's why I say switch instead of fakie (which is a skateboarding term)
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Sep 5 2001 10:27AM
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DREW
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In inline skating, they call an unnatural trick switch. and traveling backwards fakie.
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Sep 5 2001 10:36AM
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FRZGene
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im pretty sure if u dont ski you will know what unnatural means, even though its a longer word lol. unnatural is self explanitory where as darkside isnt.
i like unnatural better, i just dont people who dont ski will be fucked up as quebecfreestyler said
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Sep 5 2001 10:37AM
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skiordie
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Well from where I ski, we call'em as follows;

. Fakie : riding backward
. Switch : landing in the opposite direction from the initial pop position whether it would be back or front
. Darkside : spinning in your unnatural direction. It would be spinning to the right for most.

Don't use the terminology 'unnatural' much because it's sounds lame. Darkside would be a much sicker term.

Just my .02.
Sep 5 2001 10:45AM
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ductapeboy
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I don't know where this darkside thing came from.... I always just call it unnatural. um yea, I know in like every other sport, fakie is riding backwards, and switch is unnatural. In skiing, the two terms are completely interchaingeable. yea. It seems kinda dumb though....

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Sep 5 2001 11:41AM
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