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Dry slope air bag!

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pastysmasher
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My local, Gloucester dry slope, has had a load of money put into it and one of the new purchases is a huge air bag with a nice kicker going into it. Its out most nights so is pretty sweet. If anyone ever heads that way pm me and i'll probably be up for a sesh!
Oct 20 2012 6:20PM
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Jaggy_Snake
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No offense.

But, airbags are the most retarded things ever. They don't help with progression whatsoever.

The kickers required for them just send you into the air with the most minimal speed and have no relevance to kickers in the park.

If you want to learn how to spin/flip or whatever off of a kicker that will most likely be in the park, then just ski off of a normal kicker that will give you height and distance.
Oct 21 2012 4:31PM
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pastysmasher
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mmm, you might be right about the kicker but they're are still good for spacial awareness and getting comfortable with new flips and spins. I can say there's a few tricks that I've learned by using an airbag.

On top of that they're fun as fuck.
Oct 23 2012 6:01PM
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.Tom.
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Yeh for someone who's never even set a rotation for an invert off anything, an airbag is a massive comfort for sure. Even if it doesn't teach me how to do it on snow, it will help build my confidence.

I've set up a trip for my Uni snowsports society and we're coming down on the 7th of november, think we've got the slope booked out though. Should be sick.
Oct 26 2012 7:10AM
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