Buttering help

Bozite · 2012-11-17 19:13:29

Hey NS, So this year I got my first pair of rockered pow skis( Line Pollard Opus) and I wanna learn how to butter. I am 13 and I ski at Alta. Anybody Got any suggestions on buttering? Thanks

bleevus

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try it.

Nov 17 2012 7:23PM

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Juicy-J

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yeah this. its pretty self explanitory, just go out and try it

Nov 17 2012 7:24PM

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First learn how to spin on the surface of the snow. Once comfortable with that, shift all your weight to your tips while doing the exact same motion.

and then it's practice, practice and practice.

Nov 17 2012 7:26PM

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Bozite

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Ok Ill try this. But do you 180 into it?

Nov 17 2012 7:28PM

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._______. stop being a pussy and just try it, its how i got em down.

Nov 17 2012 7:31PM

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Bozite

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^ Helpful

Nov 17 2012 7:43PM

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Well thats too bad, you can't butter then.

Nov 17 2012 8:04PM

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if your din is too low you might eat shit.

Nov 17 2012 8:09PM

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You can, its mostly preference. But if you 180 in make sure that when you come in contact with the snow all your weight is in your tips so you actually get up on that butter instead of just 1 to switch 1. Good luck on em

Nov 17 2012 8:15PM

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Shit mang, heres your problem. I heard from this guy, thats pro at buttering that you cant do it there. Sorry . However, chads gap isn't really that far away from alta. Go ahead and try it there!

Nov 17 2012 8:17PM

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You can also do it that way. They're both fun ways..
Make sure your DIN is set right. There's actually a picture in my profile that shows what can happen if your DIN isn't adjusted properly

Nov 17 2012 8:42PM

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Bozite

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How does skiing at alta prevent you from buttering?

Nov 17 2012 9:10PM

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if you were a snowboarder...

Nov 17 2012 9:18PM

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i think one of the huge factors of buttering is your weight. if you weigh under 130 then you might have trouble flexing your skis enough to get a nice looking butter.

Nov 17 2012 9:21PM

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Bozite

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Bump some good feedback!

Nov 17 2012 9:33PM

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1. jump
2. 180
3. Land with a TON of pressure on noses
4. Spin around
5. perfect it
6. do it in front of all the girls
7. Get dem biddies.

Nov 17 2012 9:38PM

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Bozite

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This is the tips that are helpful! thank you!

Nov 17 2012 9:54PM

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Just throw a little harder than normal with all your wait over the front of your skis. After that just practice until its smoove. The first couple of times your going to look like an idiot but when you get the hang of it there sick

Nov 17 2012 10:02PM

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Bozite

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Keep it coming NS

Nov 17 2012 10:15PM

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i pictured this in my mind, then lol'd very hard

Nov 18 2012 2:52AM

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Is Alta that supremacist resort that forbids snowboarders?

Nov 18 2012 5:56AM

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Basically 3 ways to do these depending on what you like/what skis you have/where you are.

Jump method, most often seen in Nimbus in pow:
1) Rock back a little and jump 180 (ish).
2) Land with your weight right over your noses at around 180.
3) Continue to rotate your head looking for 360, when your head gets to 270 I tend to pop a little off the nose and start to bring it back round.
4) Try to land in a roughly centred stance, generally the first few times you either catch your tips or land really back seat depending on how hard you throw it.

Nosepop-Twisty Method, generally the easiest, also doable on stiff skis:
1) Rock back to get a little extra force, nollie but force the noses down, start looking over your shoulder and throw the 3 hard. Tails should be off the ground but noses still in contact.
2) Do not stop the rotation, if you do and your on stiff skis you aren't really flexing, you're gonna have a bad time!
3) At around 180 you generally leave the ground with all contact points, sometimes you need to push of the nose again, keep looking for 3. Land.
(This is more or less a nollie 360 but works on stiff skis if you lack the legs to flex them, this is a quick rotation, if you try these too slow or stop looking, you'll just do a nollie 1).

Slow and 'steezy' method, requires skis you can flex the shit out of but these are my favourite:
1) Carve in (my favourite way) and push in to nose press position, you need to get a good press or you'll catch an edge.
2) As you carve, slowly start the rotation with your head the skis will follow. You can stall out the butter at 180 (switch nosepress) or continue to 270 in the same press position on these, as long as you have skis well flexed. An edge detune in the tips can help on these.
3) Once you reach 270 (just before really) you need to pop a little off the noses to avoid catching on the last 270!
(These should be very doable on groomed on Opuses, just take a little practise, watch Max Hill).

Hope that all makes sense.

Nov 18 2012 7:48AM

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bump

Nov 18 2012 10:23AM

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ding ding ding ding ding!!!

Nov 18 2012 10:30AM

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Dude don't listen to this guy!

I heard Henrik Harlaut is now with Mack Dawg and he's going for a butter double on Chad's Gap. If you go there, they will beat you up and if you go there and try butters, they will shoot you. Better go to Pyramids!

Nov 18 2012 10:46AM

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top

Nov 18 2012 11:58AM

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