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Butter to switch on

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Tikayt
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I've just realized that I never tried this trick and I would be happy to bag it next week end.
What I want to know is if you have to take extra speed since you lose lots of it as you butter ? Or keep the same speed as usual and butter in a specefic way (which I assume don't know) in order not to lose speed.
Is the butter "technique" the same as to spin 3s 5s 7s, most of your weight towards the nose ?

+k for advice (;
Dec 2 2012 11:22AM
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ski0
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practice your butters on side hits . and yes you will lose speed buttering. then give er
Dec 2 2012 11:32AM
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Tikayt
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I actually know how to butter but not onto rails.
Thanks for the speed factor !
Dec 2 2012 11:36AM
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blindside
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Speed depends on how 'buttery' you want the tick to be. If you're going to pull one of those braking sideways to hop on switch, then you'll need more speed than usual because you're basically just stopping into the rail. But if you plan on really pivoting on the flexed shovels of your ski, with every part of the base past that point elevated above the ground and then pop off your flexed noses, then you don't need much more speed than normal since your momentum will be carried with less resistance.
Dec 2 2012 3:03PM
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Tikayt
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Dude, i'm gonna reread this saturday morning before jumping on the ski lift ! Yeah, the idea is to hop on switch.
I dunno, this just came to me when I rewatched Eye Trip, Chris Logan's epic butter switch on..
Dec 2 2012 3:10PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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90% of the time this trick is so fucking lame. If your gonna do it, do a real butter, not some pussy margarin shit
Dec 2 2012 4:52PM
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doGelyst
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I second this...it should be a butter smooth 270 rotation more or less........not a butter/revert 10ft before the rail.
Dec 2 2012 4:54PM
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Ehh...
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What would this look like? Someone provide a link to a good butter switch on?
Dec 2 2012 4:55PM
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Randy_Quench
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butter 2's on are much easier than they look. if you can confidently nose butter 3 over lips or bumps then just try it onto a rail. butters set you up to land perfectly with the rail under your boots.
Dec 2 2012 4:56PM
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blindside
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That's what I was trying to politely refer to in the first half of my post, the 'breaking in a rail'.

I think it can still be cool depending on how/where it's done, but for the most part I agree a 'real butter' is definitely preferable. Henrik gets it @ 0:02 (and is a monkey):


Dec 2 2012 7:07PM
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Calb3rt
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I dont have many pet peeves when it comes to skiing, but seeing people doing a revert onto a rail and calling it a butter really just grinds my gears..
Dec 2 2012 7:12PM
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