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Tips for spin balance? +K for trill shit

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TGOD
Posts: 53 - Karma: 21
whenever I do straight spins, I land backseat like a mufucka! its pissing me off so bad and hurts even worse. As i am 6'4", my shins get royally fucked from landing backseat and i havent been able to figure out why i always land this way. any tips and techniques would be much appreciated!
Dec 11 2012 7:16PM
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Jb12199
Posts: 47 - Karma: 139
as you pop of the lip push your chest forward, keep your head level, and make sure when your at 180 you can see back up the hill
Dec 11 2012 7:18PM
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TGOD
Posts: 53 - Karma: 21
+K for you sir! still open to more tips!
Dec 11 2012 7:30PM
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Nfld_Jib
Posts: 95 - Karma: 18
This was a good point. You need to make sure you dont pencil you're self out too much in the air. You want to have not only you're chest forward off the lip but also try keeping you're knees bent in the air (obviously you will readjust you're legs to absorb the landing comes) it will also make it easier to start doing grabs as you get more comfortable with the spins. 
Dec 11 2012 7:39PM
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extravert
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 3,174
A tip I've heard is that when you pop, pretend you are standing flat on the top of the jump. This should get you spinning in the right axis
Dec 11 2012 7:40PM
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SkierPT
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 4,720
Increase core strength and make sure you get a solid pop off the jump
Dec 11 2012 7:40PM
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SPUTnik.
Posts: 1487 - Karma: 2,555
throw your arm down more instead of completely sideways, i had that problem on when i started doing 9's but that really helped me
Dec 11 2012 7:45PM
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KillaSteeze
Posts: 3329 - Karma: 351
I used to have the same problem, I was told to put more pressure on the front of my boots with my shins, this why you spin more level instead of backwards

Hope that helps
Dec 11 2012 7:45PM
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TheHERDSkiing
Posts: 75 - Karma: 259
Chest forward, pop off evenly, and to practice doing slow 180's (not swinging your legs around last minutes) which will help you get the spinning effect/practice without getting to out of control. I'm 6'3" and have the same type of problems, especially on trampolines when I'm going for a 9 or 10.
Dec 11 2012 7:46PM
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TGOD
Posts: 53 - Karma: 21
Thanks guys +K all around
Dec 11 2012 8:29PM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
don't look down at your skis, look straight over your shoulder.
when approaching the lip, keep good pressure on the front of your boots so the lip doesn't kick you back at all.
pop forward THEN spin
Dec 11 2012 8:39PM
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nstubler
Posts: 840 - Karma: 1,170
I used to do that shit back in the day too

This helped me the most (I spin left for reference)

Take off with your left arm straight in front of you and your right arm straight behind you
When you set your spin your left arm goes behind you and your right arm goes in front, getting that rotation around but keeping you balanced

Hope that makes sense
Dec 11 2012 8:44PM
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Joonas
Posts: 568 - Karma: 230
One more thing i would like to point out also being 6'4 and skinny motherfucker myself, find a crab that you feel like would balance you in the air. I landed all my no grab 3s backseat when i started but then i started doing rev mutes with them and started landing them on my feet.
Dec 12 2012 12:07PM
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FroesenSkeeze
Posts: 638 - Karma: 673
This has worked for me, so it might help you: When you spin, don't just huck with your arms. When you throw for a spin, use your arms shoulders and hips. Just throwing your arms around can cause you to go off balance. Also, make sure that you don't drop your shoulders in the wind-up. This can cork your spin.
Dec 12 2012 12:17PM
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C.A.V.
Posts: 1706 - Karma: 1,644
Perfect advice right here. Was gunna say the same thing
Dec 12 2012 12:30PM
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90053
Posts: 2565 - Karma: 3,728
spin as though you think you're throwing a bio, spin on a way forward axis.
result: slight increase in forward axis - winning

also try to keep all your movements as smooth as possible on the take off and get a good pop
Dec 12 2012 12:31PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
Hopefully this isnt confusing. Imagine you're hitting this jump

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Your issue is that you take off at an angle like this \ but you dont lean forward, so you land at that angle, aka super backseat. You need to put more pressure on your tongues and pop of your toes a bit more. Then, in midair, your body will slowly move from an angle like this: \ , to matching the angle of the landing, /
Dec 12 2012 1:20PM
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Randy_Quench
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afterbang.
Dec 12 2012 2:29PM
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speedin
Posts: 731 - Karma: 131
Then how does going cork work? Never understood how to come out of a cork...ie landing on your back.

Dec 12 2012 4:49PM
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Pancake_Fucker
Posts: 1843 - Karma: 1,917
your body will go where your head goes
Dec 12 2012 5:48PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
i dont know the exact physics behind it but try throwing your phone up in the air with a lot of spin, and you can see how it naturally enters and exits the corked rotation. you just have to replicate that kind of thing on skis. (easier said than done)
Dec 12 2012 6:19PM
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skibeest
Posts: 419 - Karma: 103
I sort of have the same thing happen to me. I've found that if I spread my legs a little wider as I'm going up to the lip, it makes me more stable. I also press my shins into the tongues of my boots. Focus only on staying level and you should make it around.
Also, make sure you don't exaggerate the looking with your head. One of my biggest problems was that I was straining my head too far and dipping my head, making me go off axis. Hope this helps.
Dec 12 2012 7:08PM
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