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SH4DY
Posts: 8 - Karma: 17
this the first year i'm getting into freestyle skiing.. my goal is to commit 360's by the end of the season but what i wanna know is how did begin? did you started with your friends or something like that and who teached you? i'm doing everything by myself :(
Jan 20 2013 2:42PM
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Jro.
Posts: 628 - Karma: 655
Well I started using correct grammar when typing.
Jan 20 2013 2:44PM
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SH4DY
Posts: 8 - Karma: 17
i'm italian.. sorry but my english ins't perfect
Jan 20 2013 2:46PM
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Jro.
Posts: 628 - Karma: 655
But seriously I started with my friend who snowboarded. We just did endless laps in the park learning new tricks
Jan 20 2013 2:46PM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
i started out rollerblading so learning the basics came pretty easily. don't ask for advice unless you're really stuck on something. falling is your best friend if you can tell why you fell. falling a different way means you fixed something but ran into another problem so keep fixing your mistakes and boom you'll have new tricks
Jan 20 2013 2:58PM
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SH4DY
Posts: 8 - Karma: 17
good advice! tks
Jan 20 2013 3:04PM
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_____alfredo____
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 2,503
just try shit yo, and do it over and over again
Jan 20 2013 5:24PM
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Lick
Posts: 1927 - Karma: 518
Don't go all out on one day, learn tricks one by one. Get 180s down, both ways. Then try 360s. Once you get them, get them consistently, both ways. This will make it a lot easier in the long run. If you learn 360s, and then never do them again and start doing corks, rodeos, or even just bigger spins, you will lose the muscle memory. I remember when I first learned threes, I went straight to fives and sevens right when i learned it. I then tried threes the next season, and ended up over-rotating every time. I pretty much had to re learn them. Also, be aware that you will probably hurt yourself a few times. Don't be afraid, though. Don't over think it
Jan 20 2013 5:29PM
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SpliffyJ
Posts: 778 - Karma: 565
i didn't choose the ski life... the ski life chose me.



jk my parents got me skiing and then i fell in love and learned how to ski and got good at skiing and raced for 5 years and now i am 14 years of age and this is my first year skiing park and i can flip and do good rails and shit man you just gottah go for it and dont be nervous. Fear will make you not good, dont be afraid of the park, make the park afraid of you.
Jan 20 2013 5:29PM
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SamColby
Posts: 644 - Karma: 2,006
don't try to ski park if you can't ski around the whole mountain comfortably as well. you need ski skills to hit the park first. before trying any spins at all, you should learn to hit small to medium size jumps straight, it will help out with things in the long run. then you can start trying some 180's and 360's.
Jan 20 2013 10:26PM
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suup
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 4,367
I just watched other people and tried to do the same falling is your best freind
Jan 21 2013 2:11AM
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Shredsterr
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 6,930
I wasn't playing hockey so I was forced into doing a freestyle program...I hated it at first but now I'm addicted to park skiing and it's my favourite thing to do.
Jan 21 2013 2:15AM
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E__
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 4,635
I first learnt all the trick names and what the rotation (flips) looked like in the air went to my buddies house with a tramp and tried to emulate them. I eventually bought a trampoline and mastered a ton of flips and grabs and then transferred them to snow. For rails I just watched a lot of edits and pieced together descriptions of tricks I learnt from them saying it and am currently trying to get better at rails. I'm also currently building a backyard set-up.
Jan 21 2013 2:21AM
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Puns
Posts: 2052 - Karma: 429
I loved the feeling of jumping and then I saw someone do a grab

then 3's out of the pipe
Jan 21 2013 2:23AM
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TaySwift
Posts: 3436 - Karma: 1,622
i started freestyle when i was in grade 8, i quit hockey (biggest mistake of my life) because i couldn't do both, and hockey was a bigger time commitment.
All of my race buddies had moved into Freestyle, and growing up with them, all they talked about was Freestyle, so i decided i would join a Rec Ski team at my hill, and basically learnt through there. My friends were so good when i was just starting, so they did help me, but not as much as my coaches.
Skied recreationally for two years on a team, then joined the intro to competition team, where i honestly learn how to ski moguls better than i did slope or pipe, PS: my two coaches were girls Team Canada mogul skiers) -__-
After that year, i didn't want to compete, didn't want to ski on a team, and that basically led me to where i am now. Lost all motivation to become as good as my other friends, and started to film. The way i look at it, i would rather be a noteworthy filmer than a mediocre skier. Plain and simple. I still LOVE to ski park and LOVE powder, but i honestly would rather film kids throwing huge tricks.
thats just how it went
Jan 21 2013 2:42AM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
Get a friend or 2 into it with you, it helps alot because you push each other to progress
Jan 21 2013 9:43AM
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Mr.Huck
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Jan 21 2013 10:41AM
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