This was my first year of free skiing, what should I have learned by now?

CycleDTC · 2013-07-19 01:50:26

I stared this year and I learned 3s 5s and 7s and backflips and front flips is this good progress?

fredyferl

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No but you're claiming skills are coming together

Jul 19 2013 1:54AM

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-MK-

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All your doing is trying to impress people. Terrible way to start your account on the site

Jul 19 2013 1:55AM

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danderson.

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You fucking suck. First year and you can't even double? Give up. Just give up right now. It's not even worth it to continue this sport you're CLEARLY not cut out for.

Jul 19 2013 1:58AM

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CycleDTC

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im not trying to impress people i think i suck and all my friends have learned way more than me so I'm not sure if i made good progress?

Jul 19 2013 2:02AM

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fredyferl

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Are you proud of the progress you've made? This is the question you need to ask yourself

Jul 19 2013 2:41AM

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my first year i only learned 3s and basic slides, but then again none of my friends were that good so we didnt have anyone to teach us the harder tricks, so yea if thats not a claim then good job

/claim.

Jul 19 2013 2:52AM

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KillaSteeze

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I like this, definitely a good way to look at things

Jul 19 2013 3:09AM

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bighomieflock

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I'd say you're progressing slightly slowly but nothing too bad. I've seen a lot of new people enter free skiing and I'd say doubles late first season to early second season is fairly standard.

Jul 19 2013 3:09AM

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Paul.

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Doubles? No, most people i know skipped doubles and went to triples after learning backflips.

Jul 19 2013 7:23AM

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The_Polock

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Learn to ski(well) 1st. Then try the shit you just said: 5's,flips, bla, bla. I amazes me how many people I see in the park who dont even have the most basic of ski skills down 1st.

Jul 19 2013 9:10AM

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robotdna

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Can you do any rails or boxes?

It also depends....is it your first year skiing in general? If so, then yes, that is good progress.

Jul 19 2013 12:22PM

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.squirrely.

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no

Jul 19 2013 12:25PM

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No.Quarter

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Can you do blue squares yet

I can /claim

Jul 19 2013 1:49PM

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robotdna

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I bet he skis the black diamonds

Guys who ski black diamonds should get sponsored.

Jul 19 2013 1:51PM

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Peter.

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no u need dubble blackz to get sponced

Jul 19 2013 1:56PM

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wasatch_rat

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op:

but seriously if you had fun learning what you learned then thats good progress. only opinion that matters is your own

Jul 19 2013 2:01PM

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magicalkitten

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seamen no screamin'

Jul 19 2013 2:10PM

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STAUSS

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do everything switch and rightside with as many grabs as you can think of.

Jul 19 2013 2:28PM

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Mag

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you should have learned that there's always somebody younger and better than you. It's just unbelievable now.

Jul 19 2013 2:32PM

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Turkelton

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If you haven't got your PhD in Stomponomics, then you should probably quit

Jul 19 2013 2:46PM

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SunburntSquad

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claim?

Jul 19 2013 4:12PM

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Forcillo

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I can confidently tell you that you are no more than 14 years old, and you surely bought a 3xl jibersaga suit to look cool, although all of the older skiers laugh at your stupidity on a regular basis.

Jul 19 2013 4:25PM

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saxon

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No, you don't think that, or you wouldn't have posted the thread.

If you have any video of the tricks, go back, look at it, watch yourself doing the tricks, and ask yourself if you're happy with how it looks. Is it consistent, can you do it really well every time? Those should be some determining factors on how much you have progressed, not your friends.

Jul 19 2013 4:27PM

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Migo

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Jul 19 2013 4:45PM

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ty.urlich

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easily comparable to a girl fishing to compliments on a facebook status

Jul 19 2013 5:51PM

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ty.urlich

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didnt read previous comments oops

Jul 19 2013 5:52PM

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Julian.F

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Holy shit. OP is the exact type of person I cannot stand.

Jul 19 2013 6:33PM

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broto

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how to have fun

how to not care what other people think of you

Jul 19 2013 6:41PM

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robotdna

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lol perfect

Jul 19 2013 6:50PM

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Lachie.

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I started this year and claim, claim, claim, claim and claim

Jul 19 2013 8:28PM

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Brule.

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My first year I learned how to slide boxes and do 180s. Also, not sure if troll thread or real thread.

Jul 19 2013 9:24PM

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Smuffy

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dubz

Jul 20 2013 12:34AM

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Noddard

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Post an edit and we'll judge you accordingly.

Jul 20 2013 3:11AM

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Heart

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There's nothing you "should" have learned. Progression happens at different paces for different people, depending on how often they ski, who they ski with, where they ski, etc.

Jul 20 2013 4:13AM

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Orrin

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Who cares, as long as you had fun doing it.

Jul 20 2013 4:17AM

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Ginger_Drew

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There is more to freestyle skiing than just spinning as fast as you can and hoping you land it. A lot of times the skiers I look up to in the park aren't even doing that impressive of tricks, but the tricks they are doing they're doing with a ton of style! Stop focusing so much on what tricks you're doing, and start focusing a little more on how you are doing them and how they look!

Jul 20 2013 12:16PM

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B_Reid

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Olympics

Jul 20 2013 7:13PM

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steezyjibber

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lol

Jul 20 2013 9:48PM

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Elu

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*started and way to many uses of "and"

And to answer the OP, I'd say you can safely assume that you suck penises.

Jul 20 2013 10:19PM

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Petey.

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Jul 20 2013 11:04PM

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Wolfgang.

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Depends on what you want to achieve, whether its to be able to compete in comps, to go pro, to be good at claiming, to have everyone on newschoolers hate you, etc. It really all depends on you, and where you want to go.

Jul 21 2013 5:07PM

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