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Diving: will it affect my skiing?

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deletedelete
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So I'm diving at my high school and i'm wondering if it will affect my skiing, since it is on an ariels axis, rather than a freestyle one.
Dec 9 2013 5:43PM
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Jewschoolers
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no, just pull some sick grbs while youre diving for extra steeze points. judges love that shit
Dec 9 2013 5:47PM
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SteezoSaurus
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this.
Dec 9 2013 5:50PM
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kootenayklaus
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It will feel weird to do stuff off-axis if you are learning to teach yourself to stay on-axis, so it probably will.
Dec 9 2013 6:00PM
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Ali_Dibden
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Yeah i always come last as i tend to try grabbing and such things!
Dec 9 2013 6:03PM
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deletedelete
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what im thinking is since i already am used to being off axis ill be fine for skiing and will be able to keep them seperate, but well see.
Dec 9 2013 6:11PM
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jordangaebel
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Yes it will. But it will also affect your chances of ever getting head by the gaper in the park called 'Little Jimmy' and thats a really bad thing because hes cute.
Dec 9 2013 6:13PM
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BLADEE
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In that case it will. For style, no.
Dec 9 2013 7:20PM
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k-mack
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I dove the last 2 years of high school. I say do it! It definitely helps with aerial awareness. don't grab at your meets though. It makes you look like a jackass and judges think it looks like shit. Its a completely different world in diving. So do your shit straight, piked or tucked. whatever blows your hair back. Just don't grab at meets. Do that shit on your own time.
Dec 9 2013 7:29PM
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theTRIBE101
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Pink-name did sick 180's and 360's into the pool. Pencil steezed of course!
Dec 9 2013 7:41PM
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histonskiah
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Just make sure you land feet first not head first.
Dec 9 2013 9:09PM
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SamSandmire
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It's easier to learn on-axis 1st, then go off-axis than vice-versa. Any time you spend flipping and spinning in the air will increase air-awareness & will help you on snow. You'll be fine.
Dec 10 2013 11:15AM
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Mag
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Yes it'll probably result in you dying when you ski.
Dec 10 2013 11:24AM
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Blurst
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Yah I second this. If you are really used to landing on your head while diving I would be careful to try any inverted stuff skiing.
Dec 10 2013 11:37AM
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Mag
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I was kidding but this might actually be true lol
Dec 10 2013 12:46PM
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danbrown
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definitely not, i dove for a year in high school and i still really suck at skiing
Dec 10 2013 12:48PM
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theabortionator
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It shouldn't but it might be hard to adjust to. The new school I went to for high school, found out they had a diving team. It had been a long time since I had done gymnastics or diving but I figured what the hell.

After so much time on my trampolines and snowboarding, I didn't realize how hard some of the ones would be. IT was very difficult for me to do 203's/303's. That backward flip I just wanted to stall out a single or tuck for a double. Spinning half a rotation backward I never really felt that comfortable.

Also the axis is a pain in the ass. You spend all this time learning how to cork and keep everything off axis. The whole point of diving is pencil steez pretty much.

And grabs. I got out of position for one of my dives. A 303 tuck. I ended up boosting off the board and when I grabbed my shins I yanked them back and arched my back. Probably looked steezy as fuck but it killed my score :(

In practice sometimes you can help your skiing though. I through some pretty big corks off the board when coach wasn't looking.

The best thing about skiing is I've never been hit in the face with a shammy in the middle of a flip while skiing. Good luck and have fun. If my team was stupidly competitive I probably wouldn't have made it because of said things about but I had a good time. Do it up

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Dec 10 2013 1:35PM
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KingTaco
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everyone is saying stuff about on axis vs off axis yadda yadda but you need to remember "off axis" is just what we call a cork. Its not technically off an axis. Youre still on an axis but its a different axis than the conventional horizontal or vertical axis.

I did diving for half a season back in high school. I had swam for 4 years and one day was like alright fuck this shit i can dive way better than half of these jackasses just from skiing and seshing tramps. I ended up qualifying for sectionals and doing pretty well but never went back to it.

I definitely learned a lot, and I would say if anything it will make you a better skier like it did for me. Especially from a physics perspective such as converting forward momentum to vertical height. My coach was really knowledgable and explained things well that I could definitely relate to skiing. The more challenges you take on the more knowledge you gain and you can always draw some connection to the things youre most interested in, like skiing.
Dec 10 2013 1:46PM
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k-mack
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Dec 10 2013 2:12PM
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k-mack
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Dec 10 2013 2:14PM
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beansurrows
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i dive for my high school as well and if anything it will fuck with your diving. I cant count the times i did a cork 7 instead of a back semi with a full twist (gay ass diving terms) and get failed for the dive
Dec 10 2013 3:50PM
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wameron
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Yeah I could never get comfortable with any dive where you're going backwards. 301s I do straight and just really lay it out but still scares the shit out of me, and I can't do 201s to save my life. But for OP the way you twist in diving is a lot different from spinning in skiing so it shouldnt be a problem it just might be a little hard for you to learn
Dec 10 2013 6:00PM
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NPCPLUS
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just keep those hands at 10 and 2 and you should be good, also, check your blind spots. should get you there safely!
Dec 10 2013 6:47PM
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mski
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look what ariels did for dylan ferguson, such crazy air-awareness!

Dylan Ferguson 2012-2013 Season Edit from dylan Ferguson on Vimeo.

Dec 10 2013 6:51PM
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HabitualShred
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Do it for sure, a lot of good skiers at my hill have done diving
Dec 10 2013 7:06PM
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CashmereCat
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Make sure you afterbang. Best advice anyone can give.
Dec 10 2013 7:31PM
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chacha33
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Belly flops with kang grabs, all I can say
Dec 10 2013 7:36PM
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Stose
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totally disagree. for a while I did gymnastics trampolining, and it completely helps your skiing. Your air awareness improves so much, and its not weird to go off axis when you can completely control your body at that level.
Dec 10 2013 8:04PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
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dat triple twister to afterbang at 4:16 doe. "Are you qualified for that?"

just keep it steezy with the dives, and try to come up with your own! Diving is boring when everyone does the same tricks. Any type of flipping/spinning will help with skiing for sure. It will definitely help you land more centered as well, since diving requires you to land perfectly perpendicular. Not like this guy.

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Dec 10 2013 8:53PM
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skiersupreme
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or you can be the first aerial park skier
Dec 10 2013 10:58PM
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CoryFlynn
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Make sure you wear a speedo
Dec 11 2013 12:44AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
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did you scroll right past this?


Dec 11 2013 2:07AM
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Calb3rt
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i could not do it. in high school, my dad made me join the dive team because it was after school until he got off work. i love jumping off diving boards, and the air awareness certainly helped, but i refused to ever land on my head. i practiced with them but never did any competitions because of my "problem".
Dec 11 2013 4:22AM
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