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Help with 360s?

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Garebear
Posts: 378 - Karma: 4,908
For some reason I can never land my 360s. I set it and rotate 360 every time, however for some reason I cannot land them. Tips?
Jan 19 2014 6:13PM
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powerbong2000
Posts: 737 - Karma: 1,802
spot the landing dooood
Jan 19 2014 6:27PM
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Evan.A
Posts: 89 - Karma: 349
If your landing and then just falling over maybe try a bigger jump. Helped me when I was learning them to get comfortable with the rotation and just let it happen rather then just throwing it on a small jump.
Jan 19 2014 6:31PM
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Miomo
Posts: 4302 - Karma: 14,133
You sure you don't want more than the tip?
Jan 19 2014 6:37PM
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*JDBP*
Posts: 312 - Karma: 2,006
Throw with your shoulders and hips, not with your arms. Throwing with your hips and shoulders should help keep yourself flat in the air.
Jan 19 2014 6:47PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13083 - Karma: 18,725
your backseat. I am sure of this, film yourself with the camera beside the jump and compare your hips in relation to your ankles. If your ass is behind your ski boots, you are backseat.
Jan 19 2014 7:38PM
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NPRM
Posts: 689 - Karma: 339
Hit a bigger jump, seems scarier but a 30-35 foot jump is WAY easier to learn spins off of then say a 15,so hit a 30ft or so and FLOAT it, dont huck it, keep practicing and after a day youll have them no problem
Jan 19 2014 7:49PM
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NH_OPERATOR
Posts: 1070 - Karma: 2,883
Who progresses like that? Honestly. The risks associated with a 30-35 footer are way bigger than a 15 footer, or in all likely hood, the 7 footer that someone normally starts on. Knuckle a small jump? Eh your a bit sore, knuckle a 35 footer and your chances of being fucked go through the roof.
Jan 19 2014 8:04PM
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casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,748
this. EVERYONE that learns a 360, especially on smaller jumps when you have to really kind of pre-wind and throw them, is way more backseat than they believe. It's also why you feel like your legs just sort of give out when you set down—because your ass is behind your boots so instead of absorbing the landing in alignment and with your knees, hips, abs/lower back, all your weight from your upperbody follows your ass and you sit down or fold up.

You might be lifting your chin slightly or looking off the horizon and doing a babyish cork, or it might be that you're not sort of popping and extending off the balls or toes of your feet, and focused too much on rotating too soon.Try a straight air, and pop and attack and feel how your body is matching the trajectory, and try and imitate the same pop before you try and rotate. If you get your head around and spot, it's pretty easy to suck in and speed up the rotation if need be, so let it come around more instead of chucking it.
Jan 19 2014 8:10PM
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snowbabeee
Posts: 44 - Karma: 136
listen to this guy
Jan 19 2014 8:29PM
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CycleDTC
Posts: 71 - Karma: 1,213
What helped me was being patient on takeoff, when i was learning 360's I would 180 before i even went off the jump. Emphasize the pop and do not throw to hard and do NOT pizza into your rotation.
Jan 20 2014 12:32AM
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tayhawx
Posts: 135 - Karma: 114
1. Lean forward. More forward than you think you need to.
2. Get low.
3. Make sure your skis are pointing straight off the lip when you take off. Don't start your rotation with your feet while you're still on the ground.
4. Spin with your shoulders. Don't swing your arms around too much.

Jan 20 2014 1:30PM
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galardogod
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 5,209
I always go back seat to
Jan 20 2014 1:50PM
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The_Polock
Posts: 345 - Karma: 1,280
Used to help me to keep my head cranked in the direction I wanted to rotate.  The rest of my body would follow...Worked for me.  Oh and make sure your going fast enough to even rotate all the way.  Way to many people try 360's without even getting enough air to clear the rotation.
Jan 20 2014 2:14PM
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907powshredder
Posts: 38 - Karma: 262
get a wide stance, throw it, look over your shoulder, pull your legs together, and get a wide stance again for the landing. dont lean too far back
Jan 23 2014 12:42PM
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McLS
Posts: 1985 - Karma: 6,454
If there aren't any around, build one yourself: a small/medium step up jump. It makes 3s really easy just don't lean back too much.
Jan 23 2014 3:20PM
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Niko_Medeiros
Posts: 173 - Karma: 1,813
Key is to be on the inside edges
Jan 23 2014 5:04PM
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greene
Posts: 184 - Karma: 66
make sure you pop with your knees, that was the most important thing with me. By popping, you stabilize yourself going off the jump. You might want to pop a little bit forward too, if your landing backseat
Jan 23 2014 5:11PM
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*YungBuckwheat*
Posts: 474 - Karma: 893
What...
Jan 25 2014 7:21PM
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Domski1856
Posts: 93 - Karma: 1,334
I always fall to the right side after the rotation... What's up with that?
Feb 17 2015 10:04PM
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OP_has_Aids
Posts: 183 - Karma: 837
casualthis. EVERYONE that learns a 360, especially on smaller jumps when you have to really kind of pre-wind and throw them, is way more backseat than they believe. It's also why you feel like your legs just sort of give out when you set down—because your ass is behind your boots so instead of absorbing the landing in alignment and with your knees, hips, abs/lower back, all your weight from your upperbody follows your ass and you sit down or fold up.

You might be lifting your chin slightly or looking off the horizon and doing a babyish cork, or it might be that you're not sort of popping and extending off the balls or toes of your feet, and focused too much on rotating too soon.Try a straight air, and pop and attack and feel how your body is matching the trajectory, and try and imitate the same pop before you try and rotate. If you get your head around and spot, it's pretty easy to suck in and speed up the rotation if need be, so let it come around more instead of chucking it.


This guy is a god.
Feb 18 2015 11:32AM
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