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REALLY crossed mute grabs

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Hamlet
Posts: 205 - Karma: 1,312
So i can reach the ski quite nicely for a mute grab but my skis are just crossed a little bit.

I want to tweak out my mutes to that "90 degree angle between skis" style.

Any tips on really crossing your skis on mutes?
Feb 18 2014 12:24PM
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John18_6
Posts: 7313 - Karma: 49,163
Bring your feet up
Feb 18 2014 12:26PM
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will_powder
Posts: 3194 - Karma: 5,445
Cut your legs off
Feb 18 2014 12:29PM
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
tuck yourself up into a ball, and then you are gonna have to pull with your grab hand to crank it to the side, your feet wont naturally get that kind of angle with skis and boots on.
Feb 18 2014 12:33PM
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swoger
Posts: 607 - Karma: 655
be more flexible
Feb 18 2014 12:33PM
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Scotty_Boy
Posts: 777 - Karma: 1,449
When you have grabbed the opposite ski, pull it to get it deeper. The cross the ski that isn't grabbed
Feb 18 2014 2:52PM
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adrian191
Posts: 144 - Karma: 425
i have the same problem. Should i try to tweak it more by just straight airing or with a rotation?
Feb 18 2014 3:44PM
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yangumane
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 3,347
Cross the ski the same direction you rotate. ie: if you are rotating to the left, grab your right ski and cross it over the left ski
Feb 18 2014 3:47PM
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jibbpeter
Posts: 1613 - Karma: 4,083
+ cross your feets as hard as you can + stretch your grab arm straight out to the nose + spin + thugzone stomp = Win
Feb 18 2014 3:59PM
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Scotty_Boy
Posts: 777 - Karma: 1,449
That's unnatural mute, and is more difficult. You cross against the spin. So if you spin to the right, you cross your right ski over the left one and grab it with your left hand.
Feb 18 2014 6:57PM
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baaangthat
Posts: 2245 - Karma: 2,587
raise and turn your leading foot opposite of spin direction... so if youre spinning to the left, your left ski is about shin height of your right leg while the right leg stays straight
Feb 18 2014 7:02PM
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S.J.W
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believe in jesus, he will guide you to the cross <3
Feb 18 2014 7:25PM
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galaxia
Posts: 307 - Karma: 697
oh god this. +k to you. haha.

Ps i dig corrugated rails too
Feb 18 2014 11:21PM
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Substitute
Posts: 1376 - Karma: 2,275
Stretch. Become flexible then try grabs
Feb 18 2014 11:23PM
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KennyD
Posts: 264 - Karma: 537
I found that grabbing a little higher on the ski makes it easier to yank on and tweak
Feb 19 2014 12:05AM
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Bonzalo
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Feb 19 2014 12:12AM
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Bonzalo
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Feb 19 2014 12:15AM
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
Just get the grab and really pull your ski over to get it where you want, brining your skis up more can get it a little easier some times. Practice it a bunch on strait airs first before you try on tricks.
Feb 19 2014 1:41AM
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Toaster-Tony
Posts: 3531 - Karma: 5,850
It's actually quite easy.

All you have to do is bring the grab up to your hand and pull your ski until you feel a few pops in your knee. That's when you know it's tweaked out.
Feb 19 2014 11:22AM
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