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Skiing flat tricks?

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Slush
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Other than butters, what other kinds of flat tricks can you do on skis? Need something to do while i'm cruising some groomers with my lame friends.



Also, how the hell do you do a flat ground butter? I can get a little nose butter around, but it doesn't seem to flow enough. I'm real scared that my skis will pop off if I put too much forward (it's happened with nose presses)
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Sep 16 2014 9:31PM
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.FRY.
Posts: 5620 - Karma: 22,861
dub backies
Sep 16 2014 9:34PM
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L0gic
Posts: 576 - Karma: 2,290
dub backies are too small for those flat groomer runs, dub corks are easier to get around
Sep 16 2014 9:37PM
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TheButterHashira
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I like doing the butters where you drag your hands in the flat groomers, I call it quad-pod.

How about worm-turns or danish donuts? Handplant front flips. Just skiing fast and leaning back on the tails for a tail butter here and there.
Sep 16 2014 9:42PM
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S.J.W
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What about getting really good at carving?
Sep 16 2014 9:55PM
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lurking
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Find the little tree dip things off the side of runs and shifty 1 for days
Sep 16 2014 9:57PM
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a_burger
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one word


ballet.
Sep 16 2014 10:05PM
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dispatchQ_main
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sick carves.

and the switch is impressive to most people.
Sep 16 2014 10:06PM
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wasatch_rat
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one foot whirly birds are fun as hell and actually do dial in your edge control.
Sep 16 2014 10:17PM
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AlexFogo85
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Riding switch down groomers is always more fun for me and good practice for practicing coming into features switch
Sep 16 2014 10:18PM
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LamieJ
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The switch.

Gets all of the ski school kids goin
Sep 16 2014 10:19PM
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Brocka_Flocka
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Polish Donuts
Sep 16 2014 11:06PM
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[YEAH]
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http://vimeo.com/98158536Watch some edits from the bunch they are always jibbin around on flat and it looks so sick.
Sep 17 2014 12:01AM
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FunkySane
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What about those weird ski flips Shane does in one of the TC episodes at Camp of Champs.
Sep 17 2014 12:16AM
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JAHn
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ski ballet
Sep 17 2014 12:34AM
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elm.
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nollies, tranny find, that thing garrett russel does where you go switch and nose butter enough to touch your hands to the ground and slide. pole sword fight with a friend (one person in switch), penguin slide, pizza?
Sep 17 2014 1:00AM
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GrahamGould
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finger flips
Sep 17 2014 1:05AM
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T-Van
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180 to nose butter 3 of knuckles are the thing , also you have like no chance of catching your edges
Sep 17 2014 1:14AM
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IKEA
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OP going through Breckenridge.
http://youtu.be/Awkqte1mgcs
Sep 17 2014 1:31AM
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Z-PAULY.
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BearGrillsOP going through Breckenridge.
http://youtu.be/Awkqte1mgcs


hahahahahaha never seen that before
Sep 17 2014 2:12AM
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joriza.ski
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loganschnurFind the little tree dip things off the side of runs and shifty 1 for days


you mean side cuts
Sep 17 2014 2:20AM
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VAPEOREON
Posts: 459 - Karma: 800
G-funk Nose Blocks for days.

At 1:39

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/741060/A-Day-in-the-Park-with-Garrett-RussellActually just ski like garret russell in general.
Sep 17 2014 2:34AM
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Willows
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCS2raOFFs You young folks can keep your butters to yourselves..
Sep 17 2014 7:06AM
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margarine_KC
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for flat ground butters theres kinda two ways you can do them, I personally like going fast and carving into them, so like carve until youre about 45 degrees and then start to really lean forward and commence THE BUTTER. or theres the hop 180 butter, so like hop a 180 and land in a nose press and keep pressing and rotating into a 3. Also tip drag spins are really fun...though some people may judge. Just lift up one of your skis backwards (so bend your knee as if you were doing a butt kick) and let the tip of your ski catch on the snow and this will turn you around 180 and then just hop around from there to forwards again, or cruise in the switch for a bit. happy flat jibbers!
Sep 17 2014 11:43AM
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Ali_Dibden
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ChubbyBoyWhat about getting really good at carving?


Haha, i was gonna suggest this.
Sep 17 2014 11:52AM
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pattyWhack
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Switch 3's are fun to work on, you don't need to pop much. Just helps getting comfortable with spotting. You can wash out pretty much anywhere along the spin and not catch an edge if you don't commit fully. I'll usually do the switch when I am on groomers with friends. On flat, sw 3 tail butter-tap shit is a crowd pleaser.

Nollies. Great to practice over rollers etc. (or nollie pop shifty and try to drag/tap the tips quickly)

you are with friends, have fun and enjoy being a goofball. do individual pole plants between your feet. do them quickly and yell inaudible shit.
Sep 17 2014 2:21PM
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Slush
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 12,953
pattyWhackSwitch 3's are fun to work on, you don't need to pop much. Just helps getting comfortable with spotting. You can wash out pretty much anywhere along the spin and not catch an edge if you don't commit fully. I'll usually do the switch when I am on groomers with friends. On flat, sw 3 tail butter-tap shit is a crowd pleaser.


Switch 3s sound really fun and easy, gota try this
Sep 17 2014 6:37PM
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lwgp
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BearGrillsOP going through Breckenridge.
http://youtu.be/Awkqte1mgcs


"he's got a lot of emotion in this run"
Sep 17 2014 7:42PM
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lwgp
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BearGrillsOP going through Breckenridge.
http://youtu.be/Awkqte1mgcs


"he's got a lot of emotion in this run"
Sep 17 2014 7:42PM
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J_Steez
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illin
Sep 18 2014 9:32AM
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J_Steez
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaNuMFg8tLQ
Sep 18 2014 9:34AM
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msndotwav
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https://vimeo.com/85315638

01:52

watch and learn
Sep 18 2014 9:57AM
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