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Tips for Presses

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frickindarn
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Hey there NS, so this is my real first season and I'm overcoming an ACL surgery, I want to get to press/butter a lot better but mine are garbage. They're about 6 inches off the ground for half a second, is there any tips to get better? (no my skis aren't broken in yet and I wish they were) SO, I'm accepting any tips since I'm heading back up to keystone tomorrow to try and get better.
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Nov 9 2014 10:08PM
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270on420out
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I do a mini wobble at the beginning and press from there
Nov 9 2014 10:14PM
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myllhouse
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lean
Nov 9 2014 10:24PM
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frickindarn
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blacklisted.lean


h2o and lean are the same thing.
Nov 9 2014 10:32PM
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Slush
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TRVP_LVRDI do a mini wobble at the beginning and press from there


A what?


Interested in this. Every time I try an press it either sucks badookey or dub ejekt
Nov 9 2014 10:54PM
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-emile-
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don't do them
Nov 9 2014 10:55PM
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jellomellow
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TwinipzA what?


Interested in this. Every time I try an press it either sucks badookey or dub ejekt


turn up you din?
Nov 9 2014 11:55PM
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S.J.W
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Stiffer boots allow you to put more pressure on the tips of your skis and press them out more. Also grab two blocks and put them about 30 cm front of your toe pice and 30cm back of your heal piece and jump up and down for a good time on them to break them in easier.
Nov 10 2014 12:12AM
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balzach
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What types of presses?

If im trying to press on like the top of something i just try to keep my skis straight and either lean forward or back depending on if its a nose or tail press.

For butters(i only do butter 3's or higher, normal or switch.) I like to either hop 180 onto my tips and lean forward as fuck, or kinda spin and lean forward so that i do a longer sidewaysish nosepress before i get to the apex of it. For switch butters i kinda just get into like a wall sit position so that my tips lift and press it out while spinning.

For rails its the same as stalling.^^ The most key detail is keeping your skis straight. you dont want to be pretzeling with weight on your tips or tails. Itll do ya dirt.
https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/709646.0/Spring-Day-Struggle

Ive got plenty of presses in that vid^
Nov 10 2014 1:00AM
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PKchu
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TwinipzA what?


He means you rock on the rail a little bit to get your feet off center. An example would be when you want to do a tail press you would slightly dip your tips then rock back up to your tails. Just lean back from there to press.
Nov 10 2014 2:57AM
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