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steezy_doge
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so yes i know there has been threads about this but none that answer my questions specifically.

So this is my first year completely focusing on park skiing or freestyle or whatever you want to call it, all my life i loved taking sidecountry hits like little kickers in the trees or little 5-10 foot drops off of cat tracks or finding little hits on hips and so forth but i would always just straight air and if i was feeling cocky maybe a safety grab haha.

so anyways i have also been doing stuff on the tramp and i do suck but part of the reason why is i have absolutely TERRIBLE air awareness i can 360, 540, frontflip and almost misty 5. i feel like every time i did something it was black and i just did it from memory i guess. and this i feel like is hindering me from trying new stuff in the park or like on any jump.

it was also super annoying cause i thought "okay im tired of so called blacking out when i do stuff so im going to take my gopro on a pole mount and tape myself doing a frontflip" i do this... get home look at the footage and my eyes are open the entire time!! wtf!!!!

so someone please help me with this problem i have been trying to figure it out for at least two years and i still can't figure it out. so now i come to you, newschoolers for help!
Nov 12 2014 8:11PM
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.S.B.
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Sounds like you must be spinning really fast on tramp. Bounce higher and focus more on spotting your landing. The air awareness kinda comes naturally with experience.
Nov 12 2014 9:11PM
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.S.B.
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JacamarcusSounds like you must be spinning really fast on tramp. Bounce higher and focus more on spotting your landing. The air awareness kinda comes naturally with experience.


Sorry for double post, but FYI is suck at tramp, this is what i've learned from other people.
Nov 12 2014 9:12PM
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steezy_doge
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JacamarcusSounds like you must be spinning really fast on tramp. Bounce higher and focus more on spotting your landing. The air awareness kinda comes naturally with experience.


its not even as much when i'm spinning its mostly when i do front flips and when it is with spinning i'm not even spinning that fast
Nov 12 2014 11:17PM
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WhatTheHuck
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Front flips are tough, its a lot of memory and finding your horizon since you can't really spot your landing. I can double back on tramp but am still not super comfortable landing a front. Just stay calm in the air and keep progressing to bigger jumps. Spin slow and make dough.
Nov 12 2014 11:31PM
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RiccardoMasutti
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Concentrate on landing and maybe find group of skiers (easier if you are in a group imhp)
Nov 12 2014 11:35PM
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MeenaSmalls
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i had the same problem. Just get someone to stand up hill or wheerever you feel you need. Get them to hold up a arm. You have to tell them what arm it was. This helped me alot.
Nov 13 2014 12:57AM
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GrumpisPringle
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For a few years i just hucked and hoped for the best...
It comes with experience and confidence.
Frontflips are harder to spot than most tricks.
backflips are probably the easiest to spot.
Nov 13 2014 1:04AM
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silent_giraffe
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I just learned to chill out in the air more and not panic. That help to make things seem like they're going slower, and it makes me feel like I have total control. Being in the air doesn't hurt people, the landing does.
Nov 13 2014 1:08AM
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steezy_doge
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MeenaSmallsi had the same problem. Just get someone to stand up hill or wheerever you feel you need. Get them to hold up a arm. You have to tell them what arm it was. This helped me alot.


I think I might try that it seems like it would help.

Also I know probably everyone thinks this is dumb but how do you get over the fear of backflips I don't know what is with me I did it a bunch on the trail came back next week and I couldnt I even went to a foam pit and I still couldn't just something about it
Nov 13 2014 1:14AM
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GrumpisPringle
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^lack of commitment

Backflip is so ridiculously easy you just have to sack up. Back flips need to be a trick you can do all the time for other tricks to come in to play.. at least on the tramp...
Nov 13 2014 1:19AM
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steezy_doge
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GrumpisPringle^lack of commitment

Backflip is so ridiculously easy you just have to sack up. Back flips need to be a trick you can do all the time for other tricks to come in to play.. at least on the tramp...


I know I will commit to trying a cork 7 or a misty 7 or even a rodeo almost but for some reason a backflip I just can't... Like I don't know why I have just stood their on the tramp for 10 mins going "okay Im gonna do it *start bouncing* wait nvm Im scared" haha I guess I'll just need to grow a pair and huck it
Nov 13 2014 1:23AM
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270on420out
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Get on a trampoline to build up confidence in the air. Then when you are riding up the lift about to try a new trick, stop thinking. As soon as you get off make the least amount of stops possible. No thoughts. Just let your body do the work and have confidence. Remember the two simple practices "commit" and "don't think about it".
Nov 13 2014 8:00AM
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jibbpeter
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1) Do a test jump and pay attention to how long youre in the air, and most important, how long it feels.

2) Next run, figure out how fast, or slow you have to spin/flip to make the trick smooth.

3) If you do this you should be able to feel where you are in the air wherever you are during the trick. That mean if you're upside down, midway in a 1080 or whatever, you'll be able to know when it's time to go in for landing.

4) Spot the landing. I allways start to spot the landing after 540 during a cork7, that means i always lean down and looking a little infront of my rotation the last 180. Landing switch i do the same, and it gives me a whole 180 more to spot.

Easier said than done, but it will come to you. Patience my friend! Patience :)

Hope this help, and remember not to think to much, just feel it ;)
Nov 13 2014 8:22AM
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first_rodeo
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i agree with the idea of spotting your landing throughout any rotation.
start bouncing higher or get double bounced so you can slow rotations.
Nov 13 2014 9:02AM
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L0gic
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It really comes with experience and repetition. I'd love to give you some really specific things but I can't :I
Nov 13 2014 9:12AM
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.jif
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steezy_dogeI know I will commit to trying a cork 7 or a misty 7 or even a rodeo almost but for some reason a backflip I just can't... Like I don't know why I have just stood their on the tramp for 10 mins going "okay Im gonna do it *start bouncing* wait nvm Im scared" haha I guess I'll just need to grow a pair and huck it


My first backflip was just like that, I would get ready to do it then stop trying. Just visualize it, get enough air, then huck it.
Nov 13 2014 4:51PM
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