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How many times do you try a trick before realising its not going to happen?

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bgeskior
Posts: 463 - Karma: 1,552
Coming from a background full of ropetows and skateboarding, I am usually willing to give a trick between 15 and 20 tries before moving on but I've noticed a lot of people out in colorado will only give difficult tricks 2 or three tries before either getting the trick or moving on.
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Nov 21 2014 2:14PM
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Scotty_Boy
Posts: 777 - Karma: 1,449
I don't stop trying usually. It took me close to 50 tries before I learned how to front 2. So just don't give up.
Nov 21 2014 4:21PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
Air tricks - about 5 tries (enough to be hurt or terrified of trying it again)
Rail tricks - a lot of tries (enough to be worn out or too furious to ski)
Nov 21 2014 4:42PM
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Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,582
ignore the pain from eating shit. I wanna land that motherfucking trick, and its gona happen. all I gotta say
Nov 21 2014 4:44PM
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humpty
Posts: 1190 - Karma: 3,162
never, k feds took me forever and i still cant get them every time
Nov 21 2014 5:25PM
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DFJ
Posts: 707 - Karma: 1,337
If I am trying a trick and keep falling and getting beat up during the learning, I wait until I finally get it once or twice, then stop if it hurts too much
Nov 21 2014 5:51PM
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.jif
Posts: 441 - Karma: 1,013
HolteAir tricks - about 5 tries (enough to be hurt or terrified of trying it again)
Rail tricks - a lot of tries (enough to be worn out or too furious to ski)


I really have never given up on a rail trick unless I got hurt badly.
Nov 21 2014 6:13PM
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JahLiam
Posts: 2321 - Karma: 7,828
I will attempt it a bunch of times before giving up on it for the day, it gets to the point where you aren't having fun anymore, but I'll try it again the next time I'm skiing
Nov 21 2014 6:44PM
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afterbang-gansta
Posts: 20 - Karma: 21
Never give up. Ever. If you do, become a snowboarder 'cos they can't do park on skis.

Seriously, failure is simply feedback for the future.

Your result is the consequence of the situation, your attitude and the action you take

I also find that it helps if you ask a friend to film you try the trick. Put it in slow-mo and it really helps to see what's going on...
Nov 27 2014 2:57AM
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kung_powpow
Posts: 1990 - Karma: 3,671
Progression is linear so every drop you take into that rail or jump means your closer to landing it
Nov 27 2014 3:11AM
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kung_powpow
Posts: 1990 - Karma: 3,671
kung_powpowProgression is linear so every drop you take into that rail or jump means your closer to landing it


since you'll never not land it if you don't try
Nov 27 2014 3:12AM
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powerbong2000
Posts: 737 - Karma: 1,802
270's on are diff than front flips or some shit
Nov 27 2014 3:26AM
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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
when i was learning how to do urban style 2's on i fucking killed myself
Nov 27 2014 4:36AM
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L0gic
Posts: 576 - Karma: 2,290
I don't care about how many tries it takes
I go by how much shit I eat when falling
If I never get hurt then I'll be hiking a dfd rail all day
Nov 27 2014 8:30AM
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Powstagram
Posts: 250 - Karma: 2,562
I've never landed anything /claim
Nov 27 2014 8:59AM
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fredyferl
Posts: 2943 - Karma: 14,828
HolteRail tricks - a lot of tries (enough to be worn out or too furious to ski)

This. I've spent an absurd amount of tries on certain tricks. Rail skiing can be so frustrating, but that feeling when you finally get it...
Nov 27 2014 9:18AM
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Gr0mo
Posts: 707 - Karma: 3,663
I will do it until i get a couple good falls in to where i think "maybe i should just chill for a second and come back to this so i don't wreck myself"
Nov 27 2014 1:45PM
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bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
Obviously you try it until you get it. But if it gets to the point that you are getting worse and farther away from landing it on each attempt then you should take a break and try it another day.
Nov 27 2014 2:12PM
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CrotchKiller
Posts: 9037 - Karma: 6,943
Fall hard once.
Nov 27 2014 5:37PM
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bighomieflock
Posts: 2040 - Karma: 2,445
Usually I'm a pussy and stop after a couple hard falls, but I'm trying to put an end to that this season. Today I tried like 20 urban 270's on and got maybe 5 of them clean and fell on the rest.
Nov 27 2014 9:01PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I gave up on a fs switch up to k-fed on a big dfd after close to 20 tries. Just kept running ou

I gave up in blind 4s out after three tries, on the last one I stomped at 360 and winded myself pretty good.

I tried my first backflio when I was 17 and landed on my stomach. My friends wanted to eat lunch so I gave up until I tried again at 22 and landed after 5 tries.
Nov 27 2014 9:51PM
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jchubb616
Posts: 34 - Karma: 71
after like 10 trys I just stop and come back to it. I stops being fun just falling over and over
Nov 27 2014 11:16PM
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brett_fisher
Posts: 2417 - Karma: 10,494
I tried to do a quad cork out of a hand rail and it took like 1000 trys and 5 broken bound later i did it
Nov 28 2014 1:58AM
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OGHolliday
Posts: 2390 - Karma: 2,430
Has entirely to do with how the first tries go. If I try once or twice and there's no hope in sight ill prolly do something else. However, if the first few are close i'll fuckin spend the rest of my waking day, will power, energy, sweat and tears til I land that shit
Nov 28 2014 3:47AM
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whackhouse
Posts: 736 - Karma: 939
until im too tired to keep hitting the feature and then ill keep trying them the next day.
Nov 28 2014 5:59PM
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APunx176
Posts: 1189 - Karma: 2,628
I'll just keep trying until I get it, but I usually only try like 4 times a day because I'll get sick/scared of falling and I'll quit trying
Nov 28 2014 10:03PM
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