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How do I grow some balls.

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Steazelweazel
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So im 16 and ive been skiing for pretty much all my life, ive been trying park since around 13 ish but i just get so scared of falling on even the tiniest jumps. I can (sometimes) do a 360 but am too scared to even attempt to spin on boxes. My question is: How do you guys not get scared at all? I have seen people on here do the craziest stuff and i just could not imagine myself doing it. The only think i can do is like a really slow 360 and really need some help.
Thanks guys.
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Feb 18 2015 4:47PM
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Holte
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Ski with people better than yourself. Make them push you.
Feb 18 2015 4:49PM
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.Morton
Posts: 440 - Karma: 1,426
I kind of have the same problem as you. I always sketch myself out on things like spinning on boxes and then i try it and don't commit and eat shit, which makes me more afraid to try it again. I would say tell yourself you can't possibly get that hurt and just commit, I have trouble with the same thing and I try to follow this advice.
Feb 18 2015 4:51PM
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edai
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I started wearing my contacts when i ski, i realized i wasnt scared, i just couldnt see
Feb 18 2015 4:52PM
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r.simp
Posts: 361 - Karma: 670
I had the same problem but I finally got over by taking a few falls and realizing it's not that bad. I suggest listening to some music and just clearing your mind except for the trick. The biggest thing is to just commit and don't stop committing. I agree that you should try to ski with better or similar people so it helps push you. Good luck!
Feb 18 2015 4:59PM
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JJ.
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Yeah definitely ski with people a little bit better than you. It will motivate you to try things you usually wouldn't when you're skiing on your own. Taking your 3s to bigger jumps helps to spot your landings. Also, realize that you probably won't get hurt as bad as you might think. Be proud of your bruises!
Feb 18 2015 5:03PM
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steeze4days
Posts: 358 - Karma: 1,948
listen to music, don't think about what your doing.

That always helps me, if I'm sketched out i just block everything out, listen to my music and ignore everything around me, don't think about it, drop in and then by the time i realise what I'm really getting myself into, it's too late to stop and more risky to try stop then it is to just send it.

Try it sometime, or just get a group of people you have a lot of respect for and want to impress and that might motivate you to do more.

It's hard to say, everyones different.

Hope you get some more confidence bud, maybe you just need some more experience!
Feb 18 2015 5:08PM
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slim.chino
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When you start thinking your guna eat it, that's when you will. Your head needs to be clear so you can focus on what you need to do to commit to the trick. I'm the same as you man and it's hard to commit in your head but when I do is when I start landing things properly.

Also, if you're worried about everyone else around you just remember that everyone was there once and besides everyone is anonymous on the ski field once they don a face mask and googles. Unless you're riding with a crew, no one really knows who you are so there's much less judgement.
Feb 18 2015 5:08PM
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YungRob
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As long as you keep your feet under you, what's the worst that could happen?
Feb 18 2015 5:25PM
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CaptTurner
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HolteSki with people better than yourself. Make them push you.


Best advice right here
Feb 18 2015 5:36PM
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hippy.killer
Posts: 204 - Karma: 947
build a pvc rail in your backyard and practice
Feb 18 2015 6:27PM
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John18_6
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Once you realize you won't die from whatever you're trying you'll be fine. Usually falling doesn't hurt if you just relax and accept your fate.
Feb 18 2015 6:29PM
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THEE_wizard
Posts: 304 - Karma: 1,842
Whatever trick you want to try, just keep replaying it in your head and envision yourself committing and stomping it. When you do this it really helps with committing.
Feb 18 2015 6:34PM
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fresh_prince
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http://www.testostertone.com
Feb 18 2015 6:37PM
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soccerzla7
Posts: 127 - Karma: 524
Go out there and fall on your first run next time you go skiing. You'll see it's not all that bad and it'll get your blood pumping
Feb 18 2015 8:29PM
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Corey_O132
Posts: 161 - Karma: 1,119
Worst thing ur on a do is land the trick, ands ya ski with someone, they should be better than u too. Also ski with friends have a good time
Feb 18 2015 9:56PM
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theabortionator
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I'm scared of everything, heights and pretty much anything else rational or not.

I've done a lot of crazy stuff though. You just keep doing it. Ride with friends and music. Some tricks will become as stuck as just jumping in the air without your skis on. Muscle memory is amazing. I don't know about other people but I'm a scared motherfucker and I've still gotten some good tricks in and hit some big ass jumps.

Just keep skiing, have fun, and watch tricks that are hard become easy.
Feb 18 2015 10:00PM
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skidahl
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its all over thinking. A 360 off a jump is as scary as you tell yourself it is. Just turn off your brain before the trick and huck it. Pain lasts a second, but a legend lasts forever.
Feb 18 2015 10:48PM
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Aidin954
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soccerzla7Go out there and fall on your first run next time you go skiing. You'll see it's not all that bad and it'll get your blood pumping

Totally gunna try this
Feb 18 2015 10:49PM
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.CJ.
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When I'm about to try something new, I don't think about it. I just say "Here we go, lets do this."
Feb 18 2015 11:20PM
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freestyler540
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You grow your balls by riding as much as you can and push 80-90% every time.
Feb 18 2015 11:29PM
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APunx176
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steeze4dayslisten to music, don't think about what your doing.


Not sure why but i can't listen to music when I ski. I just lose focus i guess, because I end up falling way more. Not sure if that makes sense but oh well
Feb 18 2015 11:54PM
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.lencon
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eazy.I started wearing my contacts when i ski, i realized i wasnt scared, i just couldnt see


Dude. I really hope you aren't kidding cause that's exactly what's happening to me. I wore glasses and just barely got contacts. Since then I have become a better skiier I think haha. Landed a couple new tricks and taken some tricks to bigger jumps. Also dialing in the grabs. It's amazing what vision can do!
Feb 19 2015 12:02AM
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Pac2
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honestly id say we do get scared but to progress you gotta do what you gotta do, most of the time you aren't gonna get hurt doing tricks unless they are very complicated, you may fall and get a bruise but id say not a lot of serious stuff, its really a mind game. the best advice anyone has ever given me is that we all fall whether its physically or emotionally. when im scared I say these words to myself drop in, and don't turn back.
Feb 19 2015 7:47AM
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Whooooop
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SteazelweazelSo im 16 and ive been skiing for pretty much all my life, ive been trying park since around 13 ish but i just get so scared of falling on even the tiniest jumps. I can (sometimes) do a 360 but am too scared to even attempt to spin on boxes. My question is: How do you guys not get scared at all? I have seen people on here do the craziest stuff and i just could not imagine myself doing it. The only think i can do is like a really slow 360 and really need some help.
Thanks guys.


daaaaaaaaamn thats my icon -.-
Feb 19 2015 7:55AM
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tommyk141
Posts: 265 - Karma: 1,332
fertilizer helped me grow my balls
Feb 19 2015 9:10AM
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cct_222
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imagine T-Hall is behind you yelling "Fucking send it son!"
Feb 19 2015 9:28AM
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SteezOnSkis12
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hippy.killerbuild a pvc rail in your backyard and practice


You dont need to do this, it might lower your confidence because they don't have diy pvc rails in the actual park.
Feb 19 2015 11:13AM
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assatrailz
Posts: 324 - Karma: 745
Just start pushing yourself on small shit like low boxes and rails and small jumps and you will realize falling dosnt hurt on small shit (usually) but in the process you will learn how to get better and more confidence for bigger harder tricks
Feb 19 2015 1:37PM
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Steazelweazel
Posts: 59 - Karma: 513
cct_222imagine T-Hall is behind you yelling "Fucking send it son!"


this is actually the best advice ive ever gotten and i love you for it
Feb 19 2015 2:27PM
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mynamerhymes
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Im a yung ski instructor and when people are being a pussy I simply tell them stop being a pussy. If they listen it works. Its that easy you might get hurt get over it, I have torn meniscus from just a warm up run doing some 3s on a 15 footer and all I can think about is when I can ski again. You get hurt it happens. Just fucking send it son
Feb 19 2015 2:57PM
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dduke
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before you do something ask yourself one thing, "is this at some point going to get me pussy?" if the answer is yes then count to three and do that shit
Feb 19 2015 5:37PM
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SHIZ
Posts: 384 - Karma: 365
get your hands on some liquid courage
Feb 19 2015 5:44PM
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DayMan
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Feb 19 2015 5:54PM
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veng_m
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steroids
Feb 19 2015 10:46PM
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CHORIZO
Posts: 2003 - Karma: 10,039
I usually get kinda scared of shit but then I think about boobs and lizards and then send it.
Ill also have my friends call me a pussy so that I can show them im not a pussy
Feb 19 2015 10:51PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,562
How do you grow balls?

Being born.

How do you use 'em?

FUCKING SEND IT SON.
Feb 19 2015 11:28PM
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assatrailz
Posts: 324 - Karma: 745
SteezOnSkis12You dont need to do this, it might lower your confidence because they don't have diy pvc rails in the actual park.


Nah yo pvc rails do help cuz you learn how to do shit to try on real rails that's wat I do
Feb 19 2015 11:39PM
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Will.Herring
Posts: 176 - Karma: 721
Don't feel bad OP, I have the same issue
Feb 20 2015 8:08AM
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AbusedBanana
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Don't be afraid to fall, falling is good and falling is learning.
Feb 20 2015 9:00AM
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603pow
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Honestly for me the only thing that truely made me not scared was falling, because by falling I gained confidence that the likelihood of injury really is not that high
Feb 20 2015 9:03AM
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Finkle
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You will fall. It will hurt. You should live. Its all in your head, you just have to send it. I always come up to the top of the park, scout out my line and think of what I want to do and how I'm going to do it. I set my idea in stone and go for it. If I fall trying to do something, I think of what I did wrong and improve on it the next run. I had a problem early on when I was first hitting boxes years and years ago that I would get on and freeze up. So instead of spinning when I got on the box I started prespinning on and continued to just look over my shoulder. after the first day I got it down, the rest was history. You just really have to believe in yourself.
Feb 20 2015 11:54AM
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SkrrtKobain
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Slam two tallboys before the jump and u should be fine!
Feb 25 2015 7:01PM
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skitheweast
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1. Supplements
2. Wait
3. ?????
4. Profit
Feb 25 2015 7:27PM
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LucasTrent
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,460
just think "WHAT WOULD STEVE O DO!"

sounds like bullshit but this is actually how i send everything from the park to big mountain.
Feb 25 2015 9:19PM
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ASagaFanBoy12
Posts: 181 - Karma: 507
Ride with people older then you, they will push you, or just send it. The only way to land the trick is to try it am i right?
Feb 25 2015 10:11PM
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UFOsarereal
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and just remember it's not your fault.
Feb 26 2015 6:34AM
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Nachowhoa
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As crazy as this seems play skate against guys better than you, I mean don't go and play against someone that will kick your ass. But play against someone that may just have that edge over you and has a possible few tricks in the bag that you don't. this will will courage you to try new things with people that find it just a sketchy! I play skate against my friend mason hes 4 ing on and off I can hardly 2on but he pushes me to try new things when we play skate.
Feb 26 2015 7:18AM
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Brewnt
Posts: 65 - Karma: 484
I too have this problem I just tell my self to man up and who cares if you fall sure it will hurt for a little but but pain is temporary. like on rails you have to commit and go 90 to slide it well
Mar 2 2015 9:10AM
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Thom4s
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Hope for the best. Expect the best.
Mar 2 2015 9:29AM
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Steezy_Peazy
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I was in the same situation as you, but I am slowly coming out of it. I have found, for me, getting myself hyped up it a big help. Watch some edit here before you go, listen to some good music, whatever hypes you up a bit. Watch the people in the park. I tell myself, "If they can do that cork 7, or that bs 270, or that backie, why can't I do a 3? And if you are nervous, hit some jumps straight. No tricks, just hit 'em. Once you realize it's not that big, and there is little potential for injury, you will be more receptive to go hit small tricks. Same for rails. These are things that have helped me to stop just cruising by the park, watching in awe.
Mar 3 2015 9:17AM
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