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Working the switch game!

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Nachowhoa
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realising my switch games shit I plan to spend my whole friday sesh dedicated to switch, yes its gonna suck! so any of you got tips for hitting features (rails) switch plus has anyone else dedicated/ focused there entire sesh to one trick.
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Feb 24 2015 3:43PM
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veng_m
Posts: 1267 - Karma: 2,720
I would change it up a bit and go regular too so it doesn't suck, you don't want skiing to suck
Feb 24 2015 4:15PM
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veng_m
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just try and have fun man, good luck!
Feb 24 2015 4:15PM
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Holzsteezy*
Posts: 584 - Karma: 1,110
The KFC in my area is sooooooo ghetto. people have been shot there and its been robbed a lot. drivethru is mad long wait. so annoying. butt fuck it, chicken man
Feb 24 2015 4:49PM
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kemosabe
Posts: 449 - Karma: 1,309
its all about the stagger when you look over your shoulder, your feet shouldn't be next to eachother when going sw. if looking over your right shoulder your right foot will be more downhill than your left foot and vice versa for looking over left shoulder. For turns you have to keep the stagger. For going onto rails you need to be able to pop sw and pick tips or tails up depending on the feature and trick.

also you should do unnatural day where you hit everything unnatural, it helps a lot but you will hate it til death.
Feb 24 2015 5:03PM
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whalez
Posts: 39 - Karma: 133
I think the most important thing about hitting rails switch is popping a lot. If you don't pop enough, you'll catch your tips and will have a bad time. The more you do it, the better you'll get
Feb 24 2015 5:09PM
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mike759
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I do a few runs top to bottom of the mtn switch to get comfortable
Feb 24 2015 5:32PM
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jackdonovan
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stagger your feet and look over your shoulder, make sure to get a good pop off the balls of your feet, (if necessary, bring knees up), transfer you weight forward so you dont slip out, and once you land on the rail you're set
Feb 24 2015 11:10PM
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assatrailz
Posts: 324 - Karma: 745
Don't fall
Feb 24 2015 11:28PM
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dingus
Posts: 1328 - Karma: 7,879
I didn't read the whole thing but besure if you do switch spins is to go both ways I usually spin to my left but when I ski switch is spin to my right so I'm gonna have to work on that and so should you
Feb 24 2015 11:33PM
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Dobber
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Japanese food > Chinese food
Feb 25 2015 9:14AM
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IKEA
Posts: 622 - Karma: 3,111
Did this today, I believe that I hit the first jump once without hitting it switch.
Feb 25 2015 1:30PM
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skiP.E.I.
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From my experience it's much easier to rotate switch, as you already have a great set for your spin going into the feature. Just stay relaxed and visualize as you would learning any other tricks. You probably will feel like you're going faster than you actually are at first, so adjust your speed accordingly. Ripping a few laps on the groomers switch will also be a great way to start your switch day off.
Feb 25 2015 3:27PM
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