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Wattyyy
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How to do swaps without hangin' up and bustin' ass. More times than not, when i do swaps my skis hang up and they end up being sloppy. How to do cleaner swaps NSers?...
Oct 28 2015 11:14PM
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r.simp
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They took me for ever the biggest things for me are having confidence in yourself( don't slightly commit just do it) and make sure to scissor hard and pop nice. Just keep working at them and you'll get em dude. Do you have any videos?
Oct 28 2015 11:21PM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
RsimpsonThey took me for ever the biggest things for me are having confidence in yourself( don't slightly commit just do it) and make sure to scissor hard and pop nice. Just keep working at them and you'll get em dude. Do you have any videos?


Thanks man i think it might be a commitment thing as well. I have just some random footage on my SD card from last year. I just got a gopro this season so i can take some more footage instead of having to worry about my camera while on the mountain.
Oct 28 2015 11:25PM
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John18_6
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practice: summer setup
Oct 28 2015 11:33PM
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Wattyyy
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john18061806practice: summer setup


i really need to make a summer setup bad. I get to snoflex once in awhile but thats not cutting it.
Oct 28 2015 11:34PM
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John18_6
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Watty21i really need to make a summer setup bad. I get to snoflex once in awhile but thats not cutting it.


summer setups are literally the key being a railgod420
Oct 28 2015 11:36PM
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Wattyyy
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john18061806summer setups are literally the key being a railgod420


hopefully i stay injury free this year so i can get dialed in a bit more. Next season summer set up = railgod420 for sure
Oct 28 2015 11:45PM
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270on420out
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On front swaps, I use to just do a weird shifty thing and slide off. I figured out that you have to actually spin you entire body. I'll run through the motion of a kfed in my head like.

"OK I'm on the rail, now scissor, pop, swap my entire body, and land in a comfortable left foot slide. Now just do a back 2"
Oct 28 2015 11:52PM
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shin-bang
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THEDIRTYBUBBLE"OK I'm on the rail, now scissor, pop, swap my entire body, and land in a comfortable left foot slide. Now just do a back 2"


This^ i used to get my one ski caught and it was super frustrating. popping harder and cleaner helped tons

key: Lock on .. POP , rotate and look at the end of rail. scissor the piss out of it, 2 out and youre a now boss.
Oct 29 2015 12:15AM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
THEDIRTYBUBBLEOn front swaps, I use to just do a weird shifty thing and slide off. I figured out that you have to actually spin you entire body. I'll run through the motion of a kfed in my head like.

"OK I'm on the rail, now scissor, pop, swap my entire body, and land in a comfortable left foot slide. Now just do a back 2"


cool! ill work on focusing on my body and not so much on my skis and see if that works.
Oct 29 2015 12:16AM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
shin-bangThis^ i used to get my one ski caught and it was super frustrating. popping harder and cleaner helped tons

key: Lock on .. POP , rotate and look at the end of rail. scissor the piss out of it, 2 out and youre a now boss.


scissor after the swap or before?
Oct 29 2015 12:18AM
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Swandog7
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Watty21scissor after the swap or before?


little bit of both, but before is way more important. If you scissor after it will help you get front and back 2s after the swap. really get your whole body around, including hips and shoulders. If you do like a shifty swap that won't cut it. Get some video and make sure your shoulders and hips are completely parallel to the rail after the swap. Video is the best learning tool, and summer setups are about the best as well. The combo of the two = rail god 420. Simple math equation

Summer Setup + video = rail god 42069
Oct 29 2015 12:49AM
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Wattyyy
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Swandog7little bit of both, but before is way more important. If you scissor after it will help you get front and back 2s after the swap. really get your whole body around, including hips and shoulders. If you do like a shifty swap that won't cut it. Get some video and make sure your shoulders and hips are completely parallel to the rail after the swap. Video is the best learning tool, and summer setups are about the best as well. The combo of the two = rail god 420. Simple math equation

Summer Setup + video = rail god 42069


Now we are talking! Stoked to get out there and learn. Praying for snow
Oct 29 2015 8:21AM
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dustygoldflakes
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Did any of you learn swaps on your backyard setups?
Oct 29 2015 8:49AM
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270on420out
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dustygoldflakesDid any of you learn swaps on your backyard setups?


Yup. Backswaps, surface swaps, proper front swaps, etc.
Oct 29 2015 8:55AM
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qyleberry
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Personally I learned on a backyard setup, it helps to learn to slide the rail the other way... try surface swaps first.
Oct 29 2015 9:15AM
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r.simp
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dustygoldflakesDid any of you learn swaps on your backyard setups?


Yep I've learnt almost everything in my backyard it definitely makes a difference
Oct 29 2015 9:17AM
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e~b
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The amount of times swap has been said in this thread has me questioning everything about the word "swap"
Oct 29 2015 9:25AM
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jackdonovan
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alright so this is how i learned and how i taught a bunch of my friends
first you should be able to cleanly front 270 and know how to use your edges. when are on the rail and preparing for the swap keep your knees bent and you want to drop your front foots heel to begin using your edges and push away from you and into the rail. you can feel the edge dig in and at this point you want to pop. pop with your legs not with your upper body and turn your entire body the 180 degrees, dont just turn your lower body. Make sure to turn your shoulders and head with the swap, and be prepared to land unnatural and be balanced.
Oct 29 2015 9:32AM
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dustygoldflakes
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RsimpsonYep I've learnt almost everything in my backyard it definitely makes a difference

Yea its nice so you don't have to look like a huge gaper on the mountain
Oct 29 2015 9:46AM
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fredyferl
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As it's been said, a summer setup or even a backyard rail in the winter, just a place where you can hit a rail a shit ton of time in a row. And start with a small pvc so there's no consequence when you fall. And IMO a pvc pipe will always be fun
Oct 29 2015 10:13AM
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KENDOZER
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Just throwin this in there, for front swap, if you try to keep your shoulders forward too. For back, do the opposite, continue the shoulders the other way. There's definitely some muscle memory that has to get developed so just keep workin and you'll succeed. Also, cheater method is to just learn on a flat-down rail, if you're already comfy sliding rails, this way you don't have to pop as hard.
Oct 29 2015 10:54AM
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FIRETHECANNONS
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you just have to commit to it
Oct 29 2015 10:56AM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
jackdonovanalright so this is how i learned and how i taught a bunch of my friends
first you should be able to cleanly front 270 and know how to use your edges. when are on the rail and preparing for the swap keep your knees bent and you want to drop your front foots heel to begin using your edges and push away from you and into the rail. you can feel the edge dig in and at this point you want to pop. pop with your legs not with your upper body and turn your entire body the 180 degrees, dont just turn your lower body. Make sure to turn your shoulders and head with the swap, and be prepared to land unnatural and be balanced.


good advice thanks man
Oct 29 2015 11:59AM
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BreakfastPenguin
Posts: 27 - Karma: -76
I can only do front swaps. But when I do them I just try to lift my front foot off of the rail while I'm turning so I can't hang up. They look dope if you do them this way. My homies are always hyped
Oct 29 2015 9:19PM
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brett_fisher
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so it's like spinning out a rail you just peddle but do it at the spot at the rail you desire and dip your edge down and pop spin for back swap front swap you drop your heel and pop spin and might want to work on un natural slids too if you do surface swap it's the same thing but i set the edge and spin like look with my head put my feet closer together and once i rotate all the way i widen my feet again hope this helps .
Oct 29 2015 11:10PM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
BreakfastPenguinI can only do front swaps. But when I do them I just try to lift my front foot off of the rail while I'm turning so I can't hang up. They look dope if you do them this way. My homies are always hyped

Gotta throw down for the homies hahaha
brett_fisherso it's like spinning out a rail you just peddle but do it at the spot at the rail you desire and dip your edge down and pop spin for back swap front swap you drop your heel and pop spin and might want to work on un natural slids too if you do surface swap it's the same thing but i set the edge and spin like look with my head put my feet closer together and once i rotate all the way i widen my feet again hope this helps .

Huge help thanks buddy
Oct 31 2015 10:42PM
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Wattyyy
Posts: 159 - Karma: 310
BreakfastPenguinI can only do front swaps. But when I do them I just try to lift my front foot off of the rail while I'm turning so I can't hang up. They look dope if you do them this way. My homies are always hyped

Gotta throw down for the homies hahaha
brett_fisherso it's like spinning out a rail you just peddle but do it at the spot at the rail you desire and dip your edge down and pop spin for back swap front swap you drop your heel and pop spin and might want to work on un natural slids too if you do surface swap it's the same thing but i set the edge and spin like look with my head put my feet closer together and once i rotate all the way i widen my feet again hope this helps .

Huge help thanks buddy
Oct 31 2015 10:43PM
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liamrashotte
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BreakfastPenguinI can only do front swaps. But when I do them I just try to lift my front foot off of the rail while I'm turning so I can't hang up. They look dope if you do them this way. My homies are always hyped


That sounds like it would look pretty terrible
Nov 2 2015 1:42PM
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BreakfastPenguin
Posts: 27 - Karma: -76
liamrashotteThat sounds like it would look pretty terrible


Why are you being a dick? You probably just can't swap
Nov 2 2015 6:06PM
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-notch-
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BreakfastPenguinWhy are you being a dick? You probably just can't swap


haha the irony, you can't swap either
Nov 2 2015 7:04PM
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