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I am a skier at age 15 and i am curious on how everybody elses skills were at age 15 and how it has progressed to how they are now. I can backflip, 180, flatspin, 360, 540, underflip and just front swap and front 270 off rails. i am not just talking about park, who throws these tricks off cliffs and natural hits? and how has your skills to when you were younger progressed to how good you are now? Personally i prefer skiing big mountain terrain and throwing my best tricks of large cliffs and natural features.
BariteDropsyI am a skier at age 15 and i am curious on how everybody elses skills were at age 15 and how it has progressed to how they are now. I can backflip, 180, flatspin, 360, 540, underflip and just front swap and front 270 off rails. i am not just talking about park, who throws these tricks off cliffs and natural hits? and how has your skills to when you were younger progressed to how good you are now? Personally i prefer skiing big mountain terrain and throwing my best tricks of large cliffs and natural features.
The main thing you have to realize is that its not about the list of tricks you have in your library... its how much style you have when you do 'em.
There's a big difference between the shifty 1 that your average kid can do... and what Max Hill could do on the west coast sessions jump.
Judge not on the technicality of the trick, but the utter style that bleeds out when performed.
I would guess that most skiers learn the vast majority of their trick bag in their mid teens and early 20s, and then plateau off. But adding style takes more than just teenage fearlessness. It requires years of practice. I probably only learn a few new tricks a year, but I have a lot more style at 29 than at age 25 - not to mention age 15. That's why dudes like Torin are so impressive. The guy looked like an aged pro at 18, which really isn't very common.
I can't wait til I'm 45 and just leaking style all over the mountain.
At 15 all I had was man made snow and 700ft of vert with a small feeder hill park in New Hampshire. Now I have huge ass mountains now(in the cascades right now). Park kinda took a back seat to riding something called pow. I now also don't really throw too many tricks now but I'm generally going really fucking fast now over everything and anything.
I also have a abstract way of looking at things out west with my east coast influence. Fave line of the year so far was skiing in a creek on an island in the middle of the creek. It was like riding a spine but if you fall over either side it was 15ft either side to a watery landing in the creek.
My skiing has become much much more stylish and fluid compared to 15. I grew up racing so I had that background which helped my skiing a lot. I am muhc more stylish at 25 than 18. My skiing has matured and really taken on the approach of that new all mountain, surfy, flowy type of skiing which is how I really try to approach the mountain now.
Mr.BishopThe main thing you have to realize is that its not about the list of tricks you have in your library... its how much style you have when you do 'em.
There's a big difference between the shifty 1 that your average kid can do... and what Max Hill could do on the west coast sessions jump.
Judge not on the technicality of the trick, but the utter style that bleeds out when performed.
could not have said it better. other than no one likes age claim. it doesnt matter what age you are when you land the trick, what matters is the style
Mr.BishopThe main thing you have to realize is that its not about the list of tricks you have in your library... its how much style you have when you do 'em.
There's a big difference between the shifty 1 that your average kid can do... and what Max Hill could do on the west coast sessions jump.
Judge not on the technicality of the trick, but the utter style that bleeds out when performed.
This season is my 6th and I'm not very good compared to the time I've skied. I can do intermediate tricks for example backflip, 720 and Kfed. But from now on, I think I'm going to progress in less time way more than I did in 5 seasons. I have to see what I can do at the age of 20. And btw I'll be 16 soon.
Mr.BishopThe main thing you have to realize is that its not about the list of tricks you have in your library... its how much style you have when you do 'em.
There's a big difference between the shifty 1 that your average kid can do... and what Max Hill could do on the west coast sessions jump.
Judge not on the technicality of the trick, but the utter style that bleeds out when performed.
Thats true... Im 15 now and i can do some stuff now. like flatspins rodeos front/backflips and spin till 900 w/ grab but im trying to get my style a lot better i can do grabs with all my tricks but they dont look all that good. I have pretty shitty style
I'm 15 and can do a backflip and 720 on jumps. My rail game is way better though. I can 2 on, k fed, Brittney, 4 out, etc. just have fun. I dont think any of us are going pro.
what i read, "i am a skier and i am letting everyone know what tricks i can do and how young i am" Go out there get some footage and let that do the speaking for you.
Sam_Lobo12No offense but u are a jump jock. You have to start learning k feds, bettys, ellens, and Ray Charles
You're the kinda of kid that would have read that off of wikipedia if Wikipedia had skiing content.
Also. I would say that while the Ray Charles is really sick, it's not a needed trick. Like you should learn so much more before you try that. Lip on. Blind tu. Lip on blind tru. Switch lip. Switch lip blind tru. Maybe some 2s on. Maybe even switch 2. Don't just try to get all your swap 2s out without more stylish stuff. Try some presses or sliding grabs or just throwing simple tricks while mobing in with a lot of speed and control/composure. trust me. I learned all those first and I felt stupid doing cause it felt like the same thing. get on, swap, rotate again.
P.S. It's a Brittany not a Betty. Looks like you didn't study hard enough.
I would focus on learning the tricks you want, then add a variation or flavor to it to give it some style if possible. I did this with front 2. It was the first rail trick I learned a few years back and now I'm bringing nollie fs 2s to my bag of tricks this season and I was told that it was something that looked different which I was proudt of since I've been working on what bishop said for 1.5 seasons now and to just do something a bit different instead of typical tricks
adamwolynYou're the kinda of kid that would have read that off of wikipedia if Wikipedia had skiing content.
Also. I would say that while the Ray Charles is really sick, it's not a needed trick. Like you should learn so much more before you try that. Lip on. Blind tu. Lip on blind tru. Switch lip. Switch lip blind tru. Maybe some 2s on. Maybe even switch 2. Don't just try to get all your swap 2s out without more stylish stuff. Try some presses or sliding grabs or just throwing simple tricks while mobing in with a lot of speed and control/composure. trust me. I learned all those first and I felt stupid doing cause it felt like the same thing. get on, swap, rotate again.
P.S. It's a Brittany not a Betty. Looks like you didn't study hard enough.
I wondered the same thing at your age. I felt like anything all pros did was totally doable until I first tried to 360 a jump. then realized even if I had the ballz and it felt like tom wallisch, it looked shitty af.
I was so damn concerned I'd never be as good as people I saw or looked up to.
Now 5 years later I'm 20, and hell I never could flatspin... but I for damn shure know I've surpassed a lot of people I thought were daaaaamn crazy on rails, and now that I think about it it's so ridiculous... I mean after 5 years you should think you'd obviously get somewhere, but damn was I concerned I'd never learn a 270on onto a rail, I'd never be as good as blablabla
HAVE FUN!
One day if you BELIEVE IN YOURSELF you'll REACH GOALS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD.
At 24 so much better in most aspects of my skiing. I was a racer growing up, stopped mid HS. So I can charge and that has only gotten more smooth and taken on that flowy freeride type approach to skiin gwhich I love watching. Not to mention athletically so much better.
Though at 15 I was pretty fearless in the park. But didn't really have the park nailed down for a while. Couldn't really grasp concepts at that age as easily, weight distribution, etc
BariteDropsyI am a skier at age 15 and i am curious on how everybody elses skills were at age 15 and how it has progressed to how they are now. I can backflip, 180, flatspin, 360, 540, underflip and just front swap and front 270 off rails. i am not just talking about park, who throws these tricks off cliffs and natural hits? and how has your skills to when you were younger progressed to how good you are now? Personally i prefer skiing big mountain terrain and throwing my best tricks of large cliffs and natural features.
