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The.Fish
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I can pedal good enough to get it around fine, but how come whenever I land any front 2, I am always leaning super forward to the point where I eject out of my bindings. It feels like I am on the weing axis or something. Now for jumps you can fix this with shin pressure and a upward pop but when you are rails, you kind of already start on the corrext axis. Granted I have squires and pre release is a thing, but I still shouldn’t eject every other time I attempt this. Here is a video that may help idk. *It may still be encoding when you are reading this*
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/884726/4B56BA63-2342-476F-A55A-A22C1548EAE7-MOV

**This thread was edited on Dec 5th 2017 at 4:11:04pm
Dec 5 2017 4:10PM
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270on420out
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You're looking down at the end of the rail as you come off. Keep your head up more. And try to learn how to land switch in the riding position with your legs staggered.
Dec 5 2017 4:19PM
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SofaKingSick
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DIRTYBUBBLEYou're looking down at the end of the rail as you come off. Keep your head up more. And try to learn how to land switch in the riding position with your legs staggered.


this^, but it really doesnt look like your binding had any business coming off there. does that happen often?? this is usually the last thing id say but that does seem like an equipment thing....film 5 more attempts and show us if you can!
Dec 5 2017 5:06PM
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The.Fish
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SofaKingSickthis^, but it really doesnt look like your binding had any business coming off there. does that happen often?? this is usually the last thing id say but that does seem like an equipment thing....film 5 more attempts and show us if you can!


i just got new boots and i adjusted the forward pressure, the forward pressure on schizo bindings has always been finiky. I ordered some tyrolia attack 13s for christmas so I am going to mount those up for an improvement hopefully. I can’t exactly film more because this wasn’t my home resort and my resort hasn’t blown a flake of snow yet. They should be open this week hopefully with the cold snap coming in.
Dec 5 2017 5:12PM
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cheerio
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"Pedaling" back in the day we would call it "scissoring"...
For real though I'm supprised (in a good way) by your knowledge regarding squires and number of posts you have ... on mobile data so didn't watch the vid but speed helps
Dec 5 2017 5:12PM
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SofaKingSick
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The.Fishi just got new boots and i adjusted the forward pressure, the forward pressure on schizo bindings has always been finiky. I ordered some tyrolia attack 13s for christmas so I am going to mount those up for an improvement hopefully. I can’t exactly film more because this wasn’t my home resort and my resort hasn’t blown a flake of snow yet. They should be open this week hopefully with the cold snap coming in.


in the meantime, id have a tech look at those bindings' settings. you should be able to wash out front 2s and stay in no problem. did you hit your skis together or something im missing...?
Dec 5 2017 5:14PM
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The.Fish
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SofaKingSickin the meantime, id have a tech look at those bindings' settings. you should be able to wash out front 2s and stay in no problem. did you hit your skis together or something im missing...?

I keep my din on the lighter side. I am 170 with a 299 bsl. If I say I am lighter than 170 its and 8 but if i say im 175 im a 9.5. I keep it light because i prefer keeping my acls
Dec 5 2017 5:16PM
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SofaKingSick
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The.FishI keep my din on the lighter side. I am 170 with a 299 bsl. If I say I am lighter than 170 its and 8 but if i say im 175 im a 9.5. I keep it light because i prefer keeping my acls


that DIN range shouldn't be releasing from a washed front 2 on a little rail. id have the forward pressure checked
Dec 5 2017 5:19PM
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The.Fish
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DIRTYBUBBLEYou're looking down at the end of the rail as you come off. Keep your head up more. And try to learn how to land switch in the riding position with your legs staggered.

I love how they teach you to look at the end of the rail when you learn to hit them, but it keeps you from doing tricks. I see what you mean though. Would you recommend just looking over my shoulder and where I am going instead of spotting the landing?
Dec 5 2017 5:19PM
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The.Fish
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SofaKingSickthat DIN range shouldn't be releasing from a washed front 2 on a little rail. id have the forward pressure checked


I know more than my tech does so I am going to manually do it. When i got them mounted 4 years ago, he didn’t even touch the forward pressure. Luckily i was bad back then so it didn’t matter.
Dec 5 2017 5:21PM
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SofaKingSick
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The.FishI love how they teach you to look at the end of the rail when you learn to hit them, but it keeps you from doing tricks. I see what you mean though. Would you recommend just looking over my shoulder and where I am going instead of spotting the landing?


no, think of it as a more general rule of "look where you want to go." when youre on the rail you want to go to the end of the rail, once youre there you wanna keep going forward and spot your landing

The.FishI know more than my tech does so I am going to manually do it. When i got them mounted 4 years ago, he didn’t even touch the forward pressure. Luckily i was bad back then so it didn’t matter.


hm i guess ill take your word for it on that, but yeah forward pressure is a common culprit with shit like this
Dec 5 2017 5:31PM
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The.Fish
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SofaKingSickno, think of it as a more general rule of "look where you want to go." when youre on the rail you want to go to the end of the rail, once youre there you wanna keep going forward and spot your landing



hm i guess ill take your word for it on that, but yeah forward pressure is a common culprit with shit like this


just checked it and that was an issue, turns out schizos need adjustment in the heel piece and toe piece because of the cable system. I still needed help with the form. I actually bent my brake on that fall in particular which really sucked

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Dec 5 2017 5:34PM
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The.Fish
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cheerio"Pedaling" back in the day we would call it "scissoring"...
For real though I'm supprised (in a good way) by your knowledge regarding squires and number of posts you have ... on mobile data so didn't watch the vid but speed helps

I have more posts than you bro lol. Squire pre release is a meme on here, or at least was a couple years ago
Dec 5 2017 5:50PM
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cheerio
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The.FishI have more posts than you bro lol. Squire pre release is a meme on here, or at least was a couple years ago
thats exactly my point haha... Usually people asking for these kinds of tips have no clue what's going on at all
Dec 5 2017 7:22PM
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The.Fish
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cheeriothats exactly my point haha... Usually people asking for these kinds of tips have no clue what's going on at all


oh I thought you were impressed with my lack of posts. I have only been skiing park for two years but I have no life so I am constantly on newschoolers and I research lots of ski stuff. It is rare if I have a question that isn't like technique related.
Dec 5 2017 7:30PM
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cheerio
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The.Fishoh I thought you were impressed with my lack of posts. I have only been skiing park for two years but I have no life so I am constantly on newschoolers and I research lots of ski stuff. It is rare if I have a question that isn't like technique related.


Definitely allowed to ask, that's what NS is for!! Cheers
Dec 5 2017 7:39PM
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Dec 5 2017 9:05PM
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Dec 5 2017 9:05PM
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The.Fish
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update, the local hill opened up and i got front 2 AND BLIND 2. I am so shocked that i got blind 2 in 5 attempts.
Dec 9 2017 6:53PM
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Diento
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The.Fishupdate, the local hill opened up and i got front 2 AND BLIND 2. I am so shocked that i got blind 2 in 5 attempts.


Good stuff man :)! Keep at it always nice to see someone progress
Dec 9 2017 7:47PM
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