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Speed calculation?

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jc_dunn
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do you guys have any tips on calculating/judging speed cuz i can never get it right. Sometimes i'll hit a jump all day perfectly and at the end of the day case or something stupid like that. or sometimes i case a jump a few times before i get it right. Sometimes i almost overshoot or do overshoot. Got any tips because they would really help.
Feb 14 2005 10:58AM
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BxB
Posts: 809 - Karma: 38
find a place to start from and go absolutly straight, and remember how much u have to pop to get it right

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Feb 14 2005 11:00AM
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OpIvy
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Watch someone else hit it, or ask someone that has done it already.
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Feb 14 2005 11:02AM
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powderdream
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i got this gps for x-mass (i am a backpacker)that does the speed very accurately. i took it on the hill it was good shit
Feb 14 2005 11:11AM
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mnjib
Posts: 5592 - Karma: 362
fallow some one that is doing the jump. or ski by it with the speed you think you need and just think in your head if you are going to fast or to slow.
Feb 14 2005 11:16AM
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jc_dunn
Posts: 1014 - Karma: 25
ok...
Feb 14 2005 1:50PM
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ECfreeski3
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thats a really, really annoying problem.
but what you should do is just find the exact place u need to start without turning or poling at all, and start from that place every time, and youre set
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Feb 14 2005 3:43PM
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bdskier
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I watch someone hit it perfect, then follow they're tracks almost exactly (for the first hit on anything big) After that i get a consistant starting spot and take a similiar approach, couple of big carves.
Feb 14 2005 4:12PM
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skituner
Posts: 1162 - Karma: 127
there has to be some mathamatical problem to figure this out



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Feb 14 2005 4:20PM
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DynastarriderGP
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i always ask around or watch.
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Feb 14 2005 5:10PM
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DynastarriderGP
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that is if it is a big jump.
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Feb 14 2005 5:11PM
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Grammar_Nazi
Posts: 796 - Karma: 20
just go for it

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Feb 14 2005 5:11PM
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Freestyla_01
Posts: 8586 - Karma: 34
There used to be a gap calculator on the site... I don't know if it's around anymore.

Just go fast. If you land to flat, even better.
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Feb 14 2005 5:43PM
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pete15015
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yeah just ask people around the jump
they are usually cool
Feb 14 2005 5:45PM
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ECfreeski3
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i'd like to see the calculations used when they build 120 footers at super park
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Feb 14 2005 5:49PM
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Freestyla_01
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That's not calculation, that's just balls.
Look at Mike Wilson.
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Feb 14 2005 6:07PM
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EastcoastAR5
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lick your finger and hold it out as your going down...when its at the right temp your set and you will know




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Feb 14 2005 6:12PM
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Hctiws_iks
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 25
its takes lots of practice,
especially for mig jumps,
since the amount of pop wont
affect how far you land percentage wise as much,
usually on anything over 50 or big step downs i follow someone into the jump.

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Feb 14 2005 6:17PM
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