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Trick Names

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Dougie_Fresh
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I keep on hearing people talking about tricks like; Switch on, 50/50, Switch off. I feel like an idiot when I hear these and have no idea what some of them mean. (I know some but not a lot), where do you learn this stuff?
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hi_vis360
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watch SLVSH
6 years ago
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B_K
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the search bar

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Jems
Posts: 7782 - Karma: 101,818
K-Fed = Front swap continuing blind 2, super then mega fed for each spin over 270.

Britney = Backswap continuing front 2

Ellen = Front swap pretz front 270

Elusive = Front swap to Kfed
6 years ago
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SofaKingSick
Posts: 9786 - Karma: 66,168
I think Slvsh.com has a trick library?

Also just feel free to ask any questions here
6 years ago
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BJ2112
Posts: 130 - Karma: 442
https://youtu.be/0dAOxC9c4Lg

here this will explain switch for you
6 years ago
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Plankton
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Just comes with time spent in the park. Hike rails, play/watch skate games, and you’ll learn
6 years ago
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neleson
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Just invent you own name on it and make sure you swerve a bit before doing any trick and everyone will think your sick
6 years ago
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HaydenB
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Planktonplay/watch skate games

What is this some sort of inferior summer sport?!
6 years ago
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ckucera
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What the hell is a blender
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bolake
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just hang around these guys and I guarantee you'll understand it
6 years ago
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SofaKingSick
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ckuceraWhat the hell is a blender


When you take off switch, but you look over the opposite shoulder from the way you spin the trick

So if I hit a jump switch looking over my right shoulder and spin my trick to the left and do a 5, that’s a blender switch 5
6 years ago
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ckucera
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SofaKingSickWhen you take off switch, but you look over the opposite shoulder from the way you spin the trick

So if I hit a jump switch looking over my right shoulder and spin my trick to the left and do a 5, that’s a blender switch 5

damn, what the hell is an alley oop
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SofaKingSick
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ckuceradamn, what the hell is an alley oop


Alley oop is usually in pipe. There it means you spin uphill. So if I do a left 5 on the left wall, that’s an alley oop 5

On a regular jump it means you spin the opposite direction of your carve. So if I take off as I’m carving to the left but spin a 3 to the right, that’s an alley oop 3
6 years ago
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ckucera
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SofaKingSickAlley oop is usually in pipe. There it means you spin uphill. So if I do a left 5 on the left wall, that’s an alley oop 5

On a regular jump it means you spin the opposite direction of your carve. So if I take off as I’m carving to the left but spin a 3 to the right, that’s an alley oop 3


My biggest questions have been answered, gracias
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SofaKingSick
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ckuceraMy biggest questions have been answered, gracias


Any time bro
6 years ago
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SidehitsJesus
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Lol that your tagline says "self taught".

It all becomes self explanatory the more skiing you watch. I remember never knowing how my friends knew if it was a 450 or a 630, but now I roll my eyes any time an x games announcer calls a trick wrong. You will learn with time
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Plankton
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MasterUdonWhat is this some sort of inferior summer sport?!


No. Those of us that were around before slvsh existed call it skate
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SofaKingSick
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PlanktonNo. Those of us that were around before slvsh existed call it skate


Not like it matters but that never made sense to me. The game is still just HORSE, and that name isn’t sport-specific
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Plankton
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SofaKingSickNot like it matters but that never made sense to me. The game is still just HORSE, and that name isn’t sport-specific


If I had to guess, because the game was brought to action sports by skateboarding and Stept popularized using the same name for skiing
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SofaKingSick
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PlanktonIf I had to guess, because the game was brought to action sports by skateboarding and Stept popularized using the same name for skiing


Yep that’s def the case, I just never understood why they kept the “skate” name that wasn’t even relevant or necessary
6 years ago
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Whannena
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I read the reviews and understand that I'm not the only one who doesn't know these things. Advise good sites with descriptions.
6 years ago
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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Britney? Ellen? That’s pretty lame, is that seriously what we came up with?
JemsK-Fed = Front swap continuing blind 2, super then mega fed for each spin over 270.

Britney = Backswap continuing front 2

Ellen = Front swap pretz front 270

Elusive = Front swap to Kfed
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smh
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STEEZUS_CHRI5TBritney? Ellen? That’s pretty lame, is that seriously what we came up with?

Britney is the opposite of a Kfed, hence the name...and the Ellen got its name because the scissoring

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Mr.Lumpyjumbles
Posts: 157 - Karma: 1,444
STEEZUS_CHRI5TBritney? Ellen? That’s pretty lame, is that seriously what we came up with?

Right? Some of these tricks should be named after skiers or something, they are skiing tricks after all.
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hi_vis360
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Mr.LumpyjumblesRight? Some of these tricks should be named after skiers or something, they are skiing tricks after all.


the only one of those I've ever actually heard people say is K-fed
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SofaKingSick
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WhannenaI read the reviews and understand that I'm not the only one who doesn't know these things. Advise good sites with descriptions.

I can’t really suggest any other sites but feel free to shoot me any questions, through private message or on here

also don’t get intimidated about it while watching slvsh. They use abbreviated trick names to an extent that no one else does really. It takes me a second sometimes to read what they write for them and I have a 4.0 gpa in trick calling
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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What is a kfed in reference to, does it have anything to do with the trick? I like the Ellen, that makes sense.
tyler1719Britney is the opposite of a Kfed, hence the name...and the Ellen got its name because the scissoring

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smh
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STEEZUS_CHRI5TWhat is a kfed in reference to, does it have anything to do with the trick? I like the Ellen, that makes sense.

I've heard a couple different stories on how but I'm pretty sure the guy who named it did so just because K-Fed was so popular at the time...also have heard people joke about it being named Kfed because the trick and Kevin Federline are both popular and overrated

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FruitBootPro
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ckuceradamn, what the hell is an alley oop

It's mostly used for pipe, but I think you could also call it alley oop if you 2/4/6 on spinning in towards the rail from the side you approach it, but that might just be for blading.
I assume if you spin 180 on to a 5050 in the same fashion, it's also alley oop, but idk because in skiing you don't always come at the rail from an angle.
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FruitBootPro
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Also, if you are sliding a rail with one ski going straight down the rail, is that called a 5-0 or a makio?
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Dinnerrolls
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surfaceoutsidersAlso, if you are sliding a rail with one ski going straight down the rail, is that called a 5-0 or a makio?


https://zoot.space/2017/11/13/the-many-levels-and-aspects-of-the-nugget-aka-the-ski-slide/
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FruitBootPro
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Dinnerrollshttps://zoot.space/2017/11/13/the-many-levels-and-aspects-of-the-nugget-aka-the-ski-slide/


Nugget is the fucking worst possible name for that trick lmao.
Can we just call it a makio because that's literally what it is
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Dinnerrolls
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Idk man... Never in my life have i heard that word before but keep doing you hoss. Call it ski slide, nugget, 5-0. Who cares.
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Chubz.
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surfaceoutsidersNugget is the fucking worst possible name for that trick lmao.
Can we just call it a makio because that's literally what it is


No
6 years ago
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LukeTheWaffle
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surfaceoutsidersAlso, if you are sliding a rail with one ski going straight down the rail, is that called a 5-0 or a makio?

Ski slide or 5-0. Nugget sucks but is acceptable
6 years ago
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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In the popular Tom Wallisch clip “All Eight” the one footed slide is called a “Nugget”.
DinnerrollsIdk man... Never in my life have i heard that word before but keep doing you hoss. Call it ski slide, nugget, 5-0. Who cares.
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