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Does the word "afterbang" refer to any steezy hand position/movement as you land, or only when they're right next to your hips?

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FruitBootPro
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See title
Oct 31 2019 6:27PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Can you post pictures of yourself doing this please?
Oct 31 2019 6:48PM
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FruitBootPro
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RudyGarmischCan you post pictures of yourself doing this please?


no I suck
Oct 31 2019 8:07PM
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OregonDead
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Just do your hand thing and snap a picture. No skis required. Without pictures you are really confusing us so we really need to see what you are talking about if you want help with your afterbang
Oct 31 2019 8:18PM
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CT_CREW
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Heavy Head may, or may not be involved as well. As previously stated, need pictures of said "bang" to tell for sure.
Oct 31 2019 8:37PM
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Rparr
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so many people are way too much with their arms these days




Oct 31 2019 9:01PM
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hi_vis360
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IMO afterbang isn't any specific body position, you just know it when you see it
Oct 31 2019 9:23PM
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SuspiciousFish
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Afterbang isnt a specific action, its more being super composed even after taking a massive jump to the flats. Kind of like how in gymnastics you get points for landing and not stepping your leg out.

The more you get into freestyle skiing the more you realize its basically the same thing as gymnastics actually...
Oct 31 2019 10:00PM
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Granby_killdozer
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/626468/LINE-Traveling-Circus-1-4-Style-Coach
this vid will explain it. get learnt young blood
Nov 1 2019 12:18AM
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SuspiciousFish
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To really understand this you have to go way back to the Godfather of Steez:

Travis

Heed



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLWN-ZhsOGI&t=66s
Nov 1 2019 12:56AM
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CalumSKI
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just land with drip tbh
Nov 1 2019 9:02AM
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nuggetmonster
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Throw a one stroke jack-off with a jellyfish to the sky.
Nov 2 2019 2:48AM
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dolanslebensraum
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Afterbang, like all style, looks best when you make it look effortless. Hands by your side is always a pretty effortless look though as long as you really pull it off and your not trying to put lipstick on an ugly landing.
Nov 2 2019 2:54AM
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freestyler540
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When I did my park and pipe course, I joked about landing afterbang. The instructor chewed me out for it, telling me to never afterbang. Then failed me. I quit teaching the very next day.

Perfect afterbang is when you dont even need to bend your knees upon landing. Arms along the hips completes the form.
Nov 2 2019 3:18AM
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combatgoon17
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/751772/Peak-Performance-KOS09--Nick-Martini


0:15 if your hands are moving you're doing it wrong
Nov 2 2019 7:14AM
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