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Does Back 270 = Blind 270?

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mrk127
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Is there a preference in calling rail tricks for using back vs blind when calling spins off? or are the terms interchangeable? Same goes for swaps, does backswap = blindswap or nah?
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Dec 9 2021 11:29PM
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weastcoat
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The only time I call it a blind trick is when I’m referring to the god tier, holy grail, end-all of all ski tricks…..


Lip Blind Two.

👄🧑🏽‍🦯✌🏼 aka 💋🙈2️⃣ aka only trick
Dec 9 2021 11:41PM
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tominiemenmaa
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Short answer: yes.
Long answer: yes, of course.
Dec 9 2021 11:45PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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What about when doing a sw 2 on? If you do it blender, it's blind. If you do it normal, its not blind, but its sorta still back because you're switch..

Thoughts? Should monke have gone to bed hours ago?
Dec 10 2021 2:48AM
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teabag
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ReturnToMonkeyWhat about when doing a sw 2 on? If you do it blender, it's blind. If you do it normal, its not blind, but its sorta still back because you're switch..

Thoughts? Should monke have gone to bed hours ago?

Nah cus back and switch are 2 different things.
Dec 10 2021 9:25AM
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milotv34
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ReturnToMonkeyWhat about when doing a sw 2 on? If you do it blender, it's blind. If you do it normal, its not blind, but its sorta still back because you're switch..

Thoughts? Should monke have gone to bed hours ago?


The reason a back 2 off is called back 2 is because you are spinning with your back leading the spin, which is only possible from a sideways position such as coming off a rail. When you are skiing switch, it cant be a "back" trick its just switch.
Dec 10 2021 9:55AM
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hi_vis360
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ReturnToMonkeyWhat about when doing a sw 2 on? If you do it blender, it's blind. If you do it normal, its not blind, but its sorta still back because you're switch..

Thoughts? Should monke have gone to bed hours ago?


I've never heard anybody call any sort of 2 on "blind," it only makes sense when you're talking about somebody spinning uphill/downhill off of a feature
Dec 10 2021 9:56AM
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SofaKingSick
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yes, back = blind, interchangeable

back is short for backside, meaning that your spin start by turning your back away from where you're going. requires being sideways at the time of course, hence why we have backside spins out of rails but not on jumps, while snowboarders have them on jumps
Dec 10 2021 1:29PM
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tominiemenmaa
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You must be deaf or live in tropic?
hi_vis360I've never heard anybody call any sort of 2 on "blind," it only makes sense when you're talking about somebody spinning uphill/downhill off of a feature
Dec 11 2021 3:41AM
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tominiemenmaa
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This is in this case correct, but the name comes from where the feature is in relation to you. That's why frontside boardslide (skate or snow) is done when you face the obstacle and not the direction where you are going. Not the way you turn when you start the spin.
SofaKingSickyes, back = blind, interchangeable

back is short for backside, meaning that your spin start by turning your back away from where you're going. requires being sideways at the time of course, hence why we have backside spins out of rails but not on jumps, while snowboarders have them on jumps
Dec 11 2021 3:44AM
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hi_vis360
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tominiemenmaaYou must be deaf or live in tropic?

live in the northeast, been skiing in the park for 15 years and I've never heard someone say "blind 2 ON" and I've never heard anyone say that in a slvsh game either
Dec 11 2021 5:37AM
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Chrischi69
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Theyre the same?????
Dec 11 2021 8:21AM
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SofaKingSick
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tominiemenmaaThis is in this case correct, but the name comes from where the feature is in relation to you. That's why frontside boardslide (skate or snow) is done when you face the obstacle and not the direction where you are going. Not the way you turn when you start the spin.

You said that like it's a correction to my post but it's not..? Yes, a front board is frontside because of where the feature is in relation to you

But I was talking about skiers spinning off rails and snowboarders' fs and bs spins on jumps, which are determined how I said-- what side of you turns downhill first
Dec 11 2021 1:27PM
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tominiemenmaa
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Ahhh my mistake, there definitely isn't a blind on. Just blind out and blindup.
hi_vis360live in the northeast, been skiing in the park for 15 years and I've never heard someone say "blind 2 ON" and I've never heard anyone say that in a slvsh game either

I've always thought skiers use the same naming skateboarders use 🤷🏼‍♂️
SofaKingSickYou said that like it's a correction to my post but it's not..? Yes, a front board is frontside because of where the feature is in relation to you

But I was talking about skiers spinning off rails and snowboarders' fs and bs spins on jumps, which are determined how I said-- what side of you turns downhill first
Dec 12 2021 1:43AM
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BigmoneyMatt
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Does the confusion not come from back-swap not being a blind swap, but a blind 2 also being a back 2? Wait what was the question?

**This post was edited on Dec 12th 2021 at 2:24:47am
Dec 12 2021 2:22AM
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