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How to spin faster onto rails switch?
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On a bigger rail going faster, you will have more time to bring your tips around. You could also work on your pop and timing. Ironically though, switch 2's are more about patience than whipping. You need to make sure you clear your tips, both for tails and lip before you swing around. While not an issue on a tube 9in the ground, on a full sized rail, it becomes the main focus.
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switch 2s are kinda hard on small features, main tip I have for spinning switch is to wind the shoulders, switch with trailing hand and pop
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I always stop at 180 and land 50 50 with my sw lip 2s
i know i have enough time to get it around i just somehow stop my rotation
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It can help to know what blocking is and how it works; blocking is when you rotate your upper body opposite the direction you want to rotate your skis. It can be useful for doing a shifty and adjusting your skis to keep them downhill or sideways on to a rail but shouldn't be the main source or spin energy for most spins since you basically stop spinning as soon as you stop twisting. Just a little bit of wind up can help a lot since you'll keep rotating even after you stop unwinding.
Practice switch spins. Had a ton of trouble learning sw 2 on cause I wouldn't wind up at all and just block. Shoutout to the guy at the Peacepipe rail jam 4 years ago that pointed out me blocking my sw tails 2's.
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yeah_boiI always stop at 180 and land 50 50 with my sw lip 2s
i know i have enough time to get it around i just somehow stop my rotation
Gotta commit my guy
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less pizza, better timing on the pop, like shoess said pop hard first then spin. If you get your tails/tips over the rail youre at 90 already then from there if you set it right the 180 just comes around very naturally. I also found it easier to approach the rail lip side vs tail side when learning them but thats more preference.
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just be a straight pencil and you will spin faster
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