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Why is it called a switch lip

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Canis_lupus
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Keep in mind I came up with this while in the zootspace and my roommates and I argued about it for 45 minutes. But if a normal lip onto a rail means your tails go over the rail first then with that logic shouldn't switch lip mean the same. The issue being with a switch lip your nose is going over while a switch tail (which name makes sense) means your tails go over. With that logic shouldn't normal lip on be called tails on, despite how goofy it sounds? I was smashing picnic tables in my head when I came up with this so feel free to shit on me if need be. @skierman is welcome
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eheath
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You're doing the same action as a lip slide, but switch. If you think about it as the back tips, not tails, then when you're doing a sw lip your back tips are still going over the rail, just like a regular lip slide.
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SchizoSkier
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eheathYou're doing the same action as a lip slide, but switch. If you think about it as the back tips, not tails, then when you're doing a sw lip your back tips are still going over the rail, just like a regular lip slide.


Hi
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SofaKingSick
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here's how to think about it simply and always be right:

lipslide means you spin away from the rail
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eheath
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SofaKingSickhere's how to think about it simply and always be right:

lipslide means you spin away from the rail


this is far more simple than what i said 😂
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andreyer
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It is the part of your skis that will be next to the rail last, relative to your direction that pops over the rail first. This is the definition of a lip. when you are riding switch your noses will be next to the rail after your tails, when you ride forwards it is your tails that come after your noses. Doing a lip on means that the last end of your ski to pass the rail pops over the rail first.
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andreyer
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Canis_lupusKeep in mind I came up with this while in the zootspace and my roommates and I argued about it for 45 minutes. But if a normal lip onto a rail means your tails go over the rail first then with that logic shouldn't switch lip mean the same. The issue being with a switch lip your nose is going over while a switch tail (which name makes sense) means your tails go over. With that logic shouldn't normal lip on be called tails on, despite how goofy it sounds? I was smashing picnic tables in my head when I came up with this so feel free to shit on me if need be. @skierman is welcome


I think you could technically say tails over for lip on when riding forward but that just sounds weird so lip on just makes more sense.
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CT_CREW
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Envision a skateboarder doing a lip slide, then envision the closest resemblance to that body motion a skier can do while jumping onto a rail.
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hegleezy
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“while i was in zootspace”

cornball
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Canis_lupus
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hegleezy“while i was in zootspace”

cornball


did you just call me a cornball?
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hegleezy
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Canis_lupusdid you just call me a cornball?


no
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hi_vis360
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I just say switch tips or switch tails
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skiguy04
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Yeah so switch 270 onto rail is equal difficulty regardless of direction of spin but imo it’s either frontside or backside
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