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Which trick(s) are you most afraid of?

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bennwithtwons
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the tricks that freak my out the most are:

1) switch tails. it just gets me every time. i way prefer switch lip to switch tails

2) backflip. i used to do them daily but years ago i got some weird pop off the lip and ate shit so hard. i haven't done a single one since

3) switch right takeoff. i'm good at skiing switch over either shoulder, so you'd think it would be no big deal, but it is. spinning right during forward takeoffs is no issue and switch left is no problem either, but switch right just feels wrong!
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bennwithtwons
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This is why dumont won x games big air with a dun front vs Jon’s switch dub 10 during the one winter they experimented with public polling to determine the winner
SofaKingSicki get it conceptually but that is fuckin CRAZY to me dude

the worse part is a lot of normal people don't appreciate how much harder those spins are. i did a backy, then a sw misty 10 off a bridge last summer and my friends all agreed the backy was more impressive lol
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SofaKingSick
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bennwithtwonsThis is why dumont won x games big air with a dun front vs Jon’s switch dub 10 during the one winter they experimented with public polling to determine the winner


haha dude i still think about that sometimes. it's even worse though, it was PK hunder doing switch dub wobble 12s. people still don't do those very often!
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bennwithtwons
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I forgot about pk! What a g
SofaKingSickhaha dude i still think about that sometimes. it's even worse though, it was PK hunder doing switch dub wobble 12s. people still don't do those very often!
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SofaKingSick
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bennwithtwonsI forgot about pk! What a g


agreed that dude was so sick (probably still is lol)
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lil.Boye
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Oh man where do i start…
1. for me is also sw tails, learned them before i learned sw lip, did them for a season and never got comfortable with them again.
2. Frontflips, doesn’t make me feel good, rarely looks any good.
3. backslides, can pull them off going fast af and barely having weight on the rail. Would rather fast slide tbh
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SofaKingSick
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SteezyYeeterbackflips, I honestly don't see the reward relative to the risk knowing my tendency of not committing. will prolly flatspin at sum point tho.


that's the paradox of backies, they can be so scary then once you have them they're literally easier than any other trick (and the people love em!)

the mental odyssey of wanting to try one is such a classic skier thing. but so is blasting one for a crowd and hyping everyone up
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BallClapper
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SofaKingSickthat's the paradox of backies, they can be so scary then once you have them they're literally easier than any other trick (and the people love em!)

the mental odyssey of wanting to try one is such a classic skier thing. but so is blasting one for a crowd and hyping everyone up


It's kinda lame. A fat backie gets the people more stoked than a 7 or something.
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SofaKingSick
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BallClapperIt's kinda lame. A fat backie gets the people more stoked than a 7 or something.


sorry nerd!
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ReturnToMonkey
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BallClapperIt's kinda lame. A fat backie gets the people more stoked than a 7 or something.

Big floaty backflips are timeless. Especially to people who don't know how to identify any other tricks
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Rock_Inhabitant
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ReturnToMonkeyBig floaty backflips are timeless. Especially to people who don't know how to identify any other tricks


Yeah my dad is just like that. I showed him part of an edit and he was confused at every trick but then he was like “oh yeah that’s a backflip”
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Farmville420
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BallClapperIt's kinda lame. A fat backie gets the people more stoked than a 7 or something.

That's because backflips are harder than 7s to be fair
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