Personal stylistic habits you dislike

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Insane

What are some of the things you do while skiing that drive you crazy and you wish to overcome?

for example, when skiing into a jump, i always look like a lego man - my arms are too straight and sticking out slightly like i'm about to get run over but too scared to move

also, when i land switch, even though i always tell myself to look up at the knuckle, i instead look down at the tips of my skis, which causes me to suitcase with locked knees instead of standing tall and letting my knees flex like a G

May 30 2024 11:04AM

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Jems

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Crazy Fool

putting my hands together before hitting literally any rail

May 30 2024 11:14AM

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GrandThings

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No matter how close/parallel I try to make my skis, I still look like the fucking Eiffel Tower.

May 30 2024 11:18AM

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Slowbro

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I’m a serial pants adjuster. Happens before almost every trick but luckily usually early enough that I can edit it out.

May 30 2024 11:35AM

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skiP.E.I.

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I'm really bad for not bending my knees enough.

May 30 2024 11:46AM

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bertBertson

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Loner

Pizza between features 😔

May 30 2024 11:47AM

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skiP.E.I.

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bertBertsonPizza between features 😔

Oof so glad I don't do this at least. But that's a very fixable habit!

May 30 2024 11:49AM

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KungKalmar

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Insane

I think my legs are little bit too close to each other when carving, deeper turns look better with space in between your legs.
I need to shift and raise my legs little bit more when doing a shifty.

May 30 2024 12:15PM

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PartyBullshiit

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Forgetting to use my poles when it’s needed. especially on moguls. I’ll forget, start fucking up and then I start planting at the wrong times and just everything goes to shit.

May 30 2024 12:32PM

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Sully_Lynn

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Wannabe

feeling like this when im its flat

May 30 2024 1:46PM

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Lukeobrien

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Pro

my hands looking like those inflatable bouncy things at car dealership

May 30 2024 2:31PM

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Dlonetti

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Insane

i like flex my hands and stick them out when i’m getting onto a rail. probably could be fixed if i used poles but fuck that

May 30 2024 2:42PM

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oldmanski

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My confidence. When I was younger, I had all the confidence to do and try anything on skis. Now Im just a sissy.

May 30 2024 2:45PM

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corona

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skiP.E.I.Oof so glad I don't do this at least. But that's a very fixable habit!

Yep, just learn how to ski.

May 30 2024 3:52PM

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fredyferl

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My stance is too wide and I land in a pretty wide stance. Tried really focusing on it this winter but it's hard when you've skied like that all your life. Also nowadays seems like everyone skis with their skis glued together, which was not the case when i was younger

May 30 2024 4:38PM

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GayWolf420

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i feel like a T-Pose skiing sometimes

May 30 2024 4:51PM

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weastcoat

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When I ride switch (left shoulder) I stick my right arm out like a boner. Looks horrendous but part of me doesn’t care at the same time.

May 30 2024 4:56PM

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vroskii

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Dlonettii like flex my hands and stick them out when i’m getting onto a rail. probably could be fixed if i used poles but fuck that

Fr lmao same issue here, that and I backseat ride a lot. Fixed that issue a few months ago but its not engraved in my dome yet

May 30 2024 5:15PM

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Evancantspin

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Ridiculous

Probably peeing and then it just spasms and goes everywhere but for skiing mine would be coming off a little backseat on every jump.

May 30 2024 5:38PM

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ReturnToMonkey

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I used to have wild arm movements everywhere, I have fixed it mostly when I'm on the ground, but in the air, whatever arm doesn't successfully grab becomes a turbine

May 30 2024 5:41PM

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ReturnToMonkey

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Sometimes I make poor fit choices and none of my friends tell me until I see the video after we get home

May 30 2024 5:42PM

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Tino94

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Wannabe

When I drag my pole in the snow that bugs me out haha and any form of pizza

May 30 2024 6:52PM

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Jibbcore

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I hate that im too steezy and dont give the other skiers a chance to show off at the hill 😮‍💨

May 30 2024 7:09PM

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officechair

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JalmarKalmarI think my legs are little bit too close to each other when carving, deeper turns look better with space in between your legs.
I need to shift and raise my legs little bit more when doing a shifty.

They also have to be farther apart when carving.

I drag my poles too much.

May 30 2024 7:32PM

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bootspace

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kind of being bad at skiing

May 30 2024 10:32PM

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bennwithtwons

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Insane

lots of good ones making me think of other stuff
for example- when I land forward from spinning off a rail (front 4 let’s say) I almost always land in a little wedge instead of skis straight. I hate that. Same happens if I do a tiny 3 off of a trailside jump

May 30 2024 11:12PM

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tyauer

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Lame

Not bending both knees enough when skiing switch

May 31 2024 1:11AM

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dwt802

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I can’t keep my arms down doing swaps and it drives me crazy and holds me back too

May 31 2024 1:13AM

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BrownSnow

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dwt802I can’t keep my arms down doing swaps and it drives me crazy and holds me back too

looks cool though when you pull it off, effortless T wall style to do swaps with your arms down

May 31 2024 4:59AM

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SteezyYeeter

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sometimes I'll clap my skis together mid air. not really "stylistic" more of a mistake but definitely takes away the steeze.

May 31 2024 2:18PM

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BLandz

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Insane

My toxic ski trait is that I don’t fw any of my clips until like 2 weeks later. I think my style is so wack whenever I get a clip and then it takes like a week or 2 to marinate and then im like ok actually im kinda down for this. I’ll over-analyze every little thing and it ruins me lol.

May 31 2024 3:45PM

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killa242

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Lame

Man I am as stiff as a board. You'd think I would have come straight from the lumber yard at the home depot

May 31 2024 6:44PM

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weatcoast

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Loner

imagine skiing without poles and looking like a grown up toddler

Dlonettii like flex my hands and stick them out when i’m getting onto a rail. probably could be fixed if i used poles but fuck that

May 31 2024 7:45PM

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Dlonetti

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69Skier69imagine skiing without poles and looking like a grown up toddler

midwest things

May 31 2024 8:34PM

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-kfedd

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Wannabe

Don’t do this anymore but I used to stick my pole straight up in the air right before hopping onto a rail.

May 31 2024 8:37PM

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zanga

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Wannabe

awkwardly skiing between features anticipating the new trick, I feel like its hard to look decent unless you have intent with your line. also knee bends on landings four shore

May 31 2024 10:01PM

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bootspace

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going too slow, i always think im flying through a rail or trick and then i look super slow in the clip. might be a filming issue but who knows

May 31 2024 10:17PM

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Azier123

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Lame

checking if my pockets are zipped before I hit a jump.

May 31 2024 11:10PM

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FreakSchoolers

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Loner

Pizzaing switch randomly

Jun 1 2024 1:39AM

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bennwithtwons

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Good call. It’s like Best Buy out there but everything is free

Azier123checking if my pockets are zipped before I hit a jump.

Jun 1 2024 8:24AM

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TOAST.

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skiP.E.I.I'm really bad for not bending my knees enough.

whenever I make an effort to bend my knees it feels like I'm overdoing it but then I see a video and it's just the same amount that normal people bend their knees. Surprised my whole body hasn't given out from landing with stiff legs all the time.

Jun 1 2024 1:28PM

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