Airs that is. I avoid it like the plague now. I blew my 2nd acl underestimating air time when skiing on some big 205's back in the day. Ever since then, i swore it off, decided i'd rather just limit my chances at another injury.
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So who still goes big?
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Still? I never went big. My air arsenal consists of lame looking daffys, backscratchers and spreads.
I'd like to figure out a twister-spread combo this season. Total cheesy old school, but still cool-looking...
Still? I never went big. My air arsenal consists of lame looking daffys, backscratchers and spreads.
I'd like to figure out a twister-spread combo this season. Total cheesy old school, but still cool-looking...
twister spreads were a staple. Here's a tip though, do a spread twist. Its easier that way, less of a chance of snagging your tails on take off if you are rushing yourself.
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me... But only natural drops.. Not really into the scooped out landings inb the park..
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I have to imagine that's tougher to do. At least with a twister-spread, after the twist you only have to swing that one leg out vs. closing the spread and then twisting. I can't twist that well anyway. I keep fearing I'm going to land while twisted and thrown my back out... :blink: Gotta love being a 33 year old poser! :lol:
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I have been know to go little and occasionally medium but I have never gone big. To much ice in MD, and I have a bony butt.
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Go Big? In the days before I was well acquainted with my friend called pain, I would try to go big, but after many injuries,(Some with lasting permanance) I try to keep my goings to small or medium.
The 'biggest' I've gone is a few inches, does that count??
Its 70 degrees out, there is enough rain in the forecast so as to make it possible to swim to work tomorrow and my older daughter cracked a spike on the kitchen floor this morning.
so taking all that into consideration, YES, it counts. :lol:
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Went pretty big at the river last spring....the rollers on some of those trails drop away pretty good, and if you're haulin ass you can launch...and I wasn't expecting it
Thank god for the twin tips...saved my butt
EDIT: Hey where's that loon picture of coil
Thank god for the twin tips...saved my butt
EDIT: Hey where's that loon picture of coil
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Okay. Forgive me now. "Cracked a spike"?
I am still working on that as well..
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Tooth is my guess...
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I will occasionaly clear 2-3 inches coming over a roller, and once I went off a jump in a park and managed to get almost halfway across the top before landing. I was pretty psyched.
It's a fine line between flying and falling. I'm usually on the falling side.
It's a fine line between flying and falling. I'm usually on the falling side.
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"jay's dip powcher" and I were just talking about this other night (as we watched TGR's The Prophecy). We were both saying that it's hard to even want to go big here in the east because most of the time the landings are SOOO hard. Natural features or park features. We watched a friend "go big" off a cliff at Jay last season and I remember thinking that I would definately hit that if there was even a little more snow to land on (Zim is crazy, skis everything on Fischer race room GS boards).
Last season I got pretty good at landing small jumps switch, and this season I really want to start doing 3's (for the record I am 36), but the prospect of trying to learn to throw 360's off concrete jumps with concrete landings doesn't really motivate me, part of the reason I didn't really try last season.
My first time out west, we had deep snow everyday and by the second or third run of the first day we were all just launching off everything in sight. If you messed up, the landings were just sooooo soft.
Last season I got pretty good at landing small jumps switch, and this season I really want to start doing 3's (for the record I am 36), but the prospect of trying to learn to throw 360's off concrete jumps with concrete landings doesn't really motivate me, part of the reason I didn't really try last season.
My first time out west, we had deep snow everyday and by the second or third run of the first day we were all just launching off everything in sight. If you messed up, the landings were just sooooo soft.
I found it easier to throw the spread first for two reasons. One, i sometimes had a tendency to rush a bit, start the twist a bit early and catch my tails on the top of the lip. 2nd, the counterrotation needed in your upper body occurs almost naturally when bringing your lead ski around to complete the twist.
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Still? I never went big. My air arsenal consists of lame looking daffys, backscratchers and spreads.
I'd like to figure out a twister-spread combo this season. Total cheesy old school, but still cool-looking...
About the same here.
I've been known to do the spread to twister combo.
This is about as big as it gets for me:
My brain turns off on anything more than 25 feet.
Probably a good thing.
Probably a good thing.
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